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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Distant Past - Rise Of The Fallen + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-01-2016 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2016 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.distant-past.ch ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Distant Past Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Rise Of The Fallen Label : Pure Steel ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ What would you do if you could cross Judas ║ │
│║ Priest with Iron Maiden? Would you take on the ║ │
│║ responsibility of trying to make metal music as ║ │
│║ timeless as those two heavy metal giants? It ║ │
│║ takes a brave band to try that. Distant Past ║ │
│║ seem to have taken on the responsibility with ║ │
│║ their upcoming Rise of the Fallen album. ║ │
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│║ The comparisons I make of Distant Past and Judas ║ │
│║ Priest lie in the vocals. Rise of the Fallen ║ │
│║ features two Distant Past Rise of the Fallen ║ │
│║ Reviewvocalists: Jvo Julmy and guest vocalist ║ │
│║ Thomas Winkler. Because Rise of the Fallen seems ║ │
│║ to be a bit of a concept album (though I havenÆt ║ │
│║ listened quite closely enough to figure out ║ │
│║ exactly what the story is) Thomas takes the role ║ │
│║ of ôThe Son of Godö and Jvo takes on the role of ║ │
│║ ôThe Fallen Angelö. Thankfully the first lines ║ │
│║ of opening track ôMasters of Dualityö introduce ║ │
│║ the characters. Lines like ôI am the LightàI am ║ │
│║ the incarnated soul of the lordö help me know ║ │
│║ which vocalist to match with which voice. ║ │
│║ Therefore, I can say that Thomas Winkleræs voice ║ │
│║ almost completely resembles Rob Halfordæs mid- ║ │
│║ octave voice. Jvoæs voice isnÆt quite as ║ │
│║ distinctive, but it does have a bit of a Bruce ║ │
│║ Dickinson feeling to it. ║ │
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│║ The Iron Maiden comparison comes more thanks to ║ │
│║ Distant Pastæs music, with their usage of dual ║ │
│║ guitars and the dungeons and dragons-like sound ║ │
│║ these songs have. ôScriptural Truthö best ║ │
│║ resembles the spirit of a song by either of the ║ │
│║ two heavy metal giants, but more so that of an ║ │
│║ Iron Maiden song, but other songs such as ║ │
│║ ôRedemptionö (which has my favourite guitar solo ║ │
│║ on the album) and the very well crafted ôThe ║ │
│║ Road To Golgothaö do a good job at giving Rise ║ │
│║ of the Fallen an intelligent classic metal ║ │
│║ sound.s ║ │
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│║ The problem with Rise of the Fallen is in its ║ │
│║ less significant songs. When listening to it ║ │
│║ from beginning to end, it starts off strong with ║ │
│║ its first three tracks ôMasters of Dualityö, ║ │
│║ ôDie As Oneö and ôEnd of the Worldö but by the ║ │
│║ fourth track ôArk of the Saviourö it starts to ║ │
│║ sound similar. What doesnÆt help that specific ║ │
│║ song is the feeling that something is off with a ║ │
│║ couple of the vocal harmonies. Distant Past ║ │
│║ follow these four songs with the three ║ │
│║ previously mentioned songs that I spoke highly ║ │
│║ of, which manage to gain my interest again, but ║ │
│║ after that the album goes back to falling into a ║ │
│║ generic metal sound that certainly doesnÆt sound ║ │
│║ bad, but it also doesnÆt sound significant. ║ │
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│║ Distant Past manage to impress me with the ║ │
│║ strong heads on their shoulders. Making a ║ │
│║ concept album is always a bold thing to do, ║ │
│║ especially for a lesser known band, but I think ║ │
│║ they handle themselves well on Rise of the ║ │
│║ Fallen which makes the album one that I donÆt ║ │
│║ think IÆll forget anytime soon. ║ │
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│║ ALBUM HIGHLIGHT: ║ │
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│║ ôScriptural Truthö û¡ Part of the reason I pick ║ │
│║ this as the highlight is because I feel itÆs the ║ │
│║ best song on Rise of the Fallen, but I also like ║ │
│║ it as the highlight because it best captures ║ │
│║ both the Judas Priest and Iron Maiden influences ║ │
│║ all in one song. ║ │
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│║ Jvo Julmy - Vocals ║ │
│║ Adriano Troiano - Bass ║ │
│║ Alain Curty - Guitars ║ │
│║ Christof Schafer - Guitars ║ │
│║ Geri Baeriswyl - Drums ║ │
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│║ Additional Musicians: ║ │
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│║ Thomas Winkler - Vocals ║ │
│║ Al Spicher - Drums ║ │
│║ David Luterbacher - Guitars ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Masters Of Duality [05:04] │
│ 02 - Dies As One [03:05] │
│ 03 - End Of The World [04:55] │
│ 04 - Ark Of THE Saviour [04:19] │
│ 05 - Sciptural Truth [05:43] │
│ 06 - Redemption [04:38] │
│ 07 - The Road To Golgotha [05:05] │
│ 08 - Heroes Die [06:32] │
│ 09 - The Acension [04:20] │
│ 10 - By The Light Of the Morning Star [05:08] │
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│ Total Length : [48:49 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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