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3d ago
The big question here is whether I can deliver an unbiased book review. After all Dawn LeFevre is my sister. I’ll leave it up to you to decide the point on bias so here we go. Set in the 1980s, “The Metal Sisters” is the story of Sapphire and Destiny, two girls from what you ..read more
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4d ago
In reality, it’s not often that an album title reflects the music contained within. However, in the case of Kreator’s “Extreme Aggression” album, the title fits the album perfectly. The album is nothing but extreme aggression, thrash metal as thrash was meant to be. Reading the history of the recording of the album, I have ..read more
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4d ago
Sadly, I must report the death of the original rhythm guitarist from Anvil, Dave ‘Squirrely’ Allison. Dave played with the band until 1989, which included the band’s first three and probably best known albums, “Hard and Heavy,” “Metal on Metal” and “Forged in Fire.” Tributes have been pouring in, including from Lipps and Robb Reiner ..read more
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1w ago
I swear it’s pure coincidence. When I listed the albums I was going to post about for 1989, it didn’t occur to me that I would be posting albums from three different German bands in a row but it worked out that way. We’ve had Accept, U.D.O. and now you’re getting the “Live in the ..read more
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1w ago
Normally, I don’t like to say one album is better than another but after listening to Accept’s “Eat the Heat” and then U.D.O.’s “Mean Machine” albums in conjunction, I have to say that I prefer “Mean Machine.” While I meant every good thing I said about the Accept album, it did seem like they were ..read more
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2w ago
As I write about Accept’s 1989 album, “Eat the Heat,” I wish there weren’t so many issues of the same album and I’m not just talking about this one. In regards to “Eat the Heat,” there was both a US and a European issue of the album and the main difference is they have the ..read more
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2w ago
So, I won’t wear my fingers out typing the title to Warrant’s debut album, I’m simply going to refer to it as “DRFSR.” I am also going to do when I sometimes write about a band’s debut album and apply what I have come to know over the years that I didn’t know back in ..read more
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2w ago
When I posted about the soundtrack to the film “Shocker,” I stated that it was my introduction to Dangerous Toys, however, I did not explore the band further at the time, silly me. The song from the soundtrack, “Demon Bell,” doesn’t appear on their self-titled debut album. What you get instead is eleven really good ..read more
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3w ago
The last post on the Dogs D’Amour EP, “A Graveyard of Empty Bottles,” was sort of a bonus post as I had no knowledge of it until I attempted to research the following album, “Errol Flynn.” Unlike “AGoEB,” this album isn’t so acoustic or as bluesy. In fact, it’s the hard rock that turned my ..read more
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1M ago
Technically, this isn’t a metal album, it’s more of a blues-rock album but what the hell. I discovered this EP by Dogs D’Amour when I was planning to post about their actual LP, “Errol Flynn.” Being the curious type, I gave “A Graveyard of Empty Bottles” a listen and decided that it was way worthy ..read more