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│ + Double Dealer - Deride On The Top (Jap. Ed.)-(VPCC-81370) + │
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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.........2001 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Double Dealer Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Deride On The Top (Jap. Ed.)-(Label : VAP ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Japanese Double Dealer consists of Concerto Moon ║ │
│║ and Saber Tiger members. 'Deride at the Top' is ║ │
│║ filled, and I mean way too packed, with neo- ║ │
│║ classical hard rock/heavy metal. Obvious ║ │
│║ influences for Double Dealer guitarist Norifumi ║ │
│║ Shima (Concerto Moon), who wrote all the music ║ │
│║ here, are the likes of Rainbow and Yngwie ║ │
│║ Malmsteen. ║ │
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│║ 'My Straight Shout Squeezed My Soul' begins ║ │
│║ nicely, really rocking and making my head bang. ║ │
│║ But then, enter the vocalist... Saber Tiger's ║ │
│║ Takenori Shimoyama utilized huge vibration in ║ │
│║ his voice. He sounds like a mixture of drunk ║ │
│║ Tobias Sammet (Edguy) and Loudness's Minoru ║ │
│║ Niihara, and when singing a bit calmer, Jag ║ │
│║ Panzer's Harry "Tyrant" Conklin! There's some ║ │
│║ rasp, but when Mr. Shimoyama stretches his voice ║ │
│║ here and there, it gets a bit comical. It's like ║ │
│║ he's seeking for a right note to hit. He does it ║ │
│║ sometimes without the vibration and stretching, ║ │
│║ and manage to sound tolerable. ║ │
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│║ The guitars are great, powerful and fucking ║ │
│║ METAL (wicked solos, squeals, etc.), but that ║ │
│║ doesn't help a lot when the songs are usually ║ │
│║ way too long. Sometimes it's simply easier to ║ │
│║ press that forward button, sadly. The rhythm ║ │
│║ section is powerful, too, simple but effective. ║ │
│║ Of course there's loads of Hammond sound to give ║ │
│║ that 1970s feel. But that's it, it's all been ║ │
│║ heard so many times before that I can't even ║ │
│║ count that far. At times songs do shine, like ║ │
│║ opening duo for example. But... Of course there ║ │
│║ must be a ballad. 'If Fate Includes all the ║ │
│║ Love' is one of the most syrupy songs I've ║ │
│║ heard, and that's not a good thing, mind you! ║ │
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│║ Sound-wise this is raw-ish, definitely organic ║ │
│║ and quite heavy. All the elements are well ║ │
│║ audible. The cover art belongs to "the worst ║ │
│║ stuff, ever!" category. Another ultra-crap 3D ║ │
│║ computer "artwork". ║ │
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│║ This style of music isn't very close to my ║ │
│║ heart, but when I hear good stuff I recognise ║ │
│║ it. Double Dealer have some fundamental ║ │
│║ problems, including a bad vocalist and sometimes ║ │
│║ mediocre songwriting. I can recommend this only ║ │
│║ for those who are in deep need of some neo- ║ │
│║ classical hard rock/heavy metal. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Soul Squeezed My Straight Shout [05:11] │
│ 02 - Draw A Curtain [05:32] │
│ 03 - Deride On The Top [04:01] │
│ 04 - If The Fate Includes All The Love [06:57] │
│ 05 - Petal In The Palace [05:39] │
│ 06 - Cosmos Filled [06:24] │
│ 07 - Love Is Not An Indulgence [04:35] │
│ 08 - Already Feel Sick [04:55] │
│ 09 - The Pain [05:41] │
│ 10 - Moon Beyond The Glass [04:58] │
│ 11 - Lay My Hand On My Heart [08:40] │
│ 12 - Time To Die (Real Version) [05:12] │
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│ Total Length : [67:45 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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