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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Stereo Nasty - Twisting The Blade + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Oct-23-2017 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........09 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... stereonasty.bandcamp.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Stereo Nasty Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Twisting The Blade Label : Stormspell ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Aside from Guinness, old school style metallers ║ │
│║ Stereo Nasty is my go-to Irish import these ║ │
│║ days. With already a couple of solid full- ║ │
│║ lengths under its belt, the Kildare quartet ║ │
│║ shan't be overlooked! With a name alluding to ║ │
│║ Video Nasties, low-budget horror films released ║ │
│║ on video cassette that were criticized or banned ║ │
│║ in the UK, Stereo Nasty is certainly not low- ║ │
│║ budget or lackluster. Nope, the compelling ║ │
│║ chunky tone and compactness of its digital, ║ │
│║ independent sophomore release, Twisting The ║ │
│║ Blade, might not re-invent the wheel, but by ║ │
│║ golly, sure give it a mighty spin. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Shorter in length and number of tracks than its ║ │
│║ predecessor, the equally 80s slasher inspired ║ │
│║ Nasty By Nature (dig its wicked "April Fool's ║ │
│║ Day" evoking cover!), Twisting The Blade starts ║ │
│║ off with a bang with "Kill Or Be Killed" to the ║ │
│║ tune of cut-throat palm muted riffing and kick ║ │
│║ ass double bass drumming as Stereo Nasty's ║ │
│║ phlegmatic front man Mick Mahon rasps ahead with ║ │
│║ his throaty yet concise vocals: ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ "Savage redone ║ │
│║ Fading light ║ │
│║ Swarming legion ║ │
│║ Hunted! ║ │
│║ Down To Zero ║ │
│║ Out of sight ║ │
│║ Die in fear! ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Now, it's kill or be killed! ║ │
│║ Now, it's kill or be killed! ║ │
│║ Burning in the night ║ │
│║ Stabbing in the light!" ║ │
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│║ For the most part, the songs follow the usual ║ │
│║ verse/ chorus/ verseàbridge/ solo back to verse ║ │
│║ formula, which makes Twisting The Blade perfect ║ │
│║ for when you're not in the mood for anything too ║ │
│║ complex, only straight-forward and heavy- ║ │
│║ hitting. Adrian Foley on guitars supplies both ║ │
│║ the stoic, punishing riffs and intelligently ║ │
│║ construed, melodic but not overdone leads, which ║ │
│║ come into play at the usual 2/3's mark. Some ║ │
│║ might label this approach as re-hashed or even ║ │
│║ generic; who cares? It sounds good right off the ║ │
│║ bat, er, machete and if this is what works for ║ │
│║ the band, the more power to 'em! As far as ║ │
│║ production goes, it couldn't be any better. ║ │
│║ While not sickly and menacing, it's not over- ║ │
│║ polished either. ║ │
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│║ "No One Gets Out Alive" follow a similar pattern ║ │
│║ with its psychotically rebounding guitar riff ║ │
│║ and plastering rhythm section (it's also the ║ │
│║ title of an awesome Adam Nevill horror tale, ║ │
│║ check it out as well!). Bassist Rud Holohan and ║ │
│║ drummer Fran Moran make up the rock solid ║ │
│║ battery; worth noting is how everything from the ║ │
│║ vocals and guitars to the bass and drums is even ║ │
│║ and consistent, without any one favoring the ║ │
│║ other. In fact, the bass lines are terrifically ║ │
│║ pronounced and provide each track with its own ║ │
│║ special undertow. "Reflections Of Madness" is a ║ │
│║ slightly faster, "thrashier" number with eerie, ║ │
│║ nighttime evoking guitar reverberations sneaking ║ │
│║ their way in at the just the right moments. The ║ │
│║ soloing here is cranked up a notch as well, ║ │
│║ followed by the cool sound effect I just ║ │
│║ mentioned. ║ │
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│║ The commanding bass line to "Near Dark" has me ║ │
│║ returning again and again; Stereo Nasty's Twist ║ │
│║ Of The Blade is a compelling no frills, back's- ║ │
│║ against-the-wall, meat & potatoes (definitely ║ │
│║ "potatoes"!) offering sure to assuage true blue, ║ │
│║ classic "heavy" yearnings whether you're an old ║ │
│║ salt like me or a younger buckaroo out to sow ║ │
│║ its wild oats in more ways than one. The longest ║ │
│║ "cut" at almost seven minutes "Through The Void" ║ │
│║ commences in most lugubrious fashion as it's ║ │
│║ festooned with both clear and hard-driving ║ │
│║ melodies eventually giving way to an all-out ║ │
│║ face-smashing riff and Mahon's most epic vocals ║ │
│║ so far immediately followed by Foley's exemplary ║ │
│║ lead break, which includes some neat finger- ║ │
│║ tapping as well. A grand (headless horseman) ║ │
│║ galloping, triplet infused "Haunting The Night" ║ │
│║ soars threw the darkness swifter than a will-o- ║ │
│║ wisp and will likely induce "replay" abuse. ║ │
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│║ The gripping treble to bass swell of the title ║ │
│║ track blew my already addled mind to kingdom ║ │
│║ come, solidly placing Twisting The Knife on my ║ │
│║ top shelf as far as 2017 "new wave of ║ │
│║ traditional heavy metal" goes. Some of Foley's ║ │
│║ finer fretwork lies here as his sinister and ║ │
│║ sonorous solo includes some killer natural ║ │
│║ harmonics to boot. The epic, horror (film) ║ │
│║ instilling two minute "Vengeance" certainly ║ │
│║ holds a black candle to Amulet and Dave ║ │
│║ Sherwood's tour-de-force mid-album instrumental ║ │
│║ from 2014, "The Flight" (from their awesome ║ │
│║ full-length debut The First, check that out ║ │
│║ too!), while closer "Becoming A Beast" provides ║ │
│║ the crushing finishing touch to an already ║ │
│║ crushing and compelling release. Expect more ║ │
│║ suave instrumentation on behalf of this fighting ║ │
│║ Irish! ║ │
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│║ Intensity wise, Stereo Nasty lies somewhere ║ │
│║ between North Carolina's Widow and Australia's ║ │
│║ Elm Street (you've got to love the horror movie ║ │
│║ inspiration) while duly earning its (straight ║ │
│║ up) "heavy metal" Archives classification. This ║ │
│║ isn't angry or politically motivated thrash such ║ │
│║ as Brazil's Woslom or America's Warbeast (both ║ │
│║ cool bands nevertheless), only good old ║ │
│║ fashioned, (if not "campy") solidly woven fare ║ │
│║ borrowing from metal's 1980s heyday and ║ │
│║ propelling onwards into a new (albeit messed up) ║ │
│║ era. This is the kind of stuff I enjoy waking up ║ │
│║ to in the morning and going to bed to at night. ║ │
│║ Check this out post haste - you'll be glad you ║ │
│║ did. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Kill Or Be Killed [03:37] │
│ 02 - No One Gets Out Alive [03:28] │
│ 03 - Reflections of Madness [03:08] │
│ 04 - Near Dark [04:28] │
│ 05 - Through The Void [06:55] │
│ 06 - Haunting The Night [03:32] │
│ 07 - Twisting The Blade [03:43] │
│ 08 - Vengeance [02:16] │
│ 09 - Becoming A Beast [03:50] │
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│ Total Length : [34:57 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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