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Crimson Glory - Astronomica



7.4 | 88 votes |
Release date: 1999
Style: Progressive heavy metal

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Disc I
01. March To Glory
02. War Of The Worlds
03. New World Machine
04. Astronomica
05. Edge Of Forever
06. Touch The Sun
07. Lucifer's Hammer
08. The Other Side Of Midnight
09. Cyber-Christ
10. Cydonia

Disc II [limited bonus disc]
11. Painted Skies [live]
12. Queen Of The Masquerade
13. Lost Reflection [live]

Additional info
Produced, engineered and mixed by Jon Drenning for Interstellar Productions
Co-produced by Jeff "Sgt. Rock" Lords
Additional pre-production by Mitch Goldfarb
Recorded and mixed at Dreamland, Anna Maria, Florida
Mastered by Michael Fuller at Fullersound, Miami, Florida
Art direction and design by Jon Drenning
Photography by Gene Pollux

℗+© Interseller Records, Inc. Manufactured & Marketed by Spitfire Records, Inc.

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Comments: 1   Visited by: 32 users
28.12.2022 - 13:50
Rating: 7
majormalfunction

This one starts off great. March to Glory (a heavy version of Boadicea by Enya) is a excellent intro, sets the mood straight away and then the following 5 songs are a great explosive heavy metal discharge. After those songs we get some quite obvious fillers but it ends on a great note with the melodic Cydonia.

One problem I have is Wade Black. He is a excellent singer IMO but just like on World Asylum by Leatherwolf his vocals comes off as quite monotonous. That's not entirely his fault as it seems the lyrics and vocal lines are written in a quite "rugged" and strict way, often it lacks the natural flow it should have. One could only imagine how it would have sounded if Midnight was there co-writing the songs. The second problem is the production with the programmed drums, they are alright but it shines through that it's not a real drummer. At times it gets this cheap feeling.
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