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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-30-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2000 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........17 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.jagpanzer.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Jag Panzer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Thane To The Throne Label : Century Media ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ When I first ordered this CD, I felt like I was ║ │
│║ kind of taking a chance. On the one hand, I had ║ │
│║ encountered metalheads that sung it's praise, ║ │
│║ marking it as one of the (if not the) finest ║ │
│║ album Jag Panzer has ever released. On the other ║ │
│║ hand, there were those who had told me I was ║ │
│║ just wasting my money and would eventually ║ │
│║ regret purchasing this album. But, I figured ║ │
│║ that Jag Panzer+Shakespeare=epic win. ║ │
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│║ I wasn't really sure what to expect, then, when ║ │
│║ I received Thane to the Throne in the mail and ║ │
│║ popped into the CD player (or, rather computer) ║ │
│║ for the first time. ║ │
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│║ Upon hearing the first track, I was hooked and ║ │
│║ the naysayers were proven wrong. Thane of ║ │
│║ Cawdor, the opening track, opens things off ║ │
│║ nicely with a little hummed vocal intro backed ║ │
│║ up by a marching beat on the snare which ║ │
│║ progresses into little violin ditty before ║ │
│║ kicking things into high gear with an epic drum ║ │
│║ entrance and Chris Broderick's instantly ║ │
│║ recognizable crunchy guitar tone. For those ║ │
│║ familiar with the plot of Macbeth, this song ║ │
│║ tells of the Weird sister's prophecy and ║ │
│║ Macbeth's plotting to murder king Duncan. ║ │
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│║ Track two, King at a Price, keeps the energy ║ │
│║ going nicely with an opening guitar exchange ║ │
│║ that is a textbook example of how to correctly ║ │
│║ use a simple single-note riff superimposed over ║ │
│║ a power chord progression. A short verse that ║ │
│║ shows a call-response format between the vocals ║ │
│║ and guitar later and the song charges headlong ║ │
│║ into the galloping chorus, which could have come ║ │
│║ straight out of any long-lost Iron Maiden track. ║ │
│║ After another verse and chorus, Chris Broderick ║ │
│║ wastes no time in showcasing his guitar skills ║ │
│║ with some face-melting (but not uncalled-for) ║ │
│║ shredding. The song shows Macbeth's obsession ║ │
│║ with the idea of becoming king, and his ║ │
│║ willingness to murder Duncan to fulfill that ║ │
│║ goal. Bloody Crime starts up with another ║ │
│║ Maiden-esque riff and tells the story of ║ │
│║ Macbeth's murder of Duncan, while he's being ║ │
│║ goaded into it by Lady Macbeth. ║ │
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│║ After a well-done and thought-out but short ║ │
│║ instrumental classical guitar solo(the ║ │
│║ Premonition), the story picks up again with the ║ │
│║ songs 'Treachery's Stain' and 'Specters of the ║ │
│║ Past' telling of Macbeth's murder of Banquo and ║ │
│║ the torment that he feels because of it. Another ║ │
│║ instrumental (Banquo's Final Rest, a violin solo ║ │
│║ this time) and the band moves on to the scene ║ │
│║ where Macbeth goes again to consult the three ║ │
│║ witches that originally made the prophecy about ║ │
│║ Macbeth in the track 'Three Voices of Fate'. A ║ │
│║ very interesting (and unusual) technique that ║ │
│║ Jag Panzer uses in this song to make the ║ │
│║ changing perspectives between Macbeth and the ║ │
│║ witches apparent is that they have a choir serve ║ │
│║ as the voice for the witches while Harry Conklin ║ │
│║ sings Macbeth's part. Macbeth actually carries ║ │
│║ out the murder of Macduff's family in the next ║ │
│║ song, 'Hell to Pay'. This track also features an ║ │
│║ awesome opening riff very similar to the ║ │
│║ beginning of 'Take to the Skies' off of ║ │
│║ Mechanized warfare. Chris Broderick also makes ║ │
│║ this song stand out an extended solo that is ║ │
│║ probably my favorite on the album. ║ │
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│║ Another violin instrumental (the prophecies) ║ │
│║ follows that song and it meshes nicely with ║ │
│║ 'Insanity's Mind', which tells of Lady Macbeth's ║ │
│║ sorrow and horror at what she and her husband ║ │
│║ have done to gain the throne, going so far as to ║ │
│║ quote the actual Shakespeare play in order to ║ │
│║ make it more authentic. This song is followed by ║ │
│║ 'Requiem for Lady Macbeth', another short ║ │
│║ instrumental that features a tolling bell. ║ │
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│║ 'The Face of Fear', 'The Fall of Dunsinane' and ║ │
│║ 'Fate's Triumph' tell of the fulfillment of the ║ │
│║ Witches prophecy about Macbeth's end (that the ║ │
│║ woods would get up and move to meet Dunsinane, ║ │
│║ and that he would not be killed by someone born ║ │
│║ of a woman) and of Macbeth's death at the hands ║ │
│║ of Macduff. The downward fall is another short, ║ │
│║ classical guitar-centered instrumental and 'The ║ │
│║ Tradgedy of Macbeth' is basically a re-cap, kind ║ │
│║ of skimming through the whole story again. ║ │
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│║ This album's catchy choruses, excellent ║ │
│║ instrumental work and general feeling of having ║ │
│║ been well-planned and thought out prior to its ║ │
│║ execution will earn it a place forever in my ║ │
│║ list of favorite albums. This is not an album ║ │
│║ loosely based on a 'concept'. This is an album ║ │
│║ that actually tells a story, and tells it quite ║ │
│║ well. Even the 'filler' tracks don't really seem ║ │
│║ like fillers, as they mesh and add to the album ║ │
│║ rather than detract from it and make it more ║ │
│║ difficult to listen to like some other bands ║ │
│║ *cough*IcedEarthFramingArmegeddon*cough*. In ║ │
│║ addition, Harry Conklin showcases some of his ║ │
│║ best vocal work ever, in my opinion, setting his ║ │
│║ voice to match the mood of the song very well. ║ │
│║ All in all, this is an excellent album. A mush- ║ │
│║ have for any fan of power metal. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - thane of cawdor [04:51] │
│ 02 - king at a price [03:49] │
│ 03 - bloody crime [05:35] │
│ 04 - the premonitions [00:28] │
│ 05 - treachery's stain [04:11] │
│ 06 - spectres of the past [03:46] │
│ 07 - banquo's final rest [00:22] │
│ 08 - three voices of fate [05:13] │
│ 09 - hell to pay [04:32] │
│ 10 - the prophecies (fugue in d minor) [01:43] │
│ 11 - insanity's mind [05:25] │
│ 12 - requiem for lady macbeth [00:24] │
│ 13 - face of fear [03:21] │
│ 14 - fall of dunsinane [05:17] │
│ 15 - fate's triumph [04:38] │
│ 16 - the downward fall [02:49] │
│ 17 - tragedy of macbeth [08:19] │
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│ Total Length : [64:43 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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