ANGEL DUST - Bleed CD, Heavy Metal Excellent condition Follow Me Part I & II

Description: ANGEL DUST - Bleed, CD, Power Metal, Progressive Metal is released in 1999 by Century Media - 77243-2 Worldwide. The CD, front and back covers as well as lyrics and photos are in excellent condition. There are 12 tracks on it : 1- Bleed, 2- Black Rain, 3- Never, 4- Follow Me Pt.1, 5- Follow Me Pt.2, 6- Addicted To Serenity, 7- Surrender, 8- Sanity, 9- Liquid Angel, 10- Memories, 11- Nightmare Extended Version, 12- Temple Of The King (RAINBOW)Matrix / Runout : DIDX-068949 1 AO1 Mould SID Code : IFPI 502E ANGEL DUST is :Dirk Thurisch - VocalsBernd Aufermann - Lead & Rhythm Guitar Steven Banx - KeyboardsFrank Banx - Bass Guitar Dirk Assmuth - Drums Bleed is among ANGEL DUST's best albums. The quality of the songwriting, the vocal melody lines and the attention to detail on Bleed is second to none. This is a band of contrasts, and is evident right off the start with the opening title track. A nice orchestrated piano intro leads into a great crunchy-heavy riff with the piano track still very much present in the background. This song has a classic pounding heavy metal style and a wonderful, powerful chorus. This song also features some nice harmonized lead guitar and is certainly to this day, one of the band's best songs. For a band with this amount of heaviness, the vocal lines are very melodic, something that is evident throughout much of this release. Never is another great track. It contains a mix of lighter and heavy passages and again some very melodic vocals and choruses layered over very heavy music. This album carries one of the best epic power ballads to come out in quite some time in the form of Follow Me (Parts I & II). The track opens with a haunting electric guitar arpeggio with acoustic guitar and piano accompaniment. This added to the soft melodic vocals makes it an instant "classic". The chorus is simply stunning and this song still gives me chills when I listen to it ! Part II kicks in with a bass guitar riff and some acoustic guitar before a slow, crashing and heavy riff comes in. A more aggressive vocal style is used on this track which then launches into an awesome, fast and heavy interlude mid-song. The song finishes with a heavier reprise of the vocal and melody lines from Part I and builds to a stunning climax. This is an outstanding example of both epic and power ballad songwriting and is one of my all time favourite songs. One of the more faster and aggressive tracks, Addicted To Serenity, features some very fast and heavy riffing and again, some very melodic vocal lines with sprinklings of piano throughout. It also uses some cool HELLOWEEN style fast lead guitar harmonies. Surrender starts with a quiet, more progressive-like passage, then gets much heavier and faster and even uses sudden tempo changes into an almost ICED EARTH style of riffing pre-chorus. The U.S. version of this album contains 3 bonus tracks which are an amazing addition to this album. Memories is more of a Power Metal style with fast double bass drumming and power-chord riffing and was originally recorded for the Border Of Reality album. The chorus is a little out of character as far as the style and feel of the rest of the song, but that's what makes this band so special. Also included is a stunning version of RAINBOW's Temple Of The King. They nail this song perfectly and it's a true pleasure to the ears ! The last track, Nightmare is a remixed and extended version of the same track found on the album Border Of Reality. It's a bouncy, heavy and very catchy tune; and has more of a commercial hard rock feel to it. Bleed is an intense melodic progressive power metal album.

Price: 22.5 USD

Location: Saint-Laurent, Quebec

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