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Kingdom of Salvation - Lost in chaos (2006) - Convincing and diversified - 77% (08/10/10)

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The young German band Kingdom of Salvation plays a rather melodic Death Metal with some Thrash Metal influences. It is very easy to get an approach to this solid debut album as the band is very diversified but always straight and heavy. The band opens...

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Divine:Zero - The day God left (2008) - Open-minded straightness - 75% (08/10/10)

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Divine:Zero play a very technical and sometimes progressive or even epic Melodic Death Metal in the style of the old Gotheburg school. They are not even afraid to include some thrash metal elements and even some reduced keyboards in their sound. That...

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Saidian - Phoenix (2006) - Average European power metal for Edguy fans - 63% (08/10/10)

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After the really energetic and powerful debut album “...for those who walk the path forlorn...” I expected much of the band’s second release. It’s always that the second album is the most difficult one for any band as it often determines if they have...

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Kapitel 2

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Kapitel 2: Mittwoch, 10 Uhr 48, Küstendorf Thomas Jason Smith pfiff fröhlich eine Melodie mit, die aus seinem Autoradio erschallte und blickte auf eine Landkarte, die auf dem Beifahrersitz ausgebreitet lag. Mit viel Drall und quietschenden Reifen verließ...

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Voivod - Morgöth Invasion (1984) - Authentic and straight - 70% (06/10/10)

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This live recording has a really bad demo quality (sometimes, you can't even distinguish the instruments in the middle of the recording) but is very authentic and straight. There is much more energy on this recording than on the future live albums and...

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Voivod - Voivod lives (2000) - Technically brilliant but without any magic - 60% (06/10/10)

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I have already seen Voivod live on stage and know that they are able to do transfer their energy to the crowd and deliver a sweating and intense performance. But in the mid-nineties, it wasn't the same thing. The band had chosen the path of a very dystopian,...

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Opeth - Lamentations - Live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire (2003) - About boredom and routine - 35% (06/10/10)

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I really like a few studio albums of this band, especially "Blackwater Park" and "Watershed", so I bought this slipcase compilation by Koch Records with three studio albums and this exclusive live CD. That's why I will just talk about what I hear and...

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Blind Guardian - At the edge of times (2010) - No magic moments - 45% (06/10/10)

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I read many very positive reviews about this new album of Blind Guardian and that's why I gave it a try. I think that the last record "A twist in the myth" had its strong moments but the last really convincing and intense album was "Imaginations from...

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Voivod - Tatsumaki: Voivod in Japan 2008 (2009) - Very bad quality but charming and authentic - 69% (06/10/10)

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This DVD features a concert of the band that has been captured by three cameras for the Japanese television. The choice of the set list is quite well done and includes the greatest hits from the band between their heavy debut album "War and pain" and...

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Voivod - Kronik (1998) - An interesting package for true fans! - 75% (06/10/10)

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"Kronik" is an interesting compilation album divided into three parts: three disc jockey remixes of some more recent Voivod songs, four rare songs from special editions, b-sides or Japanese version of their last albums and finally four live songs recorded...

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