Unleash [Import]

Unleash [Import]

Track Listings

1. Unleash

2. From the Ashes

3. Into Pieces

4. Spread the Plague

5. Where Carnage Reigns

6. Backdraft (Drowning in Fire)

7. Sheltered by Inferno

8. Sonlstorm

9. Heathen Divinity

10. Beyond

11. Theme for the Dead

12. Strangled by Life

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Eurupean pressing from the metal rockers. Details TBA. Karmageddon. 2005.

Tracks:

Overture To 'Tannhauser'
Domna, Pos Vos Ay Chausida
We Don't Merely Use Instruments, We Play On Them. And They Play On Us.
Hungarian Dance No.7
The Violin Is One Of The Most Tender And Beautiful Instruments Ever Invented.
Violin Concerto In D Major (Adagio)
But For A Long Time It Was Seen As The Instrument Of The Devil.
The Soldier's Tale: Triumphal March Of The Devil
The Manipulative Seductiveness Of The Gypsy Violin.
Csardas Music
The Violin And The Initiation Of Nature
The Four Seasons (Spring, Mvt 1)
Birds Are Again Evoked In The Second Concerto, Especially Music's Natural Favourite.
The Four Seasons (Summer, Mvt 1)
Like The Devil, The Violin Is A Master Of Disguise.
Old Viennese Dance No.3 'Schon Rosmarin'
The Menacing Sensuality Of Ravel's Tzigane: A Very Different Side Of The Violin:
Tzigane
Do We Now Have The True Measure Of This Instrument? Not Just Yet.
Caprice No.24
The Many Effects Of The String Tremolando: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Last Mvt)/From Joy To Fright/Quartettsatz In C Minor/The String Tremolo Practically Spells The World Agitato.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No.7)
Prokofiev's Tremolo In Romeo And Juliet Should Not Be Heard Just Before Bedtime.
Romeo And Juliet: Act IV
Vivaldi Use It To Illustrate The Shivering Of Travellers Crossing The Ice.
The Four Seasons (Winter, Mvt 1)
The Violin Muted
Clair De Lune
The Gentleness Of Muted Strings Persists Even When A Whole Orchestra Plays.
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K.467 (Slow Mvt)
The Pizzicato Violin
Pizzicato Polka
In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, The Accompaniment Is Pizzicato.
Violin Concerto No.2 In G Minor (Slow Mvt)
Varieties Of Pizzicato: Colas Breugnon (The People's Feast)/Now A Drier, Leaner, Hungrier Pizzicato. There's Not A Lot Of Comfort Here./Capriol Suite (Tordion)/The Use Of Pizzicato As 'Percussion'/Romeo And Juliet (Act I)/Mahler Used Pizzicato...
The Planets (Mars - The Bringer Of War)
The Technique Of Double-Stopping Enables The Violin To Play Duets With Itself./Sonata No.3 In C Major For Unaccompanied Violin (Fugue)/Now A Later Example Of The Same Technique
Hungarian Dance No.4
Double-Stopping Is A Standard Feature Of A Lot Of Folk Music.
The Four Seasons (Autumn, Mvt 1)
Now The Same Technique, But The Sound Might Have Come From Another World.
Bolero
Double-Stopping Can Only Approximate The Sound Of A Real Violin Duet.
Cadenza To The Violin Concerto By Brahms
Now Compare That With A Real Violin Duet.
Forty-Four Duos (No. 1: Teasing Song)
Another Duo By Bartok, Demonstrating The Violin's Rich Lower Register
Forty-Four Duos (No.2: Maypole Dance)
And Now What May Be The Most Beautiful Accompanied Violin Duet In History
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
The Soul Of The Violin Is In Song; But What About This Weird Passage?
Violin Concerto No.1 In D Major (Mvt 2)
The Use Of Harmonies In The Orchestra Can Be Both Magical And Unsettling.
Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 1, Opening)
Tchaikovsky's Use Of Harmonics In The Sleeping Beauty Is Both Strange And Darling.
The Sleeping Beauty (Act II, No.15: Entr'Acte)
Ravel's Harmonics In Mother Goose Effect A Magical Transformation.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
Stravinsky's Harmonics In The Firebird Transport Us Almost Into Another World./The Firebird (Introduction)
The Natural Upper Notes Of The Violins Have A Unique Emotional 'Grab'.
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Of The Afterworldsmen)
Still In Their Upper Register, The Violins Unleash The Energy Of A Young Colt.
Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge (No. 4)
Elsewhere, Britten Uses The Same High Register To Create A Very Different Mood.
Four Sea Interludes (Dawn) From 'Peter Grimes'
To End This Outing With The Violins, A Charming Little Elfin Dance
Elfenreigen

Tracks:

Introduction To The Viola
Viola Concerto (Mvt 1)
Khatchaturian Gets A Very Different Sound From It: Fuller, Fruitier, More Exotic.
Gayane Suite No.1 (Armen's Solo)
Very Nearly The Whole Of The Violin's Upper Register Is Also Available To The Viola.
Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'
The Viola Can Bring A Special, Rich Twanginess To Pizzicato That The Violins Lack./Don Quixote/Berlioz Drew Sounds From It That Retain Their Metallic Strangeness Even Today.
Harold In Italy (Mvt 4)
The Muted Viola: Intimate, Gentle, Poignant In Dvork
Cypresses (No.9)
The Massed Violas Of The Modern Symphony Orchestra In Mahler
Symphony No.4 (Mvt 3)
The 'Period' Viola In Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No.6 (Last Mvt)
The Cello: A Voice Of Unique Nobility
Suite No.1 For Unaccompanied Cello (Prelude)
Brahms And The 'Soul' Of The Cello
Piano Concerto No.2 In B Flat Major (Mvt 3)
Most Orchestral Composers Tend To Emphasize The Cello's Lower Register.
Cantata 'Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben', BWV 147 (Soprana Aria: Bereite Dir, Jesu)
In The Time Of Beethoven The Cello Remained As Fundamental As Ever.
Symphony No.3 'Eroica' (Finale)
But The Cello Is Not Condemned To Spend Its Life In The Basement.
Elfentanz, Op.39
Not Only In Recital Showpieces Like That Is The Cello Is Used In Its Highest Register.
The Protecting Veil (Opening)
A Cello With An Identity-Crisis: The Pizzicato Flamencan
Flamenco
Double-Stopping In The Lower Reaches Of The Cello's Range
Solo Suiet For Cello And Piano (Sardana)
It's In The Middle Register That The Cello Really Comes Into Its Own.
Oriental Dance, Op.2 No.2
It Was To The Cellos That Beethoven Gave Two Of His Most Famous Themes./Symphony No.5 (Mvt 2)/Still More Famous Than That Theme Is This One From The Ninth Symphony.
Symphony No.9 (Finale)
Introduction To The Double-Bass
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Elephant)
But The Double-Bass Can Be Intensely Expressive And Graceful.
Elegy No.1 In D Major
The Range Of The Double-Bass Is The Greatest Of All The String Instruments/Allegro Di Concerto, 'Alla Mendelssohn'/And It's Also Capable Of Very Considerable Virtuosity.
Capriccio Di Bravura
Double-Bass Solos In Orchestral Scores Are Rare But Often Memorable./Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Mvt 3)/In His Third Symphony Mahler Makes A Very Different Use Of The Instrument./Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1)
The Double-Bass Muted In Prokofiev/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Kije's Wedding)/In Another Work Prokofiev Uses The Double-Bass To Enhance The Winds./Romeo And Juliet (Act III)/And He Combines The Bass Clarinet With A Shivering Tremolo From The Double-Basses....
Symphony No.5 (Mvt 3)/So Much For The Strings/On Now To The Winds

Tracks:

The Antiquity And Magic Of The Flute
Prelude A L'Apres-Midi D'Un Faune
The Versatility And Agility Of The Flute
Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor (Badinerie)
The Flute In Fifteenth-Century Spain
Sa'Dawi
Other Flutes: The Bass And Alto
Chamber Music No.II
The Piccolo - Aptly Named
La Naissance D'Osiris (Mvt 6)
From A Piccolo Of The Eighteenth Century To One Of Its Descendants In The Twentieth
Suite No.1 For Small Orchestra (Valse)
A Variety Of Techniques
Chamber Music No.II
Flutter-Tonguing. But Tchaikovsky Got There Eighty Years Before.
The Nutcracker (Act II, No.2: Scene)
From The Transverse To The Vertical: The Baroque Recorder
Recorded Suite In A Minor (Menuet II)
An Unfamiliar, Early Vision Of The Instrument
Naelden, Naelden
The Bachian Oboe
Cantata 'Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott', BWV 80 (No.7: Duetto)
Introduction To The Cor Anglais Or 'English Born'
Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (Mvt 2)
The Loneliness Of The Cor Anglais
The Swan Of Tuonela
The Cor Anglais Joins The French Horn In Haydn.
Symphony No.22 'The Philosopher' (Opening)
Introduction To The Oboe D'Amore, Beloved Of Bach - But Also Of Ravel
Bolero
The Clarinet Family: Boxing The Compass, From The Depths Of The Bass Clarinet.../The Egyptian (Violence)/...To The Raucous And Squealy.../Taras Bulba (The Death Of Ostap)/...To The Shrill And Complaining...
Petrushka (No.8: Peasant With Bear)/...To The High Sprits Of A Playful Puppy./Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)/And To The Downright Jazzy/Romeo And Juliet (Act II)
As The High Clarinets Tend To Be Loud, So The Bass Tends To Be Soft:
Gayane Suite No. 1 (Mvt 5)
The Bass Clarinet Is Used By Most Composers Mainly As A Colouring Agent.../Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/...But It Does Occasionally Get A Whole Tune To Itself./Iberia (Almeria).
The Range Of The Normal Clarinet Parts Goes Quite High...
The Snow Maiden (Scene 5: Melodrama)
...And Quite Low.
Peter And The Wolf (The Cat)
The Clarinet As Concerto Soloist
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
But That's Not The Instrument Mozart Wrote It For; This Is:
Clarinet Concerto In A Major (Rondo)
Introduction To The Saxophone
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 4)
The Soprano Saxophone Has Quite A Different Feel To It.
L'Arlesienne Suite No.1 (Minuet)
The Little Sopranino Sax Goes Even Higher.
Bolero
The Most Famous Use Of The Saxophone Is In An Orchestration By Ravel.
Pictures At An Exhibition (The Old Castle)
The Saxophone Can Be Quite Contagiously Good-Humoured.
Sax-O-Phun
The Puffa-Puffa Image Of The Bassoon
Peter And The Wolf (Grandfather)
The Bachian Bassoon, In Accompanimental Mode
Cantata 'Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (Aria No.1)
Bizet Leaves The Puffa-Puffa Image Out, Allowing The Bassoon To Sing./Carmen Suite No.1 (Les Dragons D'Alcala)
And Ravel, Also In Spanish Mode, Does Likewise.
Bolero
The Bassoon As A Voice Of High Seriousness, Indeed Desolate Loneliness
Symphony No.3 (Opening)
The Eerie Bassoon In Its Highest Register
The Rite Of Spring (Opening)
Stravinsky Now Draws On Its Lowest Register, Lonely And Melancholy.
The Firebird Suite (1919, Berceuse)
The Bassoon As Concerto Soloist, Avoiding All Exaggeration
Bassoon Concerto In G Minor (Finale)
The Deep-Voiced Contra-Bassoon, As A Fairy-Tale Beast
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Beauty And The Beast)
The French Horn Under Its Woodwind Hat
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (Last Mvt)
Now A More Prominent Role, In A Woodwind Quintet From An Earlier Era
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Mvt 2)
The Horn In Harmonious Blend With Strings In Another Quintet
Horn Quintet, K.407 (Finale)

Tracks:

The Trumpet As Virtuoso Soloist
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Last Mvt)
The Special Brillance Of Paired Trumpets
Concerto In C For Two Trumpets, RV537 (Mvt 1)
The Ceremonial Trumpet
Fanfare For The Common Man
Trumpets And Drums - An Incomparable Alliance
Messiah (The Trumpet Shall Sound)
The Versatility Of The Trumpet, From The Most Public To The Most Lonely
Piano Concerto In F (Slow Mvt)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of The City/An American In Paris/The Trumpet As Recruitment Officer/The Soldier's Tale (The March)/The Trumpet As Swaggerer
Carmen Suite No.2 (Habanera)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of Strength And Courage
Carmet Suite No.2 (Toreador's Song)
The Trumpet Muted/Petrushka (No.4: The Blackamoor)/Lieutenant Kije Suite (Opening)/The Trumpet As The Voice Of Weariness
Billy The Kid
The Trumpet As Character Actor
Pictures At An Exhibition (No.6)
The Trumpet As The Voice Of God
Mass In B Minor ('Et Exspecto')
The Birth Of The Trombone
Aenmerckt Nu Hier
The Birth Of The Brass As A Family
Canzon 12 In Double Echo
The Trombone In The Eighteenth Century
Trombone Concerto In B Flat Major (Finale)
The Tone Of The Tenor Trombone/Romance For Trombone And Organ/The Memorable Voice Of The Bass Trombone/Requiem (Mvt 2)/But The Bass Trombone Is More Than An Instrumental Bullfrog.
Hosannah
The Trombones Become Part Of The Orchestra.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
The Wagnerian Trombone:/Overture To 'Tannhauser'
The Trombone As Caricaturist
Pulcinella (No.19: Vivo)
The Trombone As Raspberry/Concerto For Orchestra (Intermezzo)
The Horn And The Hunt
Horn Concerto No.4 In E Flat, K.495 (Finale)
The Challenging Horn Of The Baroque
Abaris Ou Les Boreades (Menuet)
The Scarcity Of First-Rate Players In Handel's Time
Walter Music (Minuet 1)
The Horn As Magician/The Firebird Suite (1919, Finale)
Horns And The Sound Of Nobility
Overture To 'Tannhauser' (Opening)
The Special Sound Of The Horn In Its Higher Register
Mass In B Minor ('Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus')
The Trumpet-Like Sound Of Massed Horns
Symphony No.3 (Mvt 1, Opening)
The Tuba - Unfairly Maligned?
Symphony No.6 (Mvt 3)
The Tuba Perfectly Cast By Ravel
Pictures At An Exhibition (Bydlo)

Tracks:

Introduction. And We Begin With A Bang.
Fanfare For The Common Man/The Bass Drum On The Battlefields/Wellington's Victory, Op.91 (Opening)
At The Opposite Extreme Is The Triangle.
Piano Concerto No.1 In E Flat (Scherzo)
Categories Of Percussion: Tuned And Untuned. The Side Drum
Overture To 'La Gazza Ladra' - The Thieving Magpie (Opening)
The Side Drum In An Effective But Unexpected Role/Clarinet Concerto (Mvt 1)
The Tambourine. One Of The Oldest Instruments In The World
Den Hoboecken Dans
Even Older Is The Originally Oriental Gong.
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
No Single Instrument Can Match The Gong In Evoking The Breaking Of Waves./Passacaglia, Op.33b From 'Peter Grimes'/But Gongs Don't Have To Be Struck To Be Effective.
Gymnopedie No.2
The Cymbals Are Generally Discovered Early In Life./The Sanguine Fan/And They Do More Than Clash Together Loudly. They Can Be Clashed Together Softly./Studio Example: But They Needn't Be Clashed Together At All/Studio Example: They Can Be Lightly...
Other Untuned Percussion Instruments Include The Whip.: Piano Concerto In G Major (Opening)/And Here Are No Fewer Than Twenty, Cracked By Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Act I, Scene 5)
More Versatile Than The Whip Are The Wood Blocks.../Studio Example/...Which Crop Up All Over The Place In Twentieth-Century American Music.
Rodeo (Hoe-Down)
Related To The Wood Blocks, By Sound, Are The Castanets./Jota Aragonesa/But The Castanets Were Also Used By Monteverdi Back In The Seventeenth Century.
Scherzi Musicali (Damigella Tutta Belle)
A Still Earlier Example From Fifteenth-Century Spain
Yo M'Enamori D'Un Aire
The Birth Of The Bongo
Symphonic Dances From 'West Side Story'
From The Streets Of New York To The Blacksmith's Shop/Il Trovatore ('Anvil Chorus')
Desert-Island Decibels: Grand Canyon Suite (On The Trail)/Arcana
From One Vegetable To Another: The Humble Squash, Or Marrow/Huapango
Onwards To The Tuned Percussion. First, The Timpani
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)
But The Drum Roll Can Be More Effectively Frightening Than The Big Bang.: Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' (Mvt 3)
Not One Drum Roll, But Many/Grand Canyon Suite (Sunrise)/Symphonie Fantastique (Last Mvt)
Taking Advantage Of Tunability
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Mvt 2)
The Russian Composer Rodion Shchedrin Takes A Downward Turn./Carmen Suite (Changing Of The Guard)/Tuned, Yes; But For The Truly Melodic We Must Look Elsewhere.
Introducing The Glockenspiel/Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Saint-Saens And The Xylophone
The Carnival Of The Animals (Fossils)
Ravel And The Xylophone
Ma Mere L'Oye - Mother Goose (Laideronette)
Introducing The Marimba/Carmen Suite (First Intermezzo)
Introducing The Vibraphone
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Narange Dolce)
The Vibraphone Goes Russian.../Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)/...And Is Joined By The Marimba./Carmen Suite (Carmen's Entrance And Habanera)
Introducing The Hungarian Cimbalom
Folk Dances
The Cimbalom And The Symphony Orchestra
Hary Janos Suite (Mvt 3)
Introducing The Tubular Bells
Hary Janos Suite (Viennese Musical Clock)
A More 'Up-Front' Approach From Rodion Shchedrin
Carmen Suite (Introduction)
But The Bells Can Also Make The Sinister Even More Sinister./Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Introducing The Celeste
The Nutcracker (Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy)
Magic, In The Use Of Collective Percussion
Miroirs (La Vallee Des Cloches)
Plucked Instruments: The 'Undercover Percussion'/Carmen Suite (Scene)
A Prime Case In Point Is The Harp, Irresistible To The Romantics./The Nutcracker (Act II, No.1: Scene)/The Non-Solo Harp As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Hungarian Rhapsody No.1
The Traditionally Subservient Role Of The Harpsichord In The Baroque Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 (Slow Mvt)
The Piano: King Of The Tuned Percussion/Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Mvt 3)/And A Quarter Of A Century After That:
Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Anti-Romantic Piano As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra
Music For Strings, Percussion And Celeste (Last Mvt)

Tracks:

Keyboard Instruments In The Orchestra - The Most Powerful Of Them All:
Symphony No.3 'Organ' (Finale)
But Things In Handel's Day Were Very Different.
Organ Concerto In B Flat, Op.4 No.3 (Last Mvt)
The Organ Is Difficult To Classify.
An Unexpected, Organ-related Guest
Concerto Pour Zampogna (Last Mvt)
Peasant-Fancying... And A Touch Of The Roaming Cowboy
Les Miserables (Drink With Me)
Outside Artefacts And The Power Of Association
Mahler's Sleighbells
Symphony No.4 (Opening)
A Roll-Call Of Some Unusual Guests/The Typewriter/Parade
Chains, And More/Integrales/An American In Paris/Sandpaper Ballet
Purpose-Built Oddities: Wind Machines/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Opening)
Don Quixote (Variation VIII)
National Calling Cards: The Guitar For Spain/Concierto De Aranjuez (Finale)
And The Guitar's Poor American Relative, The Banjo/Washington Breakdown
And Poorer Still, The Mouth Organ/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (Packing Up)
The Balalaika For Russia/Romeo And Juliet (Act II: No.14)
The Maracas For Mexico/The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (El Desayuno)
The Bongos And Congas And A Whole Wealth Of Other Drums For Africa And Central America/Studio Example
The Sitar Of India/Evening Raga: Bhapoli
The Accordion For France (Especially Paris)/Paris Canaille
The Zither For Vienna/The Third Man (Theme)
The Cimbalom For Hungary/Folk Dances
The Guitar As An Integral Part Of The Orchestra/Rondena
There Are Whole Orchestras Of Balalaikas./Sveit Mesiats
The Effect Of The Wordless Human Voice, Used Purely As An Instrument/Symphony No.7 'Sinfonia Antartica' (Mvt 1)
Nocturnes
Instruments And the Imitation Of Nature. The Clarinet As Cuckoo
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Cuckoo)
The Flute As An All-purpose Aviary
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aviary)
The Oboe As Duck
Peter And The Wolf (The Duck)
The Recording Of Reality. Does It Work As Well?
The Pines Of Rome (The Pines Of The Janiculum)
The Recording Of Reality Electronically Reborn In New Guises
Cantus Articus - Concerto For Birds And Orchesra (Mvt 2)
Beethoven Turns Avian: Cuckoo, Nightingale, And Quail
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' (Andante Molto Mosso)
Some Improbable Casting: The Violin As Braying Donkey
The Carnival Of The Animals (Persons With Long Ears)
A Truly Orchestral Hee-haw To Be Reckoned With
Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
A Thunderstorm In A Million
Symphony No.6 'Pastoral (Allegro-Allegretto)
the Instrumental Depiction Of A Silent World
The Carnival Of The Animals (The Aquarium)
Saint-Saens' Menagerie Takes A Curtain Call.
The Carnival Of The Animals (Finale)

Tracks:

The Grouping Of Instrumental Families. An Additive Approach. First, Two Violins
Forty-Four Duos (No.4)
A Great Contrast, Of Both Pitch And Character: Violin And Viola
Duo For Violin And Viola In B Flat Major, K.424 (Finale, Vars 1 & 2)/Studio Example
Arrival Of The Standard String Trio: Violin, Viola, And Cello
String Trio In B Flat (Menuetto)
The String Quartet: Two Violins, Viola, And Cello
String Quartet In F, Op.18 No.1 (Mvt 3)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Viola
String Quartet No.5 In D, K.593 (Adagio)
The String Quintet - When The Extra Instrument Is A Second Cello
String Quintet In C (Mvt 3)
The String Sextet: Two Violins, Two Violas, And Two Cellos
String Sextet In B Flat (Mvt 2)
The String Octet: The Standard String Quaret Times Two
Octet In E Flat, Op.20 (Mvt 1)
Double The String Octet: A Fully Fledged String Orchestra
String Symphony No.2 (Finale)
The Massed Strings Of A Symphony Orchestra
Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Contrasts Of Pitch And Instrumental 'Colour' In The Woodwind Section
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Op.100 No.5 (Theme)
In The First Variation It's The Horn That Gets The Lion's Share.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 1
In Variation Two The Torch Is Handed To The Bassoon.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 2
In Variation Three The Oboe Leads.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 3
Variation Four: Conversation Before Returning To A Solo-dominated Texture
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 4
And Variation Five is Dominated By The Clarinet.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 5
The Next To Be Featured Is The Virtuoso Flute.
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 6
Individual Farewells And A Closing Chorus
Wind Quintet In A Minor, Variation 7
A Mixed Group: Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, String Quartet, And Double-Bass
Octet In F (Mvt 3)
The Early Classical Symphony Orchestra Of Haydn And Mozart
Symphony No.29 In A, K.201 (Finale)
Strings, Wind, But No Brass. What Haydn And Mozart Never Knew
Canzon 28
Beethoven's Fifth: Two Horns, Two Trumpets, And Three Trombones Join The Team.
Symphony No.5 (Finale)
From Beethoven To The Massive Orchestras Of Berlioz, Wagner, And Mahler
Beethoven Changed The Face Of The Symphony And The Orchestra Forever
Symphoy No.6 'Tragic' (Mvt 1)
The Cult Of Orchestral Elephantiasis Reaches Its Peak.
Symphony No.1 'Gothic' (VI: Te Ergo Quaesumus)
When Large Doesn't Necessarily Mean Loud: Debussy
Images (Gigues)
A Crisis Of Confidence; The Orchestra's Survival Hangs In The Balance, But It Still Develops. The Ondes Martenot:
Turangalila Symphony (Chant D'amour 1)
The Advent Of The 'Early Music' Movement Brings A New Vitality And Freshness.
Balle De Xerxes (Gavotte En Rondeau)
Computer And Synthesiser: Friends Or Foes?
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins (Largo)
A Speculative Look Ahead/Mass In B Minor ('Dona Nobis Pacem')

Customer Reviews:

Instruments of the Orchestra - Great Reference Material!.......2007-04-04

This set lends itself to greatly enhancing one's knowledge of the orchestra, instruments in it, and their usage. I am a huge music buff, and I still picked up a great deal I previously did not know. I highly recommend this for all who wish to understand the origin of music, as well as the processes that are employed to create music!

Beginner or Expert.......2007-03-12

This CD is excellent for the beginner or expert! To be able to haear the instrumets separately and then together really provides a good education. and/or refresher. The book thaty comes with the CD is alomost worth the price by itself!

Very Informative and Enjoyable.......2006-11-20

Whether you're a music novice or pro, "The instruments of the Orchestra" is a very worthwhile purchase. The 7 CDs, with a total of 8 hours, are expertly narrated by Jeremy Siepmann. He's a great speaker, very much like the late Leonard Bernstein was. Mr. Siepmann takes you on an unforgetable musical journey covering the origins and use of the various orchestral instruments throughout musical history. The balance between his narration and a wealth of musical examples, which range from snippets to entire movements, is superb. The comprehensive enclosed booklet is excellent and faithfully follows the 7 CDs in content. Even with my 40+ years of music training I still learned new things from this wonderful collection. Considering the excellence of the content, and a cost that translates to about $5 per disc, this collection is a great value. Grab it, you won't regret that you did. Five solid stars!

Frank's view.......2006-08-19

This boxed set of CD's with booklet achieved all I had hoped that it would. There are good samples of individual instruments and well done commentary on each. The only drawback was that some of the samples were too brief and could have been longer, hoiwever I guess this fits in with time constraints of the medium. It has given me a lot of clues as to future purchases of CD's for listening to individual instruments. Altogeth a satisfactory purchase and a welcome addition to my collection.

Excellent Intro for Those Not Familiar with the Orchestra.......2003-11-08

I've listened to classical music for years and am interested in composition. I bought this CD set to learn how an orchestra and its instruments work. I thought the CDs would be a nice but boring lecture. They aren't! Not only are they FUN but they are informative as well. I learned a huge amount from each CD and couldn't wait to listen to the next one.

The narrator and writer is a great speaker and holds your attention well. He is definitely knowledgeable. He provides musical examples for each point he makes, so you get to "hear" what he just talked about. I'd say the CDs are about 65% music and 35% narration. You'll learn about the range of instruments, some history, different ways to play them, how they sound, and how they are used in the orchestra. This CD set was a great learning experience and is sold at such a low price!

I recommend this CD for those who want to learn about classical music and those who know about it but are interested in learning more about the inner workings of an orchestra. You'll learn much useful information. For instance, the Rite of Spring (with that eerie start) is written for bassoon! I never knew a bassoon could sound like that but now I do.

The one complaint I have is the last CD. This deals with the orchestra. I wanted more of a tour of how the orchestra has been used through history up to the present. Instead, it was a tour of how different groups of instruments sound. I thought it could have been better. The other 6 CDs are excellent.

Unleash the Dragon
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A Successful Solo Effort That Fueled A Craze For Thong Underwear (Thank You)!

A very solid product. He made the transition from group to solo artist smoothly!

A Successful Solo Effort That Fueled A Craze For Thong Underwear (Thank You)!

The man, the myth, the legend!!

A VERY GOOD ALBUM.

Unleash the Dragon
Sisqó
Manufacturer: Def Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Enter the Dru

Dru Hill

Dru World Order

100% Ginuwine

ASIN: B0000365FL
Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

Unleash The Dragon
Got To Get It
Is Love Enough
2nite (Interlude)
How Can I Love U 2nite
Your Love Is Incredible
So Sexual
Thong Song
Incomplete
Addicted
Dru World Order (Interlude)(Dedicated To Dru Hill)
Enchantment Passing Through - Dru Hill
You Are Everything (Remix) - Dru Hill

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It seems that all one has to do in R&B is maintain the status quo and the fans will open their hearts and wallets. Critics might yearn for innovation, but as song after song parades by in a blurring montage of predictability, it would appear that simply coloring within the lines is what the public wants. Into this realm walks Dru Hill as singer Sisqó with his maiden solo effort. Arguments will now be heard about how a solo record from the lead singer of an otherwise anonymous group differs from a record from said anonymous group. Who cares? Sisqó can sing and work the emotional heart out of the songs on Unleash the Dragon. We're talking getting the job done right and within those confines Sisqó does that, with an appealing growl and love-man swagger. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews:

A Successful Solo Effort That Fueled A Craze For Thong Underwear (Thank You)!.......2007-06-20

Sisqo's solo debut entitled "Unleash The Dragon" was released on November 30, 1999. Though album sales sold moderately at first, as songs such as the infectious "Thong Song" and the melodic "Incomplete" rose up the charts, "Unleash The Dragon" exploded in popularity and ultimately fueled a craze for thong underwear! This album contains more than just a popular spring break anthem, however, there are a few songs that could be considered "fillers." Below, please find the rating for each song individually:

Unleash The Dragon (Featuring Beanie Sigel) - 10/10

Got To Get It (Featuring Make It Hot) - 10/10

Is Love Enough (Featuring Lovher) - 7/10

How Can I Love U 2nite - 6/10

Your Love Is Incredible - 7/10

So Sexual - 6/10

Thong Song - 10/10

Incomplete - 8/10

Addicted - 6/10

Enchantment Passing Through (Featuring Dru Hill) - 6/10

You Are Everything (Featuring Dru Hill & Ja Rule) (Remix) - 10/10

A very solid product. He made the transition from group to solo artist smoothly!.......2007-06-20

And after the slump that was Enter The Dru, Sisqo comes back as a solo artist and does wonders.

I'll do a song by song rating. Hopefully, I'll keep it short and sweet.

1. Unleash The Dragon Feat. Beanie Sigel - This is a good way to start off the CD. 8/10

2. Got To Get It Feat. Make It Hot - This song is really good. Even the rap from Make It Hot fits well. 8.5/10

3. Is Love Enough Feat. Lovher - Ever since the first time I heard this song, I loved it. It's my second favorite song. 10/10

4. 2Nite (Interlude) - It's pretty damn good for an interlude. Sometimes they're pointless but this one leads into the song, How Can I Love You 2Nite perfectly. 8/10

5. How Can I Love You 2Nite - I love this song. And the chorus is good and that's a big part of the song because it's repeated. It doesn't get annoying at all. This is definitely my favorite here. Slow and sexy jam. 10/10

6. Your Love Is Incredible - This song is solid. It's not as good as the last song or Is Love Enough and it seems a bit on the filler side but I promise, it's not bad. 8/10

7. So Sexual - This song rocks. No filler material here. Like the guitar towards the end. It adds a bit of latin flair. Chorus is a bit repetitive but not overly so. Third favorite song. 9/10

8. Thong Song - This song was so damn popular in 2000. I thought I was going to puke the next time I heard it but I didn't. It's still a solid song. 8/10

9. Incomplete - I like this song's message. Fame and fortune aren't everything to Sisqo. He tries to get his point across that he needs a special woman in his life; without, he is nothing. 8.5/10

10. Addicted - Real nice filler. It flows nicely but never takes off. 8/10

11. Dru World Order (Interlude) - An interlude dedicated to the group, Dru Hill. It's not bad...It fits, I guess. 7.5/10

12. Enchantment Passing Through Feat. Dru Hill - This song was written by Elton John! Anyway, it's not bad, but it doesn't really fit with the other songs. The weakest track here but Dru Hill sounds amazing. Decent filler. 7.5/10

13. You Are Everything (Remix) Feat. Dru Hill and Ja Rule - Nice beat. Solid track. Decent note to leave the album on. 8/10

It makes my heart sing to know that Sisqo, or Mark Andrews had a part in writing most of these songs. I plan to be a singer/songwriter and I find it inspirational when others do it for themselves.

This CD is pretty good. 4 stars and highly recommended!

A Successful Solo Effort That Fueled A Craze For Thong Underwear (Thank You)!.......2006-06-24

Sisqo's solo debut entitled "Unleash The Dragon" was released in November of 1999. Though album sales sold moderately at first, as songs such as the infectious "Thong Song" and the melodic "Incomplete" rose up the charts, "Unleash The Dragon" exploded in popularity and ultimately fueled a craze for thong underwear! I can personally assure you that this album contains more than just a popular spring break anthem; from start to finish, this is a solid R&B album. The highlights of the album include: "Unleash The Dragon," "Got To Get It," "Thong Song," and "You Are Everything (Remix)" featuring Ja Rule.

Warning: this album does include some baby makin' music!

The man, the myth, the legend!!.......2006-01-20

Formerly of Dru Hill, Sisqo is taking America by storm, proving he's much much much more than a one-hit wonder. Get this fantastic solo debut. Don't miss, or you'll regret it.

A VERY GOOD ALBUM........2005-12-23

Sisqo is a great entertainer and he doesn't have the best singing voice, but he surely knows how to make a song his own. Besides his voice, he knows how to dazzle on stage. As one of the lead vocals for the famous group DRU HILL, Sisqo always stood out from the rest and he was never was hated being the lead singer like Beyonce. UNLEASH THE DRAGON is a great solo debut and Sisqo captured everyone's attention with songs like "THE THONG SONG" and "INCOMPLETE". Suprisingly, Sisqo fell off the map and has disappeared for a long time but he's coming out with a new album in 2006. Be prepared for THE LAST DRAGON which will blow everyone away.

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Unleash the Fury - Ingwie Malmsteen
His best metal CD to date
A surprise (almost) return to form
Really Just More Of The Same
Muy parecido a los discos ochenteros

Unleash the Fury
Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
Manufacturer: Spitfire
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Rising Force
Odyssey

ASIN: B0009XFIVE
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

Locked And Loaded
Revolution
Crackin The Whip
Winds of War (Invasion)
Crown Of Thorns
BogeyMan
Beauty And A Beast
Fuguetta (Instrumental)
Cherokee Warrior
Guardian Angel (Instrumental)
Let The Good Times Roll
Revelation (Drinking With The Devil)
Magic And Mayhem (Instrumental)
Exile
The Hunt
Russian Roulette
Unleash The Fury
Paraphrase (Instrumental)

Album Description

Neo-classical rock guitar legend Yngwie J. Malmsteen returns with Rising Force with Unleash The Fury, a guitar shredder's dream album! From the opening riff of "Locked & Loaded" to the 4 instrumental numbers, Malmsteen and Rising Force (Dougie White - Vocals, Patrick Johansson - Drums, Joakim Svalberg - Keyboards), produce an album that excels in every facet of musicianship. Two of the instrumentals ("Fuguetta" and "Paraphrase") are both variations of themes composed by Bach, while "Cherokee Warrior" allows Malmsteen to show off his vocal talents as well.

A former member of Steeler and Alcatrazz, Yngwie J. Malmsteen turned the music world on its heads when his Rising Force album was released in 1984. The album hit #60 on the Billboard charts and earned him a Grammy® nomination. His next album Trilogy would continue to showcase Malmsteen's high standard of excellence, which continues to this day.

Yngwie J. Malmsteen is one of rock's greatest guitar heroes. He continues to be a featured draw in every guitar-oriented magazine on the planet. With a mix of technical playing, appreciation for classical composers, and hard rock edginess, Malmsteen is one of the most respected players around. He performed in the G3 tour in 2003 with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.

Customer Reviews:

Unleash the Fury - Ingwie Malmsteen.......2007-03-15

Ingwie Malmsteen is one of the best hardrock guitar player.
Phantastic technic and music quality! Me like very.

His best metal CD to date.......2007-03-08

Not one bad song. Not one cheesy ballad. Just pure metal and pure Yngwie.

A surprise (almost) return to form.......2006-11-16

OK I gotta admit, the level of expectation for this album even from long timr devotees such as myself was tiny. And at the time of this albums release (2005) Yngwie had all the profile of an ant on the metal scene radar. But this album ain't half bad. Sure, after the horrific tryptych of Alchemy, War to End All Wars and the abominable Attack! the sound of a surgeon sawing your leg off would probably sound OK, but this album starts to recall the mid to late 90's second purple patch for the Swedish fretboard burner.

The opener Locked and Loaded (rips live by the way) gets down to business with few prissy pretensions and the second tune of Revolution is also a bonafide rocker. In fact this album is a touch like Attack! in that the majority of the songs are straight ahead rockers. Except the quality here is a vast improvement. And Yngwies production job is more in the mid spectrum of the sound range which means not everything is high pitched white noise which is an impression that's stuck in my mind in regards to War to End All Wars.

Other points to consider are the 18 tracks which would normally stunt an album but the feel of this album isn't half bad. It doesn't feel plodding when you listen to it from end to end. A few obligatory instrumentals do help to break things up a little though none of those here really grabbed me. I'd far prefer to the rockin' tune Cracking the Whip than yet another pretentious solo with a latin/muso name like Fuguetta.

Still playing wise the guy still has it and here there is a real sense of passion and urgency on this disc that has been missing from some of his recent albums. And some of the tunes do show some mobility, for example Winds of War (Invasion) which has a start reminiscent of the ballad come rocker Final Curtain from the Fire & Ice album only to swerve into a slow and weighty rocker. A number of other tracks here are also heavied up by being slowed down - not that it works for all the tracks it's tried on but this is something Yngwie has started to do a little more so it's nice to see some belated development from the guy.

Lyric wise this is the same sort of stuff Yngwie always blathers on about. Cold Scandinavian concerts totally in keeping with his history and gothic leanings. Though at least by not dealing much with issues or real life he can't exactly date, though there is some loss of human connectivity with such an approach.

I like this album. Can't give it more than three stars though as it IS a touch naff lyrically in places, slightly overlong and he hasn't gotten fully into stride again but for longtime fans or lapsed fans this is a good buy.

By the way - the enhanced section of this CD isn't much to write home about. Get yourself one of his tutorial videos for greater insight. But at least he's trying to add a little extra value and keep currenty.

And Yngwies band this week - Dougie White on vox here sounding vastly more comfortable and part of the team, Joakim Svalberg (keys) and Patrick Johansson (D).

Really Just More Of The Same.......2006-11-08

I cut my teeth technically as a guitar player on the Rising Force and Marching Out albums so I'll always have respect for Yngwie for giving us those 2 albums. At that time his technical ability and style were novel and us guitarists took note. However, I agree with most of the lukewarm reviews here. Yngwie does recycle the same old diminished runs, harmonic minors runs and scalar patterns over and over and has done so on every album since those 2 aforementioned. It would be refreshing to hear him do some soloing in a major key for instance...I know he can do it...he almost never does though. This style of music needs to have alot of refreshing nuance, tempo changes, and scale variations and arpeggios to be interesting...Yngwie doesnt seem to want to explore new musical areas...he needs too...Having said that this album isnt horrible...its simply just more of the same.

Muy parecido a los discos ochenteros.......2006-08-21

He escuchado que ha mucha gente no le gusta este disco, porque es demasiado parecido a los disco de los 80's que saco yngwie malmsteen , cual es el puto problema que tienen ustedes,si es parecido pero no tiene nada de malo, los discos de los ochenta de yngwie malmsteen son increibles, no tiene nada de malo que se parescan,yngwie sigue tocando a una velocidad y precision sobrehumana , si un disco de el se parece a los ochenteros es algo buenos BOLA DE PENDEJOS. Tambien recomiendo Attack!!! y Concerto with electric guitar in E flat minor

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Delivers all it promises

Speed Sleep II : For Health and Fitness

Manufacturer: Unleash Your Mind Products
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B0007G8RR0
Release Date: 2005-01-07

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Speed Sleep For Health and Fitness : Mental Conditioning for Achieving Your Ideal Body

Album Description

Speed Sleep II for Health and Fitness : Mental Conditioning for Achieving Your Ideal Body is a follow-up CD to the highly successful Speed Sleep CD which allows listeners to enjoy the equivalent of a deep relaxed sleep in just 25 minutes. Speed Sleep II utilizes the same conditioned response created by the original Speed Sleep. The beginning and ending are identical...even the background music track is the same. Once deeply asleep, Speed Sleep II has guided imagery to focus the mind on better health and fitness. This imagery helps you to "program" your mind to desire healthier alternatives and to achieve your ideal body. Repeated use of this CD will increase it's effectivness. Speed Sleep II is effective if you have never listened to the original Speed Sleep but it will require repeated listenings to deepen the patterns in your mind. Repeated use of this CD while asleep can increase your motivation for healthier choices while awake.

Customer Reviews:

Delivers all it promises.......2006-04-03

I ordered Speedsleep II approximately two weeks ago. It arrived promptly and I have used it nearly every day. I am beginning to feel more energy, find myself making better food selections, and am now able to get up earlier everyday and exercise. I am very impressed! As a family practitioner, I have referred many patients to a local hypnotherapist and have seen good results. I also have had hypnotherapy with good, but temporary, effectveness. Your product has been so successful for me because I have been able to repeatedly use it. Thanks!
As a physician, I would rather recommend a CD to a patient
with ineffective sleep habits that write a prescription.

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Absoluetly amazing!!!

Unleash the Hound
DJ Garth
Manufacturer: Grayhound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Revolutions in Sound
Franchise Player 01

ASIN: B000EF5MSQ
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

Stranger - Over Her Under
Mayaku - Inside Out
Ebe - Busted
Michoacan - Back Breakin'
Patrick Turner & Chris J - Machine Life
Rocket Vs Peretz - 2 Souls Alone (Patrick Turner Remix)
Stranger - Punky Brewster
Michoacan - 2 Bullets (Disaster)
Charles Spencer - Carlton Hotel
Nectar - Say Something
Charles Spencer - Beats And Tings
Stranger - Don't Push Me
Nectar - Fairy Trails
Michoacan - Galactic

Album Description

In the three years since his last CD Revolutions in Sound, Garth's label Grayhound, has had its catalogue swell to over 50 singles.

Unleash The Hound features exclusive Grayhound material, selected and mixed with love by label founder and director Garth. For optimum fidelity he used all vinyl and an Urei mixer. No edits.

Now available for the first time on CD, the music mainly from west coast producers has only seen the light of day on extremely limited runs of vinyl for taste maker DJs.

Garth's rep as a Wicked DJ has kept him in demand for 15 years. His breakout anthem 'Disco Glory' exposed him to a worldwide audience. In the ten years since he has produced 40 records as Rocket and Wicked including remixes for The Glimmers, Perry Farrell, Yabby You, and A Tribe Called Quest. When not running the label from his hometown San Francisco he's a regular guest at London's Fabric, Yellow in Tokyo, and Sullivan Room in NYC. Aside from his Grayhound CDs he has mixed albums for NRK (Nite:Life 007), Om (San Francisco Sessions 3) and Thrive (U.S. Underground).

Grayhound is his baby. Who doesn't love babies?

Customer Reviews:

Absoluetly amazing!!!.......2007-06-29

To be honest, I never expected it to be anything like this. In a way, reminds me so much of Jeno!!! It is an amazing album. Very deep wicked sound. I have all his tapes and CD collections but this one is so different. Garth just takes you back to the old times (old wicked community parties) with a new sound. All the tracks are great but some are just too good that makes me sick. Tracks such as Busted, Back Breakin, Machine Life, 2 Bullets (amazing old sound which will make anyone stand up and give respect), Carlton Hotel by Charles Spencer, Say something by Nectar, Beats and tings by Charles again. Charles is just amazing!!! he has some crazy, sick tracks. He is certainly one of my favorite producers. Overall, great job Garth!!! and thank you for taking me back!!! I mean way back. If you love deep wicked sound, don't wait, get this because it is a very unique sound.

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Suffers the North American airplay syndrome
My Favorite Saxon Album
Return to Glory...
Saxon - 'Unleash The Beast' (CMC International)
best one since power and the glory!

Unleash the Beast
Saxon
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Solid Ball of Rock
Innocence Is No Excuse
Lionheart

ASIN: B000001YAJ
Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

Gothic Dreams
Unleash the Beast
Terminal Velocity
Circle of Light
Thin Red Line
Ministry of Fools
Precher
Bloodletter
Cut Out the Disease
Absent Friends
All Hell Breaking Loose

Album Details

All New Material, Tracks Include: Gothic Dreams, Unleash the Beast, Absent Friends, Bloodletter, Preacher, Thin Red Line, Terminal Velocity, Cut Out the Disease, Ministry of Fools, Circl of Light and all Hell Breaking Loose.

Customer Reviews:

Suffers the North American airplay syndrome.......2006-06-07

This was a first North American release in a long time.

It suffers like Innocence is No Excuse and Rock the Nations in wimping out in a number of songs in order to get North American airplay, or increased sales.

Not as good as previous recordings like Dogs of War, Solid Ball of Rock, where there was no such pressure.

I bet you, the cuts that did not make the recording, would have if not for this North American airplay syndrome, and made it comparable to such non-North American recordings

My Favorite Saxon Album.......2004-07-02

During the 1990's when heavy metal had lost some of it's popularity and was seen by many as a style of music that belonged to a decade past, Saxon stood tall as champions of the genre and continued to provide us metalheads with what we wanted to hear.

Saxon started the '90s with "Solid Ball Of Rock" which is exactly what that album was, followed by "Forever Free" in '93. 1995 saw the release of another of their better albums in "Dogs Of War", but it was "Unleash The Beast" in 1997 which was their best album since the early-mid '80's.

Doug Scarrat made his debut with the band on this album, replacing original member Graham Oliver on guitar, and whilst it is always sad when an original member goes, Scarrat fitted in perfectly and injected a freshness to the Saxon sound.

Saxon started to build a more aggressive, harder sound in the '90's after their more commercial sounding late '80's albums and with Dogs Of War this was most evident. Again they took another step in the harder direction with Unleash The Beast, and I think they hit it right on with this album.

The album has a great dark gothic picture on the cover, and mirrors the album perfectly, which starts off with the intro "Gothic Dreams". The album has a darker tone than previous Saxon albums, and the band experiments more with their sound whilst still maintaining that classic Saxon sound all us fans love. Following the intro is the great opener "Unleash The Beast" and this is exactly what Saxon have done. After a big intro of crashing drums and Byford's scream the guitars rip in and the pace picks up, with this being one of the faster tracks on the album. The next track "Terminal Velocity" keeps up the pace, with that classic Saxon guitar driven rock, and Byford getting a slightly more aggressive tone to his vocals. This song really pumps in the style of past songs such as Solid Ball Of Rock.

"Circle Of Light" again is dark and aggressive, a song about a person's life in the balance, when the next world beckons and the next few seconds will decide which path is taken.

The next song "The Thin Red Line" is my favorite song on the album, and one of my all time Saxon favorites. Perhaps only the great Iron Maiden can do battle/war songs as well as Saxon, but this is a great one to sing along to, with that classic Saxon melodic chorus. It also has a quieter moment in the middle of it when the guitars die down and Nibb's base just pumps along, before a great guitar solo breaks in. This conveys the calm before combat or during a lull in it, and builds again into the clash of warriors in battle.

"Ministry Of Fools" picks up the pace a bit again and also has a great chorus. It also gives a much-deserved slap to those supposed "respected" people who hold positions of authority in society and influence our lives.

"The Preacher" is another song with a dark undertone, but also a great intro that builds into that guitar driven rock sound.

"Bloodletter" is more frantic and aggressive, the fastest paced song on the album with great guitar work.

"Cut Out The Disease" again has a dark tone but also has a more experimental sound with timing changes, acoustic guitars and quieter moments, and great crashing heavy guitars. It is a different type of song to the classic Saxon of the past, but it is a great song that still has that unmistakable Saxon sound.

"Absent Friends" shows the band experimenting again, this time with a more mellow sounding acoustic song reflecting on the unexpected passing of friends. It has a good guitar solo in the middle, and it's mellow sound adds a good variance amongst the other heavier tracks.

"All Hell Breaking Loose" finishes off the album in the rapid fire, fast paced Saxon way. It's a good album closer.

To summarise, this is perhaps the most consistent album Saxon has ever recorded. There is not one bad song on it. It sounds dark but fresh, hard and aggressive with great guitar work, and Biff Byford's voice sounds just as good as ever (if not better).

This album is a must have for all Saxon fans, or if you just appreciate good classic sounding metal (real metal). Saxon has released many great albums and fantastic songs, but of them all "Unleash The Beast" is my favorite.

Return to Glory..........2004-05-16

This was the first Saxon album I had purchased since the 1990 release of "Solid Ball of Rock" (which had me losing interest in Saxon, as that release sounded one dimensional and lacking any emotion). This album oozes energy, fire and captures the soul the boyz had back in the early 1980's. There is not a bad song on this album, and a highlight here that exemplifies the Saxon that hooked and solidified me as a fan with "Denim and Leather" and "Strong Arm of the Law" releases, is the song "Thin Red Line." The guitars are strong and forceful here, and foreward the rapid fire energy of the early days. Biff Byford has never sounded better, and the songwriting is very professional and entertaining, losing the corny subject matter representation of the last few albums. For fans new to Saxon, this is an excellent place to start, and then pick up the newer release, which is a more groove oriented hard rock opus, "Killing Ground." THEN go back and experiment with the roots stuff of "Wheels of Steel," "Denim and Leather" and "Strong Arm of the Law." There is such a tremendous history.....but don't purchase all of the stuff (unless you are a Saxon Metalhead like me), as the group really has not veered much from the formula that has made these five albums successful.

Saxon - 'Unleash The Beast' (CMC International).......2004-04-10

Glad to see that Saxon STILL exists to this day.I've debated with other fans that 'Unleash...' is just as good as their 1990 effort 'Solid Ball Of Rock'This disc has three original/classic members: vocalist Biff Byford,drummer Nigel Glocker and guitarist Paul Quinn.All cuts here are good,but the best include the brief intro "Gothic Dreams",the title track,"Terminal Velocity","Thin Red Line" and "The Preacher".The last three I listed DEFINITELY have the classic feel of old Saxon.You know what I'm talking about...it makes you feel like dumping beer over people's heads and causing a disturance in the AM hours.Like most Saxon albums,this one features a nifty ballad,"Absent Friends" which,of course showcases a mellower side of the band.Nice scary cover.

best one since power and the glory!.......2004-02-25

if you know this band, the title of my reveiw is all you need to know. biff stopped smoking, so his voice is as good as ever. when you look up metal in the dictionary, there should be a picture of this band! NO ONE makes a battle song as good as SAXON!!!!!!!!! they are the best, just like the steelers!

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Old-school. You know the routine. Time to go.

Unleash
Soman
Manufacturer: Infacted
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00080IGXA
Release Date: 2005-06-03

Tracks:

Pusher
Traitor
Delta-Pi
80-20
Ruler
Antique (Proof Mix)

Product Description

Techno / Industrialists Soman are back with a bang ! Following a successfull debut and Limited maxi single for Out Of Line, they return with a new label ( Infacted ) and a Brand New EP "Unleash" - presenting 6 totally new, unstoppable club anthems, full of rivetting beats, ear splitting industrial mayhem and a full-on massive sound. New EP "Unleash" is sure to catapult Soman to the top of the international Industrial scene with custom built club hits such as "Pusher", "Delta-Pi" and "Ruler". 6 tracks, 6 dancefloor attacks - Get Soman NOW !

Customer Reviews:

Old-school. You know the routine. Time to go........2006-02-17

This is a neat little EP, and I had the luck of seeing Soman perform live on the VNV Nation Formation Tour in the US. And damn if I don't listen to this EP more than I listen to all of VNV now.

This is old-school sounding electronica for industrial fans. The songs were tightly-knit, extremely well-produced, and as cool as hell. The beats are absolutely relentless, which each song containing MANY, MANY different drum sounds and motions. The mainstay of these songs is the 4x4 beat, but there is so much drum activity going on you won't care. Distortion abounds, and it is wonderful!

The synths follow their own little runs without too much progression, but enough to keep the songs on-track and interesting.

Many of the songs use build-ups and break-downs to great effect. This is music to play LOUD. It's exciting to listen to and it really gets your blood flowing. If Amazon ever posts samples, I wouldn't necessarily decide whether to buy based on them. You can hear Soman's work in remixes of "Chrome" by VNV Nation and "Shelter" by Combichrist. If this quality of songwriting gets put into album form, you be sure that it will be an album to remember.

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Sisqo is the best r&b artist!
Great Songs
Great Songs
One of the best debuts of 2000.
Songs That Make You Feel Great!

Unleash the Dragon
Sisqó
Manufacturer: Def Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Return of Dragon
Enter the Dru

ASIN: B000038ICJ
Release Date: 1999-11-30

Tracks:

Unleash The Dragon
Got To Get It
Is Love Enough
2nite (Interlude)
How Can I Love U 2nite
Your Love Is Incredible
So Sexual
Thong Song
Incomplete
Addicted
Dru World Order (Deadicated To Dru Hill)
Enchantment Passing Through - Dru Hill
You Are Everything (Remix) - Dru Hill

Customer Reviews:

Sisqo is the best r&b artist!.......2003-12-23

This is the best cd because he is such a good artist. He keeps it real in everything he sings and writes. I love him sooooooo nuch! If you don't have this cd, you need to get it. If you don't get any of his cds, you need to get this one, and i guarentee you'll get all his cds! Believe me!

Great Songs.......2002-03-03

If you like Sisqo this is the cd for you. Every song is great. The thing that parents don't like are the lyics in "Thong Song" and a few other songs. Otherwise you will listen to the Cd all day. This Cd goes great with "Return of the Dragon."

Great Songs.......2002-03-03

If you like Sisqo this is the cd for you. Every song is great. The thing that parents don't like are the lyics in "Thong Song" and a few other songs. Otherwise this Cd is great.

One of the best debuts of 2000........2001-09-24

Well, I guess I should say solo debut since he was with Dru Hill before, but still, this is good. I own Sisqo's first two solo albums and I definitely think that this one is better. It has arguably the greatest summer anthem of all-time in "Thong Song", a couple of great rap songs in the title track and "You Are Everything" feat Ja Rule, and some nice R&B songs in "Incomplete", "Got to Get It", and "Enchantment Passing Through" feat Dru Hill. I think that one of the big reasons that adults are put off by this album is simply the lyrics in "Thong Song". If you sit and listen to the rest of the album though, he only has a couple of other tracks where he says anything even remotely bad. I think that one of the other reasons that I like this album so much is because since he made this, Sisqo has sort of sold out. When this came out though, he wasn't as big as he is now yet, so the songs were more original.

Songs That Make You Feel Great!.......2001-04-21

I like Sisqo & Dru Hill.I think Sisqo has a great voice.The effort he puts into his job is great.I cant wait for his new album titled "The Return Of The Dragon".In stores June 19 2001!If you like R&B,you will love this CD!

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Unleash
My Own Grave
Manufacturer: Karmageddon Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BO5M1M
Release Date: 2005-10-31

Tracks:

Unleash
From the Ashes
Into Pieces
Spread the Plague
Where Carnage Reigns
Backdraft (Drowning in Fire)
Sheltered by Inferno
Sonlstorm
Heathen Divinity
Beyond
Theme for the Dead
Strangled by Life

Album Description

Eurupean pressing from the metal rockers. Details TBA. Karmageddon. 2005.

Album Details

My Own Grave was Formed by Anders Haren (Guitar), Max Bergman (Bass) and John Henriksson (Drums) in Early April 2001. Very Soon Vocalist Ramin Farhadian Joined their Ranks and the Debut Demo "New Path/Same Path" was Released in Time for their First Live Performance in Summer 2001. Later that Year Additional Guitarist Stefan Kihlgren was Recruited and the Second Demo "Dissection of a Mind" was Released Early 2002. With this Line-up a Third Demo "Blood and Ashes" was Released in 2003, after which it was Decided that Ramin Should Be Replaced by Mikael Aronsson. This Change of Line-up was Like a Re-charge for the Band and a Fourth Demo Called "Progression Through Deterioration" was Released. My Own Grave Had Always Received Positive Feedback, but this Demo Really Kicked Ass and the Reviews were all Positive. In 2004 My Own Grave was Offered a Deal by Karmageddon Media and in the Autumn the Album was Recorded at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm.