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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Mar-03-2017 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2017 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Thobbe Englund Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Sold My Soul-(MV0130) Label : Metalville ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Since Leaving Sabaton last year Thobbe Englund ║ │
│║ has been a busy boy. The Scandinavian Guitarist, ║ │
│║ who loves Yngwie Malmsteen, recorded the ║ │
│║ majority of his Sold My Soul in his own studio ║ │
│║ in Falun, Sweden. With this album, Thobbe ║ │
│║ Englund wants to go back to the roots of Heavy ║ │
│║ Metal, and by jove has he done it well. ║ │
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│║ The album opens with the riff heavy title track ║ │
│║ if you didnÆt know this was a new album you ║ │
│║ would swear you had heard this somewhere before, ║ │
│║ a long time ago. Sold My Soul is swiftly ║ │
│║ followed by Annihilation, a drum beat rapid ║ │
│║ firing tune, which at just over 3 mins is longer ║ │
│║ than the opening track, but bounces by before ║ │
│║ you know it. I Am is another stunner, so far on ║ │
│║ this album, IÆve heard likenesses to Motorhead, ║ │
│║ Judas Priest, Metallica and Iron Maiden, and ║ │
│║ that is just in the first three songs. IÆm ║ │
│║ intrigued to see where the remaining eight songs ║ │
│║ take me. ║ │
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│║ The Glow is next and is this Black Sabbath I ║ │
│║ hear? How many more inspirations can one fit in ║ │
│║ one album? This is beginning to turn into a game ║ │
│║ of spot the beginnings of Heavy Metal, although ║ │
│║ IÆm pretty sure that is what Thobbe Englund is ║ │
│║ aiming for. ║ │
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│║ Steel and Thunder is a perfect rock and roll ║ │
│║ driving song, Tragen Winner looks like it has ║ │
│║ snuck on to the album last minute, as it isnÆt ║ │
│║ included on the press release, but my does it ║ │
│║ sound good. You would be forgiven for thinking ║ │
│║ that The Flame is a drawn out Prog number, as ║ │
│║ that is what is sounds like as you listen to the ║ │
│║ first two and a half minutes, and then you ║ │
│║ realize thatÆs where it ends, not a vocal in ║ │
│║ earshot, just pure guitar. ║ │
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│║ Back to a bit of old school Iron Maiden for ║ │
│║ Break The Chains, before embarking on the epic ║ │
│║ of the album, at 4:56 Wounded Knee is a heavy ║ │
│║ metal song, mixed with a pinch of native ║ │
│║ American, and a generous dash of KissÆs I Was ║ │
│║ made For Loving You, mixed with a bit more Iron ║ │
│║ Maiden and a splash of Black Sabbath. What a ║ │
│║ concoction, but amazingly it works, and is my ║ │
│║ favorite song on the album, which is a tough ║ │
│║ choice to make. ║ │
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│║ The last two songs on the album, Farewell, and ║ │
│║ The Ashes finish it off nicely. With The Ashes ║ │
│║ finishing what The Glow started. ║ │
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│║ There is nothing groundbreaking on this album, ║ │
│║ but in honor to a certain Metal magazine that ║ │
│║ has just been rescued from the ashes, If I was ║ │
│║ to hand somebody a CD that covers what Heavy ║ │
│║ Metal is, Sold My Soul, would be a serious new ║ │
│║ contender on the block. Thobbe Englund set out ║ │
│║ to go back to the roots of heavy metal with this ║ │
│║ album, and mission complete. My first favorite ║ │
│║ album of the new year. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Sold My Soul [02:34] │
│ 02 - Annihilation [03:03] │
│ 03 - I Am [04:01] │
│ 04 - The Glow [01:30] │
│ 05 - It Burns [04:28] │
│ 06 - Steel and Thunder [04:03] │
│ 07 - Tragen Vinner [03:18] │
│ 08 - The Flame [02:29] │
│ 09 - Break the Chains [03:10] │
│ 10 - Wounded Knee [04:57] │
│ 11 - Farewell [04:18] │
│ 12 - The Ashes [01:10] │
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│ Total Length : [39:01 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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