┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Axel Rudi Pell - Sign Of The Times + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Rls Date..2020-06-15 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │ │║ Genre.....Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year......2020 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │ │║ Url..http://www.axel-rudi-pell.de ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Axel Rudi Pell ║ │ │║ Album : Sign Of The Times ║ │ │║ Label : SPV ║ │ │║ Cat.No : SPV 241540 CD ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Axel Rudi Pell is a band situated somewhere between hard ║ │ │║ rock, progressive rock and heavy metal stylistics of the ║ │ │║ late seventies and early eighties. While this charismatic ║ │ │║ combination has worked well in the past, the band's last ║ │ │║ few releases have progressively become less and less ║ │ │║ inspired. Sign of the Times might be one of the band's ║ │ │║ worst outputs in terms of creativity. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ As usual, the new record starts with a decent short ║ │ │║ instrumental overture entitled ''The Black Serenade'' that ║ │ │║ is followed by first single ''Gunfire''. Even though this ║ │ │║ song is among the better ones on this output, it is already ║ │ │║ filled with tired tropes. The song is around five minutes ║ │ │║ long, held in mid-tempo pace throughout, convinces with ║ │ │║ emotional vocals, melodic guitar play and atmospheric ║ │ │║ keyboard layers while the drum rhythms are tiresome and the ║ │ │║ bass guitar nearly inaudible. This description could be ║ │ │║ applied to every single track except for the instrumental ║ │ │║ overture and the slightly longer title track. Each time the ║ │ │║ band uses this same procedure again, the songs get less and ║ │ │║ less convincing and the record's second half becomes hard ║ │ │║ to sit through. With the exception of the decent single, ║ │ │║ only the passionate ''Bad Reputation'' is noteworthy which ║ │ │║ is mostly due to the inspired vocals that save the day and ║ │ │║ distract from uninspired musicianship. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Instead of releasing a new output every two years that ║ │ │║ rehashes the same ideas like a broken record, Axel Rudi ║ │ │║ Pell should try out something new in order to remain ║ │ │║ relevant. The band could listen to some music that was ║ │ │║ released in the last thirty years for a change, take some ║ │ │║ more time to work on its formulaic songwriting and make ║ │ │║ sure that the bass guitar becomes more audible and that the ║ │ │║ drummer doesn't fall asleep while recording the next bunch ║ │ │║ of new songs. As it is now, Axel Rudi Pell wastes a lot of ║ │ │║ potential in form of an underrated singer, great guitar ║ │ │║ player and skillful keyboarder with boring songwriting, ║ │ │║ fluffy production and lack of creativity. Being faithful to ║ │ │║ your style is a good thing but when it becomes stubborn, ║ │ │║ retrospective and predictable, then the sign of the times ║ │ │║ indicates some changes to keep things going well. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To keep it short, Axel Rudi Pell's Sign of the Times is one ║ │ │║ of the band's least inspired outputs and can only be ║ │ │║ recommended to extremely faithful fans. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 1. The Black Serenade (Intro) 1:39 │ │ 2. Gunfire 5:21 │ │ 3. Bad Reputation 5:42 │ │ 4. Sign Of The Times 7:10 │ │ 5. The End Of The Line 5:24 │ │ 6. As Blind As A Fool Can Be 6:14 │ │ 7. Wings Of The Storm 5:48 │ │ 8. Waiting For Your Call 5:34 │ │ 9. Living In A Dream 6:00 │ │ 10. Into The Fire 6:00 │ │ │ │ │ │ Total Length : 00:54:52 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘