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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Dec-20-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.fullforce.se ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Fullforce Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : One (Jap. Ed.) Label : Avalon ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ For a while I have been wondering where the ║ │
│║ blazing guitarist and ex-HAMMERFALL, Stefan ║ │
│║ Elmgren, has been hiding all this time. Well he ║ │
│║ didnÆt actually hide, but nothing was heard from ║ │
│║ him for a while. However, Elmgren wasnÆt the ║ │
│║ only one here that made an impact on this ║ │
│║ incoming review. Under the title of FULLFORCE ║ │
│║ some of the best Swedish Metal players joined ║ │
│║ together to erupt the streets with 80s oriented ║ │
│║ melodic Heavy Metal while having a small ║ │
│║ unification with Hard Rock. Better still, this ║ │
│║ band, with the release of their debut album, ║ │
│║ ôOneö, linked a contract with the German giant ║ │
│║ label SPV Records. ║ │
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│║ At first when I heard of FULLFORCE and Elmgren ║ │
│║ in particular, I immediately thought of his old ║ │
│║ little project of a band, while still being a ║ │
│║ member of HAMMERFALL, called FULL STRIKE. I ║ │
│║ thought that FULLFORCE was a sort of continuance ║ │
│║ to that group that only released a single, yet ║ │
│║ quite nice, release in 2002. Also the name of ║ │
│║ FULLFORCE gave me a quick possible idea, but ║ │
│║ after reading a bit, I found out that I was ║ │
│║ wrong. Moreover, this band wasnÆt even formed by ║ │
│║ Elmgren but by other members of the PLANET ║ │
│║ ALLIANCE supergroup such as Mike Andersson ║ │
│║ (Vocals) and other ex-HAMMERFALL member and ║ │
│║ bassist, Magnus Rosen, that didnÆt participate ║ │
│║ on this release. So as you can see, FULLFORCE is ║ │
│║ a whole new entity for the Metal world to get ║ │
│║ acquainted with. ║ │
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│║ Subsequent to the shards of info that I just ║ │
│║ gave you about FULLFORCE and their little story, ║ │
│║ there is ôOneö standing in the front podium. ║ │
│║ Essentially, this is great Heavy Metal and the ║ │
│║ Hard Rock ingredients that were inserted here ║ │
│║ and there only upgraded this supergroupÆs ║ │
│║ efforts in the long run. Nevertheless, I had a ║ │
│║ little more expectations from this release as I ║ │
│║ wanted it to be slightly more inspirational that ║ │
│║ normal. ôOneö stands firmly as a traditional ║ │
│║ release but it felt to me that it lacked a small ║ │
│║ dosage of stimulation. In a way, vocalist Mike ║ │
│║ Andersson didnÆt put a spell on me although his ║ │
│║ voice pattern, that merely reminded me of AOR ║ │
│║ singers, had a lovely flavour. Maybe I expected ║ │
│║ a type of voice that was a little bit more off ║ │
│║ the AOR scale. ║ │
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│║ The material was catchy, kind of commercialized ║ │
│║ on some parts, and easy to listen too. ôInto The ║ │
│║ Cradleö, the closing valve of this release, was ║ │
│║ in my book the greatest track and my personal ║ │
│║ favourite. That song was a true 80s Hard NÆ ║ │
│║ Heavy catchy hit. Its impressive traditional ║ │
│║ rhythm section that shared memories of ║ │
│║ WHITESNAKE and other Hard Rock acts of same ║ │
│║ variations, made me grin more than once. ôHeart ║ │
│║ And Soulö and ôOblivionö were heavy engines ║ │
│║ filled with something between darkness and light ║ │
│║ emotions like tin cans with bleeding hearts, ║ │
│║ true classic tracks in the midst of 80s ║ │
│║ affiliations played and presented by a modern ║ │
│║ sound. ôWall Of Secretsö, see also the official ║ │
│║ video, and ôFather Spiritö crushed with ║ │
│║ wonderful melodies and kick ass solos by the ║ │
│║ hands of Elmgren along with another crazy ║ │
│║ guitarist C.J. Grimmark. Both, as the former, ║ │
│║ were two additional classic competitors. ║ │
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│║ ôOneöis not HAMMERFALL, LOST HORIZON, DREAM ║ │
│║ EVIL, FULL STRIKE or whatever group each and ║ │
│║ every one of the line up used to, or still ║ │
│║ taking, part in. It has some similarities of ║ │
│║ course because traditional Metal is a commodity ║ │
│║ for many bands in Sweden and in the rest of the ║ │
│║ world. Here I found great talents on writing ║ │
│║ hits and easy to listen songs. SPV Records chose ║ │
│║ wisely to sign these guys up and fast, I am sure ║ │
│║ that the next release will knock my socks off. ║ │
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│║ Michael Andersson - Vocals ║ │
│║ Stefan Elmgren - Guitars ║ │
│║ Carl-Johan Grimmark - Guitars ║ │
│║ Anders Johansson - Drums ║ │
│║ Tommy Larsson - Bass ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Mythomaniac [04:05] │
│ 02 - None Of Your Concern [03:38] │
│ 03 - Heart And Soul [03:34] │
│ 04 - Oblivion [04:55] │
│ 05 - Open Your Eyes [04:28] │
│ 06 - Rain [04:36] │
│ 07 - Suffering In Silence [03:08] │
│ 08 - Walls Of Secrets [04:35] │
│ 09 - Father Spirit [04:53] │
│ 10 - I Bleed [05:09] │
│ 11 - Into The Cradle [05:03] │
│ 12 - Best Of Times (BonusTrack) [03:50] │
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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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