┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Vicious Rumors - Soldiers Of The Night + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Rls Date..2020-05-25 Encoder......LAME 3.100 ║ │ │║ Genre.....Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year......2009 Khz/Bitrate..44.1 / VBR kbps ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper....Anthem Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Source....CD Covers.......Yes ║ │ │║ Url..http://www.viciousrumors.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Vicious Rumors ║ │ │║ Album : Soldiers Of The Night ║ │ │║ Label : Shrapnel Records ║ │ │║ Cat.No : SH 1020-2 ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I don't think there's a single word out there that could do ║ │ │║ this album justice. Perfection, perhaps. This disc is hands ║ │ │║ down quite possibly the greatest debut I have ever heard ║ │ │║ for a band that's been highly active since. And once you've ║ │ │║ given this album a listen, you instantly realize this is ║ │ │║ Vicious Rumors. This is their style, their own genre and ║ │ │║ sound, their formula. "Soldiers of the Night" is their ║ │ │║ flawless blueprints that they would always follow for the ║ │ │║ rest of their career. There's enough speed here to have ║ │ │║ them thrown in the speed / power genre, there's enough ║ │ │║ emotion and diversity to have them thrown into the ║ │ │║ progressive genre, there's enough technical skill on here ║ │ │║ that could have very well landed them under Shrapnel ║ │ │║ Records roof. This delivers, beyond words. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The lineup here is pretty flawless. Vocalist Gary St. ║ │ │║ Pierre may not be Carl Albert, but he is without a doupt ║ │ │║ the closest vocalist you'll ever get to Carl. Fans of Carl, ║ │ │║ will probably have absolutely no problem falling in love ║ │ │║ with Gary St. Pierre's vocals here. He's the same in ║ │ │║ practically every way. Huge range, mid-range singing, tons ║ │ │║ of sharp aggression. The guitar duo of Vicious Rumor's ║ │ │║ legendary Geoff Thorpe and Vinnie Moore will shock you. The ║ │ │║ leads they pull out are some of the most mesmerizing ║ │ │║ rhythm's you'll ever hear. The solo's are so technical, you ║ │ │║ may very well put these guys up against Racer X, Cacophony, ║ │ │║ and whatnot. The guitar instrumental number "Invader" fully ║ │ │║ fortifies these statements. Both the bass work from Dave ║ │ │║ Starr (my god listen to "Blistering Winds"), and the fast ║ │ │║ drumming from Larry Howe put this at the tip of the iceberg ║ │ │║ in the realm of perfection. Their lineup stays pretty ║ │ │║ consistent after this as well, besides the replacement of ║ │ │║ guitarist Vinnie Moore for "Digital Dictator". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Everything that makes Vicious Rumors is set in stone here. ║ │ │║ The totally out of this world atmosphere is there ║ │ │║ throughout the entire album, even dark at times. It gives ║ │ │║ off a lot of emotion with the music. Their aggressive ║ │ │║ background yelling and distorting vocal effects are here as ║ │ │║ well (think of Thrash bands), that they're known to do a ║ │ │║ lot throughout their career. The whole album is very ║ │ │║ consistent, and there's no case of fillers here at all. I ║ │ │║ can't even decide what my favorite song on here is, because ║ │ │║ the entire thing is so damn good. To top all of this off, ║ │ │║ the production is phenomenal for its time, and there's ║ │ │║ still quite a raw edge to it. The sound quality could ║ │ │║ probably best be compared to Helstar, Jag Panzer, Metal ║ │ │║ Church, etc of -that- time (~1985). ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ When I look back and compare this ablum to other bands of ║ │ │║ the time, Vicious Rumors is just really in a world of their ║ │ │║ own. You absolutely cannot throw them into a single genre, ║ │ │║ and there's practically no other band out there that sounds ║ │ │║ remotely like them as a whole. This would be, hands down ║ │ │║ the best entry into the band if you've never heard of them ║ │ │║ before or want to check them out. I will go to further ║ │ │║ argue this album is even better than a handful of Vicious ║ │ │║ Rumors later releases. Fans of classic heavy, speed, ║ │ │║ thrash, power, progressive, techically adept metal should ║ │ │║ fall in love with this instantly. There's no choice here, ║ │ │║ you MUST get this! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Everything that makes Vicious Rumors what they are is here, ║ │ │║ carved in stone. "Soldiers of the Night", a legendary cult ║ │ │║ masterpiece. A flawless victory! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 1. Premonition 1:03 │ │ 2. Ride (Into The Sun) 3:44 │ │ 3. Medusa 3:57 │ │ 4. Soldiers Of The Night 4:22 │ │ 5. Murder 4:01 │ │ 6. March Or Die 4:40 │ │ 7. Blitz The World 3:38 │ │ 8. Invader 2:51 │ │ 9. In Fire 3:22 │ │ 10. Domestic Bliss 3:42 │ │ 11. Blistering Winds 3:26 │ │ │ │ │ │ Total Length : 00:38:46 │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘