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/:: Artist :: Egypt ::\
:: Album :: Cracks and Lines ::
:: Year :: 2017 ::
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:: . Genre :: Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Self-released R.date :: 2017.06.29 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: N/A Size :: 66,27 MB __::_
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..: Bitrate :: avg. 237kbps : .
. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/egyptband/
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:: 01. Final Heist 06:50 ::
:: 02. Cracks and Lines 11:10 ::
:: 03. Dirge 03:28 ::
:: 04. Watchin' You (Kiss cover) 04:25 ::
:: 05. What Lights this Ocean 13:02 ::
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:: Hailing from Fargo, North Dakota, Egypt have made waves the ::
:: last few years in the doom/stoner realm. They've toured ::
:: Europe the last two years, and they are leaving very soon ::
:: for a third tour. They're just regular guys doing what they ::
:: do and playing the music they love. It's fun to write about ::
:: bands that are not only local, but who I consider friends. I ::
:: know they've paid their dues and will come to be a very ::
:: respected band in the near future. ::
:: ::
:: While recording their previous album, The Endless Flight, ::
:: they ended up with some tracks that weren't quite finished ::
:: and others that were a bit different than those they've ::
:: released in the past. They have chosen to release them on an ::
:: EP, entitled Cracks and Lines. A few of the five songs are a ::
:: bit different, but they are awesome in their own way. ::
:: ::
:: "Final Heist" opens the album with a familiar, fuzzy, warm, ::
:: and heavy tone from guitarist Neal Stein. The heaviness then ::
:: kicks in, and vocalist Aaron Esterby comes in with his ::
:: gravelly voice. The song has a bluesy feel to it, and the ::
:: bridge and chorus kick ass which before leading into a ::
:: foot-stomping finale that will stay stuck in your head for ::
:: weeks. The title track has that organic feel once again, and ::
:: Esterby's vocals are a bit cleaner than normal. It sounds ::
:: killer, and the production is flawless. The bass and guitar ::
:: meld so well together, they sound like they're going to ::
:: battle in the solo parts. The mid-section of the song would ::
:: make Black Sabbath proud with its riffs upon riffs, and Chad ::
:: Heille's drum parts, which fall perfectly in sync. ::
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:: "Dirge" is an altogether different animal for Egypt. It's ::
:: slow, quiet, and laid-back. Esterby's vocals are the focal ::
:: point, and while it's relatively short, it's one of my ::
:: favorites here. "Watchin' You," a KISS cover, then explodes ::
:: upon your eardrums! While it doesn't stray far from the ::
:: original, Egypt certainly make the song their own. It's a ::
:: fantastic version of the song that really does show the ::
:: band's influences. "What Lights This Ocean" is another of my ::
:: favorites, maybe even of all time. It clocks in at just over ::
:: 13 minutes and slowly builds to a massive wall of sound in ::
:: the last section of the song. Esterby's vocals start clean ::
:: and very hypnotic before turning ballsy and fierce. Stein ::
:: uses his guitar to channel his emotion, and the song ends ::
:: with a bang, an organ giving it a true Deep Purple feel ::
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:: Egypt have a monster with this 40-minute EP. It's huge. It ::
:: opens the door to show the world that they are a force to be ::
:: reckoned with. ::
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