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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones + │
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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.........2004 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.jagpanzer.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Jag Panzer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Casting The Stones Label : Century Media ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I'm sort of reviewing this in anticipation of ║ │
│║ Jag Panzer's new album. I haven't written hardly ║ │
│║ any reviews in the last few years, why? Because ║ │
│║ I honestly haven't been listening to much metal ║ │
│║ in the last few years. But this band is one of ║ │
│║ the few bands that still tickle my jaded fancy. ║ │
│║ Why? This band defines what metal is, and should ║ │
│║ be; among all the derivitive garbage that's been ║ │
│║ so trendy in recent years, with a whole mess of ║ │
│║ idiots that don't get it, this band is one of ║ │
│║ the unsung heros of trend-defying real metal. ║ │
│║ Well written, great lyrics, soaring vocals, ║ │
│║ killer riffs and solos. No bullshit. No ║ │
│║ gimmicks. True metal. Real music. ║ │
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│║ And this is one of their best albums. ║ │
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│║ Right from the get-go this album's production is ║ │
│║ modern and punchy without being over-sterile. ║ │
│║ The drums are hard hitting, and the guitar tone ║ │
│║ is pure. I mean, spot-on. Every note of every ║ │
│║ solo and lead is monsterous yet clear. Oh and ║ │
│║ Chris Broderick plays those solos. Chris ║ │
│║ Broderick is one of the fastest, tightest, most ║ │
│║ technically sound metal guitarists on planet ║ │
│║ Earth. To be sure, adding his new school and ║ │
│║ decidedly showy playing and flavor to the ║ │
│║ existing Jag Panzer made a real difference. In ║ │
│║ general the feel of this album certainly still ║ │
│║ bears the flame of tradition, but I think it's ║ │
│║ Broderick that gives this a 21st century tinge. ║ │
│║ With downtuned guitar, bold tone, and ║ │
│║ particularly less "trad" stuff like the opening ║ │
│║ riff of Tempest. ║ │
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│║ Harry Conklin has to rank among my favorite ║ │
│║ vocalists. His voice is powerful. This dude ║ │
│║ could demolish brick walls with his banshee ║ │
│║ wail. The tunes are just as catchy as on Ample ║ │
│║ Destruction, I'd go so far to say there isn't a ║ │
│║ tune without a hook in it. As catchy as this ║ │
│║ style of metal can get. And let's not forget, ║ │
│║ relevent lyrics. History, personal struggle, the ║ │
│║ human condition, the folly of mankind. ║ │
│║ Intelligent, well composed, and the message is ║ │
│║ well conveyed. Frankly, lyrics are one of ║ │
│║ metal's over all weak points. There's only so ║ │
│║ much you can say about the general phenomenon of ║ │
│║ death and wanton destruction. So Jag Panzer ║ │
│║ earns extra points there as well. ║ │
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│║ There's not too much you can complain about, you ║ │
│║ get the gallop beat, headbanging of tracks like ║ │
│║ The Mission, the old school power metal of ║ │
│║ Achilles, the new school guitar wizardry of ║ │
│║ Starlight's Fury and Tempest, and with the most ║ │
│║ of the other tracks, the best of all worlds, ║ │
│║ like Feast or Famine. ║ │
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│║ There's a real cohesiveness to the album in that ║ │
│║ the music really suits the lyrics. There seems ║ │
│║ to be something that just binds the whole album ║ │
│║ together and makes it feel like a single entity, ║ │
│║ rather than just a bunch of songs written and ║ │
│║ recorded together. ║ │
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│║ In conclusion: few and far is the time when I ║ │
│║ deem something underrated, but this band and; ║ │
│║ album in particular, are. Not to be missed. ║ │
│║ Essential. Don't pass this band or album up. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Feast Or Famine [04:15] │
│ 02 - The Mission (1943) [04:09] │
│ 03 - Vigilant [05:04] │
│ 04 - Achilles [02:46] │
│ 05 - Tempest [04:40] │
│ 06 - Legion Immortal [04:30] │
│ 07 - Battered And Bruised [04:46] │
│ 08 - Cold [03:37] │
│ 09 - Starlight's Fury [06:18] │
│ 10 - The Harkening [04:44] │
│ 11 - Precipice [06:26] │
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│ Total Length : [51:15 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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