┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Skyliner - Outsiders + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Apr-05-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.skylinermusic.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Skyliner Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Outsiders Label : Limb Music ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ To be in a band remotely related to the realms ║ │ │║ of Progressive and Power, is to be an immensely ║ │ │║ accomplished instrumentalist in your own right. ║ │ │║ However, it is all too easy for entire bands to ║ │ │║ be lost in the sea of generic driven mass, ║ │ │║ regardless of the title of 'progressive', ║ │ │║ swamped in unusual and atonal melodic ║ │ │║ progressions and multi-rhythmic drumming. ║ │ │║ Sometimes even the lyrics can become a drawl; ║ │ │║ who wants to hear about the same knight fighting ║ │ │║ the same dragon across 10 different bands? This ║ │ │║ is where Floridians SKYLINER come into play, ║ │ │║ ablaze with fresh ideologies, tried-and-true ║ │ │║ Power Metal establishments with Progressive ║ │ │║ embellishments, and very real lyrical ║ │ │║ philosophies. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The intro track blew me away with its eerie ║ │ │║ soundscape and powerful vocal delivery, not ║ │ │║ unlike a cross between VOLBEAT's Michael Poulsen ║ │ │║ and ex-ICED EARTH vocalist Matthew Barlow. ║ │ │║ Pulling no punches is "Symphony in Black" ║ │ │║ delivering a speedy and uplifting cascade of ║ │ │║ riffs steeped in creative melodies. Jake ║ │ │║ delivers a unique vocal effort, sticking to an ║ │ │║ aggressive Heavy Metal approach with unusual, ║ │ │║ yet catchy inflections in his melodies. "Forever ║ │ │║ Young" is a powerful track that hits home with ║ │ │║ passages evolving in both speed and ║ │ │║ technicality, with abrupt crescendos marked by ║ │ │║ drastic blast-offs in tempo; an incredibly solid ║ │ │║ track with creative drumming and even more ║ │ │║ diverse vocal performances. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I would devote a significant portion of my ║ │ │║ writing towards the epic "Worlds of Conflict", ║ │ │║ wherein the lads "pulled a DREAM THEATER" and ║ │ │║ wrote an enormous, 21-minute track. Rarely does ║ │ │║ one hear something of such epic proportions. ║ │ │║ Never stale, it seamlessly weaves in and out of ║ │ │║ passages of their own individuality that ║ │ │║ coalesce into powerful crescendos, or on the ║ │ │║ other hand may diverge into various sentient ║ │ │║ soundscapes. The bass work in this track is ║ │ │║ thoroughly impressive, going past a meat-and- ║ │ │║ potatoes approach to offer an astounding array ║ │ │║ of dynamics to add to a track that would ║ │ │║ ordinarily require a great amount of fleshing- ║ │ │║ out. I stress, this is not something you would ║ │ │║ chuck on to fit the mood. Absorb it, and embrace ║ │ │║ it. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Individually, the tracks are excellent. The 21 ║ │ │║ minute monster is at a masterpiece level, I ║ │ │║ cannot get enough of it. If I had a single qualm ║ │ │║ it would be that each of the tracks are 'too' ║ │ │║ different from the next, that the album feels ║ │ │║ more like a collection of works as opposed to, ║ │ │║ well, an 'album'. But then, I could be wrong; I ║ │ │║ could be too used to listening to 2-hour, ║ │ │║ drawlish concept albums. It is my belief that ║ │ │║ the end product was their 100% intention. They ║ │ │║ have done this right. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Jake Becker - Vocals, Guitars ║ │ │║ Ben 'The Ben' Brenner - Drums ║ │ │║ David Lee Redding - Bass ║ │ │║ Ashley Flynn - Keyboards ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Signals [02:56] │ │ 02 - Symphony In Black [07:07] │ │ 03 - Undying Wings [06:34] │ │ 04 - Forever Young [07:55] │ │ 05 - Aria Of The Waters [08:26] │ │ 06 - The Human Residue [07:36] │ │ 07 - Dawn Of The Dead [07:20] │ │ 08 - The Alchemist [06:57] │ │ 09 - Worlds Of Conflict [21:01] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [75:52 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘