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░ ██ ██ Artist: Blazing Rust ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Armed to Exist █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-10-07 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Heavy Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Pure Steel Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I havenÆt really taken the time to absorb myself █
█ in Russian Metal bands, other than a chosen few █
█ along my time reviewing albums, the mighty ARIA █
█ included. I guess that the chances of finding new █
█ prospects for the coming generation in such a vast █
█ Metal scene, which also harbors devoted fans, are █
█ pretty high. I think I should start being more █
█ alert regarding what is going on over there. When █
█ it comes to traditional Heavy Metal, other than █
█ their local gods, I have faith that I caught a █
█ glimpse of an upcoming success story. BLAZING █
█ RUST, hailing from the colorful city of St. █
█ Petersburg, carved upon themselves the book of █
█ Heavy Metal and the solid base steel that forged █
█ its essence back in the late 70s / early 80s. I █
█ see it more than a mere homage, but an actual █
█ gift. That same aptitude was laid out through █
█ their debut album, ôArmed To Existö, newly signed █
█ to the old school province, Pure Steel Records. █
█ █
█ It is virtually about the execution and how the █
█ bandÆs spawned material arrangements made this old █
█ school experience to become one of the profound █
█ outcomes out of a newcomer Heavy Metal. The main █
█ reasons are that BLAZING RUST never did really █
█ innovate anything, like most bands of the age, █
█ they followed their gods, embracing their heritage █
█ and coming with their vein of music. Nonetheless, █
█ the Russians fashioned the mixture of 70Æs Hard █
█ Rock / catchy Heavy Metal and even a few █
█ salutations to Blues Rock, to end up as inspiring █
█ and motivating for further listening sessions. █
█ ôArmed To Existö pumped up the classic riffery, a █
█ sort of a polished version of RAINBOW meets JUDAS █
█ PRIEST, DEEP PURPLE meets DIO and BLACK SABBATH █
█ meets NWOBHM, whether through the twin guitaring █
█ through the soloing, diverse vintage beats to the █
█ immensely strong vocal line that takes charge of █
█ the cavalry force. Nothing over the top regarding █
█ technical merits, yet not as fundamentally basic █
█ as it would seem, ôArmed To Existö is a delivery █
█ of soulful passion. █
█ █
█ Though I usually start with the song that made me █
█ boast out of my chair if sitting or kick lamppost █
█ if standing, I would like to firstly mention the █
█ tune ôWitchö. Some might not deem it as special as █
█ I make it, but I just have to. Essentially lashing █
█ out Blues Rock, yet with the flick of the switch █
█ turns into an early 80s proto Speed Metal, █
█ staggeringly dazed, leveling up the heart rate as █
█ it progresses. Surely this is one of those █
█ examples that are purely a clash of Rock / Metal █
█ decades. ôAlmighty Lordö, featuring an atmospheric █
█ unforgettable chorus, had me chuckle of how high █
█ can a band go with their conviction for the █
█ tradition while ôBlazing Rustö blazed out with a █
█ simply made punch, a straightforward classic █
█ assembly of great riffs and powerful vocals. Other █
█ tracks that are also recommended: ôShimmering █
█ Dawnö, ôDying Worldö and ôTime of the Braveö. █
█ █
█ BLAZING RUST just got a new fan today thanks to █
█ this fine debut. Their stubbornness to create █
█ Metal by the book is highly admirable and if they █
█ will continue and maintain the same quality of █
█ songwriting, I bet only good would come out of it. █
█ █
█ http://blazingrust.bandcamp.com/ █
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░ 1. Hellbringer 5:18 ░
░ 2. Shimmering Dawn 4:43 ░
░ 3. Blazing Rust 5:15 ░
░ 4. Dying World 5:10 ░
░ 5. Blindfold 5:29 ░
░ 6. Almighty Lord 5:20 ░
░ 7. Witch 5:56 ░
░ 8. Time of the Brave 4:26 ░
░ 9. Under the Spell 6:46 ░
░ 48:23 ░
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