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Paranoid is Black Sabbath’s second album. It isn’t hard to hear why these pioneer rockers were such an influence on Hardrock and Heavy Metal. Although the music is obviously based on blues scales they manage to make heavy hifs and nice singable melodies out of it. With ease, it seems. During this time it sound a little psycadelic, meaning that it sounds a bit experimental still. They still have not decided what they are or...
Armageddon Boogie is the first album in a series of three (that I know of) from Amerikan Kaos. I’m not sure if you should call it at project or a band, or even if it’s Jeff Waters hiring other mucisioan to make the albums. I’ve read in his own statement that the three albums will differ musically and personnel-wise. But it’s hard to make any conclusion so far. The genre of Armageddon Boogie is more...
Revenge is the sixteenth studio album by Kiss. I have so far reviewed a significant portion of their album production and I have truly found varying qualities. Some albums are truly dismal to the point that I can hardly understand how they were released, while others are actually as good as one can expect from Kiss. I don’t mean this because they are musical geniuses, certainly not! But rather because Kiss is such a legendary...
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath is their eponymous first album (duh!). I have seen plenty of lists that list the first 4 or five albums by the band as absolutely perfect. I may not go so far, but their impact on the genre cannot be overstated. There is a lot of Blues approach to these early albums though. Even if they’re considered to be breakthrough albums for the Heavy Metal genre historically, they’re not that...
Crazy Nights was originally released when I still bought vinyl, or should I say, people still bought vinyl. I purchased the single for this album, “Crazy Crazy Nights,” and I thought it was really, really good! It is a catchy song with a good hook, fun lyrics, a good beat, easy to sing along to, and so on. It was simply appealing. However, I didn’t buy the album, and I remember being a bit disappointed...
Take a Bite is Girlschools seventh studio album. The cover art is hideous, to say the least. I’m sure there are people out there who love it though. We all have differences in tests, both in painted art and music. The cover art usually seems percisted though and I can’t find that in the Girlschool discography. It’s all over the place artwork-wise. But the music, Oj, the music! Take a Bite is pure rock and...
Circle of Stone is a 2024 album by British singer Blaze Bailey. Undoubtedly, he’s mostly known because he took over the singing duties in Iron Maiden while Bruce Dickinson was away doing solo stuff. He’s a good singer, not the best in the world but he does what he does good! I had totally missed this album. I saw a comparison on Facebook of what people thought about Circle of Stone compared to Bruce Dickinson’s...
Animalize is really a crappy album! Fortunately, it has Kiss’s big hit from the 80s – Heaven’s on Fire as a magnet, which makes it bearable, or even decent at times. Besides this, though, it’s a genuinely worthless record with very few memorable melodies, and honestly, I’m not quite sure what they’re up to! It feels like they didn’t really want to release an album but had to since Lick It Up came out the...
The Mandrake Project is the seventh solo album by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson. It has been all over social media for several months now. Or so it seems. And I guess it’s as much anticipated as Mick Mars’s solo album The Other Side of Mars. I haven’t really thought anything about the project so far. It seems like a publicity stunt to release a long-awaited solo album at this time. But of course, I...
The Other Side of Mars might be one of the most anticipated albums in a long time. We have all followed the feud between Mick Mars and his former bandmates in Mötley Crüe. I’m not sure if I got all the latest and greatest details in the story. Apparently, he quit touring with the band due to health issues. I’m pretty impressed he managed to keep going for so long with his ankylosing spondylitis –...
10.000 Volts is the 6th or 7th solo album by former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley. It all depends a little on how you count. Should the Kiss solo album be counted? Should Frehley’s Comet be part of the discography? But either way, I feel that 10.000 Volts is a strong album. It starts off with a really good opener and keeps the energy high all the way through. Of course, it’s impossible to say how...
The album art of Breaker is both kinda funny and immensely childish. I love the humor of it but I also hate the stupidity of it. I guess it was made that way to rebel against something. Hardrock- and Heavy Metal music were not really mainstream and I guess that Accept what to show that their music wasn’t for everybody. Maybe it’s even a comment to some critics who might have complained about Ud0 Dirkshneider’s...
