┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Existance - Existance + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.nov-10-2016 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........08 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.existanceband.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Existance Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Existance Label : High Roller ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To understand the music of France's Existance ║ │ │║ you may need to explore its roots. The band is ║ │ │║ led by guitarist and vocalist Julian Izard. His ║ │ │║ father is Didier Izard, who played for French ║ │ │║ metal legend H-Bomb, a speed metal band, ║ │ │║ probably an originator in France. But Julian ║ │ │║ isn't following the same path, at least the ║ │ │║ speed metal side of things. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Existance and their debut smacks more of ║ │ │║ traditional Eighties heavy metal. You know to ║ │ │║ whom I refer. While Julian and Existance didn't ║ │ │║ follow in his father's foot steps, he did take ║ │ │║ some advice from his elder. Existance couldn't ║ │ │║ settle on a vocalist, so Dad suggested Julian ║ │ │║ take the lead. And he did. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This debut is a solid performance of classic ║ │ │║ heavy metal, with nods to hard rock. It does not ║ │ │║ waste its time with modern influences. It's ║ │ │║ steady and heavy. It carefully weaves melody ║ │ │║ throughout, and blisters with guitar work. ║ │ │║ Unlike modern metal, you do not need to be angry ║ │ │║ to listen to this music. In other words, instead ║ │ │║ of the viciousness of current hardcore metal ║ │ │║ trends, Existance lets the music and lyrics do ║ │ │║ the talking. Best tracks: all of them. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ This is such a breath of fresh air. Metal as it ║ │ │║ was intended to be: melodic, heavy, and ║ │ │║ uncompromising, without references to modern ║ │ │║ metal. Read: harsh hardcore motifs or death ║ │ │║ vocals. Existance betters, and pisses on, that ║ │ │║ stuff.s ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I dig this album. This is great heavy metal. ║ │ │║ Very recommended. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ------------------------------------------------ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Through the course of history there were ║ │ │║ numerous of ugly conflicts between Britain and ║ │ │║ France. Though these were wars are a thing of ║ │ │║ the long distanced past, when it comes to Metal ║ │ │║ music, and even though they had something of ║ │ │║ their own, I believe that the French were able ║ │ │║ to head on forward by playing the English NWOBHM ║ │ │║ game with no less than excellence. Through High ║ │ │║ Roller Records, which gave the following release ║ │ │║ its new licensing, I found the relatively ║ │ │║ newcomer group of EXISTANCE hailing from ║ │ │║ Picardy, France. Their debut self-titled release ║ │ │║ proved to me that a French band can play the ║ │ │║ magical outputs of NWOBHM in a fairly high level ║ │ │║ of dexterity and elegance while tuning their ║ │ │║ material to sound just the best NWOBHM releases ║ │ │║ sounded back in the day. I just wish newcomer ║ │ │║ British band would see what they are missing and ║ │ │║ start playing the way the fathers of their local ║ │ │║ scene, and of the worldwide Metal scene, used ║ │ │║ to. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ In comparison to numerous of NWOBHM oriented ║ │ │║ groups around the world that I had the chance to ║ │ │║ examine and enjoy, I must say that EXISTANCE ║ │ │║ resembled less to the first years of IRON ║ │ │║ MAIDEN, like many others, and more into the ║ │ │║ depths of other once roughly known groups that ║ │ │║ helped shape the imagery of NWOBHM like DIAMOND ║ │ │║ HEAD, CLOVEN HOOF, SAVAGE, HOLOCAUST and ║ │ │║ BLITZKRIEG among the list. Throughout the ║ │ │║ release I was given the impression that ║ │ │║ EXISTANCE paid a lot of attention to details. ║ │ │║ The music didnÆt feel loose and it felt like ║ │ │║ every written note was in its right place after ║ │ │║ a lot of thought. Well, probably ôSon Of Wolfö ║ │ │║ wouldnÆt fit that much to the character I just ║ │ │║ described as itÆs a sort of rip off of the main ║ │ │║ riff of DIOÆs ôDonÆt Talk To Strangersö, so ║ │ │║ probably there wasnÆt too much thought there, ║ │ │║ yet the rest of the tracks after it showed great ║ │ │║ structures, a highly constructive nature that ║ │ │║ meant to set tone in the traditional way even if ║ │ │║ it wasnÆt actually that sinuous as this genre ║ │ │║ can be. When ôKill Me Madnessö and ôWaverly ║ │ │║ Hillsö hit my ears, these were the points where ║ │ │║ EXISTANCE excelled my appreciation of them. ║ │ │║ There is nothing better than the great melodic ║ │ │║ outputs of NWOBHM and the cranky Hard Rock / ║ │ │║ Classic Metal type of solos running through the ║ │ │║ course of the songs. The closing ôExistanceö ║ │ │║ instrumental at first didnÆt seem to me like the ║ │ │║ right way to end an album, but after a few ║ │ │║ listens it sounded right and boy it was smashing ║ │ │║ just like some of the classic Heavy Metal ║ │ │║ instrumentals examples. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The thing that slightly bothers me throughout ║ │ │║ the release was the vocalist, Julian Izard, ║ │ │║ which also plays guitar and probably the ║ │ │║ replacement of the former. Do you know the ║ │ │║ feeling then an artist seemed to be holding back ║ │ │║ from his own ability on performing with all of ║ │ │║ his might, even if it is a recording session and ║ │ │║ not a live performance? Well whether you do or ║ │ │║ you donÆt, that is exactly what I got from the ║ │ │║ vocal line over here. The vocalist has a great ║ │ │║ voice and he is singing in the same manner that ║ │ │║ NWOBHM vocalists sang and some still do today. I ║ │ │║ sensed that he can uplift his abilities to ║ │ │║ perform high end pitches but he seemed to hold ║ │ │║ back. I think there were two happenings that he ║ │ │║ went high than the mid range but no more than ║ │ │║ that. I am not saying that he should try being ║ │ │║ Halford or something but it would add a lot more ║ │ │║ energy to the music. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Summing things up, this newcomer French band ║ │ │║ composed a very enjoyably material. They didnÆt ║ │ │║ attempt to run from what they love and I admire ║ │ │║ them for it. In addition that didnÆt invent ║ │ │║ anything either, not that it was expected of ║ │ │║ them. Their material is interesting, melodic and ║ │ │║ to some extent diverse. I suggest that you keep ║ │ │║ hold of the upcoming stuff from these guys. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ LINE-UP ║ │ │║ Julian Izard: vocals, guitar ║ │ │║ Frederic Labasque: guitar ║ │ │║ Tom Drouin: bass ║ │ │║ Laurent Louvrier: drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Son Of Wolf [05:31] │ │ 02 - Diary Of Eternity [07:35] │ │ 03 - Soul Warrior [05:16] │ │ 04 - Kill Me Madness [05:00] │ │ 05 - Innocent [04:59] │ │ 06 - Dark Day [05:34] │ │ 07 - Waverly Hills [04:23] │ │ 08 - Existance [04:16] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [42:34 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘