Feature Reviews (2006) (2005) (2004-2002)

2006

THUNDER - Robert Johnson's Tombstone, Frontiers Records 2006

PYRAMAZE - Legend of the Bone Carver, Nightmare Records 2006

ANGRA - Aurora Consurgens, SPV Records 2006

BAD ASTRONAUT - Tweleve Small Steps, One Big Disappointment, Fat Wreck Chords 2006

AEROSMITH - Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best Of, Columbia Records 2006

TWISTED SISTER - A Twisted Christmas, Razor and Tie Records 2006

RORY GALLAGHER - Live at Montreux, Eagle Records 2006

BELPHEGOR - Pest Apokalypse VI, Nuclear Blast Records 2006

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Saw 3 Soundtrack, Warcon Records 2006

CIRCLE II CIRCLE - Burden of Truth, Locomotive Records 2006

JON OLIVA'S PAIN - Maniacal Renderings, Locomotive Records 2006

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE - The Poison, Trustkill Records 2006

MEAT LOAF - Bat Out of Hell III: The Moster is Loose, Virgin Records 2006

QUIET RIOT - Rehab, Chavis Records 2006

ROB ZOMBIE - The Best Of: Millennium Collection, Geffen Records 2006

VERUCA SALT - IV, Sympathy for the Record Industry Records 2006

BLIND GUARDIAN - A Twist in the Myth, Nuclear Blast 2006

KROKUS - Hellraiser, Locomotive Records 2006

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - Winter Carols, Locomotive Records 2006

BLISSED - Corrosive, KR Records 2006

PAUL STANLEY - Live to Win, New Door Records 2006

LIGHT THIS CITY - Facing the Thousand, Prosthetic Records 2006

MARION RAVEN - Heads Will Roll EP, Eleven Seven Music 2006

ZOMBEAST - S/T, Horror High Records 2006

JOHNNY CASH - American V: A Hundred Highways, American Recording 2006

ASCENSION THEORY - Answers, Nightmare Records 2006

GMT - Bitter & Twisted, Retrowrek Records 2006

MELISSA IVEY - Lovers and Stars EP, Ivey Productions 2006

KATEGORY V - The Rising Anger, Nightmare Records 2006

SPHERIC UNIVERSE EXPERIENCE - Mental Torment, Nightmare Records 2006

THE SUMMER OBSESSION - This is Where You Belong, Virgin Records 2006

SUNSTORM - S/T, Frontiers Records 2006

SKID ROW - Revolutions Per Minute, SPV Records 2006

BILLY TALENT - II, Atlantic Records 2006

THE BRIGHTWINGS - Stay, Self-Released 2006

THE TRANSIT WAR - Miss Your Face, Orange Peal Records 2006

VLADIMIRS - Serprent Girl & Songs to Shed the Skin, Blood and Buts Records 2006

VILLEBILLIES - S/T, Universal Records 2006

MOTORHEAD - Kiss of Death, Sanctuary Records 2006

SLAYER - Christ Illusion, American Recordings 2006

BOYS LIKE GIRLS - S/T, Red Ink/Columbia Records 2006

FORCE OF EVIL - Black Empire, Escapi Music 2006

DRIVE BY - I Hate Everything About You, Kid, Riot Squad Records 2006

SISTER HAZEL - Absolutely, Wandering Hazel Music 2006

IRON MAIDEN - A Matter of Life and Death, Sanctuary Records 2006

REEL BIG FISH - Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album, Rock Ridge Music 2006

HEDLEY - S/T, Capitol Records 2006

SAMIAM - Whatever's Got You Down, Hopeless Records 2006

KORN - Live on the Other Side, Live Nation 2006

THREE DAYS GRACE - One-X, Jive Records 2006

BUILT UPON FRUSTRATION - The Book of Mourning, Da' Core Records 2006

POISON - Capitol Records Remasters, Capitol Records 2006

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS - Don't You Fake It, Virgin Records 2006

MAHAVATAR - From the Sun, the Rain, the Wind, the Soil, Escapi Music 2006

RAINBOW - Live in Munich DVD, Eagle Vision 2006

PRIDE OF LIONS - Live in Belgium [CD+DVD], Frontiers Records 2006

UNEARTH - III: In the Eyes of Fire, Metal Blade Records 2006

TOM PETTY - Highway Companion, American Recording 2006

IAN GILLAN - Gillan's Inn, Immergent Records 2006

AUTUMN BLACK - Beneath the Shadows, Throwdown Records 2006

BLANCO DIABLO - Paper Posion Revolution, Rock Ridge Music 2006

DEAD RABBITS - Sin Eater, OverIt Records 2006

BEFORE THE DAWN - The Ghost, Locomotive Records 2006

POWERMAN 5000 - Destroy What You Enjoy, DRT Entertainment 2006

RED LOTUS - De Pinche Nada, Red Lotus Recordings 2006

LEATHERWOLF - World Asylum, Massacre Records 2006

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD- The New Black, Century Media 2006

MARDO - The New Gun, House of Restitution Records 2006

EDGEWATER - We're Not Robots, Forevergreen Records 2006

THE FLAIRS - Shut Up and Drive, Pacific Music 2006

CARMINE APPICE PROJECT - Ultimate Guitar Zeus, Escapi Music 2006

JULES SHEAR - Dreams Don't Count, Mad Dragon Records 2006

KILL HANNAH - Until There's Nothing Left of Us, Atlantic Records 2006

ARTISTS 4 CHARITY - Guitarists 4 the Kids, Slang Productions 2006

CARINA ROUND - Slow Motion Addict, Interscope Records 2006

SAMMY HAGAR - Livin' It Up, Rhino Records 2006

FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13 - Little Box of Horrors, Restles Records 2006

DEADSTAR ASSEMBLY- Unsaved, Pure Records 2006

SLOW MOTION REIGN - S/T, Serjical Strike Records 2006

LUCKY BOYS CONFUSION - How to Get Out Alive EP, Townstyle Records 2006

JOHN GORKA - Writing in the Margins, Red House Records 2006

DESPERADO - Ace, Angel Air/Cleopatra Records 2006

DIMEBAG DARRELL - Dimevision Volume 1 DVD, Big Vin Records 2006

MERENDINE ATOMICHE - Raw, Mausoleum Records 2006

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Forever Neil Diamond, Shout Factory 2006

GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS- The Hard Stuff, Eagle Records 2006

WITCH - S/T, Tee Pee Records 2006

GRAVEDIGGER - 25 to Live DVD, Locomotive Records 2006

GOO GOO DOLLS - Let Love In, Warner Brothers Records 2006

SOME GIRLS - Crushing Love, Koch Records 2006

DEREK SHERINIAN - Blood of the Snake, Inside OUt Music 2006

DRAGONFORCE - Inhuman Rampage, Roadrunner Records 2006

ALIEN ANT FARM - Up in the Attic, New Door Records 2006

SHADOWS FALL - Fall Out From the War, Century Media 2006

CHEAP TRICK - Rockford, Cheap Trick Unlimited 2006

ALL THAT REMAINS - The Fall of Ideals, Prosthetic Records 2006

EIDOLON - Parallel Otherworld, Escapi Music 2006

SUSAN CAGLE - The Subway Recordings, Lefthook Entertainment 2006

TORTURE - Storm Alert, Escapi Music 2006

DEF LEPPARD - Yeah!, Island Records 2006

DORO - Warrior Soul, Locomotive Records 2006

DIVIDED BY ZERO - The Black Sea, Sik World Records 2006

/SPEED\KILL/HATE\ - Acts of Insanity, Escapi Music 2006

HATESPHERE - The Sickness Within, SPV Records 2006

EXODUS - Shovel Headed Kill Machine, Nuclear Blast Records 2006

THE ACACIA STRAIN - The Dead Walk, Prosthetic Records 2006

BENEDICTUM - Uncreation, Locomotive Records 2006

LIVE - Songs From Black Mountain, Epic Records 2006

SUDDEN DEATH - Unpure Burial, Locomotive Records 2006

DAMONE - Out Here All Night, Island Records 2006

VERTIGO - 2, Frontiers Records 2006

VARIOUS ARTISTS - American Idol Season 5 Encores, RCA Records 2006

THE FINALS - Plan Your Getaway, Immortal Records 2006

DIXIE CHICKS - Taking the Long Way, Columbia Records 2006

AFI - Decemberunderground, Interscope Records 2006

MICHAEL KISKE - Instant Clarity [Reissue], Frontiers Records 2006

MOWER - Not for You, Suburban Noize Records 2006

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Greatest Hits, Capitol Records 2006

SIERRA SWAN - Ladyland, Interscope Records 2006

LES CLAYPOOL - Of Whales and Woe, Prawn Song Records 2006

WOLFMOTHER - S/T, Modular Records 2006

CRASHBOX - S/T, Core Records 2006

SPEAKERS FOR THE DEAD - Prey for Murder, Magna Carta Records 2006

GILLAN - Live in Edinburgh 1980 DVD, MVD 2006

BULLETS AND OCTANE - In the Mouth of the Young, RCA Records 2006

THE NEW CARS - It's Alive, 10th Street Entertainment 2006

AS FAST AS - Open Letter to the Damned, Octone Records 2006

MOTORJESUS - Deathrider, Locomotive Records 2006

TRY REDEMPTION - Prey For Us Sinners, Self-Released 2005

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - The Village Lanterne, SPV Records 2006

MADREPORE - Overblown, JVC/Imperial Records 2006

WICKED WISDOM- S/T, Suburban Noize Records 2006

MERCY FALL- For the Taken, Atlantic Records 2006

HOURCAST - State of Disgrace, Alkamedia Records 2006

PAT ZELENKA - Lo-Fi Happiness, Exi Anxiety Music 2006

SCORPIONS - Gold, Universal Records 2006

BELLADONNA - Metaphysical Attraction, Belladonna Records 2006

BLACK CROWES - Freak N' Roll DVD, Eagle Vision 2006

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - We Shall Overcome: The Peter Seeger Sessions, Columbia Records 2006

DREAMS OF DAMNATION - Epic Tales of Vengeance, Say it in Blood Records 2006

JEFF SCOTT SOTO - Essential Ballads, Frontiers Records 2006

T-VIRUS - Horror Thir13teen, Blood and Guts Records 2006

ACCEPT - Metal Blast From the Past DVD, Music Video Distributors 2006

HYDROGYN - Bombshell, Chavis Records 2006

HOUSE OF LORDS - World Upside Down, Frontiers Records 2006

REBEL MEETS REBEL - S/T, Big Vin Records 2006

ANDY TIMMONS BAND - Resolution, Favored Nations 2006

DIR EN GREY - Withering to Death, Warcon Records 2006

VERNON REID & MASQUE - Other True Self, Favored Nations 2006

MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANA HOFFS - Under the Covers Volume 1, Shout Factory 2006

ROB ZOMBIE - Educated Horses, Geffen Records 2006

BLUDGEON - World Controlled, Magic Circle Music 2006

LACUNA COIL - Karmacode, Century Media 2006

NOFX - Wolves in Wolves' Clothing, Fat Wreck Chords 2006

DISTURBED - Ten Thosand Fists, Reprise Records 2005

NONE MORE BLACK - This Is Satire, Fat Wreck Chords 2006

RUSH - Gold, Mercury Records 2006

EUROPE - Live From the Dark DVD, Music Video Distributors 2006

DANKO JONES - Sleep is the Enemy, Razor & Tie Records 2006

SCAR SYMMETRY - Pitch Black Progress, Nuclear Blast Records 2006

OSI - Free, Inside Out Music 2006

VIOLENT DIVINE - S/T, Chavis Records 2006

SONATA ARCTICA - For the Sake of Revenge DVD/CD, Nuclear Blast Records 2006

THE CHURCHILLS - The Odds of Winning, Near Records 2006

THE TELEGENIC - AsphaltGasolineChromeFleshBloodBone, Lockstep Music 2005

DIO - Holy Diver Live, Eagle Records 2006

EDGUY - Rocket Ride, Nuclear Blast Records 2006

ALEV - We Live in Paradise, Eclipse Records 2006

WETTON * DOWNES - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast, Frontiers Records 2006

GIUNTINI PROJECT - III, Frontiers Records 2006

IN FLAMES - Come Clarity, Ferret Records 2006

MOVIES WITH HEROES - Nothing Here is Perfect, CI Records 2006

JUDAS PRIEST - The Essential Judas Priest, Sony Records 2006

DOG FASHION DISCO - Adultery, Rotten Records 2006

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - A Blessing and a Curse, New West Records 2006

CHILDREN OF BODOM - Are You Dead Yet?, Spinefarm Records 2005

CLASSIC ALBUM SERIES DVD: QUEEN - A Night at the Opera, Eagle Vision 2006

QUEENSRYCHE - Operation: Mindcrime II, Rhino Records 2006

ERIC MANTEL - The Unstruck Melody, Holistic Music Entertainment 2006

SURVIVOR - Reach, Frontiers Records 2006

CHICAGO - XXX, Rhino Records 2006

MICHAEL SANDERS & ONE TRIBE NATION - Servants of a Lesser God, Esoterica Records 2006

QUEEN - Stone Cold Classics, Hollywood Records 2006

nearLY :Reminder, La Cosa Nostra 2006

TIPTON, ENTWISTLE & POWELL - Edge of the World, Rhino Records 2006

THE CASUALTIES - Can't Stop Us DVD, SideOneDummy Records 2006

DANIEL POWTER - S/T, Warner Brothers Records 2006

MELISSA ETHERIDGE - Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled, Island Records 2005

EVERYGREY - Monday Morning Apocalypse, Inside Out Music 2006

BUCKCHERRY - 15, 10th Street Entertainment 2006

GLENN TIPTON - Baptism of Fire [Remastered], Rhino Records 2006

OVAL OPUS - S/T, On-Entertainment 2006

NEEDTOBREATHE - Daylight, Lava/Atlantic Records 2006

DARK ILLUSION - Beyond the Shadows, Battlefield Records 2005

DIMMU BORGIR - Stormblast, Nuclear Blast America 2006

ANDERSEN, LAINE, READMAN - Three, Frontiers Records 2006

JONNY LIVES - Get Steady EP, 11/7 Records 2005

REVELATION THEORY - Truth is Currency, Idol Rock Entertainment 2005

LOVE EQUALS DEATH - Nightmerica, Fat Wreck Chords 2006

LANA LANE - 10th Anniversary Concert DVD, Frontiers Records 2006

MEGADETH - Arsenal of Megadeth, Capitol Records 2006

LIBERTY N' JUSTICE - Soundtrack of a Soul, LNJ Records 2006

STORY OF THE YEAR - In the Wake of Determination, Maverick Records 2005

POISON - 20 Years of Rock: The Best of Poison, Capitol Records 2006

BLACK SABBATH - Greatest Hits 1970-1978, Rhino Records 2006

WARREN ZEVON - Reconcider Me: The Love Songs, Artemis Records 2006

THE SAINTE CATHERINES - Dancing for Decadence, Fat Wreck Chords 2006

ARCHITECTS - Revenge, Anodyne Records 2006

ADAIR - The Destruction of Everything..., Warcon Records 2006

FOLLY - Resist Convenience, Triple Crown Records 2006

DOMESHOTS - Reception, Rock Ridge Music 2006

JIM PETERIK - Above the Storm, Frontiers Records 2006

YAKUZA - Samsara, Prosthetic Records 2006

VARIOUS ARTISTS - The Best of Taste of Chaos, Warcon Records 2006

ISM - Monkey Underneath, STM Records 2006

WHITESNAKE - Live in the Still of the Night DVD, Hip-O Records 2006

WHITESNAKE - The Definitive Collection, Geffen Records 2006

SEPULTURA - Dante XXI, SPV Records 2006

THE LASHES - Get It, Columbia Records 2006

THE IRON MAIDENS - S/T, DRZ Records 2006

POISON - Seven Days Live DVD, Music Video Distributors 2006

CRACKER - Get on With It: The Best of Cracker DVD, EMI Records 2006

THE JOHNNY HAWTHORN BAND - S/T, Abe's Records 2006

PHIL VINCENT - Unknown Origin, Self-released 2005

HONOR BY AUGUST - Drowning Out the Television, Low Watt Recording 2006

8084 - The Last Great Train, GB Music 2005

THE SAMMUS THEORY - Man Without Eyes, OCI Records 2005

SEVEN WITCHES - Amped, Candlelight Records 2006

CAVALIER KING - The Sun Revolutions, Rubric Records 2006

RHAPSODY - Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret, Magic Circle Music 2006

DEVILDRIVER - The Fury of Our Maker's Hand, Roadrunner Records 2005

RADIOSOUL - S/T, Exi Anxiety Records 2004

MOTORHEAD - 30th Anniversay Remasters, Sanctuary Records 2005

THE GREAT KAT - Extreme Guitar Shred DVD & Wagner's War CD, TPR Music 2005

HIMSA - Hail Horror, Prosthetic Records 2006

P.O.D. - Testify, Atlantic Records 2006

3 - Wake Pig, Metal Blade Records 2005

Y & T - Mean Streak [Remastered], Mean Streak Music Company 2005

THE EXIT - Home for an Island, Wind-Up Records 2005

MOTORHEAD - Stage Fright DVD, SPV/Steamhammer 2005

SLAVE TO THE SYSTEM - S/T, Spitfire Records 2006

UB40 - Who You Fighting For?, Rhino Records 2006

SOUND THE ALARM - S/T EP, Rock Ridge Music 2006

WE ARE THE FURY - Infinate Jest EP, East West Records 2006

KABANG - Degeneration,Tribro Records 2005

STARZ - Back in Action: Live 2003 DVD, Music Video Distributors 2006

BODY COUNT - Live in L.A. DVD, Escapi Music 2005

TUFF JEFF SALEN - The Endless Road, Foutainbleu Entertainment 2005

SWITCHED - Ghosts in the Machine, Corporate Punishment Records 2006

ANNIHILATOR - Schizo Deluxe, Locomotive Records 2005

PRAYER - Wrong Address, Escape Records 2005

JUDAS PRIEST - Rising in the East DVD, Rhino Records 2005

SEVENDUST - Best Of (Chapter One 1997-2004), TVT Records 2005

QUEEN + PAUL ROGERS - Return of the Champions, Hollywood Records 2005

TEN - The Essential Collection 1995-2005, Frontiers Records 2006

AMBITION - S/T, Frontiers Records 2006

NINE INCH NAILS - With Teeth, I Nothing Records 2005

BOB CATLEY - Spirit of Man, Frontiers Records 2006

ME TALK PRETTY - Ana EP, Self-Released 2006

FATES WARNING - Live in Athens, Inside Out Music 2005

ALLELE - Point of Origin, Corporate Punishment Records 2005

DEEP PURPLE - Rapture of the Deep, Eagle Records 2005

10 SECOND DROP - S/T, Rock Ridge Music 2006

NIGHT RANGER - Hits: Acoustic & Rarities, Irock Entertainment 2005

SHINEDOWN - Us and Them, Atlantic Records 2005

STAIND - Chapter V, Atlantic Records 2005

DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND - Synchestra, Inside Out Music 2006

THE DARKNESS - One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back, Atlantic Records 2005

P.O.D. - The Warriors EP Volume 2, Atlantic Records 2005

IRON MAIDEN - Death on the Road, Sanctuary Records 2005

BASEMENT WHAT? - Keep Off the Grass EP, Self-Released 2005

THE TERMS - Small Town Computer Crash, Maple Jam Records 2005

JOURNEY - Live in Houston 1981: Escape Tour DVD/CD, Columbia Records 2005

VARIOUS ARTISTS - Ozzfest 10th Anniversary DVD/CD,Clear Channel Entertainment Home Video 2005

DANZIG - Il Demonio Nera, Evilive Music 2005

2005 Archive

2004 Archive

2003 Archive

2002 Archive