Cea Serin - The Vibrant Sound of Bliss and Decay (2014) - Great mixture of impulsive and relaxed prog music - 96% (21/11/14)

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Cea Serin is a criminally unknown and underrated American progressive metal band that just released its second full length album, The Vibrant Sound Of Bliss And Decay, ten years after its first output entitled …Where Memories Combine. Along with underrated...

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Metallica - Load (1996) - Bore Inc.: Oddballs in a wasted space - 33% (08/11/14)

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Five years after a repetitive and dull but commercially successful groove metal release in the form of "Metallica", the same band comes around with a headless and boring but once again well selling successor entitled "Load". At least Metallica didn't...

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Metallica - ReLoad (1997) - A stripped down southern rock roller coaster ride - 83% (07/11/14)

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Even though the experimental rock album "ReLoad" consists of leftovers from the controversial and inconsistent "Load" release, I actually prefer this record to the predecessor. This album may be a lot of hit and miss but it has an uncompromising and liberating...

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Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - How the mighty have fallen - 65% (05/11/14)

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“Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” is considered by many as the last effort in a streak of experimental, genre-defining and powerful heavy metal releases in the eighties by Iron Maiden. The record received overwhelming reviews from both fans and professional...

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Power of Mirantic - The Conscience (2011) - Hearing an angel sing to profound new world music - 72% (02/11/14)

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Power Of Mirantic is (now) an all-female symphonic power metal band from Surabaya, East Java in Indonesia which has released two solid full length records so far. On the first effort The Conscience, singer Dwi Fatmawati, lead guitarist Annisa Wulandari,...

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Metallica - Garage Inc. (1998) - No "Tabaluga tivi" on James' stereo - 45% (28/10/14)

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Metallica's "Garage Inc." is only interesting for collectors and die-hard fans as it's a rather odd mixture of newly recorded cover songs and cover songs recorded over more than one decade prior to this release. Even though these are cover songs, they...

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Allen-Lande - The Great Divide (2014) - Laid back melodic rock majesty by Timo Tolkki - 82% (26/10/14)

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Many fans were worried when they got to know that the project involving Symphony X and Adrenaline Mob singer Russell Allen as well as vocalist Jorn Lande from Avantasia and Masterplan fame among others would see an important line-up change four years...

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Therion - Theli (1996) - Renaissance and revolution of sophisticated music - 99% (25/10/14)

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Therion’s Theli may be the most essential symphonic metal album ever released. It’s the kind of work that is necessary to listen to at least once in a lifetime of fandom. It’s an album worth exploring thoroughly for Therion fans, as it exists in many...

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Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark (1992) - Incredible hits, hidden killers and a few fillers - 85% (25/10/14)

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“Fear of the Dark” is Iron Maiden’s second best selling record of all times, had quite high chart positions and includes one of the band’s most famous songs ever with the title track which has also become an almost irreplaceable live anthem. Still, this...

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Exodus - Blood In Blood Out (2014) - Snort in, spit out - 14% (11/10/14)

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Over the past few years, I’ve really grown into the thrash metal scene and adore several records by the Big 4 Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer, the Teutonic three with Destruction, Kreator and Tankard and other honorable mentions such as New Jersey...

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