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[19 December 2010]

Reviews: Clearing the desk before christmas - a plentiful reviews' update.

INSTANZIA: "Ghosts"
CIRCLE2CIRCLE "Consequence Of Power"
STRATOSPHERE: "Fire Flight"
HALCYON WAY: "Building the Towers"
SEBASTIEN: "Tears Of White Roses"
DEGREED: "Life/Love/Loss"
DARKWATER: "Where Stories End"
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION: "Rollin"
ICEWIND: "Again Came The Strom"
MORITZ: "Undivided"
DAVID 'ROCK' FEINSTEIN: "Bitten By The Beast"
SWEETKISS MOMMA: "Revival Rock"
APPEARANCE OF NOTHING: " All Gods are Gone"
MARYA ROXX: "Payback Time"
PAVLOV'S DOG: "Echo & Boo"
HARDCORE CIRCUS: "Wake Up Call"
MICHAEL BORMANN: "d-i-f-f-e-r-e-n-t"
MAGIC KINGDOM: "Symphony Of War"
LEMMY: THE MOVIE

[7 December 2010]

VEGA: "Kiss Of Life"
t: "Anti-Matter Poetry"
The CRAW DADDY: "Resurrected"
LEGION: "S/T"
The INTERSPHERE: "Interspheres - Atmospheres"
TAG: "Foreward"
SUPERHORRORFUCK: "Livingdeadstars"
TERÄSBETONI: "Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita"
DUSTINEYES: "Bullet For My Generation"
ARK: "Wild Untamed Imaginings"
PRIME SUSPECT: "S/T"
GUARDIAN: "First Watch" reissue

[30 November 2010]

B.D. GOTTFRIED: "The Warden's Picnic"
ADIASTASIA: "Life War"
DAVID MINASIAN: "Random Acts Of Beauty"
FRAMEPICTURES: "Remember It"
MESSIAH: "Final Warning"
The HOT RAILS: "Single Entendre"
NELSON: "Before The Rain" & "The Perfect Storm"
ZZG: "Trapped In The Mirror"
FOREIGNER: "Can't Slow Down... When It's Live"
HIGHWAY 414: "Hellbound For The Highway"

[16 November 2010]

SEVENTH WONDER: "The Great Escape"
SKIN: "Breaking The Silence"
GOLDEN RESURRECTION: "Glory To My King"
YEN HARLEY: "The Substance Of Things"
SENES: "De-Evolution Of Theory"
YOGI LANG: "No Decoder"
FENRIK LANE: "317"
PJ RAUTIAINEN: "Secret Isle"
JACK JEFFERY: "Passage To Agadir"
FEN: "Trails Out Of Gloom"
BODINROCKER: "Mysterious Man"
UNDERCOVER SLUT: "America Macht Frei"
KING JAMES: "The Fall"
COMA: "Excess"
VISION: "Mountain In The Sky" and "Vision"
ACID DRINKERS: "Fish Dick Zwei - The Dick Is Rising Again"
FAIR WARNING: "Talking Ain't Enough" DVD
MAGNUM: "The Gathering" BOXSET
Anna DALY-MCCABE: "Glam Metal: The Beginning"

[4 November 2010]

Phil SUTCLIFFE: "AC/DC - High Voltage Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History"
James LABRIE: "Static Impulse"
EDEN: "Into the Within"
DONKEY RIDE: "JWTMH"

[25 October 2010]

ALL I KNOW: "Vanity Kills"
NELSON: "Lightning Strikes Twice"
Fabri Kiareli's F.E.A.S.T.: "Rise"
ALLEN/LANDE: "the Showdown"
PERFECT VIEW: "Hold Your Dreams"
FIRE: "Ignite"
STRANGEWAYS: "Perfect World"
FM: "City Limits EP"
The POODLES: "No Quarter"
DIO: "At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987"

[08 October 2010]

KYRBGRINDER: "Cold War Technology"
UNRULY CHILD: "When Worlds Collide"
JOE SATRIANI: "Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards"
FIREWIND: "Days Of Defiance"
VONASSI: "The Battle Of Ego"
DANTE: "Saturnine"
BLOODY MARY: "Party Music For Graveyards"
FIRECRACKER: "Born Of Fire"
WHITE WIDDOW: "S/T"

[22 September 2010]

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: "S/T"
ARCADIA: "Roy Philip Nohl"
FURYON: "Gravitas"
DROIDS ATTACK: "Must Destroy"
HELIX: "Vagabond Bones"
UNSUN: "Clinic For Dolls"
ROSWELL SIX: "Terra Incognita A Line In The Sand"
EMPIRES OF EDEN: "Reborn in Fire"
SKY ARCHITECT: "Excavations Of The Mind"
BROKEN TEETH: "Viva La Rock, Fantastico!"
WOLFSPRING: "Wolfspring"
CONSTANTINE: "Shredcore"

[9 September 2010]

KISKE - SOMERVILLE: "S/T"
TWO FIRES: "Burning Bright"
VOLBEAT: "Beyond Hell/Above Heaven"
ISSA: "Sign Of Angels"
LA FAMIGLIA SUPERSTAR: "s/t"
FURY U.K: "A Way Of Life"
Jon MULLANE: "Shift"
D'ERCOLE: "The Art Of Self Destruction"

[31 August 2010]

DORIS BRENDEL: "The Last Adventure"
CONDITIONS: "Fluorescent Youth"
BLACK ROSE: "Cure For Your Disease"
TARJA: "What Lies Beneath"
Jimi JAMISON & Jim PETERIK: "Extra Moments"
THE UNION: "S/T"
SLECHTVALK: "A Forlorn Throne"
MAC BLAGICK: "Ramadawn"
GODSIZED: "The Phoney Tough & The Crazy Brave EP"

[17 August 2010]

BANGALORE CHOIR: "Cadence"
MOJO POJO: "Mojo Pojo"
KEN'S DOJO: "Reincarnation"
GYNGER LYNN: "Baby's Gone Bad"
IRON MAIDEN: "The Final Frontier"
RAVENRYDE: "In The Spirit Of Darkness"
SWEET SYBIL: "Sweet Sybil"
LAUTSTURMER: "Depopulator"
Michael PAIGE: "It Is What It Was"
DAVE EVANS: "Judgement Day"
TERZOLIVELLO: "The Silent City"
ADRENALINE 101: "Twelve Step Program"
BASTARD: "Aftermath"
WILD CHAMPAGNE: "Fire And Water"
ROSS BYRON: "EP"
SOLITY: "Species 2.0"

[08 August 2010]

Reviews: Sometimes reviewing isn't too much fun... 8 albums, and only one gets a good rating. Maybe next time...

TERRY BROCK: "Diamond Blue"
WILD SIDE: "Speed Devil"
BLACK MAJESTY: "In Your Honour"
BRET MICHAELS: "Custom Built"
PSYCHO CHOKE: "Unraveling Chaos"
FUTURE IS TOMORROW: "Fit To Die (Part 1)"
SOULHUNTER: "Beyond The Twilight"
MINUETUM: "Haunted Spirit"

[28 July 2010]

FIRST SIGNAL feat. Harry HESS: "First Signal"
Sven LARSSON: "Sunlight and Shadow"
AREA51: "Daemonicus" and "Goddess"
BLAZE BAYLEY: Promise & Terror"
STIMULATOR: "Lovelier In Black"
VK LYNNE: "Whiskey Or Water"
SEASONS LOST: "After The Storm"
WISER TIME: "Beggars and Thieves"
GLYDER: "Yesterday Today and Tomorrow"
MARC FERREIRA: "Working Overtime"
EYE FOR AN EYE: "Downfall"
WEAPON HEAD: "Surgical Smile"
MAGICA: "Dark Diary"
CATEGORY 5: "Off The Ivory Coast" EP
DIVA SIUCIDE: "Scars" EP

[16 July 2010]

STAN BUSH: "Dream The Dream"
John WAITE: "In Real Time"
YOSO: "Elements"
TERRA NOVA: "Come Alive"

[01 July 2010]

ANATHEMA: "We're Here Because we're Here"
ANGELINE: "Confessions"
MASTERPLAN: "Time To Be King"
EXTREME: "Take Us Alive"
WHEELS OF FIRE: "Hollywood Rocks"
4BACKWOODS: "Be Different Or Die"
SISTER SIN: "True Sound Of The Underground"
HUNGRYHEART: "One Ticket To Paradise"
TESLA: "Alive In Europe"
RESTRUCT: "Built Back Up From Self Destruction"
ON-OFF: "Ribcrasher"
CRYSTAL TEARS: "Generation X"
JOEY SUMMER: "Written On the Horizon"
ON-OFF: "Ribcrasher"

[17 June 2010]

VANDENPLAS: "The Seraphic Clockwork"
SILENT CALL: "Greed"
TONY HARNELL & THE MERCURY TRAIN: "Round Trip"
BAD HABIT: "Timeless"
JORN: "Dio"
WICKED SENSATION: "Crystallized"

A & R Dept.: A couple of unsigned acts got in touch with us, and we checked their CD's out:
Epicrenel: "The Crystal Throne"
Coventhrall: "Promo 2010"

[04 June 2010]

The DREAMING TREE: "Progress Has No Patience"
DISAFFECTION: "Begin The Revolution"
DANIEL BAND: "On Rock"
RATT: "Infestation"
LYNCH: "Window Of Your Soul"
STAIRWAY: "Interregnum"
VALKYRIE: "Man of Two Visions"
SNEW: "We Do What We Want"
ANDERS CHRISS: "Volatility"

[21 May 2010]

CRASHDÏET: "Generation Wild"
CHARLOTTE: "Medusa Groove"
VINCE NEIL: "Tattoos & Tequilas"
MOLLY HATCHET: Justice"
FRAMING HANLEY: "A Promise To Burn"
LEGACY: "Legacy"
DRAGONFORCE: "Sonic Firestorm" & "Valley Of The Damned" re-issues
FATE: "25 Years - The Best Of Fate 1985-2010"

[8 May 2010]

STORMZONE: "Death Dealer"
TRIUMPH: "Greatest Hits"
SKILL IN VEINS: S/T"
JOLLY: "Forthy Six Minutes, Twelve Seconds of Music"
PRETTY MAIDS: "Pandemonium"
Y&T: "Facemelter"
SUPERNAL ENDGAME: "Touch The Sky - Vol: 1"
MASS: "Sea Of Black"
H.E.A.T.: "Freedom Rock"
SHINING LINE: S/T"
THY DISEASE: "Anshur Za"
SORA: Desire & Truth"
AXEL RUDI PELL: "The Crest"
MOUGA: "The God and Devil's Schnapps"
MICHAEL GILL: "Blues For Lazarus"
MARK SWEENEY: "All In"
LOST SOUL: "Immerse In Infinity"
M.I.C.: "Out 2 Rock"
SLAVES TO FASHION: "Slaves To Fashion"

[26 April 2010]

SAWOL: "Through Soil and Skin"
RED LETTER MERCHANT: "Leave It All Behind"
STIGMA: "Concerto For The Undead"
AUDIOVISION: "Focus"
JACOBS DREAM: "Beneath The Shadows"
SHYLOCK: "Rock Buster"
ECHOES: "Nature I Existence"
FREEDOM CALL: "Legend Of The Shadowking"
BAT RACERS: "Big Cash"
CHICKENFOOT: "Get Your Buzz On"
KREYSON: "20 Years Of Kreyson"

[15 April 2010]

FM: "Metropolis"
LIBERTY N'JUSTICE: "Light It Up"
MILLS: "Decader"
N.O.W.: "Force Of Nature"
MEHIDA: "The Eminent Storm"
LANDHAUS: "Darker City Lights"
VIOLENT DIVINE: "Release The Hounds"
STEEVI JAIMZ: "Glam Damnation"

[07 April 2010]

SCORPIONS: "Sting In The Tail"
NIFTERS: "Zalvatore Caine Incorporated"
DELIVERANCE: "Weapons Of Our Warfare"
CHRIS LANEY: "Only Come Out At Night"
THERE FOR TOMORROW: "A Little Faster"
TERMINAL: "Tree Of Life"
TITUS TOMMY GUNN: "lapenratica Svavolya"
G.U Medicine: "Lords Of Oblivion"
BLACK CANDY STORE: "Back To The Wall"
TRAUMA: "Archetype Of Chaos"

[21 March 2010]

TUNNEL: "Tunnel"
SERPENTINE: "A Touch Of Heaven"
NATASCHA SOHL: "Dirty Little Word"
MATTSSON: "Tango"
STRYKEN: "First Strike + Blitzkrieg"
ASIA: "Omega"
POISONBLACK: "Of Rust And Bones"
GRÖNHOLM: "Eyewitness of Life"
BRIDE: "Tsar Bomba"
HALESTORM: "Halestorm"
MARGATE: "On The Other Side"
DIVIDED MULTITUDE: "Guardian Angel"
FIRST BAND FROM OUTER SPACE: "The Guitar Is Mightier Than The Gun"
KEVIN LEE & The Kings: "Dusk Till Dawn"

[12 March 2010]

ROCK SUGAR: "Reimaginator"
CRAZY LIXX: "New Religion"
VOTUM: "Metafiction"
BRIAN DALE: "Sticks and Stones"
GLASS HAMMER: "Three Cheers For The Broken Hearted"
The JADE: "Seconds Away From Salvation"
AURAS: "New Generation"
FOREIGNER: "Can't Slow Down"
VIRGIN SNATCH: "Act Of Grace"
SAINT: "Hell Blade"
The RETALIATION PROCESS: "Downfall"
TOYZ: "Carte Blanche"

[02 March 2010]

RECKLESS LOVE: "Reckless Love"
STATE OF ROCK: A Point Of Destiny"
NEWMAN: "The Art Of Balance"
H.E.A.T.: "Beg Beg Beg"
BROTHER FIRETRIBE: "Live At Apollo"
SWEET COMFORT BAND: "Breakin' The Ice"
SWEET COMFORT BAND: "Hold On Tight!"
SWEET COMFORT BAND: "Hearts Of Fire"
SWEET COMFORT BAND: "Cutting Edge"
SWEET COMFORT BAND: "Perfect Timing"

[24 February 2010]

TREAT: "Coup De Grace"
HEAVENLY: Carpe Diem"
DELIVERANCE: "Deliverance"
JON OLIVA'S PAIN: "Festival"
IRON MASK: "Shadow Of The Red Baron"
BIG KRUSH: "Wake Up World"
IMPULSIA: "Expressions"
VILLAGE OF DEAD ROADS: "Desolution Will Destroy You"
DUST AND BONES: "Voodoo"
CHINAWHITE: "Challenges"
Riverside: "Reality Dream" DVD

[11 February 2010]

Reviews: GlamThrashProgSleazeGoodBad and then some.

HANSEL: "Never Say Die"
VAIN: "All Those Strangers"
Charly SAHONA: "Naked Thoughts From a Silent Chaos"
EMBERSTORM: "Memories Of Time"
SECRET SMILE: "This Is Our Time Now"
ABADDEN: "Sentenced To Death"
The BONESMEN: "Deuce"
MASTERMIND: "Insomnia"

[08 February 2010]

BATTALION: "Underdogs"
The MARY MAJOR: "04:13"
FIRST CHILD: "Queen Of Hearts"
SACRED HEART: "Darkness Falls"
GHZ: "There's Trouble Coming"
DARK ILLUSION: "Where The Eagles Fly"
Rick SPRINGFIELD & Jeff SILVERMAN: "From The Vault"
ARBOGAST: "Certainties and Doubts"
FACTORY OF DREAMS: "A Strange Utopia"
CIRCLE: "Hollywood"

[02 February 2010]

Reviews: A massive reviews update with 27 (count' em!) new albums under scrutiny!

BRIAN HOWE: "Circus Bar"
GIANT: "Promise Land"
INNOCENT ROSIE: "Had Habit Romance"
AIRBOURNE: No Guts, No Glory"
DR.GRIND: "Speechless"
PRETTY WILD: "All The Way"
SUREFIRE: "Surefire"
JUPITER SOCIETY: "Terraform"
ORPHEUS: "Orpheus"
DEAD HEROES CLUB: "A Time Of Shadow"
DYNAZTY: "Bring The Thunder"
STRIKE TWICE: "Strike Twice"
CHERRY LIPS: "Cherry Lips"
EDGE OF FOREVER: "Another Paradise"
SEVENTH RIZE: "Full Moon"
SGT. Roxx: "Weapon Of Miss Distraction"
FELONY: "Helltown Hotel"
HARDREAMS: "Calling Everywhere"
FREEDOM HAWK: "Freedom Hawk"
ROBIN BROCK: "Monsters"
SILENT FALL: "Otherwise"
SEX DEPARTMENT: "Rock n' Roll Suicide"
KEEL: "The Right To Rock - 25th Anniversary Edition"
BRUNOROCK: "War Maniacs"
AJALON: "This Good Place"
LAST STOP CHINATOWN: "Into The Volcano"
LET THE NIGHT ROAR: "Let the Night Roar"

[21 January 2010]

LAST AUTUMN'S DREAM: "A Touch Of Heaven"
TARA'S SECRET: "Vertigo"
HUMAN TEMPLE: "Murder Of Crows"
Bruce KULICK: "BK3"

[15 January 2010]

Reviews: The first reviews for the new year!

WIG WAM: Non Stop Rock & Roll"
Ozzy OSBOURNE with Chris Aires: "I Am Ozzy"
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET: Divanity"
SPIN GALLERY: "Embrace"
KEEL: "Streets Of Rock'n Roll"
LINEHOUSE: "Take One"