┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Hamka - Multiversal-(FIGHT 014 CD) + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-02-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2017 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Hamka Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Multiversal-(FIGHT 014 CD) Label : Fighter ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After a hiatus of eight years, Willdric Lievin ║ │ │║ and Elisa C. Martin restarted Hamka with a ║ │ │║ promising single, but we still had to wait ║ │ │║ another four years till they got enough for a ║ │ │║ new LP. It's worth the wait, especially for ║ │ │║ those missing the vocals of the ex-Dark Moor ║ │ │║ singer on a project. This is meant to be a kind ║ │ │║ of symphonic power metal/world music crossover, ║ │ │║ but nobody wanting a straightforward knights- ║ │ │║ and-dragons power metal album of the sort Elisa ║ │ │║ is known for will be disappointed. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Since Lievin and longtime associate Yann Mouhad ║ │ │║ put some effort into making this an ethnic ║ │ │║ album, I'll go over that. You can hear Arabic ║ │ │║ percussion; possibly a Turkish ney; something ║ │ │║ that sounds like an erhu; and a zither, or maybe ║ │ │║ a dutar. There's an intermission with only ║ │ │║ ethnic instruments, and on Seaquest and ║ │ │║ Orkanian's Land, they base the beginning of the ║ │ │║ song on a traditional Middle Eastern beat -- at ║ │ │║ first. But the ethnic instruments often turn ║ │ │║ into window dressing despite their best efforts, ║ │ │║ getting easily overwhelmed by the guitars and ║ │ │║ Elisa's voice -- which in all justice would ║ │ │║ overwhelm much more powerful instruments. Plus, ║ │ │║ the band is a symphonic power metal band and ║ │ │║ can't resist playing the most bombastic of ║ │ │║ symphonic power metal -- if a listener was told ║ │ │║ World War III was an unreleased Dark Moor song, ║ │ │║ they probably would accept that unquestioningly. ║ │ │║ The song from the single, Earth's Call, was a ║ │ │║ great song when it came out, and it's still one ║ │ │║ of the best on the album, with guitar, keyboard, ║ │ │║ and zither dualing on the solo and Elisa showing ║ │ │║ off a range effectively unchanged since the 90s. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Mid-tempo pieces like Hope fare a bit less well. ║ │ │║ The crunching riffs are good, but the melody ║ │ │║ isn't as neatly tied up as some of the other ║ │ │║ ones, making the chorus sound unfinished. But ║ │ │║ they nail it on Dark Night Falls. Elisa C. ║ │ │║ Martin, despite the grit she can put into a fast ║ │ │║ song, always could croon the soft lines of a ║ │ │║ power ballad sweetly enough to bring tears to a ║ │ │║ listener's eyes. The classical symphonic moments ║ │ │║ of Orkanian's Land and Seed of a New World are ║ │ │║ also incredibly well-made, reminding one of Eyes ║ │ │║ of Twilight part 2 from the Unearth album. While ║ │ │║ we're on the subject of Unearth, the melodies on ║ │ │║ this one are overall better than Unearth's were. ║ │ │║ There is still plenty of orchestral/instrumental ║ │ │║ back-and-forth, but the band gets to a point on ║ │ │║ every song. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Multiversal tries to be something different, but ║ │ │║ it's always a hair's breadth away from turning ║ │ │║ into Of Wars in Osyrhia. Most longtime fans of ║ │ │║ Martin and Lievin's work won't think that's a ║ │ │║ bad thing at all. I listened to this just after ║ │ │║ writing up my 2017 awards, but this is probably ║ │ │║ the best symphonic power metal album I've heard ║ │ │║ all year. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Review written by Andy for www.metalreviews.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Elisa C. Martφn - Vocals ║ │ │║ Willdric Lievin - Guitars ║ │ │║ Alexandre Ardisson - Bass ║ │ │║ Julien Negro - Guitars ║ │ │║ JB Pol - Drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - One-Way Journey To The Unknown [01:43] │ │ 02 - World War III [05:33] │ │ 03 - Earth┤s Call [04:10] │ │ 04 - Hope [04:05] │ │ 05 - Inner Conviction [05:00] │ │ 06 - Dark Night Falls [03:58] │ │ 07 - Seaquest [03:43] │ │ 08 - Modern Cowboys [04:47] │ │ 09 - Burning Sands [01:05] │ │ 10 - The Path Of Pharaohs [05:11] │ │ 11 - Orkanian┤s Lands [05:03] │ │ 12 - Seed Of A New World [05:01] │ │ 13 - Multiversal Universe [07:02] │ │ 14 - And End On Earth? [01:26] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [57:47 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘