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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-26-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2009 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........08 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.anvilmetal.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Anvil Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Past and Present Live in Concertbel : Metal Mind ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Eight years and five studio full-lengths into a ║ │
│║ career seems a very reasonable point at which to ║ │
│║ release a live record, and so for their final ║ │
│║ Metal Blade outing we were treated to Past and ║ │
│║ Present: Live in Concert, recorded in San Pedro, ║ │
│║ California. Having seen the band a number of ║ │
│║ times at fests and other gigs in the states, and ║ │
│║ I can say that they do put on a pretty fun show, ║ │
│║ Lips the proverbial heavy metal front man with a ║ │
│║ riotous presence. However, I cannot attest to ║ │
│║ having ever heard them sound THIS good in such a ║ │
│║ setting, so credit should be given to the band, ║ │
│║ the producers and the man at the sound board for ║ │
│║ delivering such comprehensive clarity. In fact, ║ │
│║ the album might seem a little TOO clean, in that ║ │
│║ the set selections so eloquently capture their ║ │
│║ studio atmosphere. ║ │
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│║ But basically, anyone who loves the collective ║ │
│║ 80s Anvil output is bound to enjoy this mix of ║ │
│║ favorites. Personal highlights from their career ║ │
│║ like "Blood on the Ice", "Forged in Fire" and ║ │
│║ "Metal on Metal" each sound fabulous. Material ║ │
│║ from Hard 'n' Heavy is nowhere to be found here, ║ │
│║ but that's never been their most popular, so if ║ │
│║ there were to be an omission that album makes ║ │
│║ sense. Metal on Metal is well represented with ║ │
│║ the title track, "Mothra", "March of the Crabs", ║ │
│║ "Jackhammer", and "666"; while Forged in Fire is ║ │
│║ covered through its own title track, ║ │
│║ "Motormount" and "Winged Assassins". Only one ║ │
│║ track makes it from Strength of Steel ("Concrete ║ │
│║ Jungle", a wise choice) and then "Toe Jam" joins ║ │
│║ "Blood on the Ice" from Pound for Pound, which ║ │
│║ was their latest at the time. The final three ║ │
│║ tracks on the album are each medlies of two ║ │
│║ songs ("March of the Crabs/Jackhammer", "Metal ║ │
│║ on Metal/Winged Assassins" and "666/Mothra"), ║ │
│║ which I found a bit unusual, since splitting ║ │
│║ these would have made the CD at least flow ║ │
│║ better...it'd be nice to visit the latter halves ║ │
│║ of these without fast forwarding. ║ │
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│║ I might have liked another track or two from ║ │
│║ Pound for Pound in the set, but what the band ║ │
│║ has included here all sounds excellent, with a ║ │
│║ clean and punchy guitar tone, solid bass ║ │
│║ plugging courtesy of Ian Dickson and vocals that ║ │
│║ feel quite authentic to their former, studio ║ │
│║ incarnations. Granted, you won't get a lot of ║ │
│║ the added howls and layered screams from the ║ │
│║ records, but in a way this more stripped ║ │
│║ approximation of the material delivers just as ║ │
│║ authentic experience even if Anvil seems mildly ║ │
│║ less 'wild' throughout. The mix is superb: while ║ │
│║ I would normally think that Reiner's drums might ║ │
│║ steal the thunder, they're kept appropriately ║ │
│║ balanced so that the melodies and minor vocal ║ │
│║ nuances shine through. Crowd participation is ║ │
│║ present, but never overwhelming, you'll hear ║ │
│║ this most in between the paired up tracks. In ║ │
│║ all, Past and Present is a rock solid ║ │
│║ representation of the band's material, perhaps ║ │
│║ not set up in the most explosive set list ║ │
│║ progression in this track order, but as smooth ║ │
│║ and clean as other quality live albums from the ║ │
│║ 80s like Live Without Sense, Live After Death ║ │
│║ and so forth. Further proof that the Canadians ║ │
│║ were a 'total package' deserving much more ║ │
│║ attention than they received in this time. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - concrete jungle [05:25] │
│ 02 - toe jam [03:19] │
│ 03 - motormount [04:13] │
│ 04 - forged in fire [05:30] │
│ 05 - blood on the ice [05:59] │
│ 06 - march of the crabs - jackhammer [11:58] │
│ 07 - metal on metal - winged assassins [10:20] │
│ 08 - 666 - mothra [16:03] │
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│ Total Length : [62:47 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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