The_City_Gates-Chimera-CD-2026-FWYH

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  ▀▀███████▓▒░ Ripped ░  ███ ▒▓░░░▒ ██  FUCK WHAT YOU HEARD!    ░▒▓███████▀▀
    ░████▓▒░ by TEAM  ░░ ██  ▒░░ ░░ ██        PRESENTS            ░▒▓████░
      ▓███▒    FWYH   ░░  █ ▒░    ░ ▀                              ▒███▓
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       ▒███░   ARTiST....[ The City Gates                         ░███▒
        ███▒   TiTLE.....[ Chimera                                ▒███
        ▓██▓   GENRE.....[ Darkwave                               ▓██▓
         ███   LABEL.....[ Icy Cold Records                       ███
         ▓██░  SOURCE....[ CD                                    ░██▓
         ▒██░  KHZ.......[ 44.1                                  ░██▒
         ▒██▒  MODE......[ 266kbps / Joint Stereo                ▒██▒
         ░██▒  ENCODER...[ LAME 3.100                            ▒██░
         ░██▒  SIZE......[ 54.12mb                               ▒██░
         ░██▒  CATALOGUE.[ ICR182CD                              ▒██░
     ▀▄  ▒██▓  REL.DATE..[ 2026                                  ▓██▒  ▄▀
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  ▓█▓▀ Nr. TRACK                  ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙              TiME:          ▀▓█▓
  ░█▒  ________________________________________________________________  ▒█░
  ░█▒  01│ The Great Devourer                                   │ 05:39  ▒█░
  ░█▒  02│ Pilgrimage                                           │ 03:24  ▒█░
  ░█▒  03│ Capitol Hill                                         │ 02:36  ▒█░
  ░█▒  04│ Mayfly                                               │ 02:20  ▒█░
  ░█▒  05│ Radium Love                                          │ 03:46  ▒█░
  ░█▒  06│ Sing Coven Sing                                      │ 03:16  ▒█░
  ░█▒  07│ Silence Of Her Fate                                  │ 04:23  ▒█░
  ░█▒  08│ It's A Violent Life                                  │ 02:52  ▒█░
  ░█▒    │                                                      │ _____  ▒█░
  ░█▓    │                                 TOTAL PLAYTiME (MiN):│ 28:16  ▓█░
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  ░█▒                                                                    ▒█░
  ░█▒  Eagerly awaited second album on Icy Cold (their 4th in total) by  ▒█░
  ░█▒  the highly gifted Canadian act based in Montreal! Their previous  ▒█░
  ░█▒  album was an instant success and has just been re-printed for the ▒█░
  ░█▒  third time (see below).                                           ▒█░
  ░█▒                                                                    ▒█░
  ░█▒  On ôChimeraö The City Gates once again oscillate between          ▒█░
  ░█▒  melancholic post-punk and rousing cold wave. The album moves      ▒█░
  ░█▒  through history, unrest, memory, and private collapse with a      ▒█░
  ░█▒  sense of architecture: basslines locked into grim forward motion, ▒█░
  ░█▒  drums pushing the frame, guitars spreading into vast metallic     ▒█░
  ░█▒  sheets, and synths giving the songs a cold, spectral edge.        ▒█░
  ░█▒  The title suits the record. Chimera feels like a creature         ▒█░
  ░█▒  assembled from competing impulses: urgency and drift, force and   ▒█░
  ░█▒  disintegration, intimacy and distance. The City Gates are working ▒█░
  ░█▒  at scale, but the album never loses its physical charge. You hear ▒█░
  ░█▒  the friction of strings, the mass of the rhythm section, the hum  ▒█░
  ░█▒  of equipment, and the sense of a band building pressure from the  ▒█░
  ░█▒  floor upward. Its best moments feel less like escape than         ▒█░
  ░█▒  confrontation, with each track moving through states of fracture, ▒█░
  ░█▒  longing, and control.                                             ▒█░
  ░█▒                                                                    ▒█░
  ░█▒  Lyrically, the album circles isolation, emotional disconnection,  ▒█░
  ░█▒  distorted memory, and the strange loneliness of modern life. The  ▒█░
  ░█▒  voice often sits half-buried in the mix, less as confession than  ▒█░
  ░█▒  transmission, as if these songs are arriving through concrete,    ▒█░
  ░█▒  static, and old wounds. The imagery leans toward the urban and    ▒█░
  ░█▒  existential: people slipping out of reach, perception bending,    ▒█░
  ░█▒  private grief feeding into a larger social unease. The City Gates ▒█░
  ░█▒  understand how to make distance feel bodily, how to turn absence  ▒█░
  ░█▒  into weight.                                                      ▒█░
  ░█▒                                                                    ▒█░
  ░█▒  The first song ôLapidationö already makes it clear in which       ▒█░
  ░█▒  direction they are heading. The track ôCapitol Hillö, which has   ▒█░
  ░█▒  already been released as a single, and the driving ôItÆs a        ▒█░
  ░█▒  Violent Lifeö are particularly gripping. The other six tracks     ▒█░
  ░█▒  will also draw you involuntarily into a thoughtful, yet danceable ▒█░
  ░█▒  maelstrom of melancholy and dance fever. Anyone who has managed   ▒█░
  ░█▒  to get past The City Gates so far and loves bands like Joy        ▒█░
  ░█▒  Division will definitely adore this album!                        ▒█░
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   ░ ▄██▒██░░                                                    ░░██▒██▄ ░
    ▄▀   ▓█▒░ FWYH : FUCK WHAT YOU HEARD, We're all about Family ░▒█▓  ▀▄
         ▓█▓░ Dedication, Quality, Respect & LOVE for the music! ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ As the years pass, all our motives and objectives  ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ remain,we want to give the best of dark electronic ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ genres,with the quality deserved for the only true ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ underground scene, the Future is these genres!!!!! ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░                                                    ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ To all the artists that we release, some newcomers ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ & other established acts: We are sorry if you dont ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ understand the promotion we do, of your own work,  ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ but if you make quality music, we are pretty sure  ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ that a lot of people will spend their own money on ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ your art.  Our intention isn't to spread for the   ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ masses, but just to promote good music, so all we  ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ can ask is an apologize for any misunderstanding!! ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ You People deserve all our respect and attention!! ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░                                                    ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ __________________________________________________ ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙  ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░                                                    ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ And finally, greets to all FWYH guys and their own ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ families, takes time and patience to go along with ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ all of this, so the warmest greets are to them!!!! ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░                                                    ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ We Prop the few people & crews that have been with ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ us over the years,unfortunately they are lesser by ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░ the day.    KEEP FIGHTING & KEEP TRUTHFUL!!!       ░▓█▓
         ▓█▓░                                                    ░▓█▓
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         ▀█▓██    ASCii By AyLieN OF CHEMICAL REACTiON 2oo2!    ██▓█▀
          ████                Updated on 03-2015                ████
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            ███          FWYH : in Joint-Stereo forces         ███
             ██▄                 with FLAC1.2.1               ▄██
              ██                Alive since 2001              ██
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00_the_city_gates-chimera-cd-2026.jpg681,15 KB
00_the_city_gates-chimera-cd-2026.m3u301 B
00_the_city_gates-chimera-cd-2026.nfo10,45 KB
00_the_city_gates-chimera-cd-2026.sfv373 B
01_the_city_gates-the_great_devourer.mp310,67 MB
02_the_city_gates-pilgrimage.mp36,36 MB
03_the_city_gates-capitol_hill.mp34,69 MB
04_the_city_gates-mayfly.mp34,12 MB
05_the_city_gates-radium_love.mp37,26 MB
06_the_city_gates-sing_coven_sing.mp36,20 MB
07_the_city_gates-silence_of_her_fate.mp38,46 MB
08_the_city_gates-its_a_violent_life.mp36,40 MB