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Album Review: Orphaned Land – The Never Ending Way Of ORwarriOR

February 22, 2010

Music has a way of tearing down walls and bringing people together.  Orphaned Land, self-labeled as “Jewish Muslim Metal” or “Middle Eastern Progressive Metal,” has managed to find support from both Muslims and Jews.  Considering the ongoing friction in the region, I find this astounding.
I am a newbie to the musical world of Orphaned Land.  [...]

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Allbum Review – Mutiny Within

February 9, 2010

This is one of the most exciting metal albums I’ve heard in a long time. Mutiny Within’s self-titled album, scheduled for release on February 23, 2010, combines high octane metal, technical virtuosity, and great melodies. The sextet consists of brothers Andrew “A.J.” (bass) and Brandon Jacobs (guitar), Drew Stavola (keyboards), Chris Clancy (vocals), Bill Fore [...]

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Album Review: Taking Dawn – Time to Burn

January 29, 2010

Taking Dawn, from Las Vegas, NV, is one of the new Roadrunner Record artists making their debut over the next few weeks.   Time to Burn was released earlier this week.  Thanks again to Roadrunner for sending me an early digital copy.  (Illness prevented me from putting this up sooner.)
As soon as I hit play, [...]

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Album Review: Dommin – Love Is Gone

January 9, 2010

Last October, Viola and I had the pleasure of meeting Kris Dommin (singer/guitarist/lyricist of Dommin) and attending the concert thanks to Roadrunner Records.  Feel free to read our  interview with Kris as well as our  concert review of the show.
Although, we were presented the opportunity to listen to the album well in advance, we opted [...]

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Album Review: Rodrigo y Gabriela’s 11:11

December 1, 2009

I’ve been meaning to write this for some time.   Viola gave me the new Rodrigo y Gabriela album, 11:11, for my birthday last month.  (DOH!)  In my defense, I was given A LOT of new things to listen to all at once and it has taken me a while to digest it all.  Anyhow…
I first [...]

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Album Review: “Night Is The New Day” by Katatonia

November 9, 2009

I first learned about Katatonia when their vocalist, Jonas Renkse, appeared on Ayreon’s 01011001.   The great aspect of Ayreon projects is Arjen Lucassen, arranger, producer, performer and mastermind, brings together amazing performers from around the world for each of his rock operas.  On 01011001, I found Renkse’s vocals mesmerizing and haunting, which led me to [...]

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