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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jan-26-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2018 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : White Wizzard Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Infernal Overdrive-(QATE-10103)abel : Trooper ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Revivals were the in thing in during the 2000s, ║ │
│║ so it naturally follows that revivals of ║ │
│║ revivals would be a matter of course for the ║ │
│║ 2010s. In keeping with this, it stands to reason ║ │
│║ that they last major revival of the previous ║ │
│║ decade, namely what some would dub the "New Wave ║ │
│║ Of Traditional Heavy Metal" would get another go ║ │
│║ at things at around this time, and what more ║ │
│║ appropriate of a way to kick such an eventuality ║ │
│║ off than not only a new White Wizzard album, but ║ │
│║ also one featuring most of the original lineup ║ │
│║ yet again. With the passage of about a decade ║ │
│║ since this outfit's official inception, they've ║ │
│║ made a name for themselves as one of the more ║ │
│║ flamboyant standouts of the retro-heavy metal ║ │
│║ revival, and also as one of the more musically ║ │
│║ credible members of said movement in spite of ║ │
│║ their over the top (pun intended) antics. With ║ │
│║ respect to their previous efforts, Infernal ║ │
│║ Overdrive can be best understood as this band ║ │
│║ coming full circle, learning from previous ║ │
│║ slip-ups both on and off the stage and forging a ║ │
│║ sound that incorporates the fascination with the ║ │
│║ music of 80s Iron Maiden and Judas Priest along ║ │
│║ with the more recent infusion of ║ │
│║ bassist/guitarist Jon Leon's interest in 70s ║ │
│║ progressive rock. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Though very much an album centered in heavy ║ │
│║ metal's early years, there is a sort of ║ │
│║ modernism inherent in how this album approaches ║ │
│║ things that differs a bit from their better ║ │
│║ known earlier albums. Much of it centers around ║ │
│║ the heavier and more punchy production job at ║ │
│║ play here, which doesn't quite veer off into ║ │
│║ overly distorted modernity, but is far more ║ │
│║ bombastic than anything that could have been ║ │
│║ produced prior to the late 1990s. Likewise, the ║ │
│║ exaggerated vocal performance out of Wyatt ║ │
│║ "Screaming Demon" Anderson carries many ║ │
│║ similarities to vintage Dickinson and Halford, ║ │
│║ but the overall balance of grit and grandeur has ║ │
│║ a bit more of a late 80s feel that would be more ║ │
│║ fitting in the context of Priest's Painkiller ║ │
│║ and Riot's Thundersteel. Interestingly enough, ║ │
│║ the opening cruiser and title song "Infernal ║ │
│║ Overdrive" listens fairly close to the title ║ │
│║ song of the former album, in no small part due ║ │
│║ to Anderson all but quoting Halford's verse ║ │
│║ melodic with a similarly witch-like cackle. ║ │
│║ Coupled with a massive drum sound, raunchy bass ║ │
│║ assault that mirrors the tone and technique of ║ │
│║ Steve Harris and a generally meatier guitar tone ║ │
│║ that sounds like Powerslave if it had been ║ │
│║ recorded 30 years later, this is an album that ║ │
│║ slays retro-dragons with a modern sword. ║ │
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│║ In contrast to the mostly 80s metal with a ║ │
│║ slight helping of 70s prog rock that typified ║ │
│║ the last couple albums, this album has an almost ║ │
│║ equal amount of the latter influence, not to ║ │
│║ mention a far more ambitious approach overall. ║ │
│║ Long-winded numbers like "Chasing Dragons" and ║ │
│║ "Critical Mass" are definitely more metallic ║ │
│║ than not, with the former listening like a ║ │
│║ slightly faster and longer version of Maiden's ║ │
│║ "Where Eagles Dare" with about twice as many ║ │
│║ twists and turns, while the latter finds a ║ │
│║ frenzy of speed and riffs fit for Judas Priest ║ │
│║ if they had Steve Harris on bass instead of Ian ║ │
│║ Hill, not to mention a whole mess of melodic ║ │
│║ riffs out of the Powerslave playbook with a ║ │
│║ Helloween-like technical flair. Along for the ║ │
│║ ride is the even longer nod to Iron Maiden ║ │
│║ "Voyage Of The Wold Raiders", which listens like ║ │
│║ a direct homage to "Hallowed Be Thy Name" ║ │
│║ reinterpreted in a USPM manner not all that far ║ │
│║ from how Crimson Glory might cover said song, ║ │
│║ and even comes with a not-so-subtle quotation of ║ │
│║ the intro of "To Tame A Land" thrown right into ║ │
│║ the middle of things like an inside joke. Not ║ │
│║ content with a mere three epic songs that mirror ║ │
│║ high points of Maiden's golden era, the album's ║ │
│║ closer "The Illusion's Tears" listens like a ║ │
│║ mishmash of influences from Rainbow, Killers era ║ │
│║ Maiden and occasionally early Manowar and ║ │
│║ somehow manages to sound too short despite ║ │
│║ clocking in at over 11 minutes. ║ │
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│║ If there is one complaint that could be thrown ║ │
│║ White Wizzard's way on this album, it is that ║ │
│║ they threw two albums worth of music into a ║ │
│║ single LP and came out with something that ║ │
│║ listens more like a grower despite having the ║ │
│║ execution of a shower of the most shamelessly ║ │
│║ exhibitionist of kinds. All the same, it is a ║ │
│║ far more intricate and involved version of this ║ │
│║ band that could be likened to a power metal band ║ │
│║ trying to box themselves into a pre-power metal ║ │
│║ mindset and occasionally veering out of it ║ │
│║ unintentionally. This is no more apparent than ║ │
│║ in the wild lead guitar work that filters in and ║ │
│║ out of most of these songs, listening closer to ║ │
│║ a hybrid of Brian May and Yngwie Malmsteen than ║ │
│║ a typical Murray vs. Smith or Tipton vs. Downing ║ │
│║ display, though a few of the solo sections ║ │
│║ occasionally reminisce of the wild duels of the ║ │
│║ latter on Ram It Down and Painkiller. All of ║ │
│║ this considered, to the long time fan of this ║ │
│║ outfit this album may come off as inferior to ║ │
│║ previous endeavors due to the sizable departure ║ │
│║ in how the songwriting works out here, but to ║ │
│║ many who might have dismissed this band as being ║ │
│║ a comical and derivative throwback, this may ║ │
│║ prove to be best thing they've put out. ║ │
│║ Regardless of one's preferences, this is an ║ │
│║ album that leaves an impression, right at the ║ │
│║ base of your skull. ║ │
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│║ Review written by hells_unicorn for www.metal- ║ │
│║ archives.com ║ │
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│║ Wyatt "Screaming Demon" Anderson - Vocals ║ │
│║ Dylan Marks - Drums ║ │
│║ Jon Leon - Bass, Guitars ║ │
│║ James J. LaRue - Guitars, Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Infernal Overdrive [04:53] │
│ 02 - Storm Of Shores [04:30] │
│ 03 - Pretty May [03:18] │
│ 04 - Chasing Dragons [08:16] │
│ 05 - Voyaghe Of The Wolf Raiders [09:38] │
│ 06 - Critical Mass [08:34] │
│ 07 - Cocoon [06:17] │
│ 08 - Metamorphosis [04:35] │
│ 09 - The Illusion┤s Tears [11:12] │
│ 10 - Marathon Of Dreams (Bonus Track) [05:07] │
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│ Total Length : [66:20 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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