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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-07-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Serpentine Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Circle Of Knives Label : Aor Heaven ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ The SERPENTINE moniker is well known in the ║ │
│║ little AOR/Melodic Rock circles of experts as ║ │
│║ the name is also associated with the great ex ║ │
│║ SHY/SIAM/TNT front man Tony Mills, the famous ║ │
│║ singer was performing some superb vocal tracks ║ │
│║ in their 2010 debut album "A Touch Of Heaven" ║ │
│║ and the following ôLiving & Dying in High ║ │
│║ Definitionö àAfter some personal turmoil and ║ │
│║ some team replacement, the SERPENTINE version ║ │
│║ 2.2 was ready to record their new opus "Circle ║ │
│║ of Knives" under the Gary HughesÆ direction and ║ │
│║ expertise at his own Doghouse Studio in ║ │
│║ Blackpool . ║ │
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│║ The Gary Hughes stamp is all over some tunes ║ │
│║ like the addictive ôForeverö, the title track or ║ │
│║ ôBleedö and ôSuicide Daysö that clearly recall ║ │
│║ TEN, a similitude both in the stylistic display ║ │
│║ but also in the typical voice tone of rookie ║ │
│║ frontman Adam Payne (ex TIDAL), the British ║ │
│║ elegance and this particular polished ║ │
│║ sophistication is pushed at its paroxysmic ║ │
│║ climax: ItÆs clearly a blessing and a curse ! ║ │
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│║ Let me explain, the musicians are full of ║ │
│║ expertise and the sound is in perfect ║ │
│║ conjunction with the songwriting but on the flip ║ │
│║ side it seems that the energy is missing, the ║ │
│║ pulse seems to be too controlled and falls flat ║ │
│║ under an unimaginative succession of well known ║ │
│║ tricks and highly predictable gimmicks (the ║ │
│║ ordinary ôLa Tragedienneö/öWhere Does Your Heart ║ │
│║ Beat Now?ö)! ║ │
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│║ The originality is not the most prominent ║ │
│║ characteristic but this not really important, ║ │
│║ Sheena Sear who had produced and mixed the bands ║ │
│║ previous two records had the difficult task to ║ │
│║ finalise the mix, and I believe the final ║ │
│║ product sounds a bit overproduced a little flat ║ │
│║ and woolly, in such a way that, so that the ║ │
│║ sharpness is gone. ║ │
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│║ One the good side, my perception is that the ║ │
│║ arrangements and notably the keyboards/piano ║ │
│║ parts and the orchestral layers are set in sheer ║ │
│║ concordance with some subtlety notably on the ║ │
│║ opening cut ôSeason of the Witchö or even more ║ │
│║ obvious for the best cuts like the guitar driven ║ │
│║ ôThe Hardest Fallö/"Bound By The Strings of ║ │
│║ Discord ". ║ │
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│║ The creativity of the Keyboardist/Mastermind ║ │
│║ Gareth David Noon is the driving force of the ║ │
│║ album, the lovers of MAGNUM/TEN or DARE will ║ │
│║ adore this ôCircle Of Knivesö for my part the ║ │
│║ tamed spirit and the hermetical background is a ║ │
│║ major interference, clearly an obstacle for a ║ │
│║ better rating! ║ │
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│║ Lineup: ║ │
│║ Adam Payne û Lead Vocals ║ │
│║ Gareth David Noon û Keyboards/Vocals ║ │
│║ Christoph Gould û Guitars ║ │
│║ Owen Crawford û Bass/Vocals ║ │
│║ Roy Millward û Drums/Percussion ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Season Of The Witch [05:34] │
│ 02 - La Tragedienne [04:48] │
│ 03 - Forever [06:09] │
│ 04 - The Hardest Fall [04:50] │
│ 05 - Bleed [04:46] │
│ 06 - Where Does Your Heart Beat Now? [05:21] │
│ 07 - Bound By The Strings Of Discord [04:44] │
│ 08 - Circle Of Knives [06:06] │
│ 09 - Such A Long Way Down [04:31] │
│ 10 - Suicide Days [05:18] │
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│ Total Length : [52:07 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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