┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Excelsis - Tales of Tell + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Oct-20-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2001 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........14 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.escelsis.ch ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Excelsis Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Tales of Tell Label : Excelsis ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Excelsis Biography ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ These guys from Switzerland, known as Excelsis, ║ │ │║ have been playing their very own brand of Metal ║ │ │║ since 1992. Back then it was a fine blend of ║ │ │║ Power and Folk Metal. Following some very ║ │ │║ positive ║ │ │║ feedback and great demand, the guys recorded ║ │ │║ their first album ôAnduin in the Riverö in 1996, ║ │ │║ which also counts as the official founding year ║ │ │║ of Excelsis. Even at a time when Folk Metal was ║ │ │║ still in its infancy Excelsis started using ║ │ │║ non-typical metal instruments, such as bagpipes, ║ │ │║ flutes and didgeridoos. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Their success at home as well as abroad led the ║ │ │║ band to continue on their path and release ║ │ │║ their second album ôKurt of Koppigenö in 1998. ║ │ │║ It was the bandÆs intent to release an album ║ │ │║ based on local history and legend. For the ║ │ │║ first time, lyrics in Swiss German were ║ │ │║ incorporated ║ │ │║ into their songs. Many Maurer, former member of ║ │ │║ Krokus, exceptional musician and owner of a ║ │ │║ recording studio, helped the band with their ║ │ │║ first two albums and made sure the sound had the ║ │ │║ required power. The success of the sophomore ║ │ │║ album was even bigger than for their debut. ║ │ │║ With their worldwide distribution deal with ║ │ │║ Shark Records, good reviews from Argentina to ║ │ │║ Japan kept flooding in. The song ôDragonslayerö ║ │ │║ also impressed the jury of the Rock Hard Contest ║ │ │║ and allowed the band to include the song on ║ │ │║ Iron SaviorÆs album ôUnificationö. ║ │ │║ ôThe Swiss Dragonslayersö was a name that popped ║ │ │║ up in several press clippings and has stuck ║ │ │║ with the band ever since. To this day, the guys ║ │ │║ wear it with pride. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In 2001, the album ôTales of Tellö about the ║ │ │║ Swiss national hero William Tell was released. ║ │ │║ It was self-produced by the band from start to ║ │ │║ finish. Due to the low budget approach and the ║ │ │║ lack of a distribution deal, its success was ║ │ │║ limited. Nonetheless, quite a number of songs ║ │ │║ remain live staples to this day. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Motivated by their live success, the band ║ │ │║ continued to work on new songs and thus released ║ │ │║ ôThe Legacy of Sempachö in 2005. The typical ║ │ │║ Excelsis Folk Metal was further developed ║ │ │║ without losing touch with their roots. The ║ │ │║ resulting new album tells the story of another ║ │ │║ heroic event in Swiss history. Aurora Records ║ │ │║ released the album. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Finally the band could also play several larger ║ │ │║ gigs at home and abroad, amongst them two ║ │ │║ appearances at Metalcamp Open Air (Slovenia) ║ │ │║ End of Dayz Festival (CH), Metal Dayz (CH), ║ │ │║ Eternity of Rock Open Air and Night of the ║ │ │║ Cross Festival (both in Italy), as well as ║ │ │║ Rocktown Open Air and Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg in ║ │ │║ Germany. They shared stages with Accept, ║ │ │║ In Extremo, Schandmaul, Haggard, Rage, Subway ║ │ │║ to Sally, Skyclad, Gurd, Dornenreich, ║ │ │║ Wintersun, Annihilator, Iron Savior, Pertness, ║ │ │║ Hammerfall à just to name a few. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Having searched archives of Swiss history, the ║ │ │║ band developed a keen interest in Swiss ║ │ │║ mercenaries. Using these stories, they produced ║ │ │║ the album ôStanding Stoneö which was ║ │ │║ released in 2008. Helvetic heroics combined ║ │ │║ with Folk Metal sounds set a new high point ║ │ │║ in the bandÆs career. Thanks to their good ║ │ │║ relationship with the successful Swiss ║ │ │║ band ôEluveitieö, they could convince Chrigel ║ │ │║ Glanzmann to appear as guest musician on ║ │ │║ the album. Non Stop Music released the album in ║ │ │║ Switzerland while Twilight Records obtained ║ │ │║ the distribution deal for the rest of the ║ │ │║ world. At the time several concerts were played ║ │ │║ with bands such as Eluveitie, Korpiklaani, ║ │ │║ Finntroll, Black Messiah, Finsterforst, Samael, ║ │ │║ Heidefolk, Sepultura, Schandmal, Blackguard, ║ │ │║ Vreid and others at such festivals as ║ │ │║ Fiesta Pagana, Eluveitie & Friends, Forefathers ║ │ │║ Festival, Viking/Pagan Festival and others. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Simply because the band wanted to try something ║ │ │║ different they released the self produced ║ │ │║ acoustic EP ôE cly angeri Liederö in 2010. The ║ │ │║ album, which was once again distributed ║ │ │║ by Non Stop Music, proved a success, which took ║ │ │║ the band by surprise. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ With the continued success of Folk and Pagan ║ │ │║ Metal worldwide the band decided to stick to ║ │ │║ their guns and continue on the path they set ║ │ │║ off on in 1996. The bandÆs brand new album ║ │ │║ received a professional production by Christoph ║ │ │║ Brandes at Iguana Studios ║ │ │║ (Necrophagist, Finsterforst, Unlight, etc.) and ║ │ │║ moves the sound to the next level with ║ │ │║ its unbelievable brutality. Once again the band ║ │ │║ successfully combined a story by ║ │ │║ Jeremias Gotthelf with their very own brand of ║ │ │║ metal. Thundering drums and ear splitting ║ │ │║ guitar riffs are complimented with more ║ │ │║ traditional instruments. The brutal singing, or ║ │ │║ as ║ │ │║ Christoph Brandes described it ôwild men with ║ │ │║ axes over their heads, running down the hills ║ │ │║ intent to split some headsö, with a number of ║ │ │║ passages in Bernese Swiss German, takes one ║ │ │║ inevitably back to the times of warriors and ║ │ │║ dragons. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Get ready for future live battles with the new ║ │ │║ album and pay the band their dues they deserve. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The ôEmmentaler Dragonslayersö are back à more ║ │ │║ than ever before! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Haaaauuuuuuuu ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Intro [02:24] │ │ 02 - The Tombstone [07:59] │ │ 03 - Gfauni ─ngle [01:45] │ │ 04 - Tell [04:11] │ │ 05 - The Tomorrow Song [05:28] │ │ 06 - Dragongroundalp [06:06] │ │ 07 - Forgotten Hymn [05:04] │ │ 08 - TΣu grosse KΣmpfer [02:02] │ │ 09 - Don't Destroy [06:40] │ │ 10 - Out of Rain [07:18] │ │ 11 - Hillflames on High [06:51] │ │ 12 - Last Episode [05:50] │ │ 13 - Outro [03:53] │ │ 14 - Hidden Song [00:19] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [65:50 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘