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Armageddon
Embrace the Mystery + 3
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Awakening
2. The Broken Spell
3. Blind Fury
4. Worlds Apart
5. Cry Of Fate
6. Illusions Tale
7. Moongate Climber
8. Embrace The Mystery
9. Sleep Of Innocence
10. Grain Of Sand
11. Worlds Apart (Rehearsal)
12. The Broken Spell (Rehearsal)
13. Die With Your Boots On (Iron Maiden Cover)
Track Listings (13) - Disc #2
1. Gathering Of The Storm
2. Burn The Sun
3. Stranglehold
4. Heart Of Ice
5. Well Of Sadness
6. Rainbow Serpent
7. Winter Skies
8. Final Destination
9. Spirit Kiss
10. The Contract
11. Winter Skies (Demo)
12. Sands Of Time (Demo)
13. Desecration Of Souls (Mercyful Fate Cover)

CD Details

All Artists: Armageddon
Title: Embrace the Mystery + 3
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Century Media
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 1/26/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 727701866628

Synopsis

Album Description

Sweden's ARMAGEDDON are the melodic metal project of Arch Enemy guitarist Chris Amott and "Embrace The Mystery & Three" finally sees the band's albums number two and three getting a release outside of Japan. This 2CD package gathers a total of 26 tracks, including the full original albums as well as bonus material like demos and cover songs and marks a must-have addition to any high-quality metal collection.

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CD Reviews

Two hard-to-find melodic metal albums in one great reissue

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 03/05/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"While Armageddon, the side project of Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, started out as a melodic death metal band, the Swedish metal group turned towards a more traditional/power metal sound for their second and third albums.

Originally released in 2000, Embrace the Mystery was the band's second album, and was a stark departure from the melodic death metal style of 1997's Crossing the Rubicon. It is still a melodic album, but has more in common with bands like Tad Morose and Brainstorm. Last Tribe vocalist Rickard Bengtsson gives a killer performance, which further highlights these well-written and well-executed melodic metal songs.

2002's Three continues along the same lines, though vocals this time around are handled by Christopher Amott himself. He actually did a pretty impressive job, though I still prefer Bengtsson's performance on Embrace the Mystery. Three has something of a Queensryche vibe to me.

Previously available only in Japan and Korea, Embrace the Mystery and Three have been reissued in a 2-disc set by Century Media. The set features expanded liner notes by Christopher Amott and each disc has a few bonus tracks.

The bonus tracks on Embrace the Mystery are instrumental rehearsal demos of "Worlds Apart" and "The Broken Spell" as well as a cover of Iron Maiden's "Die With Your Boots On" that features original Armageddon vocalist Jonas Nyren on vocals.

The bonus tracks on Three are demos of "Winter Skies" and "Sands of Time" as well as a cover of Mercyful Fate's "Desecration of Souls" that features Tobias Nilsson on vocals.

If you're only interested in Armageddon's death metal sound, this set is not for you. If you're a fan of high quality melodic metal (think Tad Morose, Last Tribe, Brainstorm, Starbreaker and Jorn), you'll want to check out Armageddon's later albums, especially now that they are more available and affordable. Hopefully a reissue of Crossing the Rubicon won't be too far behind."