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│ + Manowar - Hail To England (Imperial Edition MMXIX)-(MCA 1260 + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-08-2019 Encoder......L3.100 -v0 ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2019 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........07 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.manowar.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Manowar Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Hail To England (Imperial EditLabel : Magic Circle ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Manowar today re-released their two classics ║ │
│║ ôInto Glory Rideö (1983) and ôHail To Englandö ║ │
│║ (1984), mixed from analog to digital, with top- ║ │
│║ quality 96kHz technology! In this post you can ║ │
│║ see the new almost completely changed covers of ║ │
│║ the imperial editions that have already ║ │
│║ triggered a reaction storm on the one hand, but ║ │
│║ also excitement among other in their fanbase. ║ │
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│║ Below read the post from bandÆs official ║ │
│║ facebook page: Manowarriors, behold! Two of the ║ │
│║ greatest classics in Heavy Metal history return ║ │
│║ to you, bigger and better than ever before! ║ │
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│║ After the epic and quite long album "Into Glory ║ │
│║ Ride", Manowar did something very interesting. ║ │
│║ They decided to stick to the epicness ║ │
│║ established on the previous effort, but cut down ║ │
│║ on the song lengths which was a very effective ║ │
│║ decision since it made their music a bit more ║ │
│║ accessible to general metal fans. This is a very ║ │
│║ short album, clocking in at just under 34 ║ │
│║ minutes, very similar to the Slayer behemoth ║ │
│║ "Reign in Blood". The exception being that this ║ │
│║ album is a lot better IMO. This was also ║ │
│║ Manowar's first stab at being more of a power ║ │
│║ metal oriented band, as this is very much a ║ │
│║ proto-power/thrash metal album. ║ │
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│║ The production is very dense and metallic. Scott ║ │
│║ Columbus' drums have a very black metal-esque ║ │
│║ rattling sound, Joey DeMaio's bass is at the ║ │
│║ front of everything and Ross' guitar stays a bit ║ │
│║ more in the background, which is very unusual to ║ │
│║ say the least. ║ │
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│║ The album opens with "Blood of My Enemies" which ║ │
│║ is an instant Manowar/viking metal classic. It ║ │
│║ begins with a chilling bass intro by Joey, ║ │
│║ before the song turns into a slow thrasher with ║ │
│║ a pounding rhythm unlike anything I've ever ║ │
│║ heard before. Also worthy of notice is the ║ │
│║ background choir during the chorus. ║ │
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│║ "Each Dawn I Die" is a bit more rocky in its ║ │
│║ approach. It's a very bass heavy song that ║ │
│║ features some very distinctive bass notes ║ │
│║ courtesy of Joey. Eric Adams' vocal performance ║ │
│║ is once again top notch as always. I might as ║ │
│║ well also explain what the lyrics are about. ║ │
│║ They are about an ancient Indo European/ancient ║ │
│║ Greek myth in which men would be able to travel ║ │
│║ to the Isles of the Blessed if they reached some ║ │
│║ common ground with the gods. And the gods didnÆt ║ │
│║ like people at all. ║ │
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│║ "Kill with Power" is pure thrash metal, and it ║ │
│║ has a pretty basic but effective thrash rhythm ║ │
│║ and main riff. Of special notice is Eric's evil ║ │
│║ as fuck vocals and his evil laughs. Although he ║ │
│║ would later perfect his vocal performance on ║ │
│║ this song. ║ │
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│║ The title track is perhaps one of the more epic ║ │
│║ tracks on this album, and it was this track that ║ │
│║ transformed me into a hardcore Manowar fanatic. ║ │
│║ Everything about this song is absolutely ║ │
│║ perfect. The mighty chorus with the church choir ║ │
│║ backing up Eric's vocals, the guitar solo, the ║ │
│║ verses, everything. ║ │
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│║ Now, the next two songs are the reason why I ║ │
│║ can't give this album a 100% rating. "Army of ║ │
│║ the Immortals" is a pretty epic NWOBHM-esque ║ │
│║ number with a catchy main riff, but it doesn't ║ │
│║ get anywhere and ends up becoming a lot more ║ │
│║ repetitive than the other songs. And I don't ║ │
│║ think I have to mention "Black Arrows", which is ║ │
│║ just pure noise. ║ │
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│║ And then we come to an end with the Satanite ║ │
│║ epic entitled "Bridge of Death". It begins once ║ │
│║ again with a bass doodle by DeMaio. It then ║ │
│║ turns into a dark and pounding doom/proto-black ║ │
│║ metal number and shows why Manowar were and ║ │
│║ still are superior IMO to Mercyful Fate and ║ │
│║ Venom. Also notice the spoken part where DeMaio ║ │
│║ sounds like a fucking demon! ║ │
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│║ Buy this album if you like power metal and/or ║ │
│║ thrash metal. Or perhaps if you want metal of ║ │
│║ the highest order. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Blood Of My Enemies [04:43] │
│ 02 - Each Dawn I Die [04:33] │
│ 03 - Kill With Power [04:11] │
│ 04 - Hail To England [04:49] │
│ 05 - Army Of The Immortals [04:49] │
│ 06 - Black Arrows [03:11] │
│ 07 - Bridge Of Death [09:11] │
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│ Total Length : [35:27 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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