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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-13-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.crystal-ball.ch ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Crystal Ball Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Dawnbreaker Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Sometimes I like a little power in my heavy. ║ │
│║ Swiss band CRYSTAL BALL is a powerhouse that ║ │
│║ performs metal with a force to be reckoned with. ║ │
│║ Following a 6 year hiatus, a new album ║ │
│║ "Dawnbreaker" was finally released this year, ║ │
│║ and they bring with them a new energy. What ║ │
│║ makes this band especially interesting is their ║ │
│║ blend of classic Heavy Metal, euro-Rock and ║ │
│║ melodic Power Metal; some of the tracks sound ║ │
│║ like something off a EUROPE album; other times I ║ │
│║ am recalled back to IRON MAIDEN; and other times ║ │
│║ I hear RHAPSODY OF FIRE. Naturally, the ║ │
│║ musicianship is excellent, but keeping things ║ │
│║ from growing bland are the vocals; gruff and ║ │
│║ aggressive, not normally found on a melodic ║ │
│║ Power Metal album, and almost add a Lemmy-like ║ │
│║ atmosphere. ║ │
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│║ The opener "Break of Dawn" is a through-and- ║ │
│║ through Heavy Metal track, with heavy and ║ │
│║ aggressive guitar-driven passages; even the ║ │
│║ vocals are percussive, putting particular ║ │
│║ emphasis on adding an extra axe blade to those ║ │
│║ of the chugging guitars. Immediately following ║ │
│║ is a strongly Euro-flavored track, "Anyone can ║ │
│║ be a Hero", with wailing guitar and vocal ║ │
│║ melodies and very, very 80's melodic ║ │
│║ progressions. A nice touch, I think; albums like ║ │
│║ this simply do not feel complete without the odd ║ │
│║ blast from the past. A song that stuck out like ║ │
│║ a sore thumb, for me, is "Skin to Skin"; at ║ │
│║ first, I thought it was an EDGUY piece, because ║ │
│║ it sounds like it could have come directly out ║ │
│║ of "Mandrake" or "Rocket Ride". A copy? Nay; a ║ │
│║ nice remembrance piece; mid-tempo but catchy, ║ │
│║ groovy, heavy and melodic. ║ │
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│║ I hope this band is "Back for Good", or at least ║ │
│║ for a while. Another EDGUY-like track, complete ║ │
│║ with atmospheric synths, this is another rocking ║ │
│║ mid-tempo track that even, in terms of ║ │
│║ arrangement, reminds me a lot of STRATOVARIUS' ║ │
│║ "Kiss of Judas". Allow me to go on and on about ║ │
│║ the guitar solo; it is a damned fine work of ║ │
│║ art, and the twin harmonized solo is at a ║ │
│║ Scandinavian level. Next up, the band returns in ║ │
│║ a blaze of glory to the roots of melodic Heavy ║ │
│║ Metal in "Power Pack", which combines the ║ │
│║ aggressive grooves of METALLICA's peak era, and ║ │
│║ some additional Euro-style melodies. Lyrics are ║ │
│║ clichΘ as hell, but I do not care; essentially ║ │
│║ my favorite song on the album. The end track, ║ │
│║ "Bond of Love" proves that a Metal album does ║ │
│║ not need an over-abundance of guitar-shredding, ║ │
│║ blast beats and double kicks (of which this ║ │
│║ album has none) to be brimming with molten ║ │
│║ steel. Hell, I'm even noticing a few slight ║ │
│║ progressive touches here. ║ │
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│║ I admire CRYSTAL BALL for not trying too hard to ║ │
│║ be Metal, for not being too clichΘ, and for ║ │
│║ effectively bring back to full force the essence ║ │
│║ of Heavy Metal into modern times. ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Markus Flury û Guitars ║ │
│║ Marcel Sardella û Drums ║ │
│║ Scott Leach û Guitars ║ │
│║ Steven Mageney û Vocals ║ │
│║ Cris "Iron" Stone û Bass ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Zarathustra * [01:29] │
│ 02 - Break Of Dawn [03:10] │
│ 03 - Anyone Can Be A Hero [03:51] │
│ 04 - The Brothers Were Wright [03:38] │
│ 05 - Eternal Flame [03:47] │
│ 06 - Skin To Skin [04:45] │
│ 07 - Walls Fall Down [04:10] │
│ 08 - Back For Good [04:11] │
│ 09 - Power Pack [04:07] │
│ 10 - Stranded [05:37] │
│ 11 - Sun Came Out [04:34] │
│ 12 - Touch The Sky (Bonus Track) [04:20] │
│ 13 - Bond Of Love (Bonus Track) [03:06] │
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│ Total Length : [50:45 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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