Friday, September 2, 2011

Savage Grace - Master Of Disguise (1985)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Speed Metal
RYM rating: 3.73

1. Lions Roar
2. Bound To Be Free
3. Fear My Way
4. Sins Of The Damned
5. Into The Fire
6. Master Of Disguise
7. Betrayer
8. Sons Of Iniquity
9. No One Left To Blame


Debut album by Los Angeles based band Savage Grace.
Excellent Us power metal.

Liege Lord - Master Of Control (1988)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Speed Metal
RYM rating: 3.73

1. Fear Itself
2. Eye Of The Storm
3. Master Control
4. Kill The King
5. Soldier's Fortune
6. Feel The Blade
7. Broken Wasteland
8. Rapture
9. Suspicion
10. Fallout

Third, last and the best album by Liege Lord.

Control Denied - The Fragile Art Of Existence (1999)

Country: USA
Genre: Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.75

1. Consumed
2. Breaking The Unbroken
3. Expect The Unexpected
4. What If...
5. When The Link Becomes Missing
6. Believe
7. Cut Down
8. The Fragile Art Of Existence

Chuck Shuldiner's other legacy to the world. Excellent progressive metal that shows yet another side of Chuck. R.I.P.

In The Woods... - Heart Of Ages (1995)

Country: Norway
Genre: Black/Experimental/Avant-garde/ Progressive
RYM rating: 3.84

1. Yearning The Seeds Of A New Dimension
2. Heart Of Ages
3. ...In The Woods
4. Mourning The Death Of Aase
5. Wotan's Return
6. Pigeon
7. The Divinity Of Wisdom


In The Woods... was formed in 1992 in Kristiansand, Norway. Highly experimental and original.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Morgion - Solinari (1999)

Country: USA
Genre: Death/Doom Metal
RYM rating: 3.71

1. The Serpentine Scrolls/Descent To Arawn
2. Canticle
3. Solinari
4. Nightfall Infernal
5. All The Glory...
6. ...All The Loss...
7. Blight
8. ...The Last Sunrise

Second full length album from the Orange County hailing death/doom band. Delivering som atmospheric doomy heaviness and despair.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Crimson Glory - Transcendence (1988)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.96

1. Lady Of Winter
2. Red Sharks
3. Painted Skies
4. Masque Of The Red Death
5. In Dark Places
6. Where Dragons Rule
7. Lonely
8. Burning Bridges
9. Eternal World
10. Transcendence

Follow up to the self titled sucess. This time with a more progresive touch..and another masterpiece has been crafted.

Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory (1986)

Country: USA
Genre: US Power/Progressive Metal
RYM rating: 3.97

1. Valhalla
2. Dragon Lady
3. Heart Of Steel
4. Azrael
5. Mayday
6. Queen Of The Masuerade
7. Angels Of War
8. Lost Reflection
9. Dream Dancer (Bonus)


Crimson Glory's brilliant debut. R.I.P. Midnight.

Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home (1970)

Country: USA
Genre: Hard/Blues Rock
RYM rating: 3.74

1. Sin's A Good Man's Brother
2. Aimless Lady
3. Nothing Is The Same
4. Mean Mistreater
5. Get It Together
6. I Don't Have To Sing The Blues
7. Hooked On Love
8. I'm Your Captain

Third full length by this funk influenced hard rock/blues band from Flint, Michigan.

Kebnekaise - Kebnekaise II (1973)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock
RYM rating: 3.78


1. Rättvikarnas Gånglåt
2. Horgalåten
3. Skänklåt Från Rättvik
4. Barkbrödlåten
5. Comanche Spring

This album contains nine musicians and alot of folk influences. According to many fans this is their best album of their career.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Kebnekaise - Resa Mot Okänt Mål (1971)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Progressive Rock
RYM rating: 3.70

1. Tänk På Livet
2. Frestelser I Stan
3. Orientens Express
4. Resa Mot Okänt Mål
5. Jag Älskar Sommaren
6. Förberedelser Till Fest
7. Kommunisera


Debut album by Kebnekaise. Their name is taken from Sweden's highest mountain top.

Electric Light Orchestra - Face The Music (1975)

Country: UK
Genre: Symphonic Rock
RYM rating: 3.74


1. Fire On High
2. Waterfall
3. Evil Woman
4. Nightrider
5. Poker
6. Strange Magic
7. Down Home Town
8. One Summer Dream

ELO's sixth studio album with the hit song "Evil Woman".

Axel Rudi Pell - Magic (1997)

Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy Metal
RYM rating: 3.66

1. Swamp Castle Overture (Intro)
2. Nightmare
3. Playing With Fire
4. Magic
5. Turned To Stone
6. The Clown Is Dead
7. Prisoners Of The Sea
8. Light In The Sky
9. The Eyes Of The Lost


Sixth studio album by Axel Rudi Pell. Featuring the excellent song "The Clown Is Dead".

Revocation - Chaos Of Forms (2011)

Country: USA
Genre: Technical Thrash/Death Metal
RYM rating: 3.71

1. Cretin
2. Cradle Robber
3. Harlot
4. Dissolution Ritual
5. Conjuring The Cataclysm
6. No Funeral
7. Fractal Entity
8. Chaos Of Forms
9. The Watchers
10. Beloved Horrifier
11. Dethroned
12. Reprogrammed

Third album by this skilled band that seems to get better for each album. Technical old school thrash meets death metal.

The Who - Who's Next (1995)

Country: UK
Genre: Classic Rock
RYM rating: 4.21


1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping
4. My Wife
5. The Song Is Over
6. Getting In Tune
7. Going Mobile
8. Behind Blue Eyes
9. Won't Get Fooled Again
10. Pure And Easy
11. Baby Don't You Do It
12. Naked Eye (Live)
13. Water (Live)
14. To Much Of Anything
15. I Don't Even Know Myself
16. Behind Blue Eyes (Original Version)


The classic The Who album Who's next remeastered version. Futuring 7bonus songs.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us (2011)

Country: Finland
Genre: Doom/Sludge/Progressive Metal
RYM rating 3.70

1. In The Woods
2. Clawmaster
3. Chamber
4. Traces Of Liberty
5. Divine Act Of Lunacy
6. Grain
7. Breakwater
8. Cult of Decay
9. Torn
10. Soulcarvers

Ghost Brigades third and lastest album.