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14 never before heard performances and seven new songs make up the numbers of this retro release of JAMES BYRD`S ATLANTIS RISING. Discovered only last year by lead vocalist Freddy Krumins, these songs tell the story of the time after James had left FIFTH ANGEL back in 1987. Recorded by a mobile, like \u201cSmoke on the Water\u201d, these raw tracks of Greek mythology and lost love will entertain fans of the finest American heavy metal of 1987, or? <\/p>\n
US heavy metal has never been this much influenced by SCORPIONS, RAINBOW, UFO, and YNGWIE J MALMSTEEN. The classical themes was mostly European, but right from the solo of \u201cChasing the Shadows\u201d through to the acoustic guitar picking of \u201cRequiem Atlantis\u201d the material is not really US sounding. The guitar work is of the highest class, second perhaps to Yngwie, and, naturally, ULI JON ROTH, but few else. The big HELIX like drumming is there at times, the depth of the guitar tones are mesmerizing, there is even some DIO lyrics in \u201cFly to the Sun\u201d. The low point must be the odd \u201cWaiting in the Shadows\u201d, with its German sounding depressive touch and features of an old black and white horror movie it seems destined for another album. The highlights are there in the shape of the riff and refrain mastery of \u201cEye of the Storm\u201d and the prolonged guitar notes and masterful refrain of \u201cStranger in the Night\u201d. The rest is mostly a cut above most of the competition, plus a few average fillers. But I feel that this release was called for, being quite different in many areas to the Shrapnel debut of the band that came out in 1990. <\/p>\n
Track List
\nChasing the Shadows
\nFallen Warrior
\nI Don\u00b4t Believe in Love (Falling in Lust)
\nFly to the Sun
\nOn My Mind
\nWaiting in the Shadows
\nRemember Love
\nAngel of Mercy
\nAfter the Fire
\nEye of the Storm
\nStranger in the Night
\nLet It Out
\nGotta Find You
\nRequiem Atlantis<\/p>\n
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