┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Artch - Another Return + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-03-2009 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2001 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.artch.net ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Artch Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Another Return Label : Metalblade ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I think the only reason I even know about this ║ │ │║ band is because lead singer Eric Hawk made a ║ │ │║ guest appearance on Gardenian's Soulburner ║ │ │║ album, and was the only hilight of it. This ║ │ │║ album is one of those ones that was almost ║ │ │║ forgotten with time, and probably would not have ║ │ │║ been re-issued from Metal Blade, had it not been ║ │ │║ for the bands reunion and appearance at Wacken a ║ │ │║ few years ago (don't know what the current ║ │ │║ status is), this band probably would have been ║ │ │║ all but swept under the carpet of metal history. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Musically, this is US power metal styled with ║ │ │║ some thrashyness thrown in for good measure. ║ │ │║ Loaded is a fun song and Power To The Man is ║ │ │║ neat and Metal Life is a great metal anthem. ║ │ │║ Where I go is a great ballad, but it's so hard ║ │ │║ to pick favorites on this album because almost ║ │ │║ all the songs are great. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I'd say that the main thing that sticks out here ║ │ │║ is the mighty Icelander Eric Hawk's vocals. I ║ │ │║ guess the closest guy he reminds me of is Ronnie ║ │ │║ James Dio, but his voice is a little thicker. He ║ │ │║ does write some very excellent melodies, ║ │ │║ particularly the title track (their namesake as ║ │ │║ well). ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The guitars are well done as well, there are ║ │ │║ some great power metal harmonics going on in ║ │ │║ this album, but none of the leads or solos stick ║ │ │║ out to me as outstanding. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The drumming is very well done and not flashy, ║ │ │║ but very apropriate. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I'd say that the big lowlight of the album is ║ │ │║ actually the new track (they tacked a new track ║ │ │║ on at the end of the re-issue). It's downtuned ║ │ │║ and contains none of the personality of the ║ │ │║ Artch of old. I was particularly disappointed ║ │ │║ considering the two songs that Hawk did most of ║ │ │║ the vocal duties with Gardenian are on par with ║ │ │║ anything that Artch had done prior to their ║ │ │║ breakup, and was hoping for some more stuff in ║ │ │║ that vein. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Re-released by Metal Blade in 2001 as a DoCD ║ │ │║ (3984-14377-2): ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ CD 1 contains the regular "Another Return" ║ │ │║ album. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ CD 2 is a CD-ROM containing the video "Artch ║ │ │║ Live '93 - Metal Life". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Current line-up ║ │ │║ Eirikur Hauksson (aka Eric Hawk) - Vocals ║ │ │║ (Start, Dr²sill, Wanted) ║ │ │║ Cato AndrΘ Olsen (aka Cat Andrew) - Guitars ║ │ │║ Geir Nilssen (aka Gill Niel) - Guitars (Oxygen) ║ │ │║ Bernt Jansen - Bass (Wig Wam) ║ │ │║ Gudmund Bolsgσrd - Drums (MissLead) ║ │ │║ Former/past member(s) ║ │ │║ J°rn Jamissen (alias Jack Jamies) - Drums (did ║ │ │║ not join the 2000 reunion) (Oxygen) ║ │ │║ Lars Fladeby - Vocals ║ │ │║ Espen Hoff - Vocals (R.I.P. October 1985, ║ │ │║ motorcycle accident) ║ │ │║ Additional notes ║ │ │║ The band drifted apart in the early nineties and ║ │ │║ recently reformed in 2000. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Conversio Prelude [01:00] │ │ 02 - Another Return To Church Hill [05:30] │ │ 03 - Power To The Man [03:58] │ │ 04 - Loaded [04:10] │ │ 05 - Where I Go [06:03] │ │ 06 - Metal Life [05:07] │ │ 07 - The Promised Land [03:42] │ │ 08 - Shoot To Kill [04:56] │ │ 09 - Living In The Past [04:27] │ │ 10 - Reincarnation [04:05] │ │ 11 - Jezebel (Unlisted Track) [04:03] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [47:01 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘