┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Mesmerize - Stainless + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jun-08-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2005 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.mesmerize.it ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Mesmerize Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Stainless Label : SPV ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Stainless is one of those releases I like ║ │ │║ calling safe ones. Those of you familiar with ║ │ │║ Mesmerize will like this, no doubt about it. The ║ │ │║ rest who never really bonded with the band will ║ │ │║ see nothing too different in here. Without ║ │ │║ lacking any progress at all Stainless sounds as ║ │ │║ if it was released a week after their previous ║ │ │║ work. ║ │ │║ Mesmerize was formed back in 1988 and ever since ║ │ │║ they've only gone through one lineup change (the ║ │ │║ band's previous guitarist Paolo Chiodini was ║ │ │║ replaced by Piero Paravidino in 2003). In their ║ │ │║ early years the released two demo tapes RIP ║ │ │║ Memerize (1991) and Tregenda (1993) and ║ │ │║ performed live as much as possible. Their first ║ │ │║ full length release came in 1998 (Tales Of ║ │ │║ Wonder) and was followed by Vultures Paradise in ║ │ │║ 2000. However most people know Mesmerize as the ║ │ │║ band of vocalist Folco Orlandini, one of the ║ │ │║ most known and talented vocalist in Italy. He ║ │ │║ was the voice behind Time Machine's masterpiece ║ │ │║ Act II: Galileo and also a member of Skylark and ║ │ │║ Eddy Antonini. ║ │ │║ Mesmerize play traditional Metal in the vein of ║ │ │║ mid period Iron Maiden / early period Helloween. ║ │ │║ What they do, they do it really well. Most songs ║ │ │║ are mature and there's no objection that the ║ │ │║ band has overworked over their compositions. The ║ │ │║ addition of some guest vocals adds extra color ║ │ │║ (Vanni Ceni, singer of Wotan sings in two songs ║ │ │║ and Paola Bianchi from Ludmila boosts the final ║ │ │║ song) while there is use of keyboards for the ║ │ │║ first time. Add to all this a folk touch given ║ │ │║ by a violin in some songs. ║ │ │║ Problem is that apart from those additions ║ │ │║ there's nothing new in this one. No surprises, ║ │ │║ while only a couple of songs can be considered ║ │ │║ as strong in the test of time. The rest are ║ │ │║ pretty much common in classic Metal. So in order ║ │ │║ to make a perfect circle in this review (thus ║ │ │║ return to the start) Stainless is a safe album, ║ │ │║ after three years of silence Mesmerize seem ║ │ │║ stuck in the exact same place. I think it's time ║ │ │║ for them to move onà ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Lineup: ║ │ │║ Paolo Chiodini - Guitar ║ │ │║ Andrea Garavaglia - Drums ║ │ │║ Folco Orlandini - Vocals ║ │ │║ Piero Paravidino - Guitar ║ │ │║ Andrea Tito - Bass ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - The Burn [03:44] │ │ 02 - Bitter Crop [05:27] │ │ 03 - Princess Of The Wolves [05:19] │ │ 04 - Triumph Of The Darksword [07:29] │ │ 05 - Windchaser [04:23] │ │ 06 - Field Of Heroes [05:53] │ │ 07 - Lure Of The Temptress [05:31] │ │ 08 - Hot Lead Cold Steel [05:24] │ │ 09 - Bloody Mary [06:36] │ │ 10 - Mesmerize [10:06] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [59:52 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘