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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Van Canto - Break The Silence + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-24-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2011 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.vancanto.de ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Van Canto Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Break The Silence Label : Napalm Records ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Everyone needs a gimmick. Or, at least, that ║ │
│║ SHOULD be how it works. They way I see it, if ║ │
│║ you want to form a band and push yourself past ║ │
│║ the thousands of third-rate musical peons, it ║ │
│║ takes more than ability and metacarpal ║ │
│║ dexterity. You need to be able to become an ║ │
│║ entity all your ownàand donÆt forget to be good ║ │
│║ at what you do as well. That helps a little, ║ │
│║ too. ThatÆs pretty much what I thought when I ║ │
│║ was told of this Van Canto band, an A CAPELLA ║ │
│║ METAL BAND of all things! ║ │
│║ IÆd, at one time, knew a little of vocals-only ║ │
│║ musical meanderings, from older acts like ║ │
│║ Rockapella to the newer Straight, No Chaser, but ║ │
│║ never in all my decaying years would someone put ║ │
│║ it through the Euro-metal meat grinder. I guess ║ │
│║ it was only a matter of timeàor rather, it was a ║ │
│║ matter of time until someone like them was ║ │
│║ pushed into the limelight. The underground ║ │
│║ couldÆve had a few of these little buggers, but ║ │
│║ no one noticed. Ya never know. ║ │
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│║ It was just all too much to ignore, and they had ║ │
│║ me at ôa capella metal bandö, so I just HAD to ║ │
│║ see how it all came outà ║ │
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│║ It all seemed pretty standard within the first ║ │
│║ few seconds of choral madness coming at me, but ║ │
│║ once the ôinstrumentsö came blasting at me, I ║ │
│║ was totally floored. This is, easily, one of the ║ │
│║ most fun albums IÆve had the chance to undertake ║ │
│║ a listening to, and judging from the overall ║ │
│║ sound, it was a fun album to MAKE as well as ║ │
│║ LISTEN TO. ThereÆre all sorts of wickedly tasty ║ │
│║ things going on; the compositional end is very ║ │
│║ impressive, throwing vivid harmonies, catchy as ║ │
│║ hell hooks, lush-as-tropical-fog choirs and ║ │
│║ jittery ôriffsö from as many angles as is ║ │
│║ humanly possible for five individuals (and a ║ │
│║ drummer) to do. The songs themselves donÆt just ║ │
│║ settle with a standard heavy/power metal ║ │
│║ formula, despite their obvious roots and ║ │
│║ inspirations, and in the hands of more practical ║ │
│║ musicians with real instruments it would still ║ │
│║ be entertaining, but probably as much as hearing ║ │
│║ three guys belt out ôDUM da-da-da-dummmö, ║ │
│║ replicating the very same strumming patterns and ║ │
│║ arrangements. As such, the likes of the ║ │
│║ bombastic ôIf I Die in Battleö, ║ │
│║ the damn near pirate-like ôBlack Wings of Hateö ║ │
│║ and the dynamic ôNeuer Windö shine with a ║ │
│║ greatness not heard by ears in quite a while. ║ │
│║ And letÆs not forget the spectacular takes on ║ │
│║ Alice CoopersÆs ôBed of Nailsö and SabatonÆs ║ │
│║ ôPrimo Victoriaö. Fantastic. ║ │
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│║ The general tone of the disc is one of fun, of ║ │
│║ joviality, of just sitting back and letting ║ │
│║ loose. I could only imagine the interesting ║ │
│║ ambience in the studio during its creation, as ║ │
│║ such a sensation is present going from plastic ║ │
│║ disc to headphones. In a fine fashion, it held ║ │
│║ my attention from the get-go, and as the disc ║ │
│║ continued such transfixion was kept in check. ║ │
│║ Still, howeveràand this is a rather BROAD ║ │
│║ howeveràfor as great as these guys are, there ║ │
│║ exists the risk of them being seen as a mere ║ │
│║ novelty act. Some of the more fist-pumping, ║ │
│║ denim-clad metallers might have some umbrage ║ │
│║ with folks who gussy up their fine style with ║ │
│║ silly vocal gymnastics (no matter how skilled ║ │
│║ they are), and if thatÆs the case, then itÆs ║ │
│║ their loss, as I feel that even in the world of ║ │
│║ steel-clad seriousness, you need to have a ║ │
│║ little fun to prevent emotional rust from ║ │
│║ forming. And these guys just might do the trick. ║ │
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│║ So in the end, a capella power metal has me ║ │
│║ sold. In a big way. Its infectious appeal and ║ │
│║ robust approach has all the ingredients ║ │
│║ necessary to invoke plenty of repeat listens ║ │
│║ from me, and I think itÆs high time for me to ║ │
│║ get some of their earlier works. Excellent ║ │
│║ stuff.s ║ │
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│║ Ingo Sterzinger - Doom a bass ║ │
│║ Philip Dennis Schunke - Vocals (lead) ║ │
│║ Bastian Emig - Drums, Grand Piano on Master of ║ │
│║ the Wind ║ │
│║ Stefan Schmidt - Lower rakka-takka vocals, ║ │
│║ wahwah solo guitars ║ │
│║ Inga Scharf - Vocals (lead) ║ │
│║ Ross Thompson - Higher rakkatakka vocals ║ │
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│║ Guest:s ║ │
│║ Helen Vogt - Vocals on A Storm To Come (bonus ║ │
│║ track)s ║ │
│║ Joakim Brod?n - Vocals on Primo Victoria ║ │
│║ Marcus Siepen - Guitars on Spelled in Waters ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - If I Die In Battle [04:47] │
│ 02 - The Seller Of Souls [03:24] │
│ 03 - Primo Victoria (Feat. Broden Of Sabaton) [03:45] │
│ 04 - Dangers In My Head [04:05] │
│ 05 - Black Wings Of Hate [04:41] │
│ 06 - Bed Of Nails [03:37] │
│ 07 - Spelled In Waters (Feat. Marcus Siepen) [04:26] │
│ 08 - Neuer Wind [03:21] │
│ 09 - The Higher Flight [05:01] │
│ 10 - Master Of The Wind [06:09] │
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│ Total Length : [43:16 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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