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│ + Sweet & Lynch - Only To Rise (Jap. Ed.) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-24-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Sweet & Lynch Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Only To Rise (Jap. Ed.) Label : Avalon ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Serafino Perugino, he is certainly an icon to be ║ │
│║ remembered, the president of Frontiers Records, ║ │
│║ but most Metal and Rock fans might not even know ║ │
│║ of his involvements to fulfill one of the utmost ║ │
│║ special projects released by the label. So ║ │
│║ enough with the flattery for the gentleman, ║ │
│║ nevertheless the guy actually led a hell of a ║ │
│║ strike in the name of Hard Rock and Melodic ║ │
│║ Metal with the birth of this all start project ║ │
│║ called SWEET & LYNCH. You might have guessed who ║ │
│║ is the Sweet and who is the Lynch, however, ║ │
│║ donÆt miss a LoMenzo and a Tichy while you are ║ │
│║ at it, because they gave their whole for it as ║ │
│║ well as the formers. Scattering winks and ║ │
│║ influences of the foursome previous involvements ║ │
│║ like DOKKEN, STRYPER, WHITE LION, WHITESNAKE but ║ │
│║ also the emotiveness of AORish JOURNEY and Rock ║ │
│║ NÆ Roll grounds and prolific guitaring of VAN ║ │
│║ HALEN, the ôOnly To Riseö album was conceived. ║ │
│║ Trust yours truly here that after listening to ║ │
│║ it, you will easily gather that there is no way ║ │
│║ but up. ║ │
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│║ With an obvious catchiness as the name of the ║ │
│║ game, added by a pure radio friendliness to the ║ │
│║ concoction, ôOnly To Riseö reignited my passion ║ │
│║ for this kind of Hard NÆ Heavy, almost Hair ║ │
│║ Metal kind of flame, yet with the pompous spray ║ │
│║ and paint out. I truly respect George Lynch, as ║ │
│║ he is a pure divine of appetizing and nasty ║ │
│║ riffery and lead guitar mastery, but Mr. Michael ║ │
│║ Sweet of the STRYPER fame shown me that taking ║ │
│║ care of yourself as a vocalist really makes it ║ │
│║ worth. Just listen to his strong and utterly ║ │
│║ clear voice and would figure it out, a legend ║ │
│║ fuelling your ears. On the other hand, these two ║ │
│║ gents couldnÆt have made it through without a ║ │
│║ solid iron tight rhythm section that is both ║ │
│║ groovy and meticulously played, thank you James ║ │
│║ LoMenzo and Brian Tichy. ║ │
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│║ Following my early statement, ôOnly To Riseö is ║ │
│║ like a spiderÆs web, it ruses everything heading ║ │
│║ its path, sucking you into his depths without ║ │
│║ letting you to cut the cord. Whether through ║ │
│║ guitar work, tremendous vocals or plain just ║ │
│║ good songwriting, I conjure that everyone would ║ │
│║ eventually find their identities within the ║ │
│║ lines. I actually found myself captivated to the ║ │
│║ sounds of the albumÆs second ballad, ôMe Without ║ │
│║ Youö. It might have that AORish silky ║ │
│║ smoothness, but Sweet, and his correlation with ║ │
│║ atmosphere of the song, left me speechless, ║ │
│║ returning to it time after time again. If I ║ │
│║ desired to start things up heavy, I tuned to the ║ │
│║ self-titled track, a beating 80Æs vibe DOKKEN ║ │
│║ style tune of Heavy Metal thunder force, yet ║ │
│║ with a much better vocalist at the helm. LynchÆs ║ │
│║ signature sound and riffs filled with air with a ║ │
│║ sense of old class and when the solo began to ║ │
│║ erupt, it was unstoppable. ôStrength In Numbersö ║ │
│║ came as something rather different a modernized ║ │
│║ version of the jumble of 70Æs and 80Æs ║ │
│║ directions with a larger than life chorus that ║ │
│║ filled my heart with appreciation, a magical ║ │
│║ expedition no doubt. First ballad of the release ║ │
│║ ôLove Staysö added just a tad more fuel to the ║ │
│║ fire, a bit heavier than the previous, however, ║ │
│║ equally gentle in its overall AORish trace. ║ │
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│║ Like most of the best releases that I reviewed ║ │
│║ in the past, I prefer not to share everything ║ │
│║ that I witnessed on the release in order for you ║ │
│║ guys to find the classic moments on your own. ║ │
│║ With guarantee that would stumble upon them ║ │
│║ throughout each of the songs on the tracklist. ║ │
│║ Personally, I hope that this foursome power unit ║ │
│║ would be making more releases of this fashion as ║ │
│║ this melodic kind of Rock and Metal are ║ │
│║ everlasting. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Michael Sweet û Vocals ║ │
│║ George Lynch û Guitars ║ │
│║ James LoMenzo û Bass ║ │
│║ Brian Tichy - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - The Wish [03:39] │
│ 02 - Dying Rose [03:41] │
│ 03 - Love Stays [04:35] │
│ 04 - Time Will Tell [03:51] │
│ 05 - Rescue Me [04:13] │
│ 06 - Me Without You [04:02] │
│ 07 - Recover [03:43] │
│ 08 - Divine [04:19] │
│ 09 - September [04:17] │
│ 10 - Strengh In Numbers [03:18] │
│ 11 - Hero-Zero [04:12] │
│ 12 - Only To Rise [03:45] │
│ 13 - Me Without You (Alternate Version) (Bonus [03:39] │
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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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