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│ + Hollow Haze - Memories Of An Ancient Time + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jul-11-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.hollowhaze.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Hollow Haze Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Memories Of An Ancient Time Label : Scarlet ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Some bands choose subjects for their concept ║ │
│║ albums that make you laugh your ass off. ║ │
│║ Sometimes that is exactly the way the band wants ║ │
│║ it to be. Gloryhammer, for example, wrote songs ║ │
│║ about an invasion of Dundee by undead unicorns. ║ │
│║ It starts to get a bit weird when a band tries ║ │
│║ to be as serious as possible. Hollow Haze is ║ │
│║ doing its share of storyline craziness with ║ │
│║ æMemories Of An Ancient TimeÆ in which they ║ │
│║ blend aliens and the ancient Egyptians. The ║ │
│║ first thing that needs to be mentioned is that ║ │
│║ Hollow Haze has already realized some fantastic ║ │
│║ goals. After recording their last album ║ │
│║ æCountdown To RevengeÆ with no one less than ║ │
│║ RhapsodyÆs Fabio Lione, they once again ║ │
│║ recruited some guests. With Mats Leven (Yngwie ║ │
│║ Malmsteen and Therion), Rick Altzi (Masterplan), ║ │
│║ Amanda Somerville (Avantasia), Claudia Layline ║ │
│║ (Serenade) and Ivan Giannini (Derdian) they ║ │
│║ managed to put an amazing list together. A crew ║ │
│║ to be proud of, just like the result: æMemories ║ │
│║ Of An Ancient TimeÆ. Most prominently are the ║ │
│║ three Italian guys running this band. The ║ │
│║ guitars are played by Nick Savio, the bass is ║ │
│║ taken care of by Dave Cesttaro and the drums by ║ │
│║ Camillo Colleluori. No permanent vocalist, ║ │
│║ indeed. That role is taken by, on this record, ║ │
│║ mostly Mats Leven and Rick Altzi. It greatly ║ │
│║ explains the fact that the vocals have a ║ │
│║ resemblance to the ex-Masterplan singer Jorn ║ │
│║ Lande. Vocalist Rick Altzi has a resembling ║ │
│║ voice.s ║ │
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│║ Musically this record is really well played. ║ │
│║ With fantastic, heavy riffs and melodic guitars ║ │
│║ and keyboards these Italian guys are doing their ║ │
│║ stuff very well. On the opener æRain Of Fire ║ │
│║ LightsÆ the fast guitars gladly introduce the ║ │
│║ listener to the style Hollow Haze plays. ║ │
│║ Brilliant, technical power metal infused with ║ │
│║ symphonic elements. A really well executed mix. ║ │
│║ æCreated To LiveÆ is a track that sounds ║ │
│║ fantastic, but loses much of its serious tone ║ │
│║ because of the theme. ôLife and death are ║ │
│║ written by the aliens, for the aliens!ö, it just ║ │
│║ sounds very strange and doesnÆt match the ║ │
│║ Egyptian parts of the story. High notes are no ║ │
│║ problem at all, even better, itÆs brilliantly ║ │
│║ executed on, for example, æNight Is CallingÆ. ║ │
│║ This while the music is generously changing ║ │
│║ pace. The acoustic guitars of Nick Savio give ║ │
│║ the track a special sound, only to erupt into a ║ │
│║ fantastic solo. Another highlight of this album ║ │
│║ is æDemonÆ, a very nice and somewhat raw track. ║ │
│║ Five minutes of enjoyment and refrains to sing ║ │
│║ along to. ║ │
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│║ These Italian guys have delivered an amazing ║ │
│║ record that easily takes them to the top of the ║ │
│║ modern power metal circuit. With an amazingly ║ │
│║ tight and solid musical base, taken care of by ║ │
│║ this trio, combined with a small army of guest ║ │
│║ vocalists. This is a very entertaining and ║ │
│║ enjoyable release. Only one fear remains, what ║ │
│║ will they do with their live performances? I ║ │
│║ certainly hope that they ôjustö take all the ║ │
│║ guests, but that will not be as easy as it ║ │
│║ sounds. One thing is certain, I will definitely ║ │
│║ go and see them live when the chance arises! ║ │
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│║ Nick Savio - Guitars ║ │
│║ Dave Cestaro - Bass ║ │
│║ Camillo Colleluori - Drums ║ │
│║ Simone Giorgini - Session Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Mats LevΘn - Vocals (Guest) ║ │
│║ Rick Altzi - Vocals (Guest) ║ │
│║ Amanda Somerville - Vocals (Guest) ║ │
│║ Ivan Giannini - Vocals (Guest) ║ │
│║ Claudia Layline - Vocals (Guest) ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Out In The Darkness (Intro) [01:11] │
│ 02 - Rain Of Fire Lights [04:34] │
│ 03 - Created To Live [04:26] │
│ 04 - An Ancient Story [05:22] │
│ 05 - A New Era [02:38] │
│ 06 - Night Is Calling [04:57] │
│ 07 - Angeli Di Fuoco [04:59] │
│ 08 - Silvertown [04:37] │
│ 09 - Eyes Of The Sphinx [03:53] │
│ 10 - Lance Of Destiny [05:05] │
│ 11 - Demon [04:38] │
│ 12 - Gate To The Eternity [06:00] │
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│ Total Length : [52:20 minn │
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