┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Animal Drive - Bite! + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Rls Date..2020-04-19 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │ │║ Genre.....Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year......2018 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........12 ║ │ │║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │ │║ Url..http://www.animal-drive.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Animal Drive ║ │ │║ Album : Bite! ║ │ │║ Label : Avalon ║ │ │║ Cat.No : MICP-11398 ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ My first contact with this band was interesting. I had just ║ │ │║ found a fantastic English singer called Nathan James from ║ │ │║ the band Inglorious. I was totally mesmerized by his voice ║ │ │║ and listening to everything his band had released. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In 2018 I was looking for videos of him on Youtube and ║ │ │║ found several songs where he sang live with Trans Siberian ║ │ │║ Orchestra. After a few days watching them, I realized that ║ │ │║ one of the singers on that 2017 TSO tour was a young ║ │ │║ Croatian musician named Dino Jelusic and decided to watch ║ │ │║ his video singing the song The Safest Way Into Tomorrow. I ║ │ │║ was fascinated by his performance and started looking for ║ │ │║ anything he had sung in and found out that he had just ║ │ │║ released the debut of his band Animal Drive. And that's how ║ │ │║ it all started. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Animal Drive was founded in 2012 as Dino Jelusic's solo ║ │ │║ band but later on it was developed into a full-fledged ║ │ │║ band. Released in 2018, Bite is the first CD of a band that ║ │ │║ certainly has a lot to give to the metal/rock scene. It ║ │ │║ brings an inspired band playing a mix of heavy metal with ║ │ │║ hard rock influences that immediately got me. It is ║ │ │║ difficult to put the band in a specific subgenre but you ║ │ │║ can hear influences from Skid Row to Pantera, from Badlands ║ │ │║ to Dream Theater. But, at the same time, they have a very ║ │ │║ personal and particular touch. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The guitar riffs are heavy and technical, the rhythm ║ │ │║ section has some pounding drums and basses that match them ║ │ │║ perfectly. The songs are very diverse: you get fast tracks, ║ │ │║ some cadenced ones, some others with a prog feel, power ║ │ │║ ballads, always with catchy verses and choruses that you ║ │ │║ won't forget easily. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ But the part that really grabs your attention is Dino ║ │ │║ Jelusic's vocals (he also plays the keyboards). Certainly ║ │ │║ this guy has not been called on a tour with TSO for ║ │ │║ nothing. He has the technique, feeling and talent to ║ │ │║ compose unforgettable vocal lines. He's got a good set of ║ │ │║ pipes. Although he is a young lad still in his 20s he is ║ │ │║ not a neophyte in music. He has been dedicated to music ║ │ │║ since he was a kid and won the first version of the ║ │ │║ Eurovision Song Contest Junior in Denmark in 2003 when he ║ │ │║ was just 11 years old. Last year, 2019, he also won a ║ │ │║ contest in a Croatian TV program called Zvijezde Pjevaju. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ His voice offers him wide possibilities of range, from high ║ │ │║ to low tones, singing clean melodies to a more aggressively ║ │ │║ and sharply intonation. Since Animal Drive released his ║ │ │║ first CD by the Italian label Frontiers, which was ║ │ │║ presented by none other than Jeff Scott Soto (TSO, Sons Of ║ │ │║ Apollo, Axel Rudi Pell, Yngwie Malmsteen) who was surprised ║ │ │║ after listening to one of their songs, Dino has been ║ │ │║ called, in addition to TSO, to sing with many projects, ║ │ │║ including by the North American guitarist George Lynch, ║ │ │║ famous for playing in bands like Dokken, Lynch Mob, The End ║ │ │║ Machine, KXM, etc. Their project called Dirty Shirley has ║ │ │║ just released its first record that is being very well ║ │ │║ received by critics and fans. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Along with vocalists like Nathan James, Russel Allen, Jorn ║ │ │║ Lande, Henning Basse, Dino is certainly a vocalist that we ║ │ │║ will hear a lot about in this new generation of singers and ║ │ │║ Animal Drive will be the musical powerhouse to show the ║ │ │║ talent of these young musicians in a scene that is thirsty ║ │ │║ for new groups that can show originality in their music. ║ │ │║ Definitely they are not amateurs. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ And that's why their fans are so fervently waiting for the ║ │ │║ band's second album that it is planned to be released in ║ │ │║ May 2020. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Personal favourites: ║ │ │║ Goddamn Marathon ║ │ │║ Tower Of Lies (I Walk Alone) ║ │ │║ Deliver Me ║ │ │║ Time Machine ║ │ │║ Lights Of The Damned ║ │ │║ Hands Of Time ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 1. Goddamn Marathon 5:53 │ │ 2. Tower Of Lies (I Walk Alone) 4:24 │ │ 3. Had Enough 3:42 │ │ 4. Hands Of Time 4:32 │ │ 5. Lights Of The Damned 4:00 │ │ 6. Time Machine 5:24 │ │ 7. Father 4:34 │ │ 8. Fade Away 4:08 │ │ 9. Carry On 4:05 │ │ 10. Devil Took My Beer Again 4:25 │ │ 11. Deliver Me 6:58 │ │ 12. Carry On (Acoustic) 4:03 │ │ │ │ │ │ Total Length : 00:56:08 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘