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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-19-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2008 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.gaia-prelude.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Gaia Prelude Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Promised Land (Jap. Ed.) Label : YggDrasill ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Young Yakul used to listen to instrumental stuff ║ │
│║ all the time. The last instrumental album that I ║ │
│║ was completely in love with, despite completely ║ │
│║ hating Dream Theater, was LTE 2. That was a few ║ │
│║ years back now and even so I was pleasantly ║ │
│║ surprised to discover Gaia Prelude. They are a ║ │
│║ neo-classical metal outfit from Japan, and I ║ │
│║ half expected a Sigh ripoff, half expected a bad ║ │
│║ (!) Dragonforce, which would be a crime against ║ │
│║ taste and humanity. Luckily! they are neither. ║ │
│║ Remember when you were first discovering the ║ │
│║ guitar and you heard about Yngwie, but before ║ │
│║ ever hearing his music you thought of all the ║ │
│║ possibilities, and then he never quite measured ║ │
│║ up? Gaia Prelude might just fill in the gaps. ║ │
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│║ There is an impossible amount of music to talk ║ │
│║ about here in one review, and it definitely is ║ │
│║ not for everyone. During about the third or ║ │
│║ fourth song I was thinking to myself that the ║ │
│║ band could benefit a great deal from vocals, ║ │
│║ something to anchor the songs around. An ║ │
│║ uncountable number of solos abound, both guitar ║ │
│║ and keyboard. Unlike the aforementioned ║ │
│║ Dragonforce though, this band has ideas! And ║ │
│║ while they might catch a break with a more ║ │
│║ traditional band sound, they surely excel in ║ │
│║ their current format. ║ │
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│║ Each song plays like it is the final battle in ║ │
│║ your favorite 16 to 32 bit jrpg; the part where ║ │
│║ your teammates have to prove that they have the ║ │
│║ power of the human spirit to over come the Dark ║ │
│║ Lord of whatev. Take the half way point in ║ │
│║ ôIllusion,ö the hook comes through in a ║ │
│║ memorable, but simplistic keyboard melody ║ │
│║ between two furious solos. It is the slow and ║ │
│║ easy parts like that which catch the ear. ║ │
│║ However, the leads and solos aren't just there ║ │
│║ for show. Many times the insanely fast guitar ║ │
│║ work features enough repetition to be workable ║ │
│║ as a rhythmic section, parts that might be ║ │
│║ catchy enough to stick with you a bit. This is ║ │
│║ something I'll have to investigate with a few ║ │
│║ more listens. ║ │
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│║ It isn't all 65 lbs of Japanese muscle burning ║ │
│║ up the fret board non-stop. The title track ║ │
│║ ôPromised Landö plays like an elegy to some ║ │
│║ fallen warrior, slow and mournful. I feel like ║ │
│║ these albums always come up short late in the ║ │
│║ game, but the last song ôMystic Formulaö ║ │
│║ features an absolutely dazzling interplay of ║ │
│║ guitar and keys, which gives way to a somber ║ │
│║ outro. Of course that only lasts for a few ║ │
│║ minutes, because this is a band that goes out at ║ │
│║ top speed. ║ │
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│║ Ryutaro Okamoto - Drums ║ │
│║ Hisashi Nishiwaki - Guitars ║ │
│║ Masaki Goshima - Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Prologue [01:20] │
│ 02 - Grand Cross [05:48] │
│ 03 - Material [04:45] │
│ 04 - Lost In The Darkness [05:03] │
│ 05 - Illusion [05:31] │
│ 06 - Shadow Dancer [04:24] │
│ 07 - Promised Land [05:13] │
│ 08 - Crown The Roses [03:57] │
│ 09 - Wizard Rings [06:26] │
│ 10 - Dearest Moon [04:43] │
│ 11 - Mytic Formula [05:02] │
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│ Total Length : [52:12 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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