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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-28-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Paragon Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Forgotten Prophecies (Jap Ed.)Label : Spiritual Beat ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Ah, good old Paragon. A band you can really rely ║ │
│║ on and know on beforehand that ôthis album will ║ │
│║ surely ruleö. And of course, as always, itÆs ║ │
│║ awesome. Pure traditional heavy metal as it was ║ │
│║ written in the book. No keyboards, no silly pop ║ │
│║ refrains, no following any trend just plain and ║ │
│║ hard metal. And theyÆre so fucking good at doing ║ │
│║ it! Many people say that they need to get more ║ │
│║ diverse and widen their horizons, I say why ║ │
│║ change a winning concept? I mean any metalhead ║ │
│║ canÆt deny that this is good? Their heads will ║ │
│║ automatically start banging and in a second the ║ │
│║ air guitar is there too. ║ │
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│║ Already some seconds into the opener ôHammer Of ║ │
│║ The Godsö itÆs like the guys hit your face and ║ │
│║ says ôThis is metal!ö. The song ia a fast ║ │
│║ aggressive and just splendid song which can be ║ │
│║ ranked as one of the best this band has ever ║ │
│║ done. And even if the rest of the songs isnÆt ║ │
│║ exactly as superb, they are still aweome. Some ║ │
│║ are a bit weaker than the average though, I can ║ │
│║ for example feel that the instrumental ║ │
│║ ôRevelationsö is a bit unnecessary. Also ôAriseö ║ │
│║ and ôGanglandö are a bit weaker (last mentioned ║ │
│║ has a splendid solo section though). But in ║ │
│║ general itÆs as always: Paragon is a very ║ │
│║ consistent band and they have a very high ║ │
│║ ôlowest levelö on most of their albums. I mean ║ │
│║ what more can you ask for? Some fast songs, some ║ │
│║ mid-paced heavy fuckers and one slower half- ║ │
│║ ballad? Perfect mix if itÆs quality in the songs ║ │
│║ which youÆve realized that it is on here. ║ │
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│║ So there is not any real fatal minuses in the ║ │
│║ songs. But the most negative thing with this ║ │
│║ album is one thing: the drums. VERY bad mixed ║ │
│║ and I can imagine that the (back then) new ║ │
│║ drummer Chris Gripp got very frustrated with how ║ │
│║ the drums ended up. ThereÆs no flaws in the ║ │
│║ playing but itÆs how they sound alright. Very ║ │
│║ farty and thin, no punch in them at all which is ║ │
│║ very sad for the whole experience of the album. ║ │
│║ Another flaw in the mix would be the gang-vocals ║ │
│║ parts (which mostly is the choruses). Quite laid ║ │
│║ back and that destroys the feeling of them. On ║ │
│║ the productionÆs brighter side we have the ║ │
│║ guitars which instead of the drums and back up ║ │
│║ vocals, are awesomely mixed. The guitars are ║ │
│║ really raw and sounds ômetalö...no sorry the ║ │
│║ guitars just screams METAL. Imagine if there had ║ │
│║ been more thundering from the drums and put the ║ │
│║ backing vocals a bit up front? Paragon couldÆve ║ │
│║ made a dream record production wise. ║ │
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│║ But almost no album is perfect in every aspect, ║ │
│║ and even if this is not that really, it is a ║ │
│║ album that every fan of heavy metal should buy ║ │
│║ and just dive into. And the replay value is ║ │
│║ ridiculously high. Paragon are one of the best ║ │
│║ band these days, and youÆll plain and simply ║ │
│║ miss something if you donÆt give them a chance. ║ │
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│║ 3 best songs: ôHammer Of The Godsö, ôHalls Of ║ │
│║ Doomö and ôSouleatersö ║ │
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│║ Andreas Babuschkin - Vocals ║ │
│║ Jan Bⁿnning - Bass ║ │
│║ Christian Gripp - Drums ║ │
│║ Martin Christian - Guitar ║ │
│║ Gⁿnter Kruse - Guitars ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Hammer Of The Gods [05:24] │
│ 02 - Arise [05:09] │
│ 03 - Face Of Death [03:51] │
│ 04 - Halls Of Doom [04:37] │
│ 05 - Revelations [02:07] │
│ 06 - Forgotten Prophecies [04:58] │
│ 07 - Agony [07:31] │
│ 08 - Souleaters [05:09] │
│ 09 - Gangland [04:59] │
│ 10 - Wargods [03:20] │
│ 11 - Deny The Coss [04:39] │
│ 12 - Impaler (Bonus Track) [04:45] │
│ 13 - Traitor (Bonus Track) [05:15] │
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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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