┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Celtic Frost - Vanity-Nemesis + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-30-2006 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1992 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......rainbow Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.noiserecords.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Celtic Frost Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Vanity-Nemesis Label : Noise ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Few bands in the metal world get a second chance ║ │ │║ after a major career misstep, and no band ║ │ │║ exemplifies this problem more than Celtic Frost. ║ │ │║ Two albums ago (Into the Pandemonium), they were ║ │ │║ pioneering avant-garde sensibilities in the ║ │ │║ thrash genre and wooing audiences and critics ║ │ │║ with their vast abilities. Then everyone but ║ │ │║ leader Tom Warrior quit the band, and the next ║ │ │║ album (Cold Lake) ushered in a new sound and a ║ │ │║ glam image that turned fans and critics away in ║ │ │║ droves. So after getting back original bassist ║ │ │║ Martin Ain, Warrior blended the two lineups and ║ │ │║ decided to get back to his roots on ║ │ │║ Vanity/Nemesis. Crafting a grinding chug that ║ │ │║ emphasized their mastery of thrash metal, the ║ │ │║ album was an ugly beast that offered a unique ║ │ │║ sound that no bands have really tried to adopt ║ │ │║ since. Whispered passages and wildly ║ │ │║ experimental guitar solos are two of the ║ │ │║ elements that carry from song to song, while the ║ │ │║ thick riffs of their pre-Cold Lake sound manage ║ │ │║ to survive the transition quite easily. This all ║ │ │║ adds up to a mean little album that spits out ║ │ │║ vicious songs that have such a strange and arty ║ │ │║ bent to them that it borders on parody at times. ║ │ │║ That isn't to say that the songs aren't still ║ │ │║ juggernauts, but the lyrics to tracks like ║ │ │║ "Phallic Tantrum" are so vague and heady that ║ │ │║ they don't even achieve the goal of making the ║ │ │║ listener think. One track in particular stands ║ │ │║ out for being a major artistic success here: ║ │ │║ "Wings of Solitude." Assisted by the delicate ║ │ │║ wail of Michele Amar on the verses, the band ║ │ │║ delivers a song that mixes the strange ║ │ │║ sensuality of goth rock with Warrior's ║ │ │║ classically inspired metal to create a track ║ │ │║ that is at times sexy, brutally heavily, and ║ │ │║ oddly soulful. A mournful cover of Bryan Ferry's ║ │ │║ "This Island Earth" is a surprising success, ║ │ │║ while a version of David Bowie's "Heroes" is a ║ │ │║ miscalculated failure that so drastically ║ │ │║ changes the original that it is a wonder they ║ │ │║ ever bothered. The latter song aside, this is a ║ │ │║ slightly flawed but otherwise satisfying album, ║ │ │║ offering a direction for heavy metal that no ║ │ │║ other band tried to follow up on at the time. ║ │ │║ Sadly, their reputation as sellouts carried over ║ │ │║ into this record, and without directly repeating ║ │ │║ their black metal heyday, many critics also ║ │ │║ unfairly panned it. Years later, this stands as ║ │ │║ a sad document of a band trying to pull ║ │ │║ themselves together after a problematic period ║ │ │║ and succeeding artistically while ║ │ │║ unintentionally ending their career in the ║ │ │║ process. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Celtic Frost: Thomas Gabriel Warrior (vocals, ║ │ │║ guitar); Curt Victor Bryant (guitar, bass); ║ │ │║ Martin Ain (bass); Stephen Priestly (drums). ║ │ │║ Additional personnel: Uta Gunther (vocals); Ron ║ │ │║ Marks (guitar); Roli Mosimann (samples). ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Heart Beneath [03:49] │ │ 02 - Wine In My Hand (Third From The Sun) [03:29] │ │ 03 - Wings Of Solitude [04:36] │ │ 04 - The Name Of My Bride [04:33] │ │ 05 - This Island Earth [05:50] │ │ 06 - The Restless Seas [04:41] │ │ 07 - Phallic Tantrum [03:29] │ │ 08 - A Kiss Or A Whisper [03:05] │ │ 09 - Vanity [04:26] │ │ 10 - Nemesis [07:49] │ │ 11 - Heroes [03:47] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [49:34 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘