Metal Reviews

Anyone with less than, say, 50 posts, come in and introduce yourselves! Regulars, feel free to join in too.

I'll start the ball rolling:

Real first name: Tony
Age: 21
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Job/school?: History Major: Florida Gulf Coast University
Favourite five bands of the moment: Slayer, Windir, Cannibal Corpse, Kvist, Burzum
Current favourite album: Slayer - Reign in Blood
Non-musical interests: Rugby, Bowling, Fiancee, Writing.
How you discovered Metal: In the 4th grade I heard Master of Puppets on the radio and started there.
How you discovered Metal Reviews: My friend told me about the sight.
Gen. info: I love playing rugby. I'm engaged. My life revolves around metal and I almost always frequent this site for suggestions on new music. I'm studying to enter law school. etc.

Name: John
Age: mid-to-late 30s demographic
Location: coastal mountains, British Columbia
Job: immigrant/roadie-in-waiting/web monkey
Favorite live bands: Invasives, Nomeansno, Finntroll
Current favorite bands: Muslimgauze, Nomeansno, Motorhead, Swans,
Venetian Snares...it varies depending on seasons
Non musical interests: history, scotch, history OF scotch
Metal discovery: hearing a metal radio show out of Laramie, Wyoming (of all places) and then ordering every cassette of every band I liked from that show
How I found metalreviews.com: I don't exactly recall, but I've visited off and on.

Name: Chris
Age: 26
Job: unemployed
Favorite live bands: Cathedral, Iron Maiden (when they play their classics), Sodom, Queensryche (etc).
Current favorite bands: Iron Maiden (forever and always), Nevermore, Queensryche, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, The Mars Volta.
Non musical interests: Books (fiction), politics and the ladies!
Metal discovery: My big brother used to be a metalhead.
How I found metalreviews.com: searching for a review.

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Welcome aboard! Nice to see a fellow Noise fan, although I'm pretty casual with it, hardly listen to much and prefer Sonic Youth's nicer moments to Merzbow. Should listen to more Boredoms.

Super AE is definitely the place to start for The Boredoms. And Merzbow did a few splits with Boris that are definitely worth checking out even if you're not that big a fan.

Hi Michael. My father went to Northeastern! Hope you are having a good time there so far.

Symbolic is a rock solid favorite album pick.

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Real first name: Martin
Age: 19
Location: Inverness, Scotland
Job/school?: Recentley left college and now looking for a job.
Favourite five bands of the moment: Overkill, Machine Head, Voivod, Death and Tool
Current favourite album: The Blackening - Machine Head
Non-musical interests: Socialising with friends, reading, football, films
How you discovered Metal: Started with nu-metal then moved away from that to punk then 60s/70s rock like the doors, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin, pink floyd then discovered black sabbath and other early metal bands.
How you discovered Metal Reviews: Was looking for a review and stumbled upon the site.

Part bionic, and organic, not a cyborg

CALL HIM PSYCHOTRON

Great song, welcome Psychotron.

I know some people from Inverness, all sound. Welcome aboard!

I think I like you already!

Real first name: Dead1
Age: Old
Location: Launceston, Tasmania

Job: Finance Manager

Favourite five bands of the moment: Iron Maiden, Nevermore, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Slayer - they've been my favourites for a long time.

Current favourite album: Any really as long as it's got awesome riffs!

Non-musical interests: Wargaming, travel, history, movies, reading, sitting around in cafes and consuming lots of yummy wine, beer and food.

How you discovered Metal: Waaay back in 1992-93 when Guns N Roses and Metallica were all your heard everywhere. I was about 12-13 then.

How you discovered Metal Reviews: Mistyped www.metal-reviews.com website quite some time ago and been coming ever since..

Well, welcome Mr. dead1.

Show us a pic of your scar in the faces thread

Real first name: Akim
Age: 21
Location: Lipetsk, Russia
Job/school?: Currently unemployed and flunking out of university.
Favourite five bands of the moment: The Builders and The Butchers, High on Fire, The Meads of Asphodel, Cannibal Ox, Boris
Current favourite album: High On Fire - Snakes for the Divine
Non-musical interests: Drawing, sculpting, riding my bike, working on motorcycles, trolling internet forums, reading
How you discovered Metal: Grew up listening to my dad's Led Zeppelin and AC/DC and Deep Purple. I think my first exposure to actual "metal" was when I stole a copy of And Justice For All on tape.
How you discovered Metal Reviews: Looking for reviews of metal albums to get, Google or something like that.
Gen. info: I'm Russian, lived in the United States for most of my life, but now I'm back in Russia. Life is kinda bullshit for me right now, but whatever. Stop by sometime, we'll have a beer or two.

Real first name: Cory
Age: 26
Location: Altus, Oklahoma
Job/school?: Airfield Manager in USAF.
Favourite five bands of the moment: Alice Cooper, Blind Guardian, VNV Nation, Black Sabbath, Ronnie James Dio (in all phases of his career)
Current favourite album: Dio - The Last in Line
Non-musical interests: Video games, watching TV with wife (Modern Family is hillarious), reading non-fiction, working out.
How you discovered Metal: Grew up listening to classic rock, eventually led to nu-metal during high school (Korn, Distrubed, Manson, etc...) until 2002 when I joined the military. Met a friend that introduced me to bands like Sonata Arctica, Symphony X, etc... and just started expanding my horizons from there. Last couple of years have been spent exploring 80's metal and 70's rock.
How you discovered Metal Reviews: I have been keeping up with the site since 2002 to stay on top of new bands to listen to.
Gen. info: I am a career military guy, happily married with a kid on the way. Music is the dominant part of my personality, and I love talking about it with anyone that cares to listen (not a fan of people that troll just to start shit). I was accepted on as a reviewer for the site last month and I am enjoying the opportunity to expand my knowledge in any way possible, as well as add lesser known entries into the archives. Please feel free to provide constructive comments on my work, as I am always looking to improve. Also throw recommendations my way of older material you would like to see reviewed, and I will give it a shot if able!

Real first name: Vlad
Age: 25
Location: Genova, Italy
Job/school?: Genova's University

Favourite five bands of the moment: though I'm trying to discover new horizons, there is nothing like good old Tristania, The Sins of thy Beloved, Therion, Rhapsody and Dimmu Borgir.

Current favourite album: Арона - От сердца к небу

Non-musical interests: reading, politics, cards and football (the one with the FOOT)
How you discovered Metal: my father is an old school metalist (black sabbath, metallica, iron maiden...), but my real fist love was Rhapsody's "Power of the Dragonflame", CD that my friend gave me as a gift.
How you discovered Metal Reviews: Googled it...

Gen. info: russian born israelian, who currectly lives in Italy...(you know, "life was like a box of chocolates..." etc).

Real first name: Otis
Age: 19
Location: cornwall, New York
Job/school?: no school/interview today
Favourite five bands of the moment: Enslaved, Rammstein, Daughters, Cryptopsy, Katatonia
Current favourite album: RUUN - Enslaved
Non-musical interests: movies, card games, warhammer, video games
How you discovered Metal: Rammstein in the 7th but i didnt really get into metal till 9th with cradle of filth
How you discovered Metal Reviews: Googling 'metal reviews'
Gen. info: just a weird and quiet kid who loves his metal and other kinds of music, pretty happy with how my life is going and i got a great girlfriend i do not what to lose :p

welcome to the forum!!

skadiv, what's your club?