┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + At Vance - Heart Of Steel + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-01-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2000 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......Panzer Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.at-vance.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : At Vance Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Heart Of Steel Label : Shark Records ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ When I had read about singer Oliver Hartmann ║ │ │║ leaving AT VANCE, I was quite a bit shocked, ║ │ │║ because I think that he is one of the best ║ │ │║ singers we have here in Germany, with his ║ │ │║ melodic, but a bit rough voice, which has ║ │ │║ something that many are lacking: character. He ║ │ │║ could truly leave his imprint on a song with his ║ │ │║ characteristic voice and this trademark now is ║ │ │║ gone. I was really wondering, who could try to ║ │ │║ replace him and the answer of the band was: Mats ║ │ │║ LevΘn, Swedish singer, formerly with TREAT and ║ │ │║ ABSTRAKT ALGEBRA. A good singer, but would he ║ │ │║ also work with the Power Metal of the Germans? ║ │ │║ Let's seeà ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "The Evil In You" is their fifth album already ║ │ │║ and, I think, the first one not to feature a ║ │ │║ cover version, but that only as a side noteà ║ │ │║ Musically not much has changed and in Power ║ │ │║ Metal AT VANCE truly manage to have at least ║ │ │║ their own touch that you can detect as AT VANCE, ║ │ │║ in the way of the riffing and also the structure ║ │ │║ of the songs and from the beginning it becomes ║ │ │║ evident that even though he, of course, has a ║ │ │║ different voice, but that LevΘn definitely can ║ │ │║ fill the gap that Hartmann had created. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Fallen Angel" is the in-style fast Power Metal ║ │ │║ smasher right at the beginning, double bass ║ │ │║ driven, with the typical AT VANCE riffing and ║ │ │║ the soaring vocals of LevΘn, while the title ║ │ │║ track is immensely catchy and lingers on the ║ │ │║ border to Rock at times, but still stands in the ║ │ │║ tradition of the Germans' compositions from the ║ │ │║ past, trust me, once you've heard this song even ║ │ │║ once only, you won't get it out of your brain ║ │ │║ anymore! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Also afterwards we are treated with a good ║ │ │║ balance between up tempo smashers like "The ║ │ │║ Curtain Will Fall" or the aggressive "Right Or ║ │ │║ Wrong" and melodic Rockers as "One Million ║ │ │║ Times" as example. But also balladesque stuff ║ │ │║ like "Shining Star" or something that mixes the ║ │ │║ whole spectrum in one, "Princess Of Ice", are on ║ │ │║ offer and with a good quality as well! So thumbs ║ │ │║ up here. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ AT VANCE always had been one of the most ║ │ │║ underrated Power Metal bands out there, always ║ │ │║ getting thrown into the same pot as all the many ║ │ │║ seventh clones of seventh clones. The change ║ │ │║ from Hartmann to LevΘn was smooth and even ║ │ │║ though his voice, obviously, is different, it ║ │ │║ still fits the sound of the Germans very well ║ │ │║ indeed. "The Evil In You" might not be a high ║ │ │║ flyer, but a good, above average Power Metal ║ │ │║ album it is for sure, so you know what you'll ║ │ │║ have to do! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Prelude [00:57] │ │ 02 - Soldier Of Time [05:05] │ │ 03 - The Brave And The Strong [04:53] │ │ 04 - Heart Of Steel [03:22] │ │ 05 - S.O.S. [03:27] │ │ 06 - King Of Your Dreams [04:57] │ │ 07 - Princess Of The Night [06:24] │ │ 08 - Goodbye [05:08] │ │ 09 - Why Do You Cry? [05:26] │ │ 10 - Don't You Believe A Stranger [03:33] │ │ 11 - Chopin-Etude No. 4 [02:16] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [45:28 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘