ENRAGED „The Presence of Fear”
OLD SCHOOL, OLD SCHOOL, OLD SCHOOL is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear this CD. There are three main influences here and they are SLAYER, MEGADETE, and ANTHRAX.
MEMORIZED DREAMS „Theater of Life”
Memorized Dreams are some new kids on the block from Norway that should be watched. This being there first full length CD is a breath of fresh air for me as a reviewer.
BLIND GUARDIAN „Imaginations Through the Looking Glass – DVD”
This DVD was given to me by a very special friend that is responsible for turning me onto this band and I am grateful that he did. This set was filmed at the first ever BLIND GUARDIAN open air festival held in COBURG GERMANY on June 14th 2003.
SLAYER „Still Reigning – DVD”
What can be said about SLAYER that has not already been said? I reviewed the last DVD release for this band and gave it high marks as I am going to do with this one. This performance here was the firs time that the band had ever performed the REIGN IN BLOOD disc track for track as they appear on the CD as well as six bonus tracks from the same show.
IRON MAIDEN, DIO, MOTORHEAD
August 29, 2003, Columbia, USA
GEISHA GONER „Cathing Broadness”
This is a polish band that are taking there leads from the thrash masters that we all love like TESTAMENT & MEGADETH. This disc has been out for quite some time and it shows due to the mix and production qualities.
MEATLOCKER SEVEN „The Biological Mechanism of Hate”
This is a disc that got my attention as soon as I heard the first guitar lick. I do not have much info on this band but you can trust me I will be looking this band up for future work.
KREATOR „Live Kreation Revised Glory – DVD”
Well, here it is the first and only KREATOR DVD in the history of the band. It is everything you could expect from a legendary band such as KREATOR and more for this is the limited deluxe package that is limited to 4000 copies world wide and is very hard to get here in the USA but well worth the effort.
TAROT „Suffer our Pleasures”
I am new to this band and this is the first music of this band that I have been able to hear. If first impressions are important then this band has nothing to worry about with me for they have me won over by the third track on this disc.
DREAMTALE „Oceans Heart”
The metal presented here is of a very heave progressive vibe with a lot of keyboards high lighting the songs with dramatic intros as well as souring highs and lows through out the songs. The guitar sound here is crisp and clean without a lot of crunch but played to precision with a very well and tight woven twin attack.