STEEL PANTHERBalls Out Universal Republic (2011)Rating: 8/10 I’m sure there are a lot of people who do not like Steel Panther. It’s a few decades on since Spinal Tap and Bad News graced our screens and stereos, and some cynics have been asking why we need another band that plays on the heavy metal parody? […]

DEATHIndividual Thought Patterns (Reissue) Relapse (2011)Rating: 9.5/10 Death albums get harder and harder to review, because words almost fail me every time I slap one of these records onto the turntable. Considering how Death evolved as a band, and what they stood for, they were criminally underrated. Thankfully, with Relapse Records reissuing the albums, Chuck […]

ICED EARTHDystopia Century Media (2011)Rating: 9/10 There was a time when it felt like Iced Earth was firmly in place to receive the torch Iron Maiden will someday hand down. The band, led by guitarist Jon Schaffer, was on fire in the mid to late 90s but was derailed for a number of reasons after […]

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