Passable but not essential - A review of Def Leppard's The Story So Far - The Best of

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What do Johnny Cash, Gravity Kills, Sammy Hagar and Marilyn Manson have in common with Def Leppard? That's right, they have all covered Depeche's Mode ''Personal Jesus''. Def Leppard's version is actually one of the most decent cover versions because...

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Passable but not essential - A review of Def Leppard's The Story So Far - The Best of

Par kluseba

What do Johnny Cash, Gravity Kills, Sammy Hagar and Marilyn Manson have in common with Def Leppard? That's right, they have all covered Depeche's Mode ''Personal Jesus''. Def Leppard's version is actually one of the most decent cover versions because...

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Passable but not essential - A review of Def Leppard's The Story So Far - The Best of

Par kluseba

What do Johnny Cash, Gravity Kills, Sammy Hagar and Marilyn Manson have in common with Def Leppard? That's right, they have all covered Depeche's Mode ''Personal Jesus''. Def Leppard's version is actually one of the most decent cover versions because...

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Passable but not essential - A review of Def Leppard's The Story So Far - The Best of

Par kluseba

What do Johnny Cash, Gravity Kills, Sammy Hagar and Marilyn Manson have in common with Def Leppard? That's right, they have all covered Depeche's Mode ''Personal Jesus''. Def Leppard's version is actually one of the most decent cover versions because...

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Passable but not essential - A review of Def Leppard's The Story So Far - The Best of

Par kluseba

What do Johnny Cash, Gravity Kills, Sammy Hagar and Marilyn Manson have in common with Def Leppard? That's right, they have all covered Depeche's Mode ''Personal Jesus''. Def Leppard's version is actually one of the most decent cover versions because...

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The magic of Ancient China - A review of 小雨 / Mysterain's 破墨山谷 / After the End of the Valley

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I have been listening to Chinese metal for more than seven years now and one thing that amazes me in comparison to Western bands is that Chinese bands very rarely repeat themselves, often offer surprises and generally seem to be willing to try out something...

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A dream return to rural China - A review of 迷魂殿's 李有才的一天

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Chinese one-man project Enchantenka releases its third record in its third year of existence. While the first album was a consistent blackened folk metal record, the sophomore effort was more like a black metal release with occasional folk passages. This...

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Knocking on Heaven's door - A review of Гран-КуражЪ's Достучаться до небес

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Russian melodic heavy metal quintet Grand Courage is mainly known for the fact that its former vocalist Mikhail Zhitnyakov is now the lead singer of Russian heavy metal veterans Aria. He was replaced by similarly sounding singer Evgeny Kolchin who left...

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Unfolding flower petals - A review of Skyforest's Harmony

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Skyforest's Harmony is an imaginative neofolk record that sounds much calmer, dreamier and mellower than the previous outputs. The stunning cover artwork represents the music so well that it's hard to believe that the man behind this project actually...

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Epic history lessons in steel - A review of Хранитель's Дети севера

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Moscovian quintet Хранитель identifies itself as melodic speed metal band but I would rather categorize the group as traditional heavy metal band with occasional thrash metal influences. This band is another one in a long list of solid contemporary heavy...

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