┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + MSG - Arachnophobiac + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jun-01-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Hard Rock Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2003 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.michaelschenkerhimself ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : MSG Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Arachnophobiac Label : Mascot ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ www.michaelschenkerhimself.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To say much about Michael Schenker almost ║ │ │║ borders on a waste of words, but especially for ║ │ │║ the newcomers among you, here a short wrap of ║ │ │║ why the guy maybe is not a full legend, but ║ │ │║ still stands damn high up: ║ │ │║ 1970 he debuted in the scene with the SCORPIONS ║ │ │║ (his brother Rudolf still plays there), 1973 he ║ │ │║ switched to UFO, just to found his own band in ║ │ │║ 1979, the MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, better known ║ │ │║ as MSG. After two years he took a time out and ║ │ │║ returned with singer Robin McAuley and the ║ │ │║ MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP. After three more albums ║ │ │║ followed CONTRABAND, once more MCAULEY SCHENKER ║ │ │║ GROUP, again UFO and finally MSG came back, ║ │ │║ together with a few solo albums (so not as MSG, ║ │ │║ but "just" Michael Schenker). ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Well, and now "Arachnophobiac" has arrived, with ║ │ │║ Chris Logan, Jeremy Colson and Stu Hamm in the ║ │ │║ line up and with this album Michael is fully in ║ │ │║ the tradition of his own albums, powerful, ║ │ │║ classical Hard Rock with the Schenker typical ║ │ │║ melodic guitar play. Now that, of course, does ║ │ │║ not say much about the quality of the contained ║ │ │║ compositions and those are just as classy as ║ │ │║ they are classix, here you obviously see the ║ │ │║ loooong experience he has, because he does not ║ │ │║ need any frills or exaggerated solo passages to ║ │ │║ leave his very own imprint on the songs, he just ║ │ │║ convinces through the songwriting itself. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The songs just have soul, something that you ║ │ │║ unfortunately do not find often anymore, the ║ │ │║ opening duo "Evermore" and "Illusion" are very ║ │ │║ fine examples for that. Here it quickly become ║ │ │║ evident, too that Logan's slightly rougher and ║ │ │║ deeper voice fits the compositions very well and ║ │ │║ lends them even more character. And it would not ║ │ │║ be Michael Schenker, if he would not keep up ║ │ │║ this high level of quality on the following ║ │ │║ songs as well, but that well varied within the ║ │ │║ borders of the genre that you do not have to ║ │ │║ fear to get a uniformed mass of songs, examples ║ │ │║ for those songs would be "Weathervane" or also ║ │ │║ "Break The Circle". ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The name MSG in the year 2003 still stands for ║ │ │║ quality and if you like traditional Rock in a ║ │ │║ modern sound, then you should put ║ │ │║ "Arachnophobiac" on your list of check out ║ │ │║ albums right now! 7,5/10 ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Michael Schenker - Guitars (ex-UFO, ║ │ │║ ex-Scorpions, ex-Contraband, G3, ║ │ │║ Schenker Pattison Summit) ║ │ │║ Stuart Hamm - Bass (Joe Satriani, Steve ║ │ │║ Vai, Vince Neil) ║ │ │║ Jeremy Colson - Drums (Marty Friedman, ║ │ │║ Steve Vai, ex-LD/50, ex-Dali's Dilemma) ║ │ │║ Chris Logan - Vocals ║ │ │║ Jeff Watson - Lead Guitar on Tracks 3, 5, ║ │ │║ 7 and 9 (ex-Night Ranger, ex-Mother's Army) ║ │ │║ Jeff Okolowicz - Bass on Track 9 ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Evermore [05:22] │ │ 02 - Illusion [05:25] │ │ 03 - Arachnophobiac [04:46] │ │ 04 - Rock And Roll Believer [04:08] │ │ 05 - Into The Sands Of Time [04:39] │ │ 06 - Weathervane [05:02] │ │ 07 - Over Now [05:48] │ │ 08 - One World [04:07] │ │ 09 - Break The Cycle [03:51] │ │ 10 - Alive [04:51] │ │ 11 - Fatal Strike [04:25] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [52:24 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘