Pegazus Concert Review Sydney Australia, January 2003 Review and live pics by Brat
MANOWAR- vocalist Eric Adams
MANOWAR Eric Adams Interview and live pictures By Marko Syrjala Well, finally, I was able to have an interview with one of my all-time vocal heroes – Eric Adams from Manowar. Eric turned out to be a really nice guy with a good sense of humor. We discussed the band’s…
Metal-Rules.com – Best of 2003
Best of 2003 It’s that time of year once again, the time when we, the staff of Metal-Rules.com, compile our best of lists to derive the top albums of the year. Below is the overall top 50 derived from each staff member’s top 20 of the year. Points are scored…
Space Odyssey – Embrace The Galaxy
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2003, Regain RecordsRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Anders Sandvall The world famous keyboardist Richard Andersson (ex Majestic and now Time Requiem) is now trying his wings on his own with this solo record. Besides composing all of the music he’s also produced the album with some help by Jonas…
Denata – Art Of The Insane
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2003, Arctic Music GroupRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Anders Sandvall This is the third album from the Swedish based Denata from Linköping. Denata is about to follow up their latest effort DEATHTRAIN from \’01 and on this album they have worked even harder and taken their music to another…
Pentagram (Mezarkabul) – Bir
Reviewed: January 2003Released: n/a, Bocek YapimRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Rick This is one of the most unique CDs in my collection in that it is sang totally in Turkish. You got that right, Turkish. BIR is really an extension of UNSPOKEN, the bands last CD that was released in 2001 on…
Daniel Liverani – Genius: A Rock Opera Part 1
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, Frontiers RecordsRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: CrashTest GENIUS: A ROCK OPERA is an extremely ambitious progressive metal undertaking from Daniel Liverani, a relative unknown in the metal universe. By way of introduction, Liverani is a classically trained music virtuoso of sorts, having started his musical training at the…
Impaler – Old School Ghouls
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, Root of All EvilRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Rick After revelling in the atmosphere of the Christmas season when everything is happy and cheerful, its time to get back to the real world. What better band to usher in the New Year than Impaler! I have had my…
Patton – Metal
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, Silver Bullet RecordsRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Rick Patton have kicked the engines into overdrive for this release. Jason Felger and Bob Watson are back with their second disc under the Patton moniker after splitting with original group Steamroller. METAL is the title and the material certainly lives…
Aleph – Promo 2002
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, IndependentRating: 2.7/5 Reviewer: Rick 2003 is upon us. The New Year in metal has begun and with it comes a stack of releases sitting on my desk that have been neglected because of the holiday season. Well its time to put nose to the grindstone and…
Empyria – Sense of Mind
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, IndependentRating: 3.7/5 Reviewer: Rick CDs that arrive in DVD cases always get my attention rather quickly. I think it might be the fact that I am expecting a DVD. But alas there is only a CD, but in this case a very good CD. A couple…
VII Gates – The Madman Inside
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, IndependentRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Rick Sweden serves up another great traditional metal band in the form of VII Gates. The band was formed in 1999 by Jonas Arvidsson: guitars and David Agnsviks: bass. By 2000 they have a solid lineup and set to work remodeling a rehearsal…
Eidolon – Apostles of Defiance
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2003, Metal Blade / GalyRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: JP I’m going for some sort of record reviewing the fifth Eidolon CD in a row. Having been a fan of the band for so long; I feel I’m almost qualified to comment! I had given their previous works positive…
Virgin Steele – Guardians of the Flame
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 1982, Music for NationsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Night of the Realm I am giddy to have Virgin Steele’s sophomore effort, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME, finally released onto CD, sitting in my hands. For years, I had scoured various shops and sources to acquire Virgin Steele’s long out of…
Symphony X – The Odyssey
Reviewed: January 2003Released: 2002, Inside Out MusicRating: 4.3/5 Reviewer: Night of the Realm Symphony X’s latest masterpiece, THE ODYSSEY, is such a surprise hit for me that I am nearly kicking myself with regret for not picking this one up months ago! Honestly, I meant to pick it up when…