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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Rls Date..2020-01-25 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │
│║ Genre.....Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year......2018 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │
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│║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........12 ║ │
│║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Refuge ║ │
│║ Album : Solitary Men ║ │
│║ Label : King Records ║ │
│║ Cat.No : KICP 1911 ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ What was once Rage is now Refuge, at least in some sense. ║ │
│║ Germany's Rage, featuring the line up of Peavy Wagner ║ │
│║ (b,v), Manni Schmidt (g), and Christos Efthimiadis (d), had ║ │
│║ seven year, five album, run between 1987 and 1994. After ║ │
│║ this Peavy continued Rage, but Schmidt and Efthimiadis ║ │
│║ would move on to other projects. Twenty years later, in ║ │
│║ 2014, the friends regrouped for an unpublicized one-off ║ │
│║ show, which was a huge success. So the band decided to ║ │
│║ carry on, creating new music under a new name, Refuge. ║ │
│║ (Rage had an EP in 1994 by that name.) Now they drop their ║ │
│║ debut album Solitary Man for Frontiers Music. ║ │
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│║ My first instinct is to say that if you like Rage, at any ║ │
│║ point in time, you will probably like Refuge. The Refuge ║ │
│║ heavy metal formula is a rather simple one. Combine ║ │
│║ harmonious riffs with speed and groove, and then drop in ║ │
│║ some ambitious and sharp guitar solos. Repeat. Another way ║ │
│║ to describe the Refuge sound would be simply heavy metal ║ │
│║ rock. Most every song has brisk pacing, nearing a power ║ │
│║ metal style, yet wrapped in a thick rock groove from ║ │
│║ Peavy's bass lines and Efthimiadis' thundering drums. Toss ║ │
│║ in a twist and turn in a vocal melody or catchy refrain and ║ │
│║ the circle is complete. ║ │
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│║ While there's little divergence from the formula, some ║ │
│║ songs deserve some interest. One is Living On The Edge, ║ │
│║ which has a lighter electric guitar and voice start before ║ │
│║ opening into thick heavy metal. Then about the 3:30 mark ║ │
│║ there's a lighter vocal breakdown for the refrain. With ║ │
│║ Summer's Winter you have something of a distortion start ║ │
│║ which fires into fast-paced metal rocker. But then it ║ │
│║ finishes with light vocal harmony and guitar leads. Let Me ║ │
│║ Go, another quick number, truly turns on a hard rock ║ │
│║ groove, but also its catchy refrain. Then there's ║ │
│║ Waterfalls, something completely different then what has ║ │
│║ come before. It starts lighter with voice over electric ║ │
│║ guitar, and then develops with this slow lumbering pace to ║ │
│║ get heavier. At the midpoint a guitar solo erupts, after ║ │
│║ which the tempo quickens nearly to the end, before dialing ║ │
│║ out with light riffs again. Was it a ballad? A heavy metal ║ │
│║ anthem? Or perhaps a touch of the progressive metal side of ║ │
│║ Rage coming through? You can figure that one out. All said, ║ │
│║ Refuge's Solitary Man finds former Rage band mates ║ │
│║ delivering a solid album of heavy metal rock. Recommended. ║ │
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│║ Review written by Craig Hartranft for www.dangerdog.com ║ │
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│║ Peter "Peavy" Wagner - Vocals, Bass ║ │
│║ Manni Schmidt - Guitars ║ │
│║ Chris Efthimiadis - Drums ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 1. Summer's Winter 4:28 │
│ 2. The Man In The Ivory Tower 4:57 │
│ 3. Bleeding From Inside 4:49 │
│ 4. From The Ashes 4:47 │
│ 5. Living On The Edge Of Time 4:48 │
│ 6. We Owe A Life To Death 4:36 │
│ 7. Mind Over Matter 4:14 │
│ 8. Let Me Go 4:49 │
│ 9. Hell Freeze Over 4:34 │
│ 10. Waterfalls 7:31 │
│ 11. Another Kind Of Madness 5:49 │
│ 12. The Man In The Ivory Tower (Acoustic Version) 4:34 │
│ (Japan Bonus Track) │
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│ Total Length : 00:59:56 │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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