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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Aug-19-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2003 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hellion.us ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hellion Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Will Not Go Quietly Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ What we have here is the first album from Ann ║ │
│║ Boleyn and Hellion in over a decade. It has been ║ │
│║ so long, as a matter of fact, that upon hearing ║ │
│║ Will Not Go Quietly for the first time, one ║ │
│║ might think that this was a completely new band ║ │
│║ given that the music is so far removed from the ║ │
│║ work that Hellion did in the 80Æs and early ║ │
│║ 90Æs. HellionÆs music back then was a hybrid of ║ │
│║ British and Euro metal, a mixture of Rainbow, ║ │
│║ Deep Purple, and the Scorpions. On Will Not Go ║ │
│║ Quietly, we get what sounds like a cross between ║ │
│║ Nightwish and Strange Highways/Angry Machines- ║ │
│║ era Dio, with a singer that at times sounds like ║ │
│║ Grace Slick with schizophrenia. It sounds like a ║ │
│║ surefire winner, doesnÆt it? ║ │
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│║ Well, not exactly. Over the past year, I have ║ │
│║ discovered HellionÆs music and have become ║ │
│║ fascinated with the life of the person whom the ║ │
│║ band is centered around, Ann Boleyn. The fact ║ │
│║ that she had been out of the scene for so long ║ │
│║ really had me rooting for her and longing for a ║ │
│║ record that I wouldnÆt have to struggle to ║ │
│║ enjoy. I instead was left feeling let down since ║ │
│║ I had spent the night in what is a haunted ║ │
│║ mansion of an album and didnÆt see anything ║ │
│║ scary come daybreak. ║ │
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│║ There are strong points to be found on Will Not ║ │
│║ Go Quietly. Mikey DavisÆ modern production ║ │
│║ really clears the cobwebs and makes the record ║ │
│║ sound modern. The playing is competent, and the ║ │
│║ lyrics while often choppy, clumsy, and filled ║ │
│║ with too many cliches, address such timely ║ │
│║ issues as the indifference to violence, ║ │
│║ censorship, and even anti-semitism. Another ║ │
│║ thing that comes to the fore is Ann BoleynÆs ║ │
│║ anger, which boils over on my favorite track, ║ │
│║ "Dead And Gone" where she burns with the ║ │
│║ righteous rage of a mother lion. I also enjoyed ║ │
│║ the experimentation of "User 7" on which Boleyn ║ │
│║ delivers a breathless vocal over top a bluesy, ║ │
│║ jazzy shuffle that marks the bandÆs biggest ║ │
│║ departure. ║ │
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│║ However, the one thing that really deflates the ║ │
│║ record as a whole is the inconsistent ║ │
│║ songwriting. All of the tracks, even "Dead and ║ │
│║ Gone" to an extent, didnÆt seem to be fully ║ │
│║ realized. For the most part, I found myself ║ │
│║ liking only parts of songs. For example the ║ │
│║ thrilling first 30 seconds of "Welcome(To My ║ │
│║ Humble Home)", the choruses of "The Last Straw", ║ │
│║ "Dream Deceiver", and "See You In Hell", and the ║ │
│║ driving riffery that signals the end of "Duchess ║ │
│║ Of Debauchery" point out that there was a ║ │
│║ classic comeback somewhere in here that was ║ │
│║ buried under uninspired riffs and keyboard ║ │
│║ trickery. There were times when I found myself ║ │
│║ rewriting the songs in my head and becoming ║ │
│║ frustrated that the songs werenÆt as strong as ║ │
│║ they could have been. ║ │
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│║ Another thing that I dislike about Will Not ║ │
│║ Quietly is that its darkness, menace, and ║ │
│║ gravity often sound forced, as if its creators ║ │
│║ were trying too hard to gain respect in and fit ║ │
│║ into a more violent and hostile metallic world ║ │
│║ after a long absence. ║ │
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│║ Will Not Go Quietly was intended to be a solo ║ │
│║ album originally, a fact that becomes evident ║ │
│║ upon hearing the personal lyrics which in ║ │
│║ addition to being relevant, also deal with ║ │
│║ subjects such as lonliness and betrayal, making ║ │
│║ this listen akin to reading someoneÆs diary ║ │
│║ without their knowledge or consent. ║ │
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│║ In closing I am pulled towards this disc due to ║ │
│║ its bravery and bite yet at the same time pushed ║ │
│║ away by its lack of connectivity and its ║ │
│║ unfulfilled potential. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Will Not Go Quietly/Resurection [05:59] │
│ 02 - Welcome (To My Humble Home) [05:14] │
│ 03 - Revenge (Is Sweet) [05:24] │
│ 04 - The Last Straw [05:46] │
│ 05 - Wildest Dreams [05:44] │
│ 06 - Dead And Gone [05:57] │
│ 07 - Dream Deceiver [06:34] │
│ 08 - Shit [04:55] │
│ 09 - Duchess Of Debauchery [04:37] │
│ 10 - User 7 [06:36] │
│ 11 - See You In Hell [06:27] │
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│ Total Length : [63:13 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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