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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Angel Dust - To Dust You Will Decay + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-06-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2016 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Angel Dust Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : To Dust You Will Decay Label : No Remorse ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ When we think of German speed/power metal, what ║ │
│║ usually comes to mind? Helloween, Blind ║ │
│║ Guardian, etc...sound familiar? Take Walls of ║ │
│║ Jericho and the Keeper albums by Helloween, ║ │
│║ Battalions of Fear by Blind Guardian, maybe a ║ │
│║ great thrash album like Vendetta's Go and ║ │
│║ Live.... Stay and Die, and combine them into the ║ │
│║ ULTIMATE power/thrash album! Yes, the keyboard- ║ │
│║ driven power metal band you might know from the ║ │
│║ 90's and early 2000's wasn't always that "laid ║ │
│║ back" (if you want to call it that!). Angel Dust ║ │
│║ didn't hold back in the 80's and ESPECIALLY not ║ │
│║ on this album! It has it's super thrashy tracks ║ │
│║ as well as it's power metal classics scattered ║ │
│║ all throughout this masterpiece! ║ │
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│║ To Dust You Will Decay was the follow up to the ║ │
│║ pure speed metal debut Into the Dark Past. These ║ │
│║ two albums both share their moments of speed ║ │
│║ metal glory, but this sophomore release was WAY ║ │
│║ more melodic and had a new singer by the name of ║ │
│║ S.L. Coe. Coe had also sang for another great ║ │
│║ power/speed metal band called Scanner on their ║ │
│║ second album Terminal Earth. To Dust You Will ║ │
│║ Decay pushes the limits in every way possible ║ │
│║ here and really shows what kind of amazing ║ │
│║ singer S.L. Coe actually was! Terminal Earth was ║ │
│║ a little more "straight forward" than this. ║ │
│║ Imagine some of the most tightest riffs ║ │
│║ imaginable in the genre, crazy shredding solos, ║ │
│║ super memorable and slightly epic melodies all ║ │
│║ coming together to challenge the best of the ║ │
│║ best! This album is so monstrous that I wouldn't ║ │
│║ be surprised if Kai Hansen himself was awed by ║ │
│║ it's greatness! For all musicians out there, ║ │
│║ some of these riffs will make your head spin. If ║ │
│║ you're a guitarist and can pull off the ultra ║ │
│║ complex thrash numbers like "The King" and the ║ │
│║ title track "To Dust You Will Decay" than you ║ │
│║ are officially GREAT. Helloween and Blind ║ │
│║ Guardian both show some top notch talents, but ║ │
│║ this takes it above and beyond. ║ │
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│║ Now let's talk about the songs themselves and ║ │
│║ the overall production of the album. There are 9 ║ │
│║ original tracks and 2 bonus tracks called ║ │
│║ "Flight to Russia" and "Dawn of the End with a ║ │
│║ grand total of 11 tracks. The bonus tracks are ║ │
│║ every bit as great as the rest of the album so ║ │
│║ they fit like a glove! The production couldn't ║ │
│║ be better also! You can really tell it is a ║ │
│║ product of the late 80's with much reverb unlike ║ │
│║ the more "dry" debut. I think the reverb sounds ║ │
│║ great here giving the songs more atmosphere. ║ │
│║ Everything on this album also sounds very clear, ║ │
│║ which is really great because there are so many ║ │
│║ notes and runs crammed everywhere! ║ │
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│║ The album begins with a nice little epic intro ║ │
│║ track that shifts quickly into the menacing, yet ║ │
│║ slightly bizarre "Mr. Inferno". Angel Dust ║ │
│║ definitely decided to hit us with something ║ │
│║ thrashy and very unique. Some of these riffs are ║ │
│║ very odd-timed and just wait till it gets to the ║ │
│║ chorus! It's powerful and sounds almost ║ │
│║ apocalyptic! Then it goes to a few more ║ │
│║ "heavy/power metal" moments rather than the ║ │
│║ speed/thrash sound of Mr. Inferno. They even did ║ │
│║ a sequel to their debut album called "Into the ║ │
│║ Dark Past Chapter II", which sounds nothing like ║ │
│║ the first album at all, but more of very epic ║ │
│║ power metal! The album decides to hit you even ║ │
│║ harder in the middle of the album with "The ║ │
│║ King" and the title track. These songs are ║ │
│║ certainly some mesmerizing thrash metal that ║ │
│║ will leave you dropping your jaw after every ║ │
│║ riff, lead, and run played ever so tightly! ║ │
│║ After the album already leaves you wondering, ║ │
│║ "well, I think I've heard it all, this album ║ │
│║ couldn't possibly have more to offer... could ║ │
│║ it??" ║ │
│║ The answer is... YES. The album finishes with ║ │
│║ more classic power metal that always seems to ║ │
│║ throw in a headbanging thrash riff for good ║ │
│║ measure. As for the bonus tracks, it certainly ║ │
│║ adds to the album to make a great thing even ║ │
│║ better! "Flight to Russia" is a very well-done ║ │
│║ instrumental and the second bonus track "Dawn of ║ │
│║ the End" is more of a ballad, but strangely it's ║ │
│║ a fantastic way to end such an album as this. ║ │
│║ It's a good way to bring you down easily from ║ │
│║ all the amazement that has just graced your ║ │
│║ ears... ║ │
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│║ This album definitely deserves a perfect score, ║ │
│║ for it doesn't lack in anything! The songwriting ║ │
│║ is topnotch with every song being entertaining. ║ │
│║ In all fairness it's way more entertaining than ║ │
│║ the debut and personally I wish they would have ║ │
│║ done more like this... But ah well, Border of ║ │
│║ Reality was a great comeback anyway, but still ║ │
│║ doesn't compare to this epic masterpiece! Every ║ │
│║ track is a highlight! ║ │
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│║ Now, for those who actually buy their music like ║ │
│║ me, these CD's have been out of print for a good ║ │
│║ while. The general price for To Dust You Will ║ │
│║ Decay is around $30.00, but it is worth 50 or ║ │
│║ even 100 in my book! There are also some ║ │
│║ bootlegs that were floating around for a while, ║ │
│║ my first copy was a bootleg and I purchased it ║ │
│║ about 7 or 8 years ago. Even though its a ║ │
│║ bootleg, it's a good one and I might even say ║ │
│║ that it's better than the original. However, if ║ │
│║ you're a completist you might have both versions ║ │
│║ like myself. ║ │
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│║ Bottom line... GET THIS ALBUM NOW!!! If you like ║ │
│║ Helloween, Scanner, early Blind Guardian, etc. ║ │
│║ you can't go wrong!!! ║ │
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│║ S.L. Coe - Vocals ║ │
│║ Vinni Lynn - Guitars ║ │
│║ Frank Banx - Bass ║ │
│║ Stefan K. Nauer - Guitars ║ │
│║ Dirk Assmuth - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - 3rd Challenge [00:48] │
│ 02 - Mr. Inferno [04:05] │
│ 03 - Wings Of An Angel [05:02] │
│ 04 - Into The Dark Past (Chapter II) [04:57] │
│ 05 - The KIng [04:06] │
│ 06 - To Dust You Will Decay [05:45] │
│ 07 - Stranger [04:41] │
│ 08 - The Duel [03:36] │
│ 09 - Hold On [04:33] │
│ 10 - Fight To Russia (Bonus Track) [02:38] │
│ 11 - Dawn Of The End (Bonus Track) [06:27] │
│ 12 - Total Destruction (Rehearsal) [06:23] │
│ 13 - Creatures Of Hell (Rehearsal) [04:45] │
│ 14 - Crashdown (Rehearsal) [05:01] │
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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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