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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Double Dealer - Fate & Destiny (Jap. Ed.)-(VPCC-81515) + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.nov-01-2017 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Double Dealer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Fate & Destiny (Jap. Ed.)-(VPCLabel : VAP ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Double Dealer was initially formed as an ║ │
│║ informal get-together of well known musicians ║ │
│║ from famous Japanese bands. The past two years ║ │
│║ has however seen this formation grow into a firm ║ │
│║ and surprisingly successful group in its own ║ │
│║ right. ║ │
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│║ It came about in the following way: On an ║ │
│║ especially inspiring evening in 1998, the Asian ║ │
│║ melodic metal elite, in the form of Saber Tiger ║ │
│║ and Concerto Moon gave a concert in Tokyo. At ║ │
│║ the end of it, not only the fans in the ┤Meguro ║ │
│║ Rock May Kann' concert hall were ecstatic, but ║ │
│║ it saw the beginning of a deep friendship ║ │
│║ between the musicians of both bands. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ A year later singer Takao Ozaki suprised ║ │
│║ everyone by leaving Concerto Moon. Their ║ │
│║ guitarist, Norifumi Shima, whose idols are ║ │
│║ Ritchie Blackmore, Uli Roth und Yngwie Malmsteen ║ │
│║ decided shortly after to record a solo album. ║ │
│║ Shima was born in 1970 and began playing piano ║ │
│║ when he was 4 years old. He began playing guitar ║ │
│║ when he was 13 and polished his technique, which ║ │
│║ is primarily influenced by the melodic and the ║ │
│║ classical. Since 1975 he had played in numerous ║ │
│║ bands. In 1994 he became the guitarist of ║ │
│║ Crystal Clear, with whom he stayed for three ║ │
│║ years before forming the band Concerto Moon ║ │
│║ together with Zenith singer, Takao Ozaki. ║ │
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│║ During his search for a suitable singer for his ║ │
│║ solo project, Norifumi was able to talk the ║ │
│║ Saber Tiger vocalist, Takenori Shimoyama, whose ║ │
│║ voice had always fascinated him, into joining ║ │
│║ him. Shimoyama, who lists his idols as Ronnie ║ │
│║ James Dio, Ian Gillan and David Coverdale, was ║ │
│║ born in 1965 in Sapporo City in Hokkaido. He ║ │
│║ learned to play guitar but changed to vocals ║ │
│║ when he was 19. His first band was called ║ │
│║ Androgenus and later he formed his own combo, ║ │
│║ Mold Dust. He began working with the Saber Tiger ║ │
│║ musicians in 1996 and officially joined the band ║ │
│║ a year later. It was with Saber Tiger that ║ │
│║ Shimoyama released the album, Brain Drain. ║ │
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│║ Shimoyama and Norifumi originally planned to ║ │
│║ work together for just two songs, but they soon ║ │
│║ discovered astounding similarities in their ║ │
│║ dreams, likes and dislikes. Shima's solo album ║ │
│║ project soon turned into a kind of Shima & ║ │
│║ Shimoyama project which was soon renamed Double ║ │
│║ Dealer. Another Saber Tiger musician, in the ║ │
│║ form of drummer Yoshio Isoda, soon joined Double ║ │
│║ Dealer and with bass player Kohsaku Mitani and ║ │
│║ keyboarder Toshiyuki Koike two colleagues from ║ │
│║ Concerto Moon were also hired. Mitani had been ║ │
│║ playing in Concerto Moon since 1996, Koike ║ │
│║ joined him two years later. ║ │
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│║ Between 25th. February until 5th. April 2000 ║ │
│║ Double Dealer worked in the ┤Bazooka Studio 450' ║ │
│║ with engineer Yasuhide Okuyama on their self- ║ │
│║ titled debut album, which was personally ║ │
│║ produced by Norifumi Shima himself. As ║ │
│║ additional guest guitarist they invited their ║ │
│║ compatriot Akira Kajiyama, known for his work on ║ │
│║ Holy Man, the solo album of former Deep ║ │
│║ Purple/Rainbow/Malmsteen vocalist, Joe Lynn ║ │
│║ Turner, to play the bonus instrumental track, ║ │
│║ ┤Fire Drake'. ║ │
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│║ Helpful support in the choir parts was obtained ║ │
│║ from Manabu Takaya and Tatsuya Nakamura from ║ │
│║ another befriended band, Blindman. ║ │
│║ The album was released in Japan in Summer 2000 ║ │
│║ and received positive reviews from the press. ║ │
│║ The country's most important metal magazine, ║ │
│║ BURRN gave it 93 out of 100 points and paved the ║ │
│║ way for the concerts which Double Dealer ║ │
│║ subsequently gave in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. ║ │
│║ The band's reputation spread to Europe and ║ │
│║ finally, in November 2000, the band was able to ║ │
│║ leave a huge impression in France. ║ │
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│║ Double Dealer had received extremely positive ║ │
│║ reviews in Europe last year as well as exciting ║ │
│║ previews of their second album entitled Deride ║ │
│║ At The Top. Continuing in the same style as ║ │
│║ their debut work, Double Dealer's new output ║ │
│║ displays an exciting mixture of hard-kicking ║ │
│║ guitar riffs from band leader Norifumi Shima, ║ │
│║ agile rhythms, heavy organ playing and great ║ │
│║ song lines from frontmann Takenori Shimoyama. ║ │
│║ Deride At The Top consists of twelve tracks, ║ │
│║ including the brilliant ┤Time To Die', the new ║ │
│║ version of the Concerto Moon classic. All songs ║ │
│║ of the highest compositional and technical ║ │
│║ standards which are enhanced by an attractive ║ │
│║ videoclip of the song ┤Draw The Curtain' in MPEG ║ │
│║ format for both PC and Mac. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Stream Of Time [05:52] │
│ 02 - The Cruel End [05:17] │
│ 03 - No Reason [06:02] │
│ 04 - Shedded Blood [04:41] │
│ 05 - Meaning Of Life [03:56] │
│ 06 - The Beast Fang To Tear Down [05:04] │
│ 07 - Pieces Of My Soul [06:16] │
│ 08 - Signal Fire [04:56] │
│ 09 - Flame Of Regret [06:07] │
│ 10 - Forgive All The Lies [04:23] │
│ 11 - S. O. S. [03:07] │
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│ Total Length : [55:41 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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