┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Holy Cross - Place Your Bets + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.nov-03-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... n/a ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Holy Cross Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Place Your Bets Label : Pure Steel ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ We haven't heard from France's Holy Cross, at ║ │ │║ least via a new album, in four years. But ║ │ │║ excepting the addition of a new singer, Mickaδl ║ │ │║ Champon, little has changed for this band. Their ║ │ │║ output for their second album, Place Your Bets ║ │ │║ is still traditional heavy and power metal, a ║ │ │║ bit on the thrashy side of things. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The wild card here is perhaps Champon's vocal ║ │ │║ style. He doesn't seem to know how he wants to ║ │ │║ sing from one song to the next, sometimes from ║ │ │║ one verse to the next. At times he's raspy and ║ │ │║ raw, but avoiding dirty vocals, and then singing ║ │ │║ smooth, only to go mildly screamo in another ║ │ │║ instance. Call it, at best, a depth of range or, ║ │ │║ at worst, downright maddening to the listener. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Otherwise, most of the songs consist of thrashy ║ │ │║ galloping power metal, lots of big riffage, ║ │ │║ impressive drumming, and numerous skillful ║ │ │║ guitar solos. Again, much like their previous ║ │ │║ album. Sometimes, though, Holy Cross gets their ║ │ │║ heavy metal groove on, mostly in the latter half ║ │ │║ of a song with the guitar solos flowing over the ║ │ │║ dashing drums of the rhythm section (and Champon ║ │ │║ not singing). Notable songs for this effect are ║ │ │║ Last Chance, Unleash The Cross, Bad Day, and ║ │ │║ Break Your Chains. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ But the best song here is probably the last one ║ │ │║ (and not because it means the end of the album) ║ │ │║ Higher & Higher. It steers completely away from ║ │ │║ the thrashy power of the first eight songs for ║ │ │║ more accessible melodic metal with a serious ║ │ │║ hard rock groove, and Champon has a more even ║ │ │║ delivery. Arranged a bit differently it could ║ │ │║ have been a Southern hard rock song. While I ║ │ │║ seem somewhat ambivalent, I think fans of the ║ │ │║ band will find Place Your Bets a good follow up ║ │ │║ to their previous work. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Mickaδl Champon - Vocals ║ │ │║ Adrien Liborio - Guitars ║ │ │║ Lo∩c Chalindar - Guitars ║ │ │║ Ludovic Dupont - Drums ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Benoit Vicarini - Additional Bass ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Bad Day (In The Best Of Worlds) [05:11] │ │ 02 - Place Your Bets [04:28] │ │ 03 - Last Chance [04:25] │ │ 04 - Break Your Chains [04:29] │ │ 05 - Realm Of Madness [04:45] │ │ 06 - From Past To Dust [03:42] │ │ 07 - Inner Jail [06:16] │ │ 08 - Unleash The Cross [04:43] │ │ 09 - Track09 [05:31] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [43:30 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘