Monday, August 29, 2011

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.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Satanic Rites - Which Way The Wind Blows (1985)

Country: UK
Genre: NWOBHM

1. Burn In Hell
2. Matter Of Evolution
3. Don't Tell Lies
4. Fear Of The Night
5. Turn Around
6. Slam The Door
7. Law Of The Land
8. Feel The Power

Female fronted NWOBHM formed 1980 in Halifax, New Yorkshire. This is their debut full length.




Spartan Warrior - Behind Closed Eyes (2010)

Country: UK
Genre: NWOBHM

1. Never Take Me Alive
2. Last Man Standing
3. Tear Out Your Heart
4. Loud & Proud
5. Behind Closed Eyes
6. As Good As It Gets
7. Walking The Line
8. Time
9. Loves A Game
10. Flesh & Blood


Latest full length by Spartan Warrior.

Abramis Brama - När Tystnaden Lagt Sig (2001)


Country: Sweden
Genre: Hard Rock

1. Abramis Brama
2. Kall Som Sten
3. Vad Jag Ser
4. Nålen
5. 100 Dagar
6. Svart
7. Kom Gör Mig Klok
8. Vill Inte Veta
9. När Älvorna Dansar
10. Anemone Nemorosa

Second full length album by this original band.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Mourn - Mourn (1995)

Country: UK
Genre: Doom Metal

1. Awakening
2. Iron Sky
3. Children of The Circle
4. Drowning
5. Through These Eyes
6. Dreamless Sleep
7. After All
8. Forever More

First and only album released by this female fronted doom band. 4 years since their beginning this piece got brought upon the world.

Argus - Argus (2009)

Country: USA
Genre: Heavy/Doom Metal

1. Devils, Devils
2. Bending Time
3. From Darkness Light
4. Eternity (Beyond Part.1)
5. None Shall Know The Hour
6. The Damnation Of John Faustus
7. The Effigy Is Real
8. The Outsider

Argus self titled debut that took the metal and rock world by storm.

Gravestone - Back To Attack (1983)

Country: Germany
Genre: Heavy Metal

1. I Love The Night
2. The Tiger
3. Back To Attack
4. Breakout
5. Just A Menuet
6. Won't Stop Rockin'
7. Dirty Tales
8. Suicide
9. You Are The Sun

Fistpumping old school heavy metal. Alot of the NWOBHM sound. Simmilar to Grim Reaper.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Cianide - Gods Of Death (2011)

Country: USA
Genre: Death/Doom Metal

1. Desecration Storm
2. Forsaken Doom
3. Rising Of The Beast
4. Dead And Rotting
5. Idolator
6. Terrorstrikes
7. The One True Death
8. Contained And Controlled

Old School death band Cianide's sixth studio album. Hailing from the famours Chicago death metal scene they once again delivers some crushing death/doom.

Elixir - The Son Of Odin (1986)


Country: UK
Genre: NWOBHM

1. The Star Of Beshaan
2. Pandora's Box
3. Hold High The Flame
4. Children Of Tomorrow
5. Trial By Fire
6. Starflight
7. Dead Man's Gold
8. Treachery (Ride Like The Wind)
9. Son Of Odin

Elixir's excellent debut album from 1986.

Dawn Of Winter - The Peaceful Dead (2008)

Country: Germany
Genre: Traditional Doom Metal

1. The Music Of Despair
2. A Lovelorn Traveller
3. Mourner
4. Holy Blood
5. The Oath Of The Witch
6. Throne Of Isolation
7. Burn Another Sinner
8. All The Gods You Worship
9. Anthem Of Doom
10. The Peaceful Dead


Dawn Of Winter's second studio album. Mournful traditional doom.

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound (1981)

Country: UK
Genre: NWOBHM

1. Gangland
2. Take It
3. Minotaur
4. Hellbound
5. Mirror
6. Silver And Gold
7. Tyger Bay
8. The Story So Far
9. Blackjack
10. Don't Stop By
11. All Or Nothing
12. Don't Give A Damn
13. Bad Times
14. It Ain't Easy
15. Don't Take Nothing

Spellbound is Tyger of Pan Tang's second studio album. Fantastic album.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Mirror Of Deception - A Smoldering Fire (2010)

Country: Germany
Genre: Doom Metal

1. Isle Of Horror
2. The Riven tree
3. Heroes Of The Atom Age
4. Bellwethers In Mist
5. Unforseen
6. December
7. Lauernder Schmerz
8. Walking Through The Clouds
9. Leguano
10. Sojourner
11. The Flood And The Horses
12. Voyage Obscure

Fourth full length by german Doom band Mirror Of Deception. Classical 90's doom.



Steelwing - Lord Of The Wasteland (2010)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Heavy Metal

1. Enter The Wasteland
2. Headhunter
3. Roadkill (Or Be Killed)
4. Sentinel Hill
5. The Illusion
6. The Nightwatcher
7. Under The Scavenger Sun
8. Point Of Singularity
9. Clash Of The Two Tribes


Melodic heavy metal strongly influences by the NWOBHM bands. Especially Iron Maiden.



Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Black Pyramid - Stormbringer (2011)

Country: USA
Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal

1. Stormbringer
2. Cloud Of Unknowing
3. Illumination
4. Warswine
5. Macedonia
6. Caravan

New Black Pyramid Ep.

Maim - From The Womb To The Tomb (2009)

Country: Sweden
Genre: Old School Death Metal

1. Maimed
2. Smoldering Ashes
3. Ascending From The Grave
4. Dawn Of Blood
5. Drop Dead
6. Carnal Feast
7. From The Womb To The Tomb
8. Envy The Dead
9. Ridden With Disease (Autopsy Cover)
10. The Beyond

Mid tempo death metal. The classical early 90's sound from Sweden. One of the best death metal albums of 2009.

Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (1982)

Country: UK
Genre: Blues/Classic Rock

1. Telegraph Road
2. Private Investigations
3. Industrial Disease
4. Love Over Gold
5. It Never Rains


Excellent album by Dire Straits. Telegraph Road is a wonderful song.