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Coraxo-Neptune-CD-FLAC-2015-CATARACT
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ARTIST : Coraxo STOREDATE : 00-00-2015
ALBUM : Neptune RIPDATE : 04-03-2016
YEAR : 2015 RUNTIME : 39:56 min
GENRE : Death Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Massacre Records GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 921 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 290.3MB
URL : http://tinyurl.com/jc7meoj TRACKS : 10 Files
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01 Sol Oriens Sum 1:46
02 Lanterns 4:19
03 Tangier 4:15
04 The Bastion 4:44
05 The Citadel 4:15
06 In Adoration 5:11
07 Symbiosis 3:35
08 Signal Detected 4:13
09 Ghosts 5:43
10 Ending Credits 1:55
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39:56 min
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│ Another European Melodic Death Metal band', I said to myself, │
│ probably nothing new or interesting, but yet I had managed to │
│ surprise myself. Although, CORAXO accents the Finnish Melodic Death │
│ metal just as many other bands before them, they still have their │
│ own touch. │
│ │
│ To take off the main core; the genre of CORAXO you can't ignore the │
│ static, electronic guts the album 'Neptune' has. As someone who │
│ usually doesn't appreciate Synth- Keyboards, The composition of the │
│ synth is amazing, for my general taste, is super diverse and │
│ complicated. it definitely has a major contribution to the all │
│ atmosphere for this album. You will not find a song without a │
│ synthetic fill in 'Neptune' . │
│ │
│ As good as it may sound, the fact that they have only 3 members to │
│ this band intrigues me, and not in a good way. Isn't it binding to │
│ have a keyboard player capable of having such dominant compositions? │
│ And having another guitar player for fleshing out the riffs? I know │
│ that on the recorded level, one person can record, compose and │
│ produce multiple instruments, but the big challenge is pulling it │
│ out in a live concert. Many in this situation will rely on │
│ playbacks, some will hire addition players or just skip some of │
│ these parts. │
│ │
│ It has been mentioned that Tomi Toivonen is behind all this madness, │
│ as a Vocal performer, the only Guitar player and Programmer/ │
│ Keyboards, as much as I do count this man for some sort of a genius; │
│ I'm not sure that pre-recorded playbacks will do his compositions │
│ justice. │
│ │
│ The 'Neptune' album, is expected to be generic and monotonic for its │
│ accentuated genre. However, as I said before, not only the synth │
│ plays an interesting role but the whole band is very diverse on │
│ their tunes. They simply have it all! Speedy blasting drum beats, │
│ crazy guitar riffs, amazing melodic solos, alongside with slow, │
│ gentle parts making songs much more melodic and beautiful and even │
│ jolly. │
│ │
│ The only negative aspect I had noticed in this album, is that there │
│ is a monotonic character in the vocal performance by Tomi; sharp, │
│ but still hollow and rusty, his mid pitch voice plays an important │
│ mission to the whole nature of this album and the band itself by │
│ giving the listener cold unnatural, and extraterrestrial │
│ experiences. │
│ │
│ In the matter of fact, The general sound for 'Neptune' album quite │
│ resembles to Tomi's performance and fused to the melodic character │
│ with its artificial electronic nature , some who like their music │
│ live and warm, might not like this Avant-garde Death Metal at all. │
│ │
│ And yet, nevertheless, ôNeptuneö has a high-quality well produced │
│ sound for a debut album. I have to say that it's very impressive, │
│ which in my opinion, especially for that deserves a high score! │
│ Above creativity, general sound and performance everything else is a │
│ matter of personal taste. │
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│ Although it's hard for me to appreciate electronic synthetic sound, │
│ it serves the total purpose and has a meaning behind it; there's │
│ nothing mindless or lazy in the elements I had mentioned before. │
│ Especially because of having this rich plot and concept of alien │
│ life on earth, something that I highly recommend to read before │
│ listening, just to feed up your mind and get to the mood. for this │
│ rich content, not only with music but also lyrically, 'Neptune' by │
│ CORAXO wins my love. │
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