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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
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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
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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-
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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