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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Stormwitch - Season Of The Witch + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-01-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.stormwitch.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Stormwitch Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Season Of The Witch Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Pardon the pun, but here's Stormwitch another ║ │
│║ German metal band who's recent history has been ║ │
│║ more stormy. The band had a rather vigorous out ║ │
│║ between 1984 and 1994 with seven albums in ten ║ │
│║ years, but then fell silent. Two more albums ║ │
│║ came in the early 2000's, with only more silence ║ │
│║ from the studio to follow. Eleven years later ║ │
│║ the band returns with Season of the Witch. ║ │
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│║ Stormwitch is another band that revisits ║ │
│║ traditional heavy metal, essentially a German ║ │
│║ version of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ║ │
│║ There's a sound mixture of moderate paced heavy ║ │
│║ metal with the faster side of speed metal, a ║ │
│║ common characteristic of the genre. As are the ║ │
│║ twin guitars for riffs, rhythm, and leads. ║ │
│║ Original member and vocalist Andy Mⁿck has a ║ │
│║ natural clean metal style. Yet, because of the ║ │
│║ not so lucid production, his voice takes a ║ │
│║ beating from the music. That, or at 50 something ║ │
│║ his pipes aren't what they used to be. ║ │
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│║ Overall, Season of the Witch is an adequate ║ │
│║ album of classic heavy metal. In the best sense, ║ │
│║ it truly does capture the spirit of the genre ║ │
│║ and history. Alternatively, as much as I love ║ │
│║ the genre and have been part of the history, I ║ │
│║ found the album rather uneventful and ║ │
│║ uninteresting. Nothing really inspired me or ║ │
│║ leapt from the speakers in such a way that ║ │
│║ really intrigued me. I can say I enjoyed some ║ │
│║ songs better than others: Harper In The Wind for ║ │
│║ it's melody and guitar lines, and Runescape as a ║ │
│║ lighter metal anthem. Considering specific ║ │
│║ elements, the guitar lines are likely the best ║ │
│║ part of the album. But, what respectable classic ║ │
│║ heavy metal album would not have decent lead ║ │
│║ guitar solos. So, in the end, I guess I'm simply ║ │
│║ ambivalent about Season of the Witch. (And the ║ │
│║ label may be ambivalent too, considering the ║ │
│║ shitty quality of the album art it authorized.) ║ │
│║ Yet, I'm sure Stormwitch's long time German fans ║ │
│║ will dig it, and they should. ║ │
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│║ Andy Mⁿck - Vocals ║ │
│║ Stoney Stoner - Guitars ║ │
│║ Micha Kasper - Drums ║ │
│║ Volle Schmietow - Guitars ║ │
│║ Jⁿrgen "Wanschi" Wannenwetsch - Bass ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Evil Spirit [04:52] │
│ 02 - Taliesin [04:12] │
│ 03 - Last Warrior [04:12] │
│ 04 - True Until The End [03:44] │
│ 05 - Season Of The Witch [03:43] │
│ 06 - Runescape [03:37] │
│ 07 - At The End Of The World [03:05] │
│ 08 - Trail Of Tears [03:17] │
│ 09 - The Harper In The Wind [04:36] │
│ 10 - Singers Curse (Bonus Track) [08:38] │
│ 11 - Different Eyes (Bonus Track) [04:11] │
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│ Total Length : [48:07 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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