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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-28-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Olympos Mons Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Medievil (Jap. Ed.) Label : Avalon ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Olympos Mons are essentially what I would call a ║ │
│║ middle 3rd tier symphonic power metal band, ║ │
│║ mostly invoking images of a hybrid of mid-1990s ║ │
│║ Stratovarius and touches of epic outfits like ║ │
│║ Dark Moor and Freedom Call. Their songs rely ║ │
│║ pretty heavily on musical clichΘs first coined ║ │
│║ by the likes of Helloween and Gamma Ray, with ║ │
│║ perhaps more of a neo-classical tinge in several ║ │
│║ areas. They started a bit too late to claim any ║ │
│║ real sense of originality, but they do well ║ │
│║ within their highly derivative approach to the ║ │
│║ power metal medium. ║ │
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│║ Much like their debut LP ôConquistadorö, ║ │
│║ ôMedievalö has an even mix of exceptional power ║ │
│║ anthems and others which are adequate but not ║ │
│║ amazing. The two albums differ mostly in ║ │
│║ production, which is one of the areas where this ║ │
│║ release surpasses its predecessor, although it ║ │
│║ lags behind in a few others. Most of the ║ │
│║ material on here rely a bit more on the ║ │
│║ symphonic elements than the traditional metal ║ │
│║ instruments, giving it more of a Rhapsody edge, ║ │
│║ rather than the heavy Stratovarius and ║ │
│║ Dragonland tendencies of ôConquistadorö. ║ │
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│║ The places where this album really shines are ║ │
│║ during the Freedom Call sounding speed tracks, ║ │
│║ most notably ôFrozenö, ôKingdom of Winterö and ║ │
│║ the Japanese bonus track ôDreamerö. Surely ║ │
│║ enough, they are loaded with the same double ║ │
│║ kick beats that dominates almost all the post- ║ │
│║ Helloween acts, but they get the job done in the ║ │
│║ chorus and guitar solo sections, which are the ║ │
│║ most crucial elements of the genre. The guitar ║ │
│║ riffs are fairly plain, which is the ultimate ║ │
│║ result of approaching this genre with only one ║ │
│║ guitar player, but the vocal and keyboard ║ │
│║ atmosphere that results covers for it. ║ │
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│║ The other material on here is mostly good, ║ │
│║ although the choruses tend to meander a bit in ║ │
│║ certain songs. Although I enjoy ôOne Wordö and ║ │
│║ the title track while listening to them, it is a ║ │
│║ struggle to remember what IÆve heard for the ║ │
│║ most part, particularly the choruses. Other ║ │
│║ songs like ôThe EmperorÆs Returnö and ôWolvesö ║ │
│║ have sections that are really memorable, ║ │
│║ particularly the opening trumpet theme to the ║ │
│║ former, but lag a bit as a whole. The only other ║ │
│║ really powerful song on here aside from the ║ │
│║ first 3 mentioned beforehand is ôFire and Iceö, ║ │
│║ which succeeds at being the best power ballad ║ │
│║ IÆve heard from a power metal band in quite a ║ │
│║ while. Picture the best elements of RhapsodyÆs ║ │
│║ ôSymphony of Enchanted Landsö and StratovariusÆ ║ │
│║ approach to a piano ballad circa 1997 and youÆll ║ │
│║ get the idea. ║ │
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│║ This is a good release for fans of the Symphonic ║ │
│║ power metal format, particularly if you want a ║ │
│║ historically oriented alternative to the knights ║ │
│║ and dragons approach to many of the bands that ║ │
│║ influenced this one. Although not quite as ║ │
│║ powerful, as a whole this album compares heavily ║ │
│║ with The StorytellerÆs ôTales of a Holy Questö, ║ │
│║ but with a vocalist that sounds closer to Timo ║ │
│║ Koltipelto. This, along with Freedom CallÆs ║ │
│║ ôDimensionsö, ranks in the upper-middle range of ║ │
│║ 2007Æs power metal albums. ItÆs only slightly ║ │
│║ inferior to its predecessor in the songwriting ║ │
│║ department, but definitely worth your time. ║ │
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│║ Ian E. Highhill - Vocals ║ │
│║ Jari Sundstr÷m - Guitars ║ │
│║ Mikko Sepponen - Drums ║ │
│║ Krister Lundell - Bass ║ │
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│║ Vili Ollila - Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - One Word [05:45] │
│ 02 - Frozen [04:34] │
│ 03 - The Emperors Return [04:57] │
│ 04 - The Price [04:29] │
│ 05 - Wolves [03:45] │
│ 06 - A Race Between Two Hearts [04:31] │
│ 07 - Fire And Ice [05:04] │
│ 08 - Medievil [05:24] │
│ 09 - Kingdom Of Winter [05:42] │
│ 10 - Locked In Chains [08:22] │
│ 11 - Dreamer (Bonus Track) [03:49] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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