┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Battlelore - The Last Alliance + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Oct-13-2008 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2008 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.battlelore.net ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Battlelore Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : The Last Alliance Label : Napalm Records ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ It was only last year when Battlelore released ║ │ │║ perhaps their most complete album yet in ║ │ │║ Evernight. Fast forward to this year and it ║ │ │║ brings forth the band's fifth effort in The Last ║ │ │║ Alliance. There are some changes in the way the ║ │ │║ music is played, but the results seem to be the ║ │ │║ same. In fact, it may just be slightly better. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The Last Alliance is more or less, a ║ │ │║ continuation of Evernight in that it takes some ║ │ │║ of what made the previous effort successful and ║ │ │║ decided to expand on it. The vocal exchange ║ │ │║ between Kaisa Jouhki and Tommi Mykkanen is a ║ │ │║ display in continued chemistry, as both ║ │ │║ vocalists have grown more comfortable working ║ │ │║ together. Mykkanen's vocals also show more ║ │ │║ range, as it seems that his clean vocals are ║ │ │║ being put on display this time around. ║ │ │║ Keyboards are actually a little more prominent, ║ │ │║ especially on songs such as Exile the Daystar ║ │ │║ and Awakening. The guitar work has gotten ║ │ │║ better, as Daughter of the Sun shows with some ║ │ │║ really good guitar melodies. The attention to ║ │ │║ detail is amazing, a fact made even more evident ║ │ │║ with the production work of noted producer Dan ║ │ │║ Swano. One difference between Evernight and The ║ │ │║ Last Alliance is that while Evernight was epic ║ │ │║ in the dark sense, The Last Alliance shows a ║ │ │║ little more fire, so to speak. It is actually a ║ │ │║ little more heroic in its atmosphere and the ║ │ │║ music adapts to that idea well. There really ║ │ │║ isn't much to pick at, even if it's strictly for ║ │ │║ review purposes. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Battlelore had its breakthrough album with ║ │ │║ Evernight and it seems that they want to keep ║ │ │║ the momentum going. With The Last Alliance, ║ │ │║ that momentum might just keep going for a little ║ │ │║ while longer. It is rare for a band to turn in ║ │ │║ two great efforts in a row, but somehow, ║ │ │║ Battlelore is one of those few. If they can ║ │ │║ learn from this album, then the results for ║ │ │║ their next album may just turn out to be like ║ │ │║ The Last Alliance, if not better. A definite ║ │ │║ contender for any top ten list for 2008. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Third Immortal [04:45] │ │ 02 - Exile The Daystar [04:42] │ │ 03 - The Great Gathering [04:09] │ │ 04 - Guardians [04:58] │ │ 05 - Voice Of The Fallen [04:11] │ │ 06 - Daughter Of The Sun [06:23] │ │ 07 - Green Dragon [03:52] │ │ 08 - Awakening [05:06] │ │ 09 - Epic Dreams [04:25] │ │ 10 - Moontower [04:51] │ │ 11 - The Star Of High Hope [06:25] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [53:47 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘