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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-07-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2017 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.franticamber.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Frantic Amber Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Burning Insight-(GMRCD1703) Label : GMR Music Grou ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ I've been waiting a while for this to be ║ │
│║ released, and it was finally made available ║ │
│║ worldwide today. Frantic Amber have already ║ │
│║ gathered a decent following for a band that has ║ │
│║ only just come out with their debut album, but ║ │
│║ that's for very good reason and that's shown ║ │
│║ here. In a similar way to Bloodshot Dawn's first ║ │
│║ album, it would surprise most people to know ║ │
│║ that Burning Insight isn't the second or third ║ │
│║ attempt from the band. It's an incredibly mature ║ │
│║ release by a band that's only just starting out. ║ │
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│║ First things first, this is a modern Gothenburg ║ │
│║ band. That is to say, it's not for everyone. ║ │
│║ It's not hard to see why they've been likened to ║ │
│║ Arch Enemy, but Burning Insight is a hell of a ║ │
│║ lot better than what's come from AE recently. ║ │
│║ What I want to get across though is that Frantic ║ │
│║ Amber is not a shameless clone of Arch Enemy or ║ │
│║ In Flames or At the Gates. There's something ║ │
│║ distinctly different about the way they play, ║ │
│║ most notably in the drums. Mac Dalmanner likes ║ │
│║ to keep the double bass hammering away ║ │
│║ constantly, but equally he plays very ║ │
│║ technically throughout, something that melodeath ║ │
│║ bands sometimes seem to ignore. ║ │
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│║ Besides Mac's drumming, the leads have a lot ║ │
│║ more variety in them than most bands. When you ║ │
│║ hear an Arch Enemy song, you know that Michael ║ │
│║ Amott is the one playing it because his style is ║ │
│║ very defined. I'm a big fan of Mike's leads, but ║ │
│║ Burning Insight is a nice listen because there's ║ │
│║ so much more variety on offer. Listen to the ║ │
│║ tracks 'Ghost' and 'Bleeding Sanity' as examples ║ │
│║ of the different things that the band will do. ║ │
│║ Whatever the song, the leads are always ║ │
│║ beautifully crafted and the rhythm behind it ║ │
│║ always adds a real crunching force to the band. ║ │
│║ There isn't a dull track across the entire ║ │
│║ album, and the pace never slows down. It's all ║ │
│║ hard hitting and the fifty minute run-time ║ │
│║ passes in the blink of an eye. ║ │
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│║ The vocalist Elizabeth Andrews is getting a lot ║ │
│║ of comparisons to Angela Gossow, and to be fair ║ │
│║ I can kind of see why. Her growls are quite low ║ │
│║ and always very dark, although she doesn't ║ │
│║ scream with the fury that you would get ║ │
│║ listening to Angela. Everything's clear and easy ║ │
│║ to understand, something that isn't always the ║ │
│║ case. I also like the cleans on 'Drained' and ║ │
│║ 'Awakening', and despite the fact that they ║ │
│║ don't appear anywhere else they are surprisingly ║ │
│║ good and don't feel as out of place as you might ║ │
│║ imagine. The one problem I have is that ║ │
│║ sometimes her voice sounds like it has one too ║ │
│║ many layers every now and again, but it isn't ║ │
│║ anywhere near as bad as on Arch Enemy's Doomsday ║ │
│║ Machine. ║ │
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│║ Given the quality of this entire record, it's ║ │
│║ difficult to say that any one song is a cut ║ │
│║ above the rest. I loved the title track and ║ │
│║ thought it was the best initially, but 'Ghost' ║ │
│║ and 'Drained' have come to be my personal ║ │
│║ favourites. None of the others are worth ║ │
│║ skipping either, but those two really stand out ║ │
│║ for me. ║ │
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│║ Overall, this is the kind of thing that I wish ║ │
│║ appeared more often in melodeath. Burning ║ │
│║ Insight is exactly the calibre that I'd expected ║ │
│║ Amott & Co. to come up with for War Eternal, and ║ │
│║ it's safe to say that Frantic Amber are worth ║ │
│║ watching for the future. I'm excited to see what ║ │
│║ they come out with next, and hopefully this is ║ │
│║ just the start of what they can do. ║ │
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│║ Review written by PorcupineOfDoom for ║ │
│║ www.metal-archives.com ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Intro [01:08] │
│ 02 - Burning Insight [04:25] │
│ 03 - Bleeding Sanity [04:16] │
│ 04 - Scar [05:27] │
│ 05 - Drained [05:37] │
│ 06 - Awakening [03:49] │
│ 07 - Entwined [04:33] │
│ 08 - Wrath Of Judgement [04:59] │
│ 09 - Unbreakable [05:21] │
│ 10 - Self Destruction [05:29] │
│ 11 - Ghost [05:54] │
│ 12 - Grainne Mhaol (Bonus Track) [03:46] │
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