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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-19-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2015 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.zierler.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Zierler Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Esc Label : Vanity Music ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ All three Beyond Twilight albums were beyond ║ │
│║ compare for prog metal, featuring the complex ║ │
│║ songwriting and eclectic musical arrangements ║ │
│║ the genre is known for done up with horror- ║ │
│║ movie-style murderous glee. Beyond Twilight is ║ │
│║ no more, but mastermind Finn Zierler has re- ║ │
│║ emerged from the depths with a ferocious, 70- ║ │
│║ minute behemoth of an album titled ESC. Naming ║ │
│║ the project after himself was probably a good ║ │
│║ move, as it signals that Zierler knows what his ║ │
│║ fans want - he is a brand at this point, and a ║ │
│║ highly coveted one. And accordingly, this album ║ │
│║ is an absolute feast for fans of the Beyond ║ │
│║ Twilight trilogy. ║ │
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│║ There's a sense of immediacy and visceral ║ │
│║ intensity to this missing from a lot of prog ║ │
│║ metal. This is extremely involved and technical ║ │
│║ music, with lots of proggy instrumental breaks ║ │
│║ and tons of keyboard runs, but the music never ║ │
│║ wallows in that, instead choosing to use those ║ │
│║ things to create a sort of roller-coaster ║ │
│║ experience. Rather than get caught up in ║ │
│║ cerebral instrumental exercises, Zierler pulls ║ │
│║ you in and keeps the twists and turns coming, ║ │
│║ and it wouldn't work without the delirious ║ │
│║ musical displays of excess and frivolity - the ║ │
│║ music is aided by those things, rather than ║ │
│║ clouded by them. The riffs are masterful slabs ║ │
│║ of chugging, rock-hard steel, and the venomous ║ │
│║ screams from singer Kelly Carpenter sound huge. ║ │
│║ Bassist Truls Haugen also does vocals, adding ║ │
│║ even more variety as he goes between a vitriolic ║ │
│║ bark and poppy clean vocals, giving the album ║ │
│║ even more of a sense of unpredictability. ║ │
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│║ You just never really know where these songs are ║ │
│║ going. Each of them sounds different. This is a ║ │
│║ more song-oriented album than any of the Beyond ║ │
│║ Twilight ones, and at first listen this was so ║ │
│║ huge and so varied it made my head spin. But ║ │
│║ further listens opened this up and revealed its ║ │
│║ secrets as a collection of highly memorable, ║ │
│║ inimitable songs weaving tales of mental ║ │
│║ darkness and insanity the way we know and want ║ │
│║ from Zierler. Opener "A New Beginning" slithers ║ │
│║ out of the gates with a slow build, before ║ │
│║ exploding like a firework into the chorus. Then ║ │
│║ you get the chugging, hyper-melodic ride of ║ │
│║ "Aggrezzor" - a song that Machinae Supremacy ║ │
│║ could have written if they were high on cocaine. ║ │
│║ "Darkness Delight" is an album stand-out, sort ║ │
│║ of Symphony X-esque, with tectonic plate-sized ║ │
│║ riffs and screaming vocals building to a huge ║ │
│║ climax before traversing into eerie, ║ │
│║ contemplative waters in its second half - a ║ │
│║ fluid song that exists as its own universe; a ║ │
│║ fascinating experience. ║ │
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│║ Later on you get slower, weirder songs like ║ │
│║ "Dark to the Bone," with its creepy chorus and ║ │
│║ grooving bassline, and the almost formless, ║ │
│║ structureless delve into the dark of "Evil ║ │
│║ Spirit" - one of Zierler's more nihilistic ║ │
│║ moments to date, and one of his most bizarre ║ │
│║ songwriting concoctions. "Rainheart" is another ║ │
│║ album highlight, a positive track about ║ │
│║ Zierler's love for his children, set to an ║ │
│║ uplifting keyboard melody, ringing guitars and a ║ │
│║ surprisingly warm, emotive chorus from Carpenter ║ │
│║ - usually more known for his brutal Halford- ║ │
│║ esque shrieking rather than anything heartfelt, ║ │
│║ but he pulls it off here. ║ │
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│║ "You Can't Fix Me No More" is another ║ │
│║ schizophrenic thrill ride of blasting guitars, ║ │
│║ venomous vocals and lyrics about mental ║ │
│║ instability, and then the two eight-minute ║ │
│║ closers "Water" and "Whispers" drop out the ║ │
│║ aggression and go for atmosphere. Check out the ║ │
│║ insane prog break before the last chorus in ║ │
│║ "Water" - shit, that's good. I haven't heard a ║ │
│║ prog metal band do something this cool in a ║ │
│║ while now. ║ │
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│║ These songs are brazenly open-minded and ║ │
│║ forward-thinking, rarely ever conforming to any ║ │
│║ kind of conventions. Zierler himself obviously ║ │
│║ intended that, as the extremely blunt lyrics of ║ │
│║ "No Chorus" attest, but it comes off as fun ║ │
│║ rather than pretentious here, perhaps due to how ║ │
│║ well put together the music is. If it were a ║ │
│║ more naval-gazing, pretentious experience, ║ │
│║ lyrics like the ones on "No Chorus" about ║ │
│║ breaking rules and bucking trends and fighting ║ │
│║ 'the norm' would come off as either immature or ║ │
│║ an extreme bore, but instead, due to how ║ │
│║ exciting this album is, it comes off as ║ │
│║ refreshing. You agree with them because the ║ │
│║ music is persuasive and vibrant - yeah, you ║ │
│║ know, we SHOULD break the mold more! Fuck having ║ │
│║ choruses! ║ │
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│║ This is challenging, daring, exciting stuff. It ║ │
│║ absolutely never rests on its laurels, and even ║ │
│║ its mellowest and most tranquil moments are ║ │
│║ still vivid and electric due to the fact that ║ │
│║ you don't know what's coming next. Initially ║ │
│║ this may seem to be too much to take in, perhaps ║ │
│║ biting off more than it can chew with the ║ │
│║ variety on display and the long length, but it's ║ │
│║ that same restlessness that makes this great in ║ │
│║ the long run. To Zierler, there's no such thing ║ │
│║ as going too far. This album doesn't take ║ │
│║ shortcuts or provide relief. It's 70 minutes of ║ │
│║ high octane, no-holds-barred heavy metal taken ║ │
│║ in directions most bands wouldn't dream of. This ║ │
│║ is a glorious experience, and one of the best ║ │
│║ albums of the year. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - A New Beginning [07:24] │
│ 02 - Aggrezzor [06:05] │
│ 03 - Darkness Delight [07:04] │
│ 04 - Dark to the Bone [05:18] │
│ 05 - Evil Spirit [05:57] │
│ 06 - Married to the Cause [06:01] │
│ 07 - No Chorus [05:39] │
│ 08 - Rainheart [07:13] │
│ 09 - You Can't Fix Me No More [04:44] │
│ 10 - Water [08:33] │
│ 11 - Whispers [08:10] │
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│ Total Length : [72:08 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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