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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-28-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........04 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.newstedheavymetal.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Newsted Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Metal-EP Label : Jasonic Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I often reminisce on the music video ║ │
│║ commentaries of Beavis And Butthead when ║ │
│║ considering the recent material of bands that ║ │
│║ used to play better music, and not just for the ║ │
│║ obligatory "this sucks" jab. There is something ║ │
│║ ironically poetic about dubbing a band "A bunch ║ │
│║ of skinny wusses" while also nothing that "they ║ │
│║ could still kick Axel (Rose)'s ass", and this ║ │
│║ little zinger definitely holds true for most of ║ │
│║ Jason's post-Metallica work. While there was ║ │
│║ nothing overtly terrible about his individual ║ │
│║ contributions to the likes of Voivod and Ozzy ║ │
│║ Osbourne, the whole final products left a bit to ║ │
│║ be desired, despite that they could still ║ │
│║ obviously run circles around certified junkers ║ │
│║ like "St. Anger" and "Lulu". The material that ║ │
│║ Newsted put out with various non-metal projects ║ │
│║ including (but not limited to) Echobrain were ║ │
│║ also largely forgettable, but still falling ║ │
│║ short in the pain inducing department next to ║ │
│║ the aforementioned Metallica flops. ║ │
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│║ Needless to say, Jason has gotten his act ║ │
│║ together and formed a rather enticing 3-piece ║ │
│║ outfit under his own name, and 4 songs that ║ │
│║ manage to get beyond the "this doesn't suck" ║ │
│║ threshold and become something worth blowing ║ │
│║ some hard earned cash on. Influences from a ║ │
│║ number of 70s and early 80s outfits from the ║ │
│║ likes of Black Sabbath, Trouble, Motorhead, and ║ │
│║ a slight hint of Alice In Chains here and there ║ │
│║ paint the landscape with an eye for rhythmic ║ │
│║ precision and groove, and mesh perfectly with a ║ │
│║ modern production sound that avoids putting too ║ │
│║ much emphasis on the drums and vocals. ║ │
│║ Interestingly enough, Jason's vocals prove to be ║ │
│║ one of the chief draws here, incorporating the ║ │
│║ same raw, gritty growl that Lemmy's been ║ │
│║ blasting out of his PA system since 1977, mixed ║ │
│║ with a small taste of southern metal attitude. ║ │
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│║ By and large, the music found on here tends to ║ │
│║ conform to the sort of mid-tempo, crunching ║ │
│║ grooves normally heard out of modern doom ║ │
│║ outfits. With the exception of the thrashing ║ │
│║ speeder "Soldierhead", which comes off as a ║ │
│║ stronger, faster version of what Metallica tried ║ │
│║ to do on "Death Magnetic", the music on here is ║ │
│║ pretty subdued and rocking when compared to ║ │
│║ Newsted's contributions to the 80s thrash scene. ║ │
│║ When hearing the stomping, bluesy aura of ║ │
│║ "Godsnake" and "Skyscraper", one can't help but ║ │
│║ be reminded of the darker, slower character of ║ │
│║ modernized heavy metal heard out of Dio on ║ │
│║ "Strange Highways", though Newsted's raunchy ║ │
│║ vocal assault sounds very little like the ║ │
│║ soaring howls of heavy metal's fallen king. The ║ │
│║ instrumental assault on these chugging rockers ║ │
│║ is fairly restrained, avoiding the showy guitar ║ │
│║ gymnastics normally engaged in by Iommi or ║ │
│║ Hammett, and listening closer to a laid back ║ │
│║ answer to Jerry Cantrell. ║ │
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│║ It's well advised to approach this album as it's ║ │
│║ own entity rather than an extension of Newsted's ║ │
│║ Metallica days, thus it tends to lean away from ║ │
│║ the overt thrash sound that some may have hoped ║ │
│║ for. Nevertheless, this is a good release that ║ │
│║ stands pretty well above the disastrous ║ │
│║ experiments that Metallica seems hellbent on ║ │
│║ repeating till kingdom come. In fact, if recent ║ │
│║ output by both parties is the standard, Jason ║ │
│║ has actually surpassed James Hetfield as the ║ │
│║ better front man, leaving little doubt that the ║ │
│║ last of the talent tied to the most commercially ║ │
│║ successful thrash metal band left while the ║ │
│║ going was good. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Soldierhead [04:18] │
│ 02 - Godsnake [05:18] │
│ 03 - King Of The Underdogs [06:02] │
│ 04 - Skyscraper [06:37] │
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│ Total Length : [22:15 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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