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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-22-2016 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........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.imperiaband.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Imperia Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Tears Of Silence Label : Massacre ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ In the last year I've started listening to ║ │
│║ Imperia in decreasing amounts. Whenever their ║ │
│║ music appears on shuffle I'll listen to it, and ║ │
│║ occasionally I consider listening to their stuff ║ │
│║ more often, but for the most part that hasn't ║ │
│║ happened. However, the new album Tears of ║ │
│║ Silence has given me a reason to listen to them ║ │
│║ again, and it does live up to the expectations ║ │
│║ that I had beforehand. It's not as incredible as ║ │
│║ I thought their last album was at the time I ║ │
│║ reviewed it, but it doesn't hold up badly ║ │
│║ against the rest of a strong discography. ║ │
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│║ First off, a round of applause for Oliver ║ │
│║ Philipps and his incredible orchestral ║ │
│║ arrangements. They really help to make Tears of ║ │
│║ Silence a success. There's a lot of folk ║ │
│║ influence brought into the music this time ║ │
│║ around which hasn't been done by Imperia before, ║ │
│║ but I quite like it and I think that they work ║ │
│║ it well. Aside from that there's still a lot of ║ │
│║ tinkering piano, but no over-the-top synths that ║ │
│║ made songs like 'Touch of Your Hand' so epic. I ║ │
│║ guess you'd call it a trade-off, as it wouldn't ║ │
│║ work with the other things that the ║ │
│║ orchestration does here. ║ │
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│║ Guitars are heavy, but also buried under the ║ │
│║ orchestral in a way. It's odd, because they're ║ │
│║ clearly powerful but yet aren't really felt all ║ │
│║ that much as a result. Most of the emphasis of ║ │
│║ Imperia's work as a symphonic metal band is ║ │
│║ naturally from the orchestral arrangements, so ║ │
│║ perhaps it's not all that surprising that the ║ │
│║ guitars don't get much chance to shine. Still, I ║ │
│║ know that the guitarist Jan Yrlund can add more ║ │
│║ influence than he gets to here, and it's a shame ║ │
│║ that we only get to hear one or two moments ║ │
│║ across the entirety of Tears of Silence where he ║ │
│║ takes the lead. ║ │
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│║ Naturally, the main element of the band though ║ │
│║ is Helena's vocal work. She is a great singer, ║ │
│║ and she deserves the praise that I've given her ║ │
│║ previously. She's got one of the most incredible ║ │
│║ ranges in the genre, and she has the ability to ║ │
│║ blend each level seamlessly into the next. The ║ │
│║ cackles are gone from this record, and I think ║ │
│║ that's one of the main reasons that the whole ║ │
│║ performance sounds smoother than on previous ║ │
│║ albums. She doesn't spend so much time singing ║ │
│║ at the highest end of soprano, which is a shame ║ │
│║ as that is arguably her greatest strength, but ║ │
│║ overall she's very convincing on this record. ║ │
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│║ My one complaint about Tears of Silence is that ║ │
│║ there aren't really any stand-out moments. ║ │
│║ Everything is in the range of good to great, but ║ │
│║ nothing reaches the level of spectacular. ║ │
│║ There's nothing like 'Touch of Your Hand' from ║ │
│║ Secret Passion, or the title-track from Queen of ║ │
│║ Light. Sure, there aren't any particular songs ║ │
│║ that I'd like to forget about either, but like I ║ │
│║ said with Children of Bodom's latest effort I ║ │
│║ Worship Chaos, I'd rather that there were some ║ │
│║ songs that are incredible than all of them being ║ │
│║ at the same level, even at the cost of some bad ║ │
│║ songs too. Especially given that there's an hour ║ │
│║ of content on here, it does get tiring when ║ │
│║ there isn't a single track that really blows you ║ │
│║ away. ║ │
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│║ It has to be said though that Imperia have ║ │
│║ largely delivered again with Tears of Silence, ║ │
│║ and I'm glad that they've given me a good reason ║ │
│║ to listen to the band again. This album makes a ║ │
│║ good addition to their discography, and I'd ║ │
│║ recommend that you give it a spin if you like ║ │
│║ symphonic/gothic metal. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Silence is My Friend [04:14] │
│ 02 - Crossroads [05:06] │
│ 03 - Broken (When the Silence Cries) [05:24] │
│ 04 - Away [07:35] │
│ 05 - Friheten Vil Seire [05:31] │
│ 06 - My Screaming Heart [05:03] │
│ 07 - Motherlove [04:53] │
│ 08 - The Vikingsong [04:21] │
│ 09 - Spirit Chase (Keep Fighting) [05:20] │
│ 10 - Innocent Child [03:57] │
│ 11 - Wings of Hope [06:06] │
│ 12 - We'll Be Free [04:53] │
│ 13 - Broken Hearts [03:20] │
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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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