Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Nuclear BlastRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG Preamble/Intro A monster documentary and six videos.
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Reviewed: March 2001Released: 2001, Nuclear BlastRating: 1.1/5 Reviewer: El Cid Well, I decided to borrow this from the guy at the record store (an old friend now works there and gets to open CDs to play them at the store) and I’m glad as hell I just borrowed it. I…
Lesser Known – Higher Levels
Reviewed: March 2001Released: 2000, LKE Entertainment GroupRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: Waspman Lesser Known is an eager young band from my home and native Canada, playing a brand of metal/hard rock that treads dangerously close to mallcore. Well, their bio says that they are “new metal” but thankfully, the band only skirts…
Freedom Call – Crystal Empire
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Steamhammer/SPVRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Joe Gamma Ray drummer Dan Zimmermann and longtime friend Chris Bay (vocals, guitar, keys) have returned with the second installment in their saga of the people of the destroyed land of Taragon. In this chapter of the unfolding story, many years have…
Children of Bodom – Follow The Reaper
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Nuclear BlastRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Joe Before I begin, I have to do a little bitching… Why the hell does every Children of Bodom CD I’ve ever bought NOT include all the lyrics in the booklets?!?!?!?! Huh? Will somebody at Nuclear Blast please pull their head…
Various Artists – A Tribute to the Scorpions
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: n/a, Nuclear BlastRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Joe If any of you read the December 2000 installment of the From Hell’s Heart column, then you may remember that I’m not a big fan of tribute albums. Well, I still don’t hold them in very high regard, but occasionally…
Dimmu Borgir – Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Nuclear BlastRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Dimmu Borgir suffer from the “love it / hate it” syndrome. People seem to prefer arguing about if they are a “true” black metal band or not, rather then listen to the music. Well you know what, I don’t give…
Fear Factory – Digimortal
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Roadrunner RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG To those who say, “ohh Fear Facroty sold out and play nu-metal now.” You are dead wrong. Maybe a mallcore band or two took Fear Factory as an influence but that’s it. This is still the same brand of techno-thrash…
Sepultura – Nation
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Roadrunner RecordsRating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Face it, this band will never release ARISE part two. Despite that, not only has the music changed, so seemingly has the band’s musical talent! Where are the solos? Where is the thrash-like riffing? Man, has this band ever gone…
Narnia – Desert Land
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Nuclear BlastRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Neo-classical melodic metal describes this Swedish outfit. This band is a Christian metal band and yes they have a Christian message in their lyrics. However, this is not childlike drivel like “Jesus, Jesus, you are the one for me!” It’s…
Opeth – Blackwater Park
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Koch RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Opeth are a band that I’ve been hearing A LOT about this year. Everywhere I turn it’s Opeth this or Opeth that!! So what’s with all the hype? The answer is simple – BLACKWATER PARK. This is the type of…
Gandalf – Rock Hell
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Wicked WorldRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG Finland’s Gandalf finally return with ROCK HELL, a death-rock masterpiece of unholy proportions. I loved Gandalf’s first full-length, DEADLY FAIRYTALES, but after several listens I believe this one outdoes its predecessor. The band has grown musically since their last album…
Iron Fire – On The Edge
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Noise RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG This band undeservedly took some crap for their last album because people viewed it as un-original and copying bands like HammerFall and Helloween. The comparison was founded but the criticism, I thought, was unfounded. Sure these bands influenced them but…
Cathedral – Endtyme
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2001, Earache RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Cathedral has been around now for about ten years. In that time they have become THE band that have best carried on the doom aspect of Sabbath. In the past 2-3 years it seems as if Cathedral have not been…
Hanker – Snakes and Ladders
Reviewed: March 2001 Released: 2000, Metal Disk RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG From amidst what is becoming Canada’s heavy metal hotspot (Quebec) comes Hanker with their new CD SNAKES AND LADDERS. This release, Hanker’s third, was delayed for what seemed forever considering this was recorded at Phase One Recording Studios, Toronto,…