┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Excelsis - Anduin the River + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Oct-19-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1997 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.excelsis.ch ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Excelsis Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Anduin the River Label : n/a ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Helvetic folk power metal" indeed! Excelsis are ║ │ │║ one of the few, proud bands that depart from the ║ │ │║ double-bass neoclassical inanity of other Euro ║ │ │║ fantasy-metal bands and carve out their own ║ │ │║ sound. While this album, their first, isn't the ║ │ │║ most impressive effort of theirs, it shows a ║ │ │║ promising band in the making. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Excelsis doesn't sound like most other Euro ║ │ │║ power metal bands; you won't find any gratuitous ║ │ │║ neoclassical shredding or a layer of keyboards ║ │ │║ so thick you could only cut it with a chainsaw. ║ │ │║ While none of the musicians are technically ║ │ │║ outstanding by themselves and Munggu's vocal ║ │ │║ style is an acquired taste if there ever was one ║ │ │║ (his vocals are a bit like a cross of early ║ │ │║ Blind Guardian and later Grave Digger, with a ║ │ │║ thick Swiss accent that somehow suits the music ║ │ │║ very well), but somehow the band brings ║ │ │║ everything together and puts out an album of ║ │ │║ good, catchy songs that never forget that ║ │ │║ they're METAL songs. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ However, you can tell this is a debut album. ║ │ │║ The songs don't have that special punch that ║ │ │║ Excelsis captured on later efforts, and while ║ │ │║ the album has several good tracks it just ║ │ │║ doesn't have any classics like "Dragonslayer" or ║ │ │║ "Last Episode" from the band's later offerings. ║ │ │║ The album is very consistent in the respect that ║ │ │║ there's no complete stinkers on it, but at the ║ │ │║ same time, it doesn't have any tracks that jump ║ │ │║ out and grab you by the balls. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Excelsis would go on to improve in almost every ║ │ │║ area on later efforts, but this is still a ║ │ │║ pretty cool album for Excelsis fans. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Standout Tracks: Maiden in the Forbidden ║ │ │║ Garden, In The Highlands, Beneath the Hills, ║ │ │║ Houses of the Healing ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Intro [01:33] │ │ 02 - Houses of Healing [07:10] │ │ 03 - Beneath the Hills [06:05] │ │ 04 - Princess of the Trees [03:37] │ │ 05 - Anduin the River [06:12] │ │ 06 - Maiden in Forbidden Garden [08:03] │ │ 07 - Mordor Speaks [06:58] │ │ 08 - In the Highlands [06:08] │ │ 09 - Gwaihir - The Name of a Bird [06:12] │ │ 10 - Back into the Deepest Night [09:48] │ │ 11 - Outro [02:15] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [64:01 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘