Album Reviews
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Anthem Records It hasn’t been easy for fans or collectors to get their hands on the 1982 self-titled debut by Canadian rockers CONEY HATCH. You won’t find it streaming on Apple Music or Spotify. You might find pieces of it on YouTube, but the quality is not that great. Your favorite local record shop may…
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Deadline Music / Cleopatra Records – 2025https://dangeroustoys.us Taken from a reported 70 songs written in the lead up to the DANGEROUS TOYS album ‘Pissed’, the ten tracks that make up the “new” archival release ‘Demolition’ from the Texas rockers take you back in time to the late 1980s and early 1990s.While the overall production sound…
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1349‘Winter Mass’Season Of Mist After nearly 30 years and eight full-lengths, I suppose it’s about time that 1349 finally got around to issuing a legit live album – don’t think 2009’s bootleggy ‘Maggot Fetus … Teeth Like Thorns’ really counts and 2011’s ‘Hellvetia Fire – The Official 1349 Bootleg’ was a DVD-only proposition. Most of…
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Photo Credit: Mark Maryanovich If you’re reading this vinyl review, then I’m sure you know the backstory. DREAM THEATER reunited with drummer Mike Portnoy to celebrate their 40th Anniversary with an extensive European & U.S. tour. I should also mention that the Progressive Metal 5-piece also managed to release a new studio album in the…
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2025, Adrenalizing Media Not you, not me, and not anyone on this planet will ever be able to listen to the amount of music available at any given moment in time. As such, we pick and choose our favorites, preoccupied with genre splitting and, occasionally, will latch onto something brand new just because. To many,…
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Frontiers Music Srl, 2025 Ever since Christian metalheads STRYPER reinvented themselves with their comeback album ‘No More Hell To Pay’ in 2013, the band has been thriving both in terms of quantity and quality of their releases. The four-piece also underwent some sonic rejuvenation when bassist and backing vocalist Perry Richardson joined the band in…
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Jay Hooks Records It might surprise some to know that I’m a lover of Electric Blues. I don’t celebrate it as much as I probably should and there’s no underlying reason either. I tell people that I’m a Metalhead if they ask. But growing up in the 60’s and 70’s it’s just always been a…
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60 Cycle Hum Recordshttps://john-5.com JOHN 5 has an impressive 30+ year pedigree that ranges from songwriting to studio work, and from film to live performances. Some of you would be taken aback by some of the songs and full albums that JOHN 5 has written for other artists. JOHN 5 has had notable guitar slots…
