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│ + Running Wild - Crossing The Blades + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Rls Date..2020-04-26 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │
│║ Genre.....Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year......2019 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │
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│║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........4 ║ │
│║ Source....CDEP Covers.......Yes ║ │
│║ Url..http://www.running-wild.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Running Wild ║ │
│║ Album : Crossing The Blades ║ │
│║ Label : SPV ║ │
│║ Cat.No : SPV 241342 CD-EP ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ You know, there comes a time when the mourning passes, a ║ │
│║ moment when even the deepest wounds slowly start the ║ │
│║ healing process and we can finally let go, live our own ║ │
│║ life again - without the loved ones we lost. There's been a ║ │
│║ bulk of scientific research and plenty of publications ║ │
│║ about this fascinating matter over the course of the last ║ │
│║ few hundred years up to our present day, always concluding ║ │
│║ with the same result: We move on, no matter the hardships. ║ │
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│║ At least, when we are not trying to revive the half-rotten, ║ │
│║ smelly and now ugly corpse of the not-so-recently passed ║ │
│║ beloved one again and again. YOU KILLED HER! She won't come ║ │
│║ back, you know? Tales of resurrection and the risen dead ║ │
│║ are just that û tales! Now, who's up to the task of ║ │
│║ comprehensibly explaining that to Mr. Rock 'n' Rolf? ║ │
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│║ Because - let's just be brutally honest here û the once ║ │
│║ mighty power/speed metal kings of Running Wild haven't ║ │
│║ released a wholly worthwhile record since the year 1998, ║ │
│║ which marked the release of The Rivalry. It's been over 10 ║ │
│║ years since the announcement of the (first?) official ║ │
│║ Running Wild funeral; yet some of us (really!) are still ║ │
│║ hoping for material that is not totally recycled, stolen ║ │
│║ from older and better songs and presented in late ║ │
│║ 90s-bedroom production with the seventh reincarnation of ║ │
│║ Angelo Sasso on ôdrumsö. ║ │
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│║ The only worthwhile aspect here is the decent lead guitar ║ │
│║ playing, but in the end it can't save Crossing the Blades ║ │
│║ from being another lame rehash of the band's more glorious ║ │
│║ days, Considering that the worst, gratingly forced (Rolf's ║ │
│║ singing has rarely been this bad!) musical offering on this ║ │
│║ EP is the cover of the Kiss track "Strutter", one can only ║ │
│║ guess that a different spin to the rotten old formulae is ║ │
│║ not something that Rolf would actually fare any better ║ │
│║ with. ║ │
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│║ Really, there is not much else to say here. Even the most ║ │
│║ casual fan of the planet knows about the ruination of this ║ │
│║ band, that it should just be laid to rest already and the ║ │
│║ less is said about their new output, the better û and yet ║ │
│║ here I am, hammering these words into my keyboard... ║ │
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│║ Oh well, if you are looking for decent û but no more than ║ │
│║ that - Running Wild material, check out Blazon Stone. They ║ │
│║ are doing it better these days and it's kind of sad that ║ │
│║ you have to choose the worshipers over the original. At ║ │
│║ least they have a better scent. ║ │
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│║ originally written for http://antichristmagazine.com ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 1. Crossing The Blades 5:26 │
│ 2. Stargazed 3:43 │
│ 3. Strutter (Kiss Cover) 3:08 │
│ 4. Ride On The Wildside 4:06 │
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│ Total Length : 00:16:23 │
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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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