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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-26-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2002 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Ring Of Fire Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Dreamtower (Jap. Ed.) Label : Avalon ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ After 2 rather amazing albums showcasing a ║ │
│║ brilliant marriage of Speed Metal and ║ │
│║ Progressive influences, followed by a successful ║ │
│║ tour that was capture both in CD and DVD format, ║ │
│║ Mark Boals and company released ôDreamtowerö, ║ │
│║ the second studio album under the Ring of Fire ║ │
│║ name. This album is somewhat a departure from ║ │
│║ ôThe Oracleö in that the Speed Metal has been ║ │
│║ toned down a bit in favor of a more Progressive ║ │
│║ oriented sound. Part of this is probably at ║ │
│║ least partially due to George Bellas leaving the ║ │
│║ band and taking one of the more Power Metal ║ │
│║ aspects of the bandÆs fold out of the picture. ║ │
│║ To be fair, Tony Macalpine was the axe man on ║ │
│║ the Ring of Fire album, but what he does on here ║ │
│║ is more reminiscent of the stuff he did on Mark ║ │
│║ BoalsÆ more recent solo album ôEdge of the ║ │
│║ Worldö. ║ │
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│║ While the pacing of the album is definitely a ║ │
│║ bit slower, we still get some quality speed ║ │
│║ metal and crazy drumming in ôUntil the End of ║ │
│║ Timeö, ôThe Invisible Manö, ôRefuge for the ║ │
│║ Freeö and also ôUndoneö if you possess the ║ │
│║ European release of this album. All three of ║ │
│║ them are more complex versions of the fast ║ │
│║ tracks found on ôThe Oracleö, as both Kuprij and ║ │
│║ Macalpine are in a constant state of evolution ║ │
│║ from album to album. ôUntil the End of Timeö in ║ │
│║ particular has a long drawn out intro consisting ║ │
│║ of a Beethoven-like piano solo followed by a ║ │
│║ series of awesome instrument interchanges. ║ │
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│║ Other tracks on here such as ôMy DΘjα vuö, ║ │
│║ ôDreamtowerö and ôSystem Utopiaö have some newer ║ │
│║ keyboard devices, but still contain the same ║ │
│║ hard edged tendencies of the mid-tempo work on ║ │
│║ ôThe Oracleö. Much of the rest of the stuff on ║ │
│║ here is heavily inspired by the more Progressive ║ │
│║ epics of the last album. Suffice to say, the ║ │
│║ amount of changes here are not hugely ║ │
│║ significant in terms of overall songs so that ║ │
│║ the band would sound inconsistent, but the ║ │
│║ pacing of the album has been altered due to the ║ │
│║ re-ordering or song tempos and the various ║ │
│║ changes made to KuprijÆs composing tendencies. ║ │
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│║ If you were a fan of both ôRing of Fireö and ║ │
│║ ôThe Oracleö, this album will definitely sit ║ │
│║ well with you. Although not quite as speed ║ │
│║ oriented as those albums, we still get plenty of ║ │
│║ it and also some nice new surprises from the ║ │
│║ band in the songwriting and lyrical department. ║ │
│║ I listen to it occasionally, although not quite ║ │
│║ as often as I do the other two. ║ │
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│║ Mark Boals - Vocals ║ │
│║ Philip Bynoe - Bass ║ │
│║ Virgil Donati - Drums ║ │
│║ Tony MacAlpine - Guitars ║ │
│║ Vitalij Kuprij - Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - My Deja Vu [06:20] │
│ 02 - Dreamtower [05:23] │
│ 03 - The Pharaoh's Curse [05:56] │
│ 04 - Refuge Of The Free [05:32] │
│ 05 - Blue Sky [05:19] │
│ 06 - Laputa [05:06] │
│ 07 - Until The End Of Time [05:14] │
│ 08 - System Utopia [04:27] │
│ 09 - Ghost Of America [06:02] │
│ 10 - Invisible Man [05:31] │
│ 11 - Make Believe [05:19] │
│ 12 - Murder By Numbers [04:55] │
│ 13 - Tumescent Rhapsody (Bonus Track) [05:06] │
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│ Total Length : [70:10 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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