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Monthly Archives: October 2010

MADE OF HATE – PATHOGEN (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 31, 2010

Out Now – AFM Records Proggy melodic metal with a really lame grunt. That about sums up Made Of Hate’s new opus.  Instrumentally, there’s a lot to like. The songs are varied, the musicians competent. Everything is ruined however by the discount grunt of singer Radek. Imagine a more melodic version of Arch Enemy with [...]

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HELSTAR – GLORY OF CHAOS (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 30, 2010

Released 5th November 2010 on AFM Records James Rivera has been regaling us with Helstar albums since the early eighties. After a break where James engaged in several other projects, Helstar has been an ongoing concern once more since the turn of the century. You know what to expect with a Helstar release : fast [...]

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SEVEN THE HARDWAY – S/T (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 29, 2010

Out Now on Mascot Records Seven the Hardway is a 5-piece progressive rock/metal band formed in 2009 by guitar virtuoso Tony MacAlpine (Steve Vai, Planet X, CAB), legendary drummer Virgil Donati (Planet X) and renowned vocalist Mark Boals (Uli Jon Roth, Royal Hunt, Yngwie Malmsteen).  Joining MacAlpine, Donati and Boals are bass player Doug Shreeve [...]

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KATSU OHTA OF ARK STORM INTERVIEW (ARCHIVE)

1 Comment Posted by on October 29, 2010

Interview conducted June 2005 About The Interview. Katsu Ohta is one of the star players of the blossoming Japanese neo-classical metal scene.  Katsu is the guitarist and leader of Ark Storm who are becoming quite a sensation on the Japanese metal scene, to date only one of their 3 albums have been released outside their [...]

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JON OLIVA’S PAIN – FESTIVAL (ARCHIVE REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 28, 2010

Out Now on AFM Records   The legendary Savatage vocalist is back with his fourth solo album and after a slight disappointment in the song writing on the previous effort “Global Warming”, the new effort sees the song writing come back up to par. Unfortunately this is hampered by a somewhat slightly muddy production where [...]

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JON OLIVA’S PAIN INTERVIEW (ARCHIVE)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 28, 2010

About The Interview Jon Oliva’s Pain should need no introduction to anyone with a passing interest in metal. Led by one of the most talented and charismatic vocalists the band are taking up the reigns left by the legacy of Savatage. Now four albums in the band have delivered the best album of their career [...]

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JOE SATRIANI – BLACK SWANS AND WORMHOLE WIZARDS (REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 28, 2010

It is incomprehensible how Joe Satriani can continue to mine the depths of his soul and pull out magnificent riffs and melodies. For that fact alone, Joe must be recognized as one of the geniuses of our time. After his eighteen month Chickenfoot hiatus wherein Joe was able to step back, enjoy typical band life [...]

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GEORGE BELLAS – THE DAWN OF TIME (ARCHIVE REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 27, 2010

After the previous 78 minute one track effort of the hard to get into ‘Step Into The Future’, world acclaimed guitar virtuoso George Bellas has seen fit to make things more accessible this time giving us 19  tracks for our 79 minutes of listening time.  Obviously George is not short of material or inspiration, with [...]

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CRYSTAL VIPER – LEGEND (REVIEW)

1 Comment Posted by on October 27, 2010

After their frankly not so brilliant live album, I wasn’t particularly looking forward to reviewing this new offering by Polish band Crystal Viper. Thankfully, the band fares better in a studio environment. They’re not nearly as ramshackle as the live album would have you believe. This album is an instant flashback to the earliest Noise [...]

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SYMPHONY X – PARADISE LOST (ARCHIVE REVIEW)

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 26, 2010

Symphony X return after 5 years with the highly anticipated “Paradise Lost” which many fans hoped would see the band return somewhat to their classic “Damnation Game”/”Divine Wings Of Tragedy” sound.  It more or less goes without saying that the bands rapid fans will buy this regardless of what critics say so this review is [...]

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