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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Seasons Of The Wolf - Seasons Of The Wolf + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-22-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1996 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........07 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.seasonsofthewolf.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Seasons Of The Wolf Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Seasons Of The Wolf Label : S.O.T.W. ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Seasons of the Wolf should be renowned the world ║ │
│║ over as one of the greatest bands in the world, ║ │
│║ but as the laws of music would have it, I guess ║ │
│║ they donÆt jump on enough trends and have a hot ║ │
│║ enough lead singer for that. But for the weird ║ │
│║ cult among us who love the style pioneered by ║ │
│║ Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult back in the ║ │
│║ day, this band is the real shit. IÆm going to ║ │
│║ review all their albums in order, starting with ║ │
│║ this one, to show the clear progression of their ║ │
│║ work, and this is their self-titled debut all ║ │
│║ the way back from the depths of the 90s. ║ │
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│║ To understand this band, you have to kind of put ║ │
│║ yourself in a certain mindset. Seasons of the ║ │
│║ Wolf is an 80s metal band that gigged on the ║ │
│║ same street as Atheist and Crimson Glory back in ║ │
│║ the day, but their actual sound goes back even ║ │
│║ further, digging deep into the primordial ooze ║ │
│║ of sludgy riffing and wailing, nasally vocals ║ │
│║ that produced such bands as Pagan Altar and ║ │
│║ Manilla Road a decade prior. So theyÆre an 80s ║ │
│║ band releasing an album in the 90s, that calls ║ │
│║ back to the 70s. Lots of bands do this shit now, ║ │
│║ but those are all a bunch of kids who grew up ║ │
│║ when death metal was getting big û this is the ║ │
│║ real deal; a true retro band out of time, a ║ │
│║ misplaced weird traveler of the cosmos. ║ │
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│║ The music here is pretty basic heavy metal riffs ║ │
│║ from guitar extraordinaire Skully, laid over ║ │
│║ with trippy keys and the jagged wail of vocalist ║ │
│║ Wes Waddell. This is the basis for all their ║ │
│║ albums, and with every album that followed the ║ │
│║ band would expand on it, introduce new elements ║ │
│║ and ideas and advance their songwriting to ║ │
│║ become more epic and larger than life. If ║ │
│║ thereÆs a fault to this debut, itÆs that itÆs ║ │
│║ comparably scant û there are only six real songs ║ │
│║ on this, and while theyÆre all very good, none ║ │
│║ of them really stretch the bandÆs legs and show ║ │
│║ what they can do. ║ │
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│║ IÆd still say this is worth getting anyway ║ │
│║ though. Even if only for the awesomely occult ║ │
│║ chanting chorus on ôOctober Moon,ö the hooky as ║ │
│║ fuck ôMisty Shades of Greenö and the seven- ║ │
│║ minute doom adventure of ôElectric Dimension.ö ║ │
│║ Other songs like ôVictim of Darknessö and ôLong ║ │
│║ Cold Winterö are good but much more ║ │
│║ straightforward, a direction which the band ║ │
│║ would leave behind later. TheyÆre more modern ║ │
│║ sounding tunes that recall Metal Church or ║ │
│║ Helstar more than the trippy, occult rocking ║ │
│║ doom and gloom of their more idiosyncratic ║ │
│║ material û a direction IÆm eternally thankful ║ │
│║ they chose instead. ║ │
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│║ Overall this is just the beginning for Seasons ║ │
│║ of the Wolf. The safer nature of the songwriting ║ │
│║ is excusable because itÆs just the band ║ │
│║ beginning to stretch their legs û they havenÆt ║ │
│║ begun to really experiment yet. While this isnÆt ║ │
│║ as essential as later albums, itÆs still a ║ │
│║ killer back-to-basics metal album that stands ║ │
│║ proud among other 90s and early 2000s metal ║ │
│║ monoliths from bands like Psychotic Waltz, ║ │
│║ Slough Feg and Slauter Xstroyes. Get it. ║ │
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│║ Line-up / Musicians: ║ │
│║ Wes Waddell Vocals ║ │
│║ Barry Waddell Guitars ║ │
│║ Chris Whitford Bass ║ │
│║ Wayne Hoefle Drums ║ │
│║ Dennis Ristow Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Discography: ║ │
│║ 1996 - Seasons of the Wolf ║ │
│║ 1999 - Lost in Hell ║ │
│║ 2001 - Nocturnal Revelation ║ │
│║ 2007 - Once in a Blue Moon ║ │
│║ 2014 - Anthology (Compilation) ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Victim Of Darkness [05:02] │
│ 02 - October Moon [04:39] │
│ 03 - Misty Shades Of Green [05:19] │
│ 04 - Electric Dimension [07:46] │
│ 05 - Long Cold Winter [04:02] │
│ 06 - 10,000 - 10,000 [04:08] │
│ 07 - Quiet Earth [01:50] │
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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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