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Raven quickly went downhill after signing with Atlantic in 1985, but before that, the metal/hard rock outfit showed a fair amount of promise. A product of the late-'70s/early-'80s British metal explosion that also gave listeners bands like Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Girlschool, and Saxon, Raven was heavily influenced by Judas Priest, but projected an appealing, testosterone-driven personality of its own. From "Hell Patrol" to "Lambs to the Slaughter" to "Inquisitor," the blistering early-'80s classics gathered on this CD are far superior to any of Raven's generic Atlantic output. If headbangers allot themselves only one Raven CD, Rock Until You Drop is the ideal choice. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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How It Ends Devotchka |
| Devotchka's music has always had a cinematic quality, first unveiled to major audiences as part of the successful indie flick "Little Miss Sunshine". The last track on that soundtrack was "How It Ends" and since then, its melancholic vocal nuances have been a recurrent inspiration, also used in the "Everything Is Illuminated" trailer. Its most original synchronization to date has to be the recent "Gears Of War 2" commercial. Maybe an odd choice to end up as background music for audiovisual battles against aliens, but Nick Urata's tenor grandeur and the fine strings and piano arrangements added a shockingly new epic dimension to the sophisticated, computer-generated images of the popular Xbox videogame. ©2008 Shazam Entertainment Limited. All rights reserved. | |
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