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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Shadows Of Steel - Shadows Of Steel + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-13-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1997 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Shadows Of Steel Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Shadows Of Steel Label : Underground Sy ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ It was a big coincidence that I noticed this ║ │
│║ group which has been unknown for me up to now. ║ │
│║ Thank you powerful Mr. Internet. ║ │
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│║ Immediately after the listening to this CD I was ║ │
│║ very shocked in a good way. I supposed it to be ║ │
│║ another copy of some more famous group but it is ║ │
│║ not so at all. ║ │
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│║ First of all I could not get used to this very ║ │
│║ unusual style, since I am a fan of a typical ║ │
│║ power-speed-metal group like good old Helloween ║ │
│║ etc. but after a few minutes I began to be very ║ │
│║ satisfied and pleased with this melodic heavy- ║ │
│║ speed metal performance of these Italian ║ │
│║ musicians. ║ │
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│║ They have a very unique sound and composition of ║ │
│║ their guitars which may seem a little bit ║ │
│║ chaotic at the beginning but when you overcome ║ │
│║ your different taste influenced by another ║ │
│║ groups, you will be awarded for your patience ║ │
│║ with the wonderful speed and slow passages which ║ │
│║ change every moment not to allow the listener to ║ │
│║ be bored anytime. ║ │
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│║ The highlight of this group and of this album is ║ │
│║ an excellent singer (nicknamed Wild Steel) who ║ │
│║ suprised me the most of all things. He is able ║ │
│║ to sing very clearly and, what is more, in very ║ │
│║ high tones where he stays for a long time ║ │
│║ without problems. This can be seen very seldom ║ │
│║ and when I heard him, it reminds me with his top ║ │
│║ quality my best favourite singer Michael Kiske. ║ │
│║ By the way, I am sure that Wild Steel can still ║ │
│║ improve his voice in the future to be really at ║ │
│║ the same level like Michael. ║ │
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│║ The only reason, why I did not put 100 percent ║ │
│║ for rating, is that the back vocal is a bit more ║ │
│║ exaggerated which can be heard for example in ║ │
│║ the title track. I do not have any problems with ║ │
│║ it, especially when I imagine to be at their ║ │
│║ concert since these two vocals would create a ║ │
│║ great atmosphere at it, but generally said, it ║ │
│║ can be a little bit disturbing during listening ║ │
│║ to the CD at home. Fortunately, this minor ║ │
│║ problem is only very seldom on this CD and so I ║ │
│║ took away only five percent from the whole ║ │
│║ rating. ║ │
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│║ To sum up, this album is very extra-ordinary, ║ │
│║ uncommon and varied and this is the reason why I ║ │
│║ will not put it back to my discography forever. ║ │
│║ Easily said, I can recommend you to listen to ║ │
│║ this album very much since it is worth of it. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Countdown [01:21] │
│ 02 - Shadows of Steel [05:24] │
│ 03 - The Playing Room IV [07:25] │
│ 04 - Journey [03:28] │
│ 05 - Out of the Darkness [03:51] │
│ 06 - The Island [04:09] │
│ 07 - Storied Windows [04:40] │
│ 08 - Winterland [03:26] │
│ 09 - Day as Lions [04:28] │
│ 10 - Fly Away [05:25] │
│ 11 - Kingdom [04:25] │
│ 12 - Gone with the Wind [04:39] │
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│ Total Length : [52:41 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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