Status Minor - Dialog (2009) [Japanese Ed.]
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 391 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 135 Mb | Scans | 62 Mb | Time: 51:50
Progressive Metal | Happinet Corporation | HMCX-1063
EAC Rip | FLAC: Image+Cue+Log | 391 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 135 Mb | Scans | 62 Mb | Time: 51:50
Progressive Metal | Happinet Corporation | HMCX-1063
Between new albums by Amorphis, Thunderstone and Sonata Arctica, a comeback album by Stratovarius and a powerful debut from Free Spirit, 2009 is shaping up to be a very good year for Finnish heavy metal. Now you can add another name to that list - Status Minor, who make their Lion Music debut this year with Dialog, a late contender for progressive metal album of the year.
Status Minor is a Finish quintet in which the age varies from twenty-two till thirty-nine. The two youngest form the rhythm section en they do that well. The difference in age does certainly not hold the five musicians of making fine metal. Metal with progressive influences, like Symphony X does, but melodic enough to keep the songs interesting and vital. Not all the songs are that progressive. 'Stand And Think' and 'Masquerade' are more metal and have less progressive influences. Think of Dream Theater at times of 'Images And Words'. All the songs have nice arrangements, enough pace changes and there are more than enough solo's, guitar as keyboards as well. Guitarist - and founder - Sami Saarinen and keyboard player Jukka Karinen often have a duel to fight. They never intend to go over the top although - which makes the music restless - but keep it open and serve the songs. This keeps the songs accessible. Singer Markku Kuikka is not singing for a very long time yet - since he put his guitar aside - but is doing a good job and the band can be pleased with him to have.
Track Listing
01. Something More (05:19)
02. Out Of These Streets (05:39)
03. Stand And Think (03:55)
04. Fade Away (06:24)
05. Machine (04:12)
06. Masquerade (05:32)
07. Dialog: act I, act II, act III (15:45)
08. Blinded (Japan bonus track) (05:07)
Produced by Status Minor
The Band
• Markku Kuikka - Vocals
• Sami Saarinen - Guitars
• Jukka Karinen - Keyboards
• Eero Pakkanen - Bass
• Rolf Pilve - Drums
*****
• Anna Murphy - Female Vocals (4, 5, 6, 9)
• Rick Altzi - Backing Vocals
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 15. March 2012, 13:39
Status Minor / Dialog
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Range status and errors
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Copy OK
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End of status report
EAC extraction logfile from 15. March 2012, 13:39
Status Minor / Dialog
Used drive : ATAPI iHAS624 B Adapter: 2 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 40 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -6 -V %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:18.04 | 0 | 23853
2 | 5:18.04 | 5:38.23 | 23854 | 49226
3 | 10:56.27 | 3:54.62 | 49227 | 66838
4 | 14:51.14 | 6:23.51 | 66839 | 95614
5 | 21:14.65 | 4:11.14 | 95615 | 114453
6 | 25:26.04 | 5:31.49 | 114454 | 139327
7 | 30:57.53 | 15:44.47 | 139328 | 210174
8 | 46:42.25 | 5:06.35 | 210175 | 233159
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename D:\Download\Status Minor - Dialog.wav
Peak level 99.7 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 485B1EC7
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [BA2A8E6F]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [DCC06A21]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [A9A71975]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [821391C3]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [29E491F7]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [63C89F0E]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [732E80B7]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [101F670B]
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
Many thanks to the original uploader: Ilijan
SEE also:
Solution .45 2015 Nightmares In The Waking State - Part I
Solution .45 2016 Nightmares In The Waking State - Part II
Status Minor 2012 Ouroboros
Status Minor 2012 Ouroboros [Japanese Ed.]