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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Feb-19-2017 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2004 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Dyecrest Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Way of Pain-(NO3832) Label : Noise ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ DonÆt you just love it when you find a band that ║ │
│║ is literally as generic as you can possibly get, ║ │
│║ to the point where you might as well just not ║ │
│║ listen to anything and get a more profitable ║ │
│║ result? Yeah, me neither, but nobody ever said ║ │
│║ reviewing was all fun and games. TodayÆs subject ║ │
│║ is Dyecrest, who, aside from having a name that ║ │
│║ sounds like something youÆd use to make your ║ │
│║ teeth whiter or your dishes cleaner, were ║ │
│║ apparently the runners-up in the Young Metal ║ │
│║ Gods contest. Now, the first place band was ║ │
│║ Persuader, who I talked about already and think ║ │
│║ are pretty standard as far as Power Metal goes, ║ │
│║ and if this was the runner up, I sure as hell ║ │
│║ donÆt want to see the ones who didnÆt make it. ║ │
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│║ Dyecrest are Power Metal, and that is about all ║ │
│║ you can say about their sound. ItÆs really ║ │
│║ generic, formulaic stuff, with all of your ║ │
│║ typical trilling melodies, German-styled crunch ║ │
│║ and soaring vocals, and the only thing missing ║ │
│║ is if Piet Sielck from Iron Savior produced it ║ │
│║ and did lots of backing vocals on every track. ║ │
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│║ àfuck, he did. You know, I think they shouldnÆt ║ │
│║ even have Piet come into the studio to do this ║ │
│║ anymore. I think they ought to come up with a ║ │
│║ pre-set vocal effect on music editing software ║ │
│║ that produces Piet Sielck-styled backing vocals ║ │
│║ to layer choruses with automatically, because at ║ │
│║ this rate, I donÆt think thereÆs much of a ║ │
│║ difference. I like PietÆs voice and I enjoy most ║ │
│║ Iron Savior, but does he really have to produce ║ │
│║ everything? And add the backing vocals to boot? ║ │
│║ ItÆs getting really ridiculous now. ItÆs like ║ │
│║ every other band out of Europe has to have him, ║ │
│║ like itÆs some weird street cred requirement. I ║ │
│║ wonder if they ask him to do it or if he just ║ │
│║ comes into the studio and imposes himself on ║ │
│║ these bands to the point where they let him ║ │
│║ record backing vocals just to get him to go ║ │
│║ away. That would be kind of funny, actually û ║ │
│║ ôOkay, okay, Piet, you can do backing vocals on ║ │
│║ every song! Then will you please leave?ö ║ │
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│║ I digress, but really, that was more interesting ║ │
│║ to think about than the music on here. The band ║ │
│║ has two modes here, fast Iron Savior/Helloween- ║ │
│║ lite speedsters and slow songs that try to be ║ │
│║ epic but just come off asàslow. I like the fast ║ │
│║ ones okay, but the slower ones get pretty ║ │
│║ painful and annoying, especially the awful ôMade ║ │
│║ Me Believeö and the double whammy of the lame ║ │
│║ ôKneeling Down,ö which has an intro and opening ║ │
│║ vocal section straight out of a sappy valley- ║ │
│║ girl romance movie and the excruciatingly poor ║ │
│║ ôAll in Vain.ö This band is really bad at ║ │
│║ writing slow songs. I mean, god, didnÆt someone ║ │
│║ at least think to stop them for a second in the ║ │
│║ studio and tell them that their slower-tempo ║ │
│║ songs sucked and sounded like they were just ║ │
│║ improvised on the spot? ItÆs positively ║ │
│║ maddening! Take that shit off, guys, this isnÆt ║ │
│║ funny anymore. ║ │
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│║ Most of this stuff is something like a heavier, ║ │
│║ slightly faster Galloglass, but without the ║ │
│║ interesting parts that band sometimes had. This ║ │
│║ bandÆs worst shortcoming is just the ║ │
│║ songwriting, as it just plain and simple isnÆt ║ │
│║ good enough. The songs are average at best and ║ │
│║ bland at worst, no real differentiation. I think ║ │
│║ the worst thing about this album as a whole is ║ │
│║ just that the band doesnÆt have a real identity ║ │
│║ here, or any kind of real flow or theme to ║ │
│║ things. TheyÆre just flinging paint at the wall, ║ │
│║ not knowing when to end their songs, when to ║ │
│║ break into a good chorus or when to elongate a ║ │
│║ good solo. Yeah, itÆs kind of cute that theyÆre ║ │
│║ taking this so seriously, but it just doesnÆt ║ │
│║ work. ║ │
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│║ I guess you canÆt fault someone for trying ║ │
│║ thoughàoh, wait, yes I can. This sucks. ItÆs the ║ │
│║ most contrived, unremarkable piece of music IÆve ║ │
│║ heard in a while. Young Metal Gods? More like ║ │
│║ Young Metal Sods. If you really want to hear ║ │
│║ Power Metal, there are a hundred better bands, ║ │
│║ and if youÆve heard every one of them, IÆd even ║ │
│║ just skip this. ItÆs a throwaway album, but at ║ │
│║ least itÆs better than what the band would put ║ │
│║ together nextà ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - For All the Weak [04:05] │
│ 02 - Into the Void [04:50] │
│ 03 - Made Me Believe [06:16] │
│ 04 - Last Man Standing [04:53] │
│ 05 - Lost Faith [05:01] │
│ 06 - The Game [04:03] │
│ 07 - Kneeling Down [06:49] │
│ 08 - All in Vain [05:17] │
│ 09 - Until Death Do Us Part [05:20] │
│ 10 - With Pain [04:32] │
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