Interviews Done In 2002 DECEMBER 2002 Reptilian’s drummer – Joel Linder Marble Arch Forever Underground Records Tenebre Marcus Siepen of Blind Guardian Mottrhead’s Mikkey Dee Micheal Romeo of Symphony NOVEMBER 2002 PATTON – Bob Watson and Jason Felger ICED EARTH – Matt Barlow RECLUSION – Marek Dobrowolski MESSIAH – Br?ggi…
Ricky Warwick – Tattoo`s & Alibi`s
Reviewed: December 2002Released: Dece, Sanctuary RecordsRating: 0.5/5 Reviewer: Anders Sandvall I have always liked Ricky’s former band The Almighty which released their debut in \’89 it was the classical “BLOOD, FIRE AND LOVE” and the follow up from \’91 “SOUL DESTRUCTION”, the third album came \’93 called “POWERTRIPPING”. After that…
Hanoi Rocks – 12 Shots On The Rocks
Reviewed: December 2002Released: Dece, Major Leiden ProductionsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Anders Sandvall After a couple of years apart from each other Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy reunited and with some new members the new set of Hanoi Rocks was a fact, one of the biggest band from Finland was alive again!…
Hughes Turner Project – Live in Tokyo
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, MTMRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: JP This has come way too early. It seems I got the full length HTP just this year and already a new live album is upon us. I should not let that diminish my enjoyment of the disc, but I have often some…
American Dog – Red, White, Black and Blue
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, OutlawRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: JP Gawd Damn …these dogs kick some ass! AMERICAN DOG are back wearing their unabashed Yankee pride on the chest and they wear it well. In my previous review of their EP, SIX PACK, I expressed a little hesitation about the fact that…
Regurgitate – Carnivorous Erection
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2000, RelapseRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: JP Relapse bands often put a smile on my face. This label has the corner on gore-grind an admittedly small sub-genre of metal. Regurgitate are good, quite good in fact but in my mind seem to struggle in that second tier of bands,…
The Jelly Jam – The Jelly Jam
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, InsideoutRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Ty Tabor has shaken the blues that plagued his inferior solo effort SAFTEY and delivered a great fun CD. That is the almost guaranteed cure for da’ blues, get together with your friends and have some jam and…jam! His friends, in this…
Ty Tabor – Safety
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, Metal BladeRating: 2.0/5 Reviewer: JP This TY Tabor solo CD reminds me of a very similar situation I mentioned in another review in this feature (see: Magellan) that is, the artists desire to create art from joy, suffering and other personal experiences. My question is, because…
RPWL – Trying To Kiss The Sun
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, InsideoutRating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: JP There are very times that I have not enjoyed a band on the InsideOut label, but I must admit this is one of their weaker picks in recent times. RPWL is a German five-piece band with two keyboardists! I’m wasn’t not sure…
Magellan – Hundred Years Flood
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, Magna CartaRating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: JP I’m really torn on this album. The purpose of art (or so I have been told) is a personal expression of observations and experiences of mankind, nature and so forth. Can any artist be truly criticized for creating art? I would…
Threshold – Critical Mass
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, InsideoutRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: JP This is the release that will get Threshold some of the mainstream recognition they deserve. This is after all their 9th release and the first one I’ve heard. After several CD’s on a smaller label they jumped to InsideOut last year and…
Jughead – Jughead
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, InsideoutRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: JP This is quite a fun record. It is also probably the least progressive of the albums in this a feature. Jughead are a project of Ty Tabor, Derek Sherinian (is there a prog album he hasn’t been on?) and the Bissonette brothers…
Enchant – Blink of An Eye
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, InsideoutRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP My first experience with Enchant was the last CD, JUGGLING NINE OR DROPPING TEN, which I enjoyed very much. I like this on even better. ENCHANT reminds me of 90’s Rush from PRESTO through TEST FOR ECHO, which in my books is…
Blue Oyster Cult – A Long Days Night
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, SanctuaryRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: JP I wasn’t going to review this but after checking the Metal-Rules Reviews Archive I realized two of my esteemed colleagues of metal have already taken the plunge and offered comment to the readers on this border-line metal band. So I don’t feel…
Jordan Rudess – 4NYC
Reviewed: December 2002Released: 2002, Magna CartaRating: 1.0/5 Reviewer: JP I’m sliding this one in under the radar so to speak. This is not metal. This is not prog-metal. This is not prog rock or even rock. So why am I reviewing it? I reviewed the last Rudess solo CD in…