┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Axenstar - Perpetual Twilight + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Mar-21-2009 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2002 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.axenstar.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Axenstar Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Perpetual Twilight Label : Arise ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Yes. It's yet another power metal band using the ║ │ │║ same old formula, but this time something ║ │ │║ different is here. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The main difference is the vocalist, which is ║ │ │║ very distinguishable from most power frontmans ║ │ │║ because of his very particular singing style. ║ │ │║ His voice is slightly raspy, distant and doesn't ║ │ │║ have too much power. This is increased by the ║ │ │║ fact that his work, as said in the other review, ║ │ │║ is buried in the mix, which is a flaw, but I can ║ │ │║ still clearly hear what he is saying. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The guitar work is very good but the tone is not ║ │ │║ THAT heavy as, say, Gamma Ray. It's still good ║ │ │║ though, because the rhythm guitar and the drums ║ │ │║ are really tight and well achieved. The solos ║ │ │║ are nicely done, clearly influenced by the ║ │ │║ neo-classical shred that *you know who* created ║ │ │║ quite some time ago. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ But the thing I like the most are the keyboards ║ │ │║ actually. They remain in the background all ║ │ │║ throughout the album, except in the obligatory ║ │ │║ ballad, but are clearly there and with a sound ║ │ │║ that is almost violin-esque. Very pleasant ║ │ │║ sounding and adds a nice and soft touch to the ║ │ │║ twin guitar distortion. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Of the 9 tracks, 8 are mostly an all-out speed ║ │ │║ attack, while the ballad is very slow and also a ║ │ │║ instrumental song. And it's one of the nicest ║ │ │║ and well arranged ballads I've heard. Of course ║ │ │║ it's cheesy, but in a good way. It puts a smile ║ │ │║ on your face (as the whole album does) with its ║ │ │║ well done melodies and textures. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Overall, an excellent debut for this young ║ │ │║ swedish band. But they would only get better ║ │ │║ with time. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Line-up: ║ │ │║ Magnus Winterwild - vocals, keyboards ║ │ │║ Peter Johansson - guitar ║ │ │║ Thomas Eriksson - lguitar ║ │ │║ Magnus Ek - bass ║ │ │║ Pontus Jansson - drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - All I Could Ever Be [04:33] │ │ 02 - The Cross We Bear [05:45] │ │ 03 - King of Tragedy [05:32] │ │ 04 - Scars [05:05] │ │ 05 - Enchantment [04:40] │ │ 06 - New Revelations [07:15] │ │ 07 - Secrets Revealed [03:10] │ │ 08 - Confess Thy Sins [04:06] │ │ 09 - Perpetual Twilight [08:29] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [48:35 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘