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S.E.R.S.H.
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| Дата: 10.05.2004
Track #1 "Armageddon" УЖЕ ДОСТУПЕН!!! :-)
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Андрей
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| Дата: 10.05.2004
Сержик почему ты не закинул на сайт самую лучшую на мой взгляд работу из своего альбома". Ты, конечно, догадался, о чем я. Конечно же, это "Armageddon" любителям Клубного она очень придёт по душе.
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Добрая
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| Дата: 08.05.2004
Блин!Че сказать?!Альбом классный!Советую преобрести!
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S.E.R.S.H.
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| Дата: 08.05.2004
1 трек из этого альбома можете скачать ниже
Shir Ha Keshet (Out of control mix)
Остальное будет доступно немного позже. Пишите Отвечу всем и на всё! C уважением S.E.R.S.H.
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Гончаров Сергей
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| Дата: 06.05.2004
Супер-альбом!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Legion |
| Дата: 30.04.2004
Legion "В городе Тында, что за полярным кругом, квартет с булгаковским названиям играет малопопулярный в народных массах "прогрессивный" рок. В активе группы: профессионализм, хорошая студийная реализация "Чёрного дня", и, как не крути, приличная дистанция от всяческих трендов. Всё правильно - солидные молодые люди, далеко не тинэйджеры, играют серьёзную, техничную музыку, всякие блэк-металлы не про них. В таких случаях для меня всегда открытым остаётся вопрос - есть ли потребитель у такой музыки? До сих пор не знаю ответа. Косовороты - это как бы униформа в группе, судя по фото на вкладыше, но от их музыки не дождёшься малейших реверансов в сторону хэви металла. Интеллигентный русскоязычный рок, с хорошими текстами, заполярно-русская версия Dream Theatre с максимально выхолощенной звуковой жёсткостью. АМ"
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Rock City |
| Дата: 30.04.2004
Rock City" zine **** "Очень серьёзная и интелектуальная работа, присланная нам из далёкого города Тында. Сразу хочу сказать , что альбом рассчитан на любителя и под него будет весьма проблематично в иступлении махать башкой и устраивать коллективные козьи пляски. Это музыка в стиле progressive-метал с русскоязычной лирикой , очень подверженная мелодизму и пафосности Dream Theater , кстати, альбом которого 1989 года выпуска для прикола был записан на обратной стороне кассеты. Впрочем сей факт ни в коем случае не умаляет достоинства этого релиза, так как даже при таком огромном влиянии своих западных кумиров, ребята сумели найти собственное звучание и подход к музыке. Н.Б."
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Greger Rцnnqvist |
| Дата: 30.04.2004
AZAZELLO - Black Day RUSSIA Rating: * * * * 2000 MOONCHILD 34926 Time: 48:19 Azazello: Alexander Kulak - Guitars, Vocals Idris Faridonoff - Drums Dmitry Bakay - Bass Vitos Afanas"ev - Keyboards Tracklist: 1. Beginning Of The End (6:49) 2. Black Day (4:42) 3. I Love That World (6:04) 4. Free Flight (4:46) 5. Demon Of Love (6:11) 6. Take Your Choice! (6:40) 7. Night Before The Christmas (10:44) 8. Christmas (2:15) I have followed this album from the first private cassette release to finished CD. I received a private cassette release called "Cherniy Den" in 1998 by the Russian band Azazello. It was the first time I heard a Russian Prog Metal band, and I still haven"t heard any other bands since then either. In 1999 I received a promotional preview CD of this album. The American label Moonchild Records had picked them up, and Brian Hirsch had done some digitally re-mastering before the CD-release. The original recordings were made in a cheap studio, so the sound quality wasn"t the best. However the band wasn"t satisfied with the new mixing so Moonchild had to do a new re-mix before the final release. Now I finally have the finished CD in my hands. This is basically the same album but with a much better sound than on the original cassette release on Volos Rec. Azazello are quite good musicians and their compositions are very good with complex rhythm changes and instrumental passages. The song titles are presented in English on the cover, but Azazello"s album has been recorded with Russian lyrics. This is because Russia is a very big country, and it"s probably there they have their biggest market. The band"s is lead by Alexander Kulak who besides playing guitar also handles the vocals. He"s also responsible for the main part of the compositions. Their biggest influence seems to be Dream Theater, but also bands such as Symphony X, Kansas, Marillion, Queensryche and Gorky Park to name a few. The highlight is the +10 minutes "Night Before The Christmas". I thing that Azazello has a good chance to be recognised even outside their native country. If you"re into Prog Metal bands such as Dream Theater, and are brave enough to try out the Russian alternative, I recommend you to give this album a try. -Reviewed by Greger Rцnnqvist- Through Different Eyes Midwestern Skies Sonitus
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Progressor |
| Дата: 30.04.2004
Azazello (Russia) - 2000 - "Black Day"*****1/2 (49 min, "Moonchild") 1. Beginning of the End 6:49 2. Black Day 4:42 (instrumental) 3. I Love That World 6:04 4. Free Flight 4:46 5. Demon of Love 6:11 6. Take Your Choice 6:40 7. Night Before the Christmas 10:44 8. Christmas 2:15 (instrumental) All music by A.Kulak, except: tracks - 5 & 6 (by A.Kulak / D.Afanasiev), 7 (by A.Kulak / D.Afanasiev / A.Tulupov) and 8 (by A.Kuleshov / A.Kulak). All lyrics by A.Kulak. Originally recorded at "Volos Records" studio, Tynda, Russia, in Jan 1998. Engineered, mixed and produced by A.Kulak. Digitally remastered at "Moonchild" studio by Brian Hirsch: Dec 1999/Jan 2000. Cover design and layout by B.Hirsch. Line-up: Alexander Kulak - guitars & vocals Vitos Afanasiev - keyboards Dmitry Bakay - bass Idris Faridonov - drums First off, please allow me to express my delight with the work of my (sad to say "ex") countrymen - the first official full-length album my (and they will never be "ex"!) friends of Azazello have recently released through the excellent American label "Moonchild". Really, like in case with Garden Wall, we run the official Azazello homepage, and we are happy to run the homepages of the Best (!!) Contemporary Italian and Russian Progressive Rock bands on our site! Originally "Black Day" was released in 1998 on cassettes only by the Azazello guys themselves, but now, thanks to wonderful work by the owner of "Moonchild", Brian Hirsch (read the review on his own "Inter-Dimensional Space Commander" album Here), who has - truly masterly - mastered their demo for CD, we currently have it as the official, universally distributed CD-release. And this is really a brilliant debut - but... first of all, instrumentally. Black Day is a real progressive killer - this instrumental composition is full of a wide-variety of themes, arrangements and solos from the direction of each musician, though the work of the guitarist and keyboardist is simply outstanding in general. By the way, Brian Hirsh has remastered the album very unexpectedly - IMHO, in the best meaning of this word. He changed the original, obviously metallic sound, as I heard it on the "Black Day" pre-production tape, up to unrecognizability, and so currently (officially!) you couldn"t call Azazello (yeah, as well as Garden Wall!) a band of Prog-Metal genre. Yes, some elements of that genre have remained on "Black Day", but its overall sound now is something like what we traditionally call a Classic Art (Symphonic) Rock. Sounding of each instrument become crystal clear, it is especially obvious from (wonderful) interplays between guitarist and keyboardist. Christmas is the second and last (in all meanings) instrumental here. This is an acoustic piece, written specially for a classical guitar - the second excellent one, as we all still love such acoustic pieces (just remember early works by Steve Howe in Yes and Greg Lake in ELP), played with guitar only. Qualitatively Christmas is quite comparable to the best examples of that style with its complex, on the whole, structures and virtuostic playing by the bandleader Alexander Kulak. Take Your Choise is another absolute masterpiece. The guest female folk vocal group introduces a very distinctive Russian folk colour to this thematically excellent composition. Unfortunately, that Russian female folk vocal group sings in only the song Take Your Choice, and I"d recommend Azazello to use such wonderful singing more often maybe, even almost in each song, but only partly, in order to create a truly unique (let"s call it distinctive Russian) overall sound. All the other songs on album instrumentally are excellent, too. The music by Azazello really contains all the necessary "progressive" elements - diverse themes within each separate song, complex arrangements and virtuostic playing by all the Four. Then, why I was grudging to add a half of the rating star more to the debut album of my own (in some ways) band to rate this work as a masterpiece? Good question...I am demanding to myself. But, how I can tell lies (in general, but especially) regarding the band, which is *exactly* so dear for me? I"ve rated "Black Day" as just almost a masterpiece owing to vocal data by the bandleader, exceptionally talented composer and lyricist, virtuostic guitar player Alexander Kulak. His vocal data are just OK, or to say more correctly, are just more or less satisfactory. His singing is by far not excellent, and so another one advice I dare to give the band I sincerely love (just remember Garden Wall - then I simply should necessarily have rated all four of their albums as masterpieces): IMHO, their most important purpose is currently to find some really good vocalist, and it would be much better if he would an English speaking person. Then, with such a unique music, Azazello could be a real Progressive Rock star, appreciated world-wide. VM, Agst 17, 2000
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Виктор Мамонтов |
| Дата: 30.04.2004
"Первая же вeщь этого альбома "Демон любви" расскрывает карты - мы имеем дело с командой ,играющей прогрессивный рок, явлением в нашей стране , а тем более в глубинке, почти забытым и крайне редким. В данном случае это обалденная смесь традиций( то "диповские" то "йесовские" клавиши, ритмика и высокий голос в духе Rush и Quinsryche) и оригинальный , ни на что не похожий материал. Музыка Azazello - сложная и многослойная, с массой сбивок, ритмических и скоростных "измен". А это , соответственно предполагает солидную работу ритм секции("Ночь перд Рождеством", "Начало конца" , да и все остальные). Строгие , даже холодные клавиры заставляют сжиматься сердце, но его тут же согревают красивейшие гитарные соло("Демон любви", "Рождество"). Более жёсткие вещи ("Я люблю этот мир","Выбирай!") напоминают о том что группа исполняет тяжёлую музыку. Тем не менее Azazello- наш феномен, о чём говорит не только лирика на родном языке, но и чисто русская напевность("Выбирай!", "Я люблю этот мир"). Для меня "Чёрный день" до с их пор представляет некую загадку, потому что, прослушав уже с десяток раз , нахожу что-то новое. А если вы за неимением времени хотите послушать всего одну композицию с этого альбома, то посоветую инструменталку "Чёрный день" наиболее полно отражающую все стороны творчества четвёрки Azazello.
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