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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.........2003 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.cornerstone.dk ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Cornerstone Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Once Upon Our Yesterdays (Jap. Ed.) : Yamaha Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Cornerstone has returned with their new album, ║ │
│║ Once Upon Our Yesterdays, which will be released ║ │
│║ on Nov. 17th. The band has several tracks to ║ │
│║ download from their website (see link above) to ║ │
│║ give you a taste of the new album. Vocalist ║ │
│║ Doogie White (Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Midnight ║ │
│║ Blue) and bassist/keyboardist Steen Mogensen ║ │
│║ (Royal Hunt) teamed up several years ago as ║ │
│║ Cornerstone and Human Stain, I thought, was one ║ │
│║ of the best melodic hard rock albums to come out ║ │
│║ last year. It's a great album that I still ║ │
│║ listen to once in a while. The line-up for this ║ │
│║ album is the same as on Human Stain but I think ║ │
│║ the production is far superior. Once Upon Our ║ │
│║ Yesterdays is a somewhat darker album than it's ║ │
│║ predecessor and a bit more like the first album ║ │
│║ Arrival. It's not quite as catchy and riff laden ║ │
│║ as Human Stain but a solid release otherwise. ║ │
│║ The album opener, Welcome To Forever is a great ║ │
│║ charging heavy track with big riffs and has a ║ │
│║ very powerful melodic style. Doogie's voice ║ │
│║ sounds fantastic as ever but the chorus to this ║ │
│║ one's average at best. The same fate befalls ║ │
│║ When The Hammer Falls (how many songs are there ║ │
│║ with this title?? enough already!!). Starting ║ │
│║ with some classic metal riffing, it settles in ║ │
│║ to become a solid metal track but with an ║ │
│║ uninspiring chorus. Passion To Warfare creates a ║ │
│║ cool funky, pounding heavy groove with the ║ │
│║ guitars and keys and the layered vocals fatten ║ │
│║ the sound up nicely. Hour Of Doom is another ║ │
│║ powerful and heavy track that's bursting with ║ │
│║ melody and sounds very different from Human ║ │
│║ Stain. The slower, catchy power ballad, Man ║ │
│║ Without Reason has a more familiar Cornerstone ║ │
│║ sound with it's great expressive leads, powerful ║ │
│║ vocals and catchy chorus. The Deep Purple, ║ │
│║ Rainbow influence rears it's head in a big way ║ │
│║ with the track 21st Century Man, a blistering ║ │
│║ and fast blast of guitar and keyboards with some ║ │
│║ very 70's guitar and organ passages. The title ║ │
│║ track, Once Upon Our Yesterdays, has some slower ║ │
│║ pounding heavy riffing over some clean guitar. ║ │
│║ It has a very Zeppelin-like sound with more ║ │
│║ great vocals and some ultra cool wah-wah lead ║ │
│║ guitar. End Of The World has a Thin Lizzy, Gary ║ │
│║ Moore celtic feel to the heavy guitar riffs ║ │
│║ complete with some violin for the intro and is a ║ │
│║ different feel and style than the rest of the ║ │
│║ album. Some Have Dreams is a largely acoustic ║ │
│║ track with some heavy guitars for the choruses ║ │
│║ with Doogie's soaring voice and the album ends ║ │
│║ with Scream, with it's dreamy Pink Floyd ║ │
│║ influenced intro that eventually launches into a ║ │
│║ great metal riff driven song. ║ │
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│║ On the whole, I think that Cornerstone have ║ │
│║ matured and delivered another solid album. This ║ │
│║ album is very different than Human Stain and ║ │
│║ with the style of some of the songs, you'd be ║ │
│║ hard pressed to tell who it is if asked to ║ │
│║ listen to them blindly. There's lots of variety ║ │
│║ with the songs and production wise, I don't ║ │
│║ think that the band has ever sounded better. The ║ │
│║ sound is rich and heavy and they really are ║ │
│║ starting to forge their own sound. I think Human ║ │
│║ Stain was a little better album songwriting wise ║ │
│║ and has an infectiousness to it. After 3 or 4 ║ │
│║ listens to this new one, some tracks stood out ║ │
│║ over others but none caught my attention like ║ │
│║ some of those on the Human Stain album. Another ║ │
│║ great release by Cornerstone and one that sees ║ │
│║ the band expanding their sound and not repeating ║ │
│║ themselves. It's also a lot deeper than anything ║ │
│║ they've done in the past and requires many ║ │
│║ listens to appreciate. It's still growing on me ║ │
│║ with every listen, but I still prefer Human ║ │
│║ Stain. We'll see what others have to say about ║ │
│║ this one when it comes out. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Welcome To Forever [06:25] │
│ 02 - When The Hammer Falls [04:29] │
│ 03 - Passion To Warfare [04:46] │
│ 04 - Hour Of Doom [04:18] │
│ 05 - Man Without Reason [03:35] │
│ 06 - 21st Century Man [03:29] │
│ 07 - Once Upon Our Yeterdays [06:00] │
│ 08 - End Of The World [04:07] │
│ 09 - Some Have Dreams [05:26] │
│ 10 - Scream [06:04] │
│ 11 - Walk With Me (Bonus Track) [02:17] │
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