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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Cornerstone - Two Tales Of One Tomorrow (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-04-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2007 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.cornerstonemusic.dk ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Cornerstone Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Two Tales Of One Tomorrow (JapLabel : Dingwall Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ One of the best things to come from my ║ │
│║ experience writing for Metal Reviews is to ║ │
│║ unexpectedly come across a new band/project that ║ │
│║ you had never heard before, only to be surprised ║ │
│║ and so impressed with the quality that you ║ │
│║ blindly check out each and every subsequent ║ │
│║ release with great anticipation. One of those ║ │
│║ particular bands is Cornerstone, whose Human ║ │
│║ Stain album back in 2002 turned out to be the ║ │
│║ soundtrack of my summer that year. The 70's ║ │
│║ melodic feel complete with the Rainbow, Deep ║ │
│║ Purple guitar/keyboard blend and the amazing, ║ │
│║ soulful voice of Doogie White (Yngwie Malmsteen) ║ │
│║ got me hooked right away. The fact that Doogie ║ │
│║ also did the vocals for the excellent Stranger ║ │
│║ In Us All album by Rainbow in the 90's obviously ║ │
│║ had an impact on the music that he continued to ║ │
│║ write and along with collaborator Steen Mogensen ║ │
│║ (Royal Hunt), the two have formed a solid ║ │
│║ partnership in one of the best melodic hard rock ║ │
│║ acts around today. ║ │
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│║ Human Stain was the sort of album that had no ║ │
│║ filler tracks but with a couple of definite ║ │
│║ standouts. The follow-up album Once Upon Our ║ │
│║ Yesterdays was another solid album but saw a ║ │
│║ slightly more modern approach and a darker ║ │
│║ overall feel. With their fourth album to date, ║ │
│║ Two Tales Of One Tomorrow, Cornerstone has gone ║ │
│║ back to the Rainbow, Deep Purple influenced ║ │
│║ melodic hard rock with an album that could ║ │
│║ arguably be their best album yet. ║ │
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│║ Right from the top, we get three very solid ║ │
│║ tracks with the classic Rainbow feel. Misery, ║ │
│║ with it's up tempo style and great blend of ║ │
│║ heavy riffs with keyboards, is the perfect ║ │
│║ vehicle for Doogie White's strong, soulful ║ │
│║ voice. One Man's Hell continues with more ║ │
│║ chunkier riffs and great melodic hooks with ║ │
│║ Mother Of Mercy quite possibly being a candidate ║ │
│║ for one of their best songs ever. With it's ║ │
│║ heavy, hypnotic feel, it invokes a David ║ │
│║ Coverdale era Deep Purple vibe and is instantly ║ │
│║ likeable. Doogie's soaring and soulful singing ║ │
│║ gives the track somewhat of a classic 70's feel ║ │
│║ and in particular, material by such heavyweights ║ │
│║ as Uriah Heep and Bad Company. The title track ║ │
│║ Two Tales Of One Tomorrow, uses Eastern ║ │
│║ instruments and melodies for a great atmospheric ║ │
│║ effect in a neo-classically flavored track that ║ │
│║ also features some great slicing guitar riffs. ║ │
│║ Other highlights include Pray, another mid tempo ║ │
│║ track with heavy guitar and keyboard blended ║ │
│║ riffs that also features some great lead guitar ║ │
│║ and synthesizer soloing. Starlight Symphony gets ║ │
│║ the full Kill The King Rainbow treatment with ║ │
│║ it's speedy almost power metal style, awesome ║ │
│║ vocals by Doogie and Michael Schenker-like ║ │
│║ riffing by guitarist Kasper Damagaard. The Dance ║ │
│║ sees the band straying into Dio territory with ║ │
│║ it's slow, pounding and hypnotic heavy riffs and ║ │
│║ they take it one step further with the track We ║ │
│║ Are The Dead having qualities of Dio-era Black ║ │
│║ Sabbath. Doogie White just wails on this track ║ │
│║ that slowly builds in intensity and with one of ║ │
│║ his best vocals on the album, it's a great ║ │
│║ finisher to another great album by this band. ║ │
│║ Special mention must be made to Steen Mogensen's ║ │
│║ production job with this album. This band has ║ │
│║ never sounded better. Guitarist Kasper Damagaard ║ │
│║ does an outstanding job and his very tasteful ║ │
│║ soloing and lead fills are the icing on the cake ║ │
│║ for many of the tracks on this album. Wuthering ║ │
│║ Heights keyboardist Rune S. Brink provides the ║ │
│║ keyboard "muscle" on this album giving it a ║ │
│║ decidedly stronger keyboard presence than ║ │
│║ previous efforts. ║ │
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│║ Well...another blind buy if you're a fan of this ║ │
│║ band. If you haven't yet checked them out and ║ │
│║ are familiar with Doogie White's work with the ║ │
│║ last couple of Yngwie Malmsteen albums and are a ║ │
│║ fan of great, energetic melodic hard rock in the ║ │
│║ Rainbow, Deep Purple style, this band is a ║ │
│║ must!! It might take a few more listens before I ║ │
│║ can put it head to head with Human Stain as far ║ │
│║ as which album is better nonetheless, ║ │
│║ Cornerstone has delivered another solid effort ║ │
│║ with a style that they seem to be much more ║ │
│║ comfortable with. Although the melodic sense as ║ │
│║ well as the guitar riffs/keyboard blend gives ║ │
│║ the band a decidedly 70's feel, they have a ║ │
│║ fresh, energetic sound and don't sound dated ║ │
│║ even in the slightest. You'd be hard pressed to ║ │
│║ find a better writing partnership than the one ║ │
│║ with Steen Mogensen and Doogie White. They have ║ │
│║ a solid grasp on writing excellent melodic hard ║ │
│║ rock and have developed Cornerstone into one of ║ │
│║ the best in the genre. ║ │
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│║ Doogie White - Vocals ║ │
│║ Steen Mogensen - Bass ║ │
│║ Rune Brink - Keyboards ║ │
│║ Kasper Damgaard - Guitars ║ │
│║ Allan S°rensen - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Misery [06:04] │
│ 02 - One Mans Hell [04:43] │
│ 03 - Mother of Mercy [05:28] │
│ 04 - Two Tales of One Tomorrow [06:21] │
│ 05 - Prey [05:13] │
│ 06 - Blinded [05:07] │
│ 07 - Starlight and Mystery [05:05] │
│ 08 - The Dance [04:50] │
│ 09 - Wicked [05:49] │
│ 10 - We are the Dead [06:46] │
│ 11 - Requiem (Bonus Track) [05:49] │
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│ Total Length : [61:15 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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