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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-25-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Air Raid Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Point Of Impact (Jap. Ed.) Label : Spiritual Beas ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ AIR RAID are a Heavy Metal band from Goteborg, ║ │
│║ Sweden, who are about to release one of the best ║ │
│║ Traditional Heavy Metal albums of the decade! ║ │
│║ ôPoint Of Impactö is an album filled with choppy ║ │
│║ and powerful guitar riffs, intensively strong ║ │
│║ vocals, heart pounding drum beats and groovy ║ │
│║ virtuosic bass lines. It screams traditional ║ │
│║ heavy metal from start to finish and I loved ║ │
│║ every moment! ItÆs clear that these guys take a ║ │
│║ lot of influence from the big names of the 80Æs ║ │
│║ such as IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and SAXON, but ║ │
│║ that being said, AIR RAID have been able to ║ │
│║ write music that stands out for what it is and ║ │
│║ not sound like a ærip offÆ to those 80Æs bands, ║ │
│║ or sound like an amateur band trying to ║ │
│║ recapture that era. ║ │
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│║ ôPoint of Impactö wastes no time and bursts ║ │
│║ straight into ôBound to Destroyö with a small ║ │
│║ drum solo followed by some bass playing, which ║ │
│║ reminiscent of ôOverkillö by ôMOTORHEADö. This ║ │
│║ is a great song and a good choice to have as the ║ │
│║ opener because it really shows what these guys ║ │
│║ can do! I want go into any huge detail but some ║ │
│║ of the vocals in this first song alone could ║ │
│║ easily give singing titans like Rob Halford and ║ │
│║ Michael Kiske a run for their money! ║ │
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│║ ôMadnessö takes a more mid tempo approach to ║ │
│║ begin with and opens up with some cool and ║ │
│║ flashy lead guitar work. Once again, AIR RAID ║ │
│║ delivers the goods with a very catchy IRON ║ │
│║ MAIDEN style chorus. ôVictim of the Nightö is ║ │
│║ next and is definitely one of my favourite ║ │
│║ tracks on the album; It opens up with some ║ │
│║ atmospheric clean guitars and soft melodic ║ │
│║ singing which build the tension well before ║ │
│║ exploding into the rest of the song full of ║ │
│║ harmonised riffs and more brilliant singing from ║ │
│║ Arthur Andersson. This song always seems to get ║ │
│║ stuck in my head for hours after I listen to ║ │
│║ this album! ║ │
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│║ ôWildfireö is another fast paced song with ║ │
│║ consistent double bass drumming courtesy of the ║ │
│║ mighty Dave Destructor and you will definitely ║ │
│║ find yourself yelling that æwildfireÆ at the top ║ │
│║ of your lungs when the infectious chorus comes ║ │
│║ around for the second time! Arthur still keeps ║ │
│║ surprising me on every track with his vocal ║ │
│║ range and abilities too; he has one hell of a ║ │
│║ great voice! ║ │
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│║ ôFlying Fortressö is the instrumental of the ║ │
│║ album, and has every musician high on their toes ║ │
│║ full of complex rhythms and structuring whilst ║ │
│║ Andy and Johnny solo to their hearts content one ║ │
│║ after the other. There are also little bass lead ║ │
│║ breaks too which is pretty awesome. This is a ║ │
│║ great display of the musicianship within this ║ │
│║ band; theyÆre very talented guys and tight as a ║ │
│║ band. ║ │
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│║ ôVengeanceö is next and has more of a classic ║ │
│║ power metal feel to it; a little reminiscent to ║ │
│║ early HELLOWEEN material. ItÆs another well- ║ │
│║ structured track full of energy and intensity ║ │
│║ with more amazing vocal melodies, I seriously ║ │
│║ canÆt stress enough how brilliant ArthurÆs voice ║ │
│║ is! ║ │
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│║ ôThe Fire Withinö is another mid tempo one and ║ │
│║ has some great harmonised riffs and lead lines. ║ │
│║ ItÆs one of the more chilled out songs on the ║ │
│║ album, which isnÆt a bad thing at all; as much ║ │
│║ as I love the relentless speed thatÆs showcased ║ │
│║ on most of this album and in metal in general, ║ │
│║ itÆs nice to kick back to a mid-tempo track like ║ │
│║ this and just groove along to it. The diversity ║ │
│║ of rhythms, speeds and structuring is also what ║ │
│║ makes this album great! ║ │
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│║ ôWe Got the Forceö is the last and longest song ║ │
│║ of the album and brings things to a close very ║ │
│║ well; itÆs an anthem of a heavy metal track ║ │
│║ which once again lets you know that AIR RAID ║ │
│║ have the force and willpower to take the earth ║ │
│║ by storm as future titans to our beloved genre. ║ │
│║ After just a few listens, ôPoint of Impactö is ║ │
│║ already one of my favourite albums this year, ║ │
│║ most definitely in the top 10! I highly ║ │
│║ recommend that you buy this album, I promise you ║ │
│║ will not regret it! ║ │
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│║ Arthur W Andersson - Vocals ║ │
│║ Stormchild - Guitars ║ │
│║ Dave Destructor - Drums ║ │
│║ Johnny Nightshredder - Guitars ║ │
│║ Rob Thunderbolt - Bass ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Bound To Destroy [03:52] │
│ 02 - Madness [04:22] │
│ 03 - Victim Of The Night [05:08] │
│ 04 - Wildfire [03:27] │
│ 05 - Flying Fortress [03:03] │
│ 06 - Vengeance [04:35] │
│ 07 - The Fire Within [05:01] │
│ 08 - We Got The Force [05:34] │
│ 09 - Soldier Of The Dark (Bonus Track) [03:59] │
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│ Total Length : [39:01 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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