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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-01-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2018 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.thaurorod.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Thaurorod Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Coast Of Gold-(IUCP-16281) Label : Spiritual Beas ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ With two albums under their belt, Finnish ║ │
│║ progpower outfit Thaurorod have shown heaps of ║ │
│║ potential while never really living up to it. ║ │
│║ Their efforts have been lacking that certain ║ │
│║ something - until now, that is, as they deliver ║ │
│║ what will likely become their defining moment of ║ │
│║ glory. Coast Of Gold comes five years after the ║ │
│║ release of its predecessor, the bandÆs sophomore ║ │
│║ effort Anteinferno (2013), and if that album was ║ │
│║ a huge step up in intensity and songwriting ║ │
│║ chops from debut album Upon Haunted Battlefields ║ │
│║ (2010), this new album is a straight up punch in ║ │
│║ the jaw, as made immediately obvious in opening ║ │
│║ track 'Power' and the following 'The ║ │
│║ Commonwealth Lives'. ║ │
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│║ The two tracks are high octane, kickass melodic ║ │
│║ crotch punchers that set the album off on a ║ │
│║ distinctly high note that already blows most of ║ │
│║ the previous material out of the gate. The first ║ │
│║ half of the album is a revelry in speedy ║ │
│║ melodics in the likes of Theocracy, with hints ║ │
│║ of Unisonic intensity and melodies out of ║ │
│║ AvantasiaÆs more power metal-ish numbers. ║ │
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│║ Thriving guitar lines, pounding drums and catchy ║ │
│║ riffage are tossed in with perfect marksmanship ║ │
│║ as the songs line up. Each following song ║ │
│║ delivering incredibly catchy melodies while ║ │
│║ soaring vocal lines gem the choruses like ║ │
│║ pearls, Andi KravljacaÆs (Aeon Zen, ex- Seventh ║ │
│║ Wonder) distinct voice delivering the goods, ║ │
│║ balancing expertly the difference between ║ │
│║ cheesiness and the innate power of his voice. ║ │
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│║ From the immediately catching opener 'Power' ║ │
│║ that delivers just that - power - to more ║ │
│║ progressively built '24601' and beautifully epic ║ │
│║ 'Feed The Flame', everything here just hits the ║ │
│║ spot perfectly, with the blistering guitar work ║ │
│║ of Lasse Nyman and Emil æEmppuÆ Pohjalainen ║ │
│║ (Amberian Dawn) melding neatly with Harri ║ │
│║ KoskelaÆs (Embassy Of Silence) keyboards. The ║ │
│║ second half is slightly more subtle in delivery, ║ │
│║ but no less potent once you get to really ║ │
│║ experiencing it; set around mid tempo tracks and ║ │
│║ slightly more prog built structures, and with ║ │
│║ great moments particularly in 'Into The Flood' ║ │
│║ and 'Illuminati'. ║ │
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│║ The album sort of lacks something huge and epic, ║ │
│║ the likes of the title track from the previous ║ │
│║ album, but still does well without one. The ║ │
│║ shorter songs donÆt rely so much on slowly ║ │
│║ building the epic scope, but still retains it, ║ │
│║ as it were. The closest would be seven minute ║ │
│║ 'Illuminati' which follows in the same steps as ║ │
│║ ten minute 'Anteinferno' from the previous ║ │
│║ album, though as with the rest of the album, ║ │
│║ kicks up the intensity and the instrumental ║ │
│║ delivery up a notch or two. Perhaps the weakest ║ │
│║ spot is closing ballad 'Halla', which although ║ │
│║ delivered with ample emotion and packing some ║ │
│║ great melodies doesnÆt quite engage just like ║ │
│║ the rest of the material on here. ║ │
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│║ A few years of building and songwriting seems to ║ │
│║ have done Thaurorod a world of good. The result ║ │
│║ being an album which is wholly better than ║ │
│║ anything the band has put out before it, and the ║ │
│║ best album of 2018 thus far. If in doubt after ║ │
│║ the previous two releases, Coast Of Gold ║ │
│║ displays that Thaurorod can deliver exactly the ║ │
│║ opening track states; Power. ║ │
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│║ Review written by Silicon Messiah for ║ │
│║ www.metal-archives.com ║ │
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│║ Andi Kravljaca - Vocals ║ │
│║ Lasse Nyman - Guitars ║ │
│║ Pasi Tanskanen - Bass ║ │
│║ Joonas PykΣlΣ-aho - Drums ║ │
│║ Emil Pohjalainen - Guitars ║ │
│║ Harri Koskela - Keyboards ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Power [03:55] │
│ 02 - The Commonwealth Lives [03:30] │
│ 03 - Coast Of Gold [04:11] │
│ 04 - 24601 [06:46] │
│ 05 - Feed The Flame [04:43] │
│ 06 - Cannibal Island [05:56] │
│ 07 - Into The Flood [04:55] │
│ 08 - My Sun Will Rise [03:33] │
│ 09 - Illuminati [07:07] │
│ 10 - Halla [06:00] │
│ 11 - Deja-Vu (Bonus Track) [05:15] │
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