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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-12-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2008 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........04 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.galneryusyumacher.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Galneryus Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Alsatia-Cause Disarray Label : VAP ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ IÆve been covering several East Asian metal ║ │
│║ bands in my reviews recently, so I thought IÆd ║ │
│║ spend some time stopping by one of my guilty ║ │
│║ pleasures this time (and, as a power-metalhead, ║ │
│║ I have quite a few of those). Good old ║ │
│║ Galneryusà Engrish lyrics with flags, steel and ║ │
│║ blood galore, dozen-note-a-second noodling ║ │
│║ guitar soloes, more-or-less conventional J-rock ║ │
│║ progressions. We know precisely what to expect ║ │
│║ here, right? ║ │
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│║ Perhaps not. ║ │
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│║ Though this album provides plenty of ║ │
│║ opportunities to show off SyuÆs considerable ║ │
│║ skills, the band has taken an interesting side ║ │
│║ road into the dark and gritty with æAlsatiaÆ in ║ │
│║ particular. The opening bass riff certainly ║ │
│║ isnÆt GalneryusÆ standard neoclassical fare. ║ │
│║ Indeed, it smacks of groove metal, as does ║ │
│║ YamaguchiÆs opening verse. However, the soaring ║ │
│║ melodic æcloud in the mists of timeÆ chorus û ║ │
│║ foreshadowed by the haunting choral prelude ║ │
│║ æweÆll find the path to AlsatiaàÆ û credibly ║ │
│║ helps the entire song to take off. The bass ║ │
│║ riff, when it returns, is accompanied by melodic ║ │
│║ keyboard work and manages to hold interest such ║ │
│║ that SyuÆs inevitable guitar solo is pretty much ║ │
│║ icing on the cake. The end result is one of the ║ │
│║ more original and awesome pieces of music IÆve ║ │
│║ heard from Galneryus. ItÆs rather hard to ║ │
│║ believe that this song was commissioned as the ║ │
│║ opening theme for Mnemosyne no Musumetachi, ║ │
│║ given that it stands so well on its own. ║ │
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│║ Thankfully, the album doesnÆt fall off there, ║ │
│║ but manages to provide successful deviations ║ │
│║ from the usual Galneryus style throughout. ║ │
│║ æWingsÆ stands almost as a counterpoint to ║ │
│║ æAlsatiaÆ: it is a much more conventional ║ │
│║ power-metal number, which starts off much more ║ │
│║ conservative and sparing in its sound with a ║ │
│║ single guitar playing a simple, repetitive ║ │
│║ melody ending in a single wailing note; when the ║ │
│║ keyboards join in, they are appropriately ║ │
│║ subdued. Each element rises to the fore only to ║ │
│║ submerge itself back into the background. By the ║ │
│║ time the keyboards and lead guitar get their ║ │
│║ turns to rise to the fore, the song has managed ║ │
│║ to gradually build itself up, sneaking up on you ║ │
│║ with surprising power like successive drinks of ║ │
│║ sake. Likewise, æthe AwakeningÆ starts out with ║ │
│║ a subdued keyboard line, but instead takes that ║ │
│║ melody and plunges it straight into a high- ║ │
│║ powered frenzy of distorted guitar-work û in the ║ │
│║ end, it sounds much more neoclassical than any ║ │
│║ of the other songs on the album, with variations ║ │
│║ on the theme being ridden by the noodling of ║ │
│║ SyuÆs lead guitar in the songÆs mid-section. ║ │
│║ æCause DisarrayÆ provides a suitable closing ║ │
│║ with a more-or-less straight-up power metal ║ │
│║ number, interspersed with verses backed by a ║ │
│║ minimalist keyboard-drum accompaniment. ║ │
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│║ Production and mixing are both sterling; one ║ │
│║ appreciates them both particularly on æWingsÆ ║ │
│║ and æCause DisarrayÆ, which depend so heavily on ║ │
│║ the subtlety of their instrumentation. SyuÆs ║ │
│║ guitar work is certainly as flamboyant as ever, ║ │
│║ but the real surprise on this album was the ║ │
│║ sheer flexibility, scope and presence of ║ │
│║ YamaguchiÆs vocals û from the filtered snarling ║ │
│║ on æAlsatiaÆ to the impressive range on æthe ║ │
│║ AwakeningÆ and the commanding tenor on æCause ║ │
│║ DisarrayÆ. Shame that he left the band soon ║ │
│║ after this albumÆs release. ║ │
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│║ With all the experimentation going on on Alsatia ║ │
│║ / Cause Disarray, itÆs surprising to say the ║ │
│║ least that they havenÆt really managed to break ║ │
│║ the mould of the ⁿber-sanitary, squeaky-clean ║ │
│║ J-rock progressions, even on the dark and gritty ║ │
│║ æAlsatiaÆ û but perhaps that was a deliberate ║ │
│║ and conscious choice on their part. It isnÆt a ║ │
│║ style I particularly like, but since even I have ║ │
│║ to admit that it was done well here, it isnÆt ║ │
│║ really that much of a gripe. ║ │
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│║ All in all, Alsatia / Cause Disarray is a much ║ │
│║ more interesting and enjoyable release than some ║ │
│║ of GalneryusÆ full-lengths, particularly their ║ │
│║ somewhat disappointing new album Resurrection. ║ │
│║ Definitely worth a listen (or two or three). ║ │
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│║ Now, I think IÆll go watch some Mnemosyne no ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Alsatia [05:23] │
│ 02 - Wings [05:30] │
│ 03 - The Awakening [07:08] │
│ 04 - Cause Disarray [04:21] │
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