Reviewed: November 1998Released: 1998, Listenable RecordsRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Edited by EvilG No one can overestimate the influence Mercyful Fate has had on metal music. The straightforward Satanic/mythological lyrical content of their songs, the corpsepaint, and the “1 song, 100 riffs” approach to composing music (and, well, being Scandinavian), was a…
Album Reviews
Imagika – Worship
Reviewed: October 1998Released: “Oct, IndependentRating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG If you’ve been a reader of Metal Rules!! for any amount of time or if you’ve delved into our past reviews you would of read our review of Imagika’s first self-titled CD. You would also know the high praise we gave this…
Harrow – Embrace The World
Reviewed: October 1998Released: 1999, IndependentRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Chances are many of you have not heard of Harrow despite the fact that they have been together since 1985!! However don’t feel guilty, we never heard of them either. That’s why we felt a short Q-n-A with vocalist Frank Van Gerwen…
Black Sabbath – Reunion
Reviewed: October 1998Released: 1998, naRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Edited by EvilG Well, “day of judgement God is calling!!!!” It’s finally here: the long awaited CD from the original Sabs entitled “REUNION.” When I first heard that the original Sabbath line-up, Messer’s (or should I say Masters) Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, & Ward,…
Steel Assassin – From The Vaults
Reviewed: October 1998Released: n/a, n/aRating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG When I was but a young metal maggot in the early to mid-80’s I would of loved Steel Assassin. J E S U S, just looking at their picture makes you think – “metal gods”…black leather, steel, spikes and songs all about…
Madd Hunter – S/T
Reviewed: October 1998Released: n/a, n/aRating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG Rating for both: 2.5/5 for 1998…however if I was reviewing this in 1984 I would of given them both 5/5 haha When I was but a young metal maggot in the early to mid-80’s I would of loved Steel Assassin. J E…
Sepultura – Against
Reviewed: September 1998 Released: 1998 Rating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Well the new Sepultura is out and what can I say but thank god this is not Roots part two!! That’s the good news, the bad news is that Sepultura will never top Arise or Beneath The Remains (my personal favorite).…
Steel Assassin and Madd Hunter – From The Vaults and S.T.
Reviewed: September 1998Released: 1998, IndependentRating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: EvilG When I was but a young metal maggot in the early to mid-80’s I would of loved Steel Assassin. J E S U S, just looking at their picture makes you think – “metal gods”…black leather, steel, spikes and songs all about…
Harrow – Embrace The World
Reviewed: September 1998Released: 1998, IndependentRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Chances are many of you have not heard of Harrow despite the fact that they have been together since 1985!! However don’t feel guilty, we never heard of them either. That’s why we felt a short Q-n-A with vocalist Frank Van Gerwen…
Arch Enemy – Stigmata
Reviewed: August 1998Released: 1998, Century MediaRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Wondering who in the hell Arch Enemy are?? Well I’m sure you all know who Carcass are…right? If not well you’re shit outta luck, and I pity you. To make a long story short Carcass broke-up. The lead vocalist formed a…
Blind Guardian – Somewhere Far Beyond
Reviewed: July 1998 Released: 1992, VirginRating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: The Wildman From the beginning to the very end, Somewhere Far Beyond is a mix of acoustic & electric guitars, double-bass drumming, and the sing-a-long vocals that Blind Guardian is known for. On whole, this is a good CD but there is…
King Diamond – Voodoo
Reviewed: July 1998Released: 1998, Metal BladeRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Aw, gold ‘ole King Diamond. You can count on the King to deliver, whether it be with Mercyful Fate or his solo band with the amazing Andy La Rocque on lead guitar. King’s new CD Voodoo is in my mind the…
Slayer – Diabolus In Musica
Reviewed: June 1998Released: 1998, n/aRating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Well, well, well….the wait is over, and after a CD full of un-inspired punk covers (with one really good song – Gemini) Slayer are back with their new CD. You’ve got to hand it to Slayer, out of all the great thrash…
Grave Digger – Knights of the Cross
Reviewed: June 1998 Released: 1998, GUN RecordsRating: 5.0/5 Reviewer: The Wildman How does Grave Digger follow-up their excellent CD TUNES OF WAR? Simple. They dumped bassist Tomi Göttlich, replaced him with one of the best bass players around, Jens Becker (of X-Wild and Running Wild fame) and released the even…
Iron Maiden – Virtual XI
Reviewed: May 1998Released: 1998, n/aRating: 3.0/5 Reviewer: EvilG Well the new Maiden CD “Virtual XI” is out. I’ve had it for a few weeks now and I’ve waited a while before actually reviewing it to see if the first impression was lasting. My first impression was – where is the…