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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-13-2015 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........10 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Sparta Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Welcome To Hell Label : HR ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Sparta is a band that was founded in Mansfield, ║ │
│║ United Kingdom as early as 1979. At its earliest ║ │
│║ stages, the band had been known as Xerox. The ║ │
│║ five young men were part of the popular New Wave ║ │
│║ of British Heavy Metal movement and released two ║ │
│║ promising singles back in 1980 and 1981 as well ║ │
│║ as a split record in 1981. ThatÆs when the story ║ │
│║ of the band went slowly downhill. The band ║ │
│║ recorded a couple of demo tracks and toured in ║ │
│║ their home country but wasnÆt able to catch up ║ │
│║ with the genreÆs most popular acts such as ║ │
│║ Diamond Head, Girlschool, Judas Priest, Iron ║ │
│║ Maiden, Samson, Saxon, Tank, Tygers Of Pan Tang, ║ │
│║ Witchfinder General and many more. When the ║ │
│║ genre became less prominent towards the end of ║ │
│║ the eighties, the band decided to call it quits ║ │
│║ as well around 1990 without having released one ║ │
│║ single full length record. ║ │
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│║ Now, in early 2014, the time has finally come ║ │
│║ for the reunited band. After the release of two ║ │
│║ great compilations with Sparta in 2006 and ║ │
│║ especially Use Your Weapons Well in 2011 that ║ │
│║ are basically a collection of old classics ║ │
│║ recorded somewhere between 1979 and 1990, the ║ │
│║ band comes now around with a record featuring ║ │
│║ nine brand new genre anthems. Welcome To Hell ║ │
│║ features all authentic trademarks that made the ║ │
│║ genre so popular over three decades ago. A raw ║ │
│║ and energizing garage production meets mid to up ║ │
│║ tempo heavy metal tracks somewhere between four ║ │
│║ and seven minutes including gripping riffs, ║ │
│║ melodic twin guitar solos and grounded vocals ║ │
│║ singing about death, hell, war but also about ║ │
│║ freedom, rock ænÆ roll lifestyle and women. The ║ │
│║ band sounds as if it was 1981 again. This is a ║ │
│║ charming approach but also a little bit ║ │
│║ predictable and old-fashioned. ║ │
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│║ IÆm especially enjoying the more courageous ║ │
│║ songs on the record. The atmospheric concept ║ │
│║ track ôSoldier Of Fortuneö brings the horrors of ║ │
│║ war to life while the diversified album closer ║ │
│║ ôKingdom Of The Skyö convinces with almost ║ │
│║ occult acoustic guitar sounds and longing vocals ║ │
│║ but also a few sped up passages with energizing ║ │
│║ hooks. Any heavy metal fan should feel perfectly ║ │
│║ at home in these two tracks. The record also ║ │
│║ features a few dirtier and meaner songs such as ║ │
│║ the opening title song ôWelcome To Hellö that ║ │
│║ cites the famous 300 movie and proves us that ║ │
│║ the band has at least somehow landed in the ║ │
│║ twenty-first century or the faster ôArrowö that ║ │
│║ could also come from Mot÷rhead if the vocals ║ │
│║ were a little bit more dis-harmonic. ║ │
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│║ The more I listen to that album, the more I like ║ │
│║ it. Many riffs and hooks got quickly stuck on my ║ │
│║ mind and the band doesnÆt lose anything of its ║ │
│║ juvenile energy. ItÆs a shame that this record ║ │
│║ only sees the light of day as an underground ║ │
│║ release in 2014. If the band had released this ║ │
│║ record 33 years earlier it would surely be ║ │
│║ called a genre classic today. But a late release ║ │
│║ is better than no release at all. The band ║ │
│║ surely doesnÆt reinvent the genre but those who ║ │
│║ still care for pure heavy metal and are sad to ║ │
│║ see the old genre dying these days must give ║ │
│║ this release a few well deserved spins. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Welcome To Hell [04:45] │
│ 02 - Angel Of Death 2013 [05:31] │
│ 03 - Time [04:35] │
│ 04 - Soldier Of Fortune [05:14] │
│ 05 - Wild Night [03:33] │
│ 06 - Dreaming Of Evil [05:55] │
│ 07 - Arrow [04:57] │
│ 08 - Rock And Roll Rebel [04:44] │
│ 09 - Kingdom Of The Sky [05:49] │
│ 10 - Death To Disco [03:10] │
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│ Total Length : [48:13 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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