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░ ██ ██ Artist: Ark Storm ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Voyage of the Rage █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2018 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2018-08-04 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Heavy Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: King Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Neoclassical Power Metal masters Ark Storm are █
█ back with their new ôVoyage Of The Rageö album, 14 █
█ years after their previous ôThe Everlasting █
█ Wheelö. █
█ Listening to the new album I got to say just one, █
█ first simple thing: ôOk, worth the waitingö. Why? █
█ Because the album consists mainly of Neoclassical █
█ Power Metal masterpieces blessed by the amazing █
█ guitar playing of the mighty Katsu Ohta and of █
█ course by the vocals of the one and only Mark █
█ Boals who sings in this album. Yeah you read it █
█ correctly, in this album you will have the chance █
█ to listen Mr Boals himself delivering some amazing █
█ vocal lines on the eight of the ten album tracks. █
█ The rest two ôVoyage Of The Rageö and ôWitchcraft █
█ Stoneö are instrumentals. To tell you the truth I █
█ would prefer two more songs featuring MarkÆs █
█ vocals, at the end of the day for the instrumental █
█ material, Katsu can alawya turn to a solo project █
█ :). █
█ Anyway, only high class Neoclassical stuff we can █
█ hear in this album. difficult to pick a specific █
█ track but at the end of the day ôAblazeö have █
█ became a personal favorite of mine. Amazing █
█ songwriting on all of the tracks. this is Japanese █
█ Neoclassical Power Metal as we love it. █
█ I have one last word to share about the █
█ production. Ok Ark Storm never actually have the █
█ best productions in the world. But I was expecting █
█ a production level very close -or equal- to the █
█ one of the previous album. Things in the new one █
█ are a little worse, I would prefer the rhythm █
█ guitars a little higher in the mix and some more █
█ careful balancing among the instruments after all. █
█ The production is NOT crap at the end of the day, █
█ but it could be a little better. █
█ Anyway the good news are that we have a new Ark █
█ Storm masterpiece to keep us company for the next █
█ 14 years (???). Shall we have to wait so long for █
█ the next album? Who knowsà Excellent band, █
█ excellent release. Go and check. █
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░ 1. Glory Forever 4:41 ░
░ 2. Ablaze 4:42 ░
░ 3. The Reason 6:09 ░
░ 4. Voyage of the Rage 6:05 ░
░ 5. The Meek to Rule the World 4:51 ░
░ 6. Incitation 6:08 ░
░ 7. The World of Lies 4:53 ░
░ 8. Dice 3:47 ░
░ 9. Death Machine 4:43 ░
░ 10. Witchcraft Stone 5:37 ░
░ 51:36 ░
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