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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Sep-21-2017 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2017 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.whiteskull.band ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : White Skull Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Will Of The Strong-(CHAOS 050 CD)el : Dragonheart ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ WHITE SKULL is an epic power metal band fronted ║ │
│║ by a female vocal, Frederica ôSisterö De Boni, ║ │
│║ hailing from Italy. The band itself started off ║ │
│║ in 1988, and ôWill Of The Strongö is their tenth ║ │
│║ album to date, and the one with the biggest ║ │
│║ pause between. Past albums had a 2 year break ║ │
│║ between each other, but the previous album ║ │
│║ (ôUnder This Flagö) was released 5 years ago, in ║ │
│║ 2012. As far as epic power metal goes, WHITE ║ │
│║ SKULL are doing a pretty good job, but, to be ║ │
│║ frank, I somehow expected a bit more from a band ║ │
│║ that is supposed to have 29 years of experience. ║ │
│║ Generally, with age, bands end up learning ║ │
│║ enough to mature, have their sound clearly ║ │
│║ defined, and everything smooth. Keep in mind, ║ │
│║ from the same year of launch we can talk about ║ │
│║ AMON AMARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, GAMMA RAY, ║ │
│║ PARADISE LOST, and others. In the case of those ║ │
│║ bands, I doubt anyone could mistake their sound. ║ │
│║ Nonetheless, ôWill Of The Strongö puts out a ║ │
│║ nice sound, albeit a bitàbland and repetitive ║ │
│║ for the most part. There are, of course, ║ │
│║ exceptions to the rule, a couple of songs which ║ │
│║ stood out much more than the rest, but we will ║ │
│║ get to them in due time. ║ │
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│║ The songs have some consistency between each ║ │
│║ other, but not all. Everything is variable due ║ │
│║ to the fact that the album itself is mostly a ║ │
│║ multitude of epic stories, one in each song. ║ │
│║ Most songs include epic battles and stories, and ║ │
│║ their sound is accordingly, while others ║ │
│║ (ôSacrificeö) are softer due to their sadder ║ │
│║ story. The album starts with an instrumental ║ │
│║ intro, named ôEndless Rageö which for me is ║ │
│║ soothing and calming and not even in the same ║ │
│║ zip code as rage, let alone an endless one. ║ │
│║ ôHoly Warriorö follows, trying to wash the sins ║ │
│║ of the intro, and it tends to succeed. A clean, ║ │
│║ nicely sounding power metal song with the fast, ║ │
│║ catchy guitars that youÆd expect from the genre ║ │
│║ and FredericaÆs voice telling us of an epic ║ │
│║ story. Her voice generally sounds good, but the ║ │
│║ variations in her tone tend to become a bit ║ │
│║ annoying sometimes, and her accent is coming out ║ │
│║ from time to time. The following songs keep the ║ │
│║ exact same style, mostly the same tempo and ║ │
│║ instrumentals, making it overall a bit boring, ║ │
│║ but just as my interest was reaching depletion, ║ │
│║ ôI Am Your Queenö started. ║ │
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│║ Nice song intro with some chants, and followed ║ │
│║ by a song with a completely different tempo than ║ │
│║ what I got used to beforehand. FredericaÆs song ║ │
│║ story itself changed both tempo and rhythm into ║ │
│║ one more arrhythmic, yet very catchy and ║ │
│║ pleasant. Suddenly, the album started showing ║ │
│║ some more promise, and, by the end of the album, ║ │
│║ I ended up considering ôI Am Your Queenö as my ║ │
│║ second favorite song. Second favorite because ║ │
│║ later on, I had the pleasure of listening to ║ │
│║ ôMetal Indianö which was a refreshing change ║ │
│║ fromà well, from everything else. Somehow, ║ │
│║ ôMetal Indianö had a bit of RHAPSODY or/and ║ │
│║ HELLOWEEN influence to it, which instantly ║ │
│║ caught my attention. Oh man, if the whole album ║ │
│║ sounded like this, I wouldÆve purchased ità ║ │
│║ twice. The drums and the guitars on it were not ║ │
│║ as fast as before, yet they felt stronger, more ║ │
│║ powerful and appealed much more to my now old ║ │
│║ metalhead soul. I decided to listen to this song ║ │
│║ a couple of times, to bask in it before going ║ │
│║ further with the album. Only thing I disliked ║ │
│║ about it was the very weird, dying squeal guitar ║ │
│║ solo (lack of ideas for how to describe ità) at ║ │
│║ the half of the third minute into the song. I ║ │
│║ would have appreciated a lack of that piece from ║ │
│║ it, but still, all the rest compensated and it ║ │
│║ was forgiven. ║ │
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│║ The instrumentals themselves sound good and ║ │
│║ quite well mixed, although a bit repetitive and ║ │
│║ similar between most songs. The guitars did a ║ │
│║ great, clean and clear sound, the bass player ║ │
│║ accompanied them perfectly, and the drums ║ │
│║ hammered flawlessly. Basically, I have nothing ║ │
│║ bad to say about the musicians themselves and ║ │
│║ their skills, they have done a great job, but ║ │
│║ this was to be expected from a 29 year old band, ║ │
│║ though. All in all, the album has some good ║ │
│║ songs in it, and WHITE SKULL do deserve a better ║ │
│║ recognition than what theyÆre receiving. Someone ║ │
│║ should really put the spotlight on these guys ║ │
│║ (and gal) and get the awareness a bit more up ║ │
│║ than it is, because theyÆre worth it. ║ │
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│║ Federica "Sister" De Boni - Vocals ║ │
│║ Tony "Mad" Font≥ - Guitars ║ │
│║ Danilo "Man" Bar - Guitars ║ │
│║ Jo Raddi - Bass ║ │
│║ Alessandro Muscio - Keyboards ║ │
│║ Alex Mantiero - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Endless rage [02:03] │
│ 02 - Holy warrior [04:10] │
│ 03 - Grace O' Malley [05:33] │
│ 04 - Will of the strong [05:37] │
│ 05 - Lady of hope [06:13] │
│ 06 - I am your queen [04:12] │
│ 07 - Hope has wings [05:39] │
│ 08 - Metal indian [05:32] │
│ 09 - Shieldmaiden [03:49] │
│ 10 - Sacrifice [06:09] │
│ 11 - Matilda [04:12] │
│ 12 - Warrior spirit [05:30] │
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│ Total Length : [58:39 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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