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Four years. Where did the time go? The past four years that I have been with Metal Reviews have led to some of the best experiences in my young life so far. Due to my extended stay here at MR my listening horizons have broadened and at the same time constricted. I say broadened because I find myself listening to groups I would have never thought I could come close to liking before my tenure here and constricted because my critical ear has become much more refined. Music has the ability to touch the soul and challenge the mind and this power leaves me dumbfounded and humbled. I honestly believe that if someone truly does not have a deep love for any kind of music be it metal, country, rap, whatever, then they are not fully living life. Music is as an integral part of my own life as breathing is, I couldn't see myself without it for long before I would expire. I'm grateful for my small role in the metal community, I do what I do to help promote the artists and musicians that will hopefully take our beloved genre into new territories and uncharted musical waters. If this is your first time to Metal Reviews, I hope you enjoy reading mine as well as everyone elses thoughts, views, opinions, and rants on the current crop of metal bands. If it wasn't for fans such as yourself then this site would have been dead a long time ago and I think its safe to speak for everyone at MR behalf when I say that we are eternally grateful for your support.

REVIEWS
PLAYLISTS

Blind Guardian - The God Machine
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
90 / 100 Major event
Reckless Love - Turborider
AFM Records
Synthy Sleaze Rock
66 / 100
.Editorial - Horny For Harpsichord
Metal Reviews
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction (Super Deluxe Reissue)
Universal
Sleazy Rock N Roll
no quote Archive review
Orianthi - Live From Hollywood
Frontiers Records
Blues Based Hard Rock
no quote
Secret Sphere - Liveblood (The Studio Session)
Frontiers Records
Melodic Power Metal
no quote
Wratheon - Black Thrash Mass
Self Financed
Super Melodic Death / Traditional Metal
no quote Surprise of the month
Carpenter Brut - Leather Terror
No Quarter Prod.
Electronics n Metal
90 / 100
Nightrage - Abyss Rising
Despotz Records
Melodic Death Metal
83 / 100
The Plasmatics - Beyond The Valley Of 1984
Stiff Records
Punk
84 / 100 Archive review
Eclipse - Wired
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock
62 / 100
Motley Crue - Generation Swine
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Nineties Rock
70 / 100 Archive review
Amaranthe - Manifest
Nuclear Blast
Modern / Pop Metal
77 / 100
Significant Point - Into The Storm
Dying Victims Productions
Speed Metal
85 / 100
Poltergeist - Feather Of Truth
Massacre Records
Speed / Power Metal
60 / 100
Stellar Death - Fragments Of Light
Self Financed
Atmospheric Space Ambiance (Instrumental)
74 / 100
Onslaught - Generation Antichrist
AFM Records
Thrash Metal
78 / 100
Midnight Dice - Hypnotized
Self Financed
Traditional Metal
no quote
.Editorial - USA / Germany Thrash Match: Big Four Style

.Editorial - Re: Reissues and Remasters

Razor - Shotgun Justice - Deluxe Reissue
Relapse Records
Angry, Violent Thrash
70 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - A Brief Run Through Power Metal (in 3 1/2 stages)

Sodom - Get What You Deserve
Steamhammer/SPV
Crossover Thrash
73 / 100 Archive review
Sodom - Persecution Mania
Steamhammer/SPV
Thrash Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Sodom - Bombenhagel
Steamhammer/SPV
Brutal Thrash Metal
no quote
.Editorial - Metal N Media

Smith / Kotzen - Smith / Kotzen
BMG
Blues Based Rock
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
Ronnie Atkins - One Shot
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock
77 / 100
Helloween - Helloween
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
84 / 100 Major event
W.A.S.P. - Double Live Assassins
CMC Records
Angry, Sleazy, Heavy Metal
no quote Archive review
Mr. Big - Actual Size
Atlantic
Melodic Rock
79 / 100 Archive review
Mr. Big - Get Over It
Atlantic
Blues Based Melodic Rock
83 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - The Curious Case Of Udo

.Editorial - Music Album DLC

Accept - Breaker
Brain Records
Traditional Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Sharon Den Adel - My Indigo
BMG
Somber / Folk / Pop
88 / 100
Mercyful Fate - Return Of The Vampire
Metal Blade
Traditional Heavy Metal
no quote Archive review
The Crown - Royal Destroyer
Metal Blade
Aggressive Melodic Death / Thrash
76 / 100
Secret Sphere - Lifeblood
Frontiers Records
Melodic Power / Prog Metal
90 / 100
Work Of Art - In Progress
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock / AOR
84 / 100 Archive review
Labyrinth - Welcome To The Absurd Circus
Frontiers Records
Power Metal
84 / 100
.Editorial - Know Your Role: The Music Producer
Metal Reviews
Sodom - Tapping The Vein
Steamhammer/SPV
Thrash Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Persuader - Necromancy
Frontiers Records
Aggressive Power Metal
72 / 100
Helloween - Master Of The Rings
Castle US
Power Metal
73 / 100 Archive review
Unleash The Archers - Apex
Napalm Records
Power Metal
79 / 100
Skid Row - Subhuman Race
Atlantic
Heavy Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Nightrage - Demo 2000
Despotz Records
Melodic Death Metal
no quote
Unleash The Archers - Abyss
Napalm Records
Power / Speed Metal
85 / 100
.Editorial - Music Video Monies
Metal Reviews
Pyramaze - Epitaph
AFM Records
Prog / Power Metal
80 / 100
Sanctuary - Inception
Century Media
Traditional Metal
no quote
.Editorial - Drums Of Doom
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - Costume Saturation Overload
Metal Reviews
Twilight Force - Dawn Of The Dragonstar
Nuclear Blast
Embarrassing
3 / 100 Crap of the month
Nightrage - Wolf To Man
Despotz Records
Pure Melodic Death Metal
89 / 100
Silent Knight - Conquer And Command
Self Financed
Power Metal
75 / 100 Archive review
Vision Divine - When All The Heroes Are Dead
Scarlet Records
Power / Speed Metal
92 / 100
Odyssea - Storm
Diamond Records
Melodic Speed Metal
73 / 100
Vanishing Point - Dead Elysium
AFM Records
Progressive Melodic Metal
90 / 100
Axel Rudi Pell - Black Moon Pyramid
SPV
Classic / Traditional Heavy Metal
75 / 100 Archive review
Overkill - The Killing Kind
CMC Records
Thrash Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Roland Grapow - Kaleidoscope
SPV
Melodic Metal
66 / 100 Archive review
Roland Grapow - The Four Seasons Of Life
Victor Entertainment
Neo-Classical Melodic Metal
72 / 100 Archive review
Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges
Century Media
Melodic Death Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Work Of Art - Framework
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock / AOR
91 / 100 Archive review
Steel Prophet - Dark Hallucinations
Nuclear Blast
Speed / Power Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Frank Vestry - My Collection
Lion's Pride
AOR / Melodic Rock
no quote
The Defiants - The Defiants
Frontiers Records
Modern Melodic Rock
87 / 100 Archive review
Danger Danger - Revolve
Low Dice Records
Melodic Rock
74 / 100 Archive review
Kamelot - Siege Perilous
Noise Records
Prog / Power Metal
75 / 100 Archive review
Kamelot - Dominion
Noise Records
US Power Metal
66 / 100 Archive review
Kamelot - Eternity
Noise Records
Proggish Powerish Metal
50 / 100 Archive review
Overkill - Wrecking Your Neck
Steamhammer/SPV
Thrash Metal
no quote Archive review
Labyrinth - Return To Heaven Denied Part II
Scarlet Records
Melodic Speed Metal
82 / 100 Archive review
Harem Scarem - Change The World
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock
89 / 100
W.A.S.P. - K.F.D.
Victor Entertainment
Industrial Metal
75 / 100 Archive review
Within Temptation - Resist
Spinefarm Records
Dark Symphonic Metal
78 / 100
Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part Two
T&T Records
Epic Traditional Metal
92 / 100 Archive review
Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell Part One
T&T Records
Epic Traditional Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Stormwarrior - Norsemen
Massacre Records
German Speed Metal
71 / 100
Angra - Holy Live
Rising Sun
Power Metal
no quote Archive review
Angra - Freedom Call
Century Media
Power Metal
no quote Archive review
Amaranthe - Maximalism
Spinefarm Records
Swedish Pop Metal
72 / 100 Archive review
Skull Fist - Chasing The Dream
Noise Art Records
Traditional Speed Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Secret Sphere - Portrait Of A Dying Heart
Quarter Century Flame
Speed Metal Romanticism
86 / 100 Archive review
Bathory - Blood On Ice
Black Mark
Epic Metal
93 / 100 Archive review
Stratovarius - Dreamspace
T&T Records
Progressive Power Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Victor Entertainment
Euro Power Metal
94 / 100 Archive review
Overkill - From The Underground And Below
CMC Records
Thrashy Groove Metal
77 / 100 Archive review
Overkill - W.F.O.
Atlantic
Thrash Metal
85 / 100 Archive review
Work Of Art - Exhibits
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock / AOR
84 / 100
Kristine - Kristine
New Retro Wave
80's style Rock
91 / 100 Archive review
Secret Sphere - The Nature Of Time
Frontiers Records
Prog / Power Metal
69 / 100
Helloween - United Alive In Madrid
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
no quote Major event
Vio-lence - Oppressing The Masses / Torture Tactics
Atlantic
Thrash Metal
79 / 100 Archive review
Platitude - Silence Speaks
Metal Heaven
Proggy Melodic Rock
83 / 100 Archive review
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic Of Violence
Century Media
Brutal Thrash Metal
89 / 100 Archive review
Harem Scarem - United
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock
88 / 100
Skull Fist - Way Of The Road
Noise Art Records
Traditional Metal
63 / 100
Labyrinth - Architecture Of A God
Frontiers Records
Melodic Speed Metal
85 / 100
Secret Sphere - Archetype
Scarlet Records
Symphonic Power / Speed Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Viper - Soldiers Of Sunrise
Rock Brigade
Traditional Heavy / Power Metal
75 / 100 Archive review
Steel Prophet - Into The Void (Hallucinogenic Conception)
Brainstorm Division
Traditional Heavy Metal
85 / 100 Archive review
Magnum - The Eleventh Hour!
Jet Records
Progressive Rock
81 / 100 Archive review
Secret Sphere - Sweet Blood Theory
Locomotive Music
Symphonic Power Metal Romanticism
87 / 100
Magnum - Chase The Dragon
Jet Records
Progressive Rock
90 / 100 Archive review
Michael Bormann - Capture The Moment
AOR Heaven
Melodic Rock
75 / 100
Paul Laine - Stick It In Your Ear
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Melodic Rock / AOR
85 / 100 Archive review
Cacumen - Down To Hell
LZ Records
Melodic Heavy Metal
no quote Archive review
.Editorial - Heading Southe
Metal Reviews
Danger Danger - Live And Nude
Low Dice Records
Melodic Rock
no quote Archive review
Dark Empire - Humanity Dethroned
Killzone Records
Heavy Metal
91 / 100 Album of the month
Saidian - Phoenix
Metal Heaven
Power Metal
45 / 100
Marcello - Vestry - Marcello - Vestry
NL Distribution
Melodic Rock
88 / 100 Surprise of the month
Live Report - Journey, Heart, and Cheap Trick - July 25, 2008 - San Antonio, Texas
Frontiers Records
Pyramaze - Immortal
Locomotive Music
Powerful and Epic Heavy Metal
95 / 100 Album of the month
Journey - Revelation
Frontiers Records
Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
87 / 100 Major event
Live Report - Dark Tranquillity, Divine Heresy, Firewind - San Antonio, Texas - June 7, 2008
Century Media
.Editorial - The Hunt
Metal Reviews
Sacred Dawn - Gears Of The Machine ... A New Beginning
Nightmare Records
Heavy Metal
68 / 100
Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
Nuclear Blast
Technical Death Metal
88 / 100
.Editorial - Welcome Back
Metal Reviews
Virgin Steele - Age Of Consent
Modern Music
Epic Traditional Metal
90 / 100 Archive review
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Mercury Records
Blues Based Hard Rock
88 / 100 Archive review
Lilitu - Memorial
Self Financed
Doom / Melodic Death
83 / 100 Archive review
Evergrey - The Dark Discovery
Gothenburg Noiseworks
Progressive Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Vision Divine - The 25th Hour
Scarlet Records
Power Metal
64 / 100
Coheed & Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
Sony Music
Classic Rock / Metal
85 / 100
Live Report - Nightwish and Paradise Lost - November 10, 2007 - San Antonio, Texas
Roadrunner Records
Live Report - Sonata Arctica and After Forever - October 9, 2007 - Houston, Texas
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
Circus Maximus - Isolate
Sensory Records
Progressive Metal
90 / 100
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side
Virgin
Epic Power Metal
CLASSIC
Ride The Sky - New Protection
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
57 / 100
Live Report - Def Leppard, Styx, Foreigner - August 30, 2007 - San Antonio, Texas
Metal Reviews
Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin
InsideOut Music
Progressive Metal
82 / 100
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Vertigo
Hard Rock
84 / 100 Archive review
Echoes Of Eternity - The Forgotten Goddess
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
68 / 100
Iron Maiden - The X Factor
EMI
Heavy Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Deadlock - Wolves
Lifeforce Records
Melodic Death
70 / 100
Labyrinth - 6 Days To Nowhere
Scarlet Records
Melodic / Prog Metal
57 / 100
Civilization One - Revolution Rising
Metal Heaven
Power Metal
75 / 100
Suspyre - A Great Divide
Nightmare Records
Progressive Metal
88 / 100
.Editorial - Music In Motion
Metal Reviews
Nightrage - A New Disease Is Born
Lifeforce Records
Heavy Metal
84 / 100
Within Temptation - The Heart Of Everything
Roadrunner Records
Gothic Metal
76 / 100
Firehouse - Firehouse
Epic Records
Glam Rock
65 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - On The Outside Looking In
Metal Reviews
Helloween - Legacy World Tour - Live On Three Continents
SPV
Power Metal
no quote
Pretty Maids - Scream
Massacre Records
Melodic Hard Rock
76 / 100 Archive review
Sunstorm - Sunstorm
Frontiers Records
Melodic Rock / AOR
83 / 100
Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire
Sony Music
Heavy Metal
69 / 100 Archive review
Jorn - Unlocking The Past
Frontiers Records
Classic Rock Covers
no quote
Machine Men - Circus Of Fools
Century Media
Heavy Metal
79 / 100
Harem Scarem - Human Nature
Avalon
Melodic Rock
89 / 100
.Editorial - A Time To Reflect
Metal Reviews
Kamelot - One Cold Winter's Night DVD
SPV
Power / Progressive Metal
no quote
Within Temptation - Enter
DSFA Records
Gothic Metal
72 / 100 Archive review
Motley Crue - Shout At The Devil
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Heavy Metal
CLASSIC
.Editorial - Drawn To The Beast
Metal Reviews
Prog Power USA VII - September 16, 2006 Main Event Day 2
HOS Productions
Prog Power USA VII - September 15, 2006 Main Event Day 1
HOS Productions
Prog Power USA VII - September 14, 2006 The Pre - Party
HOS Productions
Pretty Maids - Jump The Gun
Columbia
Melodic Rock / Metal
85 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - Being True
Metal Reviews
Harem Scarem - Mood Swings
Warner Music
Melodic Hard Rock
89 / 100 Archive review
Def Leppard - Yeah!
Island Records
Hard Rock
no quote
Dark Empire - Distant Tides
Self Financed
Melodic Heavy Metal
80 / 100 Surprise of the month
Pyramaze - Legend Of The Bone Carver
Nightmare Records
Powerful and Epic Heavy Metal
95 / 100 Album of the month
Hartmann - Out In The Cold
Frontiers Records
Melodic Hard Rock
75 / 100
.Editorial - Not In It For The Money?
Metal Reviews
Zero Hour - A Fragile Mind
Sensory Records
Technical / Progressive Metal
87 / 100
Motley Crue - Carnival Of Sins DVD
Hip-O Records
Hard Rock
no quote
In Flames - Used And Abused: In Live We Trust DVD
Nuclear Blast
Melodic Death / Metalcore
no quote
Azoth - Demo 2005
Self Financed
Technical Death Metal
no quote
Primal Fear - Seven Seals
Nuclear Blast
Melodic Heavy Metal
79 / 100
Avian - From The Depths Of Time
Nightmare Records
Melodic Heavy Metal
67 / 100
HIM - Dark Light
Warner Bros. Records
Melancholic Hard Rock
75 / 100
Iron Maiden - Death on the Road
Sanctuary
Heavy Metal
no quote
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
No Remorse
Power / Speed Metal
84 / 100 Archive review
Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic: Calling
Limb Music Products
Progressive Metal
65 / 100
Nanowar - Other Bands Play, Nanowar Gay
Self Financed
True Metal
72 / 100
Live Report - Gigantour - Megadeth, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, and Nevermore - San Antonio, Texas - August 1, 2005
Metal Reviews
Orna Annon - Demo 2005
Self-Financed
Epic Folk / Viking Metal
no quote
Redemption - The Fullness of Time
Sensory Records
Progressive Metal
89 / 100
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Atlantic
Progressive Metal
75 / 100 Major event
Harem Scarem - Overload
Frontiers Records
Modern Rock
55 / 100
Beyond Twilight - Section X
Nightmare Records
Technical Progressive Metal
88 / 100
Cellador - Leaving All Behind
Self Financed
Power Metal
no quote
Mindflow - Just The Two Of Us... Me And Them
Nightmare Records
Technical / Progressive Metal
77 / 100
Secret Sphere - Heart and Anger
Avalon
Symphonic Power Metal Romanticism
93 / 100
Sandalinas - Living On The Edge
Nightmare Records
Melodic Heavy Metal
85 /100
Falconer - Grime vs. Grandeur
Metal Blade
Power Metal
58 / 100
Epica - We Will Take You With Us
Transmission Records
Gothic Metal
no quote
Visions of Atlantis - Cast Away
Napalm Records
Symphonic Pop Metal
45 / 100
Labyrinth - Freeman
Arise Records
Progressive Power Metal
90 / 100
Live Report - Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Hypocrisy, and Mnemic - Austin, Texas April 19, 2005
Metal Reviews
Nightrage - Descent Into Chaos
Century Media
Modern Melodic Death Metal
82 / 100
Balance Of Power - Heathenology
Massacre Records
Progressive Metal / Hard Rock
no quote
Outworld - Demo 2005
Self-Financed
Progressive Metal
no quote Surprise of the month
Empire - Hypnotica
Lion Music
Melodic Rock
75 /100 Archive review
Live Report - Lilitu - March 18, 2005 - Austin, Texas
Metal Reviews
Magistral - Demo 2005
Self Financed
Power / Speed Metal
no quote
Lanfear - Another Golden Rage
Massacre Records
Progressive Power Metal
89 / 100
Motley Crue - Red White and Crue
Hip-O Records
American Hard Rock
no quote
Odyssea - Tears in Floods
Scarlet Records
Electronic Speed Metal
85 / 100
Harry Hess - Just Another Day
Frontiers Records
Melodic Pop Rock
71 / 100
Ignitor - Take to the Sky
Self Financed
Classic Heavy Metal
75 / 100
Eyefear - 9 Elements of Inner Vision
Nightmare Records
Progressive Power Metal
66 / 100
Moonlight Agony - Echoes of a Nightmare
Nightmare Records
Power Metal
77 / 100
Manticora - 8 Deadly Sins
Nightmare Records
Power Metal
86 / 100
Harem Scarem - The Early Years
Frontiers Records
Melodic Hard Rock
76 / 100
Iron Maiden - The Early Days Part 1
Sanctuary
Metal Documentary
no quote
Nightwish - Wish I Had an Angel
Nuclear Blast
Symphonic Metal
no quote
Ironware - Break Out
Limb Music Products
Power Metal
43 / 100
Loch Vostok - Dark Logic
Magnetism Records
Technical / Progressive Metal
78 / 100
Angra - Temple of Shadows
Rakibitlou Music
Melodic Power Metal
92 / 100 Album of the month
Mo Rage - Fix of Rage
Self Financed
Traditional Heavy Metal
no quote
Skid Row - Skid Row
Atlantic
Hard Rock
85 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - Band Loyalty
Metal Reviews
Platitude - Nine
Scarlet Records
Melodic Rock / Metal
79 / 100
Prog Power USA V - September 18 - Day 3
Metal Reviews
Prog Power USA V - September 17 - Day 2
Metal Reviews
Prog Power USA V - September 16th - Day 1: The Pre-party
Metal Reviews
Cea Serin - Where Memories Combine
Nightmare Records
Dark Power / Progressive Metal
88 / 100 Surprise of the month
Steel Prophet - Beware
Nightmare Records
U.S. Power Metal
52 / 100
Stormwarrior - Northern Rage
Remedy Records
True Metal
86 / 100
Sonata Arctica - Don't Say A Word
Nuclear Blast
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote
Threshold - Subsurface
InsideOut Music
Progressive Metal
86 / 100
Omen - Battle Cry
MetalBlade Records
Epic True Metal
CLASSIC
Dark Tranquillity - Exposures: In Retrospect and Denial
Century Media
Melodic Death Metal / Thrash
no quote
Shaman - Ritualive
AFM Records
Progressive Power Metal
no quote
A Lower Deep - Parable of the Thorn
Raven Flight Records
Avante-Garde Metal
76 / 100
Icewind - Inner Storm
Self Financed
Melodic Speed / Power Metal
no quote
Excelsis - Kurt of Koppigen
Shark Records
Epic Viking and Folk Metal
87 / 100 Archive review
Pink Cream 69 - Mixery
Massacre Records
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote Archive review
Pink Cream 69 - Live
Massacre Records
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote Archive review
Pink Cream 69 - Electrified
Victor Entertainment
Melodic Hard Rock
93 / 100 Archive review
Pink Cream 69 - Pink Cream 69
Sony Music
Melodic Hard Rock
75 / 100 Archive review
Pink Cream 69 - One Size Fits All
Sony Music
Melodic Hard Rock
80 / 100 Archive review
Edguy - Lavatory Love Machine
Nuclear Blast
Power Metal
no quote
Norselaw - Sweet Home Scandinavia
DMG
Black Metal Rap
0 / 100 Crap of the month
Misfits - Coffin Box
Caroline Records
Horror Punk
no quote Archive review
Ascension Theory - Regeneration
Nightmare Records
Progressive Metal
81 / 100
Leash Law - Dogface
Black Lotus Records
Power Metal
48 / 100
Freedom Call - Live Invasion
SPV
Power Metal (of the overtly happy variety)
no quote
.Editorial - My Nod to the Old School
Metal Reviews
Beyond The Embrace - Insect Song
Metal Blade
Modern Heavy Metal
74 / 100
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
Nightmare Records
Powerful and Epic Heavy Metal
97 / 100 Album of the year
Eternal Combustion - Demo
Self Financed
Auditory Equivalent to Herpes
5 / 100 Crap of the month
Live Report - Iced Earth, Children of Bodom, and Evergrey - Austin, Texas May 9, 2004
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - Metal Art
Metal Reviews
Victory - Instinct
SPV
Melodic Rock
57 / 100
Manowar - Hell On Earth III
SPV
Manowarian Mayhem
no quote
Nightwish - Nemo
Spinefarm Records
Orchestrated Power Metal
no quote
.Editorial - Cd Buyers Anonymous
Metal Reviews
Jaded Heart - Trust
Ulftone Records
Melodic Hard Rock
93 / 100 Album of the month
Dreamaker - Human Device
Arise Records
Traditional Power Metal
76 / 100
.Editorial - Listen!
Metal Reviews
Nightwish - End of Innocence DVD
Spinefarm Records
A look inside the life of Nightwish
no quote
.Editorial - Putting the heavy into Heavy Metal
Metal Reviews
Various Artists - Monsters of Metal DVD
Nuclear Blast
Music Videos
no quote
.Editorial - The Chick Factor in Metal
Metal Reviews
Orion Riders - A New Dawn
Lion Music
Neoclassical Power Metal
64 / 100
F5 - Dawn of a New Age
Vortex Records
Electronic Heavy Metal
76 / 100
Helloween - Live Report - January 24, 2004 - Dallas, Texas
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - The Spirit of Live
Metal Reviews
Jag Panzer - Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat
Century Media
Traditional Metal
no quote
.Editorial - What Makes an Album Timeless?
Metal Reviews
Dream Evil - Children of the Night
Century Media
Heavy Metal
no quote
.Editorial - The Originality Debate
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - The Almighty Hype Machine
Metal Reviews
Labyrinth - No Limits
Underground Symphony
Techno Power Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Jezabel - Legiones Del Sur
Cruz Del Sur Music
Spanish Power Metal
75 / 100
Crash Diet - Demo 2003
Self Financed
Glam Rock
51 / 100
Motley Crue - Greatest Video Hits DVD
Motley Records
Motley Crue Music Videos
no quote
Nemesis - Goddess of Revenge
Underground Symphony
Melodic Speed Metal
58 / 100
Theocracy - Theocracy
MetalAges Records
Epic Melodic Power Metal
95 / 100 Album of the month
.Editorial - A New Beginning
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - Tomorrow's Musical Inspirations
Metal Reviews
Michael Kiske - Instant Clarity
Victor Entertainment
Experimental Rock
65 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - Metal Musings Volume I
Metal Reviews
Mercury Tide - Why?
Century Media
Melancholic Metal
66 / 100
Hardline - Double Eclipse
M-C-A
Melodic Hard Rock
87 / 100 Archive review
Taraxacum - Rainmaker
MTM Music
Melodic Heavy Metal
75 / 100
Balance Of Power - Heathen Machine
Massacre Records
Melodic Progressive Metal
87 / 100
Harem Scarem - Higher
Frontiers Records
Melodic Hard Rock
84 / 100
Zero Hour - Metamorphosis
Sensory Records
Progressive Metal
82 / 100
Redemption - Redemption
Sensory Records
Dark Progressive Metal
75 / 100
Helloween - The Pumpkin Video DVD
Victor Entertainment
Hellowen Music Videos
no quote
Helloween - High Live DVD
Sanctuary
Power Metal
no quote Archive review
Power of Omens - Rooms of Anguish
MetalAges Records
Technical / Progressive Metal
81 / 100
Evening Star - Evening Star (demo)
Self Financed
Dark Power Metal
no quote Surprise of the month
.Editorial - The Soundtrack to Your Life (even if you don't want to admit it)
Metal Reviews
Thunderbolt - Demons and Diamonds
Massacre Records
Power Metal
64 / 100
Magistral - I Am (demo)
Self Financed
Speed / Power Metal
81 / 100
Thangelic - 7 Deadly EP
Self-Financed
Atmospheric Prog Metal
no quote
Hubi Meisel - EmOcean
Generation Records
Melodic Progressive Metal
92 / 100 Album of the month
Prog Power USA IV - September 6th, Day 3
Metal Reviews
Prog Power USA IV - September 5th, Day 2
Metal Reviews
Prog Power USA IV - September 4th, Day 1 - The Preparty
Metal Reviews
Gamma Ray - Skeletons in the Closet
Metal-Is
Heavy Power Metal
no quote
.Editorial - The Mightier the Packaging, the More You Pay
Metal Reviews
Stormwarrior - Heavy Metal Fire EP
Remedy Records
True Metal
no quote
Freedom Call - Stairway to Fairyland
SPV
Happy Power Metal
80 / 100 Archive review
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Capitol Records Inc.
Heavy Metal
CLASSIC
Edguy - Savage Poetry
Self-Financed
Power Metal
78 / 100 Archive review
Edguy - Kingdom of Madness
AFM Records
Power Metal
74 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - The Importance of Keeping a Stable Lineup
Metal Reviews
Pharaoh - After the Fire
Cruz Del Sur Music
Traditional Heavy Metal
80 / 100
Zero Hour - The Towers of Avarice
Sensory Records
Extreme Progressive Metal
85 / 100 Archive review
Nightwish - Angels Fall First
Spinefarm Records
Melodic Opera Metal
67 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - Does Metal belong in the Mainstream?
Metal Reviews
Harem Scarem - Harem Scarem
Warner Music
AOR / Melodic Rock
73 / 100 Archive review
Sonata Arctica - Broken
Spinefarm Records
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote
Bonfire - Fuel to the Flames
BMG
Melodic Hard Rock
88 / 100 Archive review
Bonfire - Live Over Europe
LZ Records
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote
Bonfire - Tell Me What You Know
BMG
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote
Iron Maiden - Visions of the Beast
Sanctuary, Metal Is
Heavy Metal
no quote
Pink Cream 69 - Food For Thought
Massacre Records
Melodic Hard Rock with Alternative leanings
55 / 100 Archive review
Circle II Circle - Watching In Silence
AFM Records
Progressive Power Metal
77 / 100
Loud & Clear - Disc - Connected
MTM Music
Melodic Hard Rock / AOR
74 / 100
Wizard - Bound By Metal
Limb Music Products
True Metal
71 / 100
Viper - Theatre of Fate
Limb Music Products
Melodic Metal
91 / 100 Archive review
Highland Glory - From The Cradle To The Brave
Massacre Records
Power Metal
68 / 100
.Editorial - A Metal Enlightening
Metal Reviews
Rising Faith - The Arrival
Limb Music Products
Power Metal
84 / 100 Surprise of the month
Defender - They Came Over the High Pass
Necropolis Records
True Metal
76 / 100 Archive review
.Editorial - The New Wave of Heavy Metal
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - What Makes Someone a Metalhead?
Metal Reviews
.Editorial - The Glory of Metal
Metal Reviews
Pretty Maids - Alive at Least
XIII bis
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote
Pretty Maids - Spooked
Epic Records
Melodic Hard Rock Supremacy
96 / 100 Archive review
Labyrinth - Return to Heaven Denied
MetalBlade Records
Power / Speed Metal
84 / 100 Archive review
Blaze - As Live as it Gets
Steamhammer
Heavy Metal
no quote
Bonfire - Point Blank
BMG
Melodic Hard Rock
90 / 100 Archive review
Manowar - Fire and Blood DVD
SPV
True Heavy Metal
no quote
Nightingale - Alive Again
The End Records
Melodic Hard Rock
85 / 100
Sonata Arctica - Winterhearts Guild
Avalon
Melodic Speed Metal
94 / 100 Album of the month
GB Arts - The Lake
B.Mind Records
Melodic Metal with Progressive Tendencies
72 / 100 Archive review
Angra - Rebirth World Tour - Live in Sao Paulo
Victor Entertainment
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote
Judas Priest - Live in London - DVD
Steamhammer
Heavy Metal
no quote
Andromeda - II = I
Century Media
Progressive Metal
28 / 100 Crap of the month
Manowar - Louder Than Hell
Geffen Records
True Heavy Metal
92 / 100 Archive review
Children Of Bodom - Tokyo Warhearts
Spinefarm Records
Meodic Death Metal
no quote
Various Artists - Keepers of Jericho part II
Arise Records
Power Metal
no quote
Harem Scarem - Live at the Gods
Frontiers Records
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote
Eternal Flight - Eternal Flight (demo)
Independant
Power Metal
52 / 100
Overkill - Wrecking Everything Live
Spitfire Records
Thrash Metal
no quote
Masterplan - Enlighten Me
AFM Records
Power Metal
no quote
Nightwish - 1997 - 2001
Spinefarm Records
Symphonic Opera Metal
no quote
Enchant - Blink of an Eye
InsideOut Music
Progressive Rock
66 / 100
Axel Rudi Pell - Knights Live
Steamhammer
Melodic Hard Rock
no quote
Fury - Fury
Escape Music
Melodic Rock
60 / 100
Axel Rudi Pell - Wild Obsession
Steamhammer
Melodic Hard Rock
83 / 100 Archive review
Virgin Steele - Guardians of the Flame
Noise Records
Heavy Metal ala Virgin Steele
88 / 100
Virgin Steele - Virgin Steele
Noise Records
Heavy Metal ala Virgin Steele
71 / 100
Racer X - Street Lethal
Shrapnel Records
80's Glam Metal
83 / 100 Archive review
Rapture - Stefan Lindholm's Rapture (demo)
Self-Financed
Progressive Melodic Rock
69 / 100
Threshold - Critical Mass
InsideOut Music
Progressive Metal
94 / 100 Album of the month
Millenium - Reincarnations
Lynx Records
Soft Melodic Rock
56 / 100
Fozzy - Happenstance
Megaforce Records
Heavy Metal
81 / 100
Grim Reaper - Rock You to Hell
Spitfire Records
Heavy Metal
76 / 100 Archive review
Andre Anderson - Black on Black
Frontiers Records
Prog Rock
68 / 100
Stratovarius - Black Diamond
Noise Records
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote Archive review
Aska - Nine Tounges
EMA Records
Traditional 80's Heavy Metal
84 / 100 Archive review
Gamma Ray - Ultimate Collection
Noise Records
Power Metal
no quote
Sonata Arctica - Orientation
Avalon
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote
Pink Cream 69 - Games People Play
Epic Records
Melodic Hard Rock
86 / 100 Archive review
Sonata Arctica - Songs of Silence Live in Tokyo
Avalon
Melodic Speed Metal
no quote
Judas Priest - Jugulator
CMC Records
Modernized Priest Metal
89 / 100 Archive review
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