12 • REVIEWS SEE DEEZ IVIUSIC REVIEWS This starts off sounding like the sound track for an adult version of the movie Masters of the Universe, and rapidly degenerates into a repetitive mix of angry unin telligible goth vocals punctuated with speed metal riffs and screams. Fortunately, there is structure and rests, melody and a fairly decent This has a harder edge to it, but I still put it in that Classic Metal catagory. It is almost bordering on Epic Fantasy Metal in flavor, but there is no orchestration or vocals/story line to place it there. Ronnie James Dio comes to mind but he tends to be either great or poor with little in between, and this is much more uniform. Overall a good sound with solid rock riffs, slightly angry Rob Halprin style the CAPITAL TIMES -o4 Reviewed By: Artist/Group: Album Title: Power Cosmic Label: Nuclear Blast Release Date: 1999 Genre: Overall Rating: ** I've heard worse epic space opera story to hold the listener's interest, and the cover looks cool or I wouldn't have given it the time of day. For fans of: Angry Goth music and bad space operas Reviewed By: Artist/Group: Seasons of the Wolf Lost In Hell Earth Mother Album Title: Label: Music Release Date: 1999 Genre: Classic Metal Overall Rating: **** I Would Probably Buy It vocals (of Judas Priest-only much better control) or AD/DC, and a definate high-end presence vs. that ultra bass nimble more typical of this style. All this and a neet-o cover that reminds me of Deep Purple's Fireball too. For Fans of: Judas Priest, AC/DC, Dio, Kingdom Come :44°6 \llk % % Mitchman Bal- Sagoth The Epic Fantasy Metal Mitchman If you're a fan of loud rock and heavy metal, than this is the CD for you. Not only do the two discs contain live music from Soulfly, Coal Chamber, Slayer, Sepultura and Ozzy (among others), but, by inserting the second disc into your I'm a big fan of quiet, medita tive music, but there's an underly ing frequency to this album that I found monotonous and unsettling: probably the wrong frequency for me. In all fairness, at times it has the feel of background music for a science fiction film . . . you can imagine yourself looking at a col- . . ~,, • THE Kit a :,•!, ,:::::„,,:,..* I A,,,r--,• i- 4 3 OFiIR I i:*k. E • : ..,e - ili ... .. A.- . 4 .. ~ . '' • ( .. 7 .1 : ! 1 -:' 'V E Fit - Ar 4 d W o . :tts E *.: ::. ;'-:'' '- etv f• .. : 0 .6.4. !i J ? ) E ";40.;..a . _., :1110rb 614 ROW, , A)• R S TtA 11. 111 T 5 DON'T .:,.13W1T w ..rI .. ~... .:.: , oz.? ~,.. . V . .. • - 00 :4 0 " . 11 . . '''' • . ,:„,... I Would Pjfp bIA bli!)./ au y IT ;•• **• * . • . , rilli 1 S T U pir N d 0 U $ I . ... ... •• MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 Reviewed By: Artist/Group: Compilation Album Title: Ozzfest - Second Stage Live Label: Divine Records Release Date: April 2001 Loud Rock Genre: Overall Rating:**** I Would Probably Buy It PC, you are given the opportunity to test-out some of SEGA of America's upcoming videogame releases for the Dreamcast con sole. How can you go wrong? For Fans Of: Loud, live music Reviewed By: Da Boss Artist/Group: Steve Album Title: Fantastic Label: Fathom Music Release Date: 1999 (okay, it's not new!) Genre: New Age Overall Rating: *** Borrow or Steal It, Don't Buy It orful nebula out the window of the Millenium Falcon. Make a copy, or if the karmic impact of the theft bothers you - and the frequency is a harmonic of your own - buy it as a meditation or sleep CD. For Fans of: Gooseman Roach Light Enya, Steve Halpern
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