TODAY I AM LISTENING TO... [PLAYLISTS]

tohostudios wrote:

Still spinning this one. I now understand why Sleazeroxx ranked this 3rd in their best of 2010 list. The band met while singing backup vocals on Hardcore Superstar's S/T and decided they wanted to do more in that style. This album blows the last 2 HS disc's out of the water IMO.

Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian

Testament - Practice What You Preach

and watched the DVD:

Pantera - Metal Magic
Leatherwolf - New World Order

Uli Jon Roth - Metamorphosis
Michael Schenker Group - In the Midst of Beauty
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - s/t

various - speedcore inferno vol. 01

Death - Human
Pitchshifter - Infotainment

detuned wrote:

A real shame that Keith Relf didn't live long enough for a followup album, because this is one KILLER record.

PC69-Endangered
Allen/Land-The Showdown

Sunstorm-s/t: This band has a lot in common with Place Vendome. Both bands feature members from PC69, both are produced by Dennis Ward (one of the aforementioned PC69 members), and both feature world renowned metal/hard rock vocalists (Joe Lynn Turner and Michael Kiske respectfully). Also both have sophmore albums that blow away their debuts moreso with Sunstorm as this, while not a bad album, didn't grab me that much on first listen.

Amorphis-Eclipse: Good album but only a shadow of the two albums that would follow (and maybe the next one too).

Serenity-Fallen Sanctuary: I've heard this album two times before but I obviously was not paying attention because this time it hit me like a hammer. This is a great symphonic Euro-power album! When I bought it there was a sticker comparing them Kamelot, however, this is more like how Kamelot used to be (The
Fourth Legacy/Karma) with a vocalist that sounds remarkably like Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica fame.

The Donnas-Bitchin': These girls sure know how to rock, even better than many men.

Xentrix-For Whose Advantage?: Not as good as Shattered Existence but still one hell of a thrash album.

Whitesnake-Good To Be Bad
Symphorce-Become Death

DallasBlack wrote:

detuned wrote:

A real shame that Keith Relf didn't live long enough for a followup album, because this is one KILLER record.

PC69-Endangered
Allen/Land-The Showdown

Sunstorm-s/t: This band has a lot in common with Place Vendome. Both bands feature members from PC69, both are produced by Dennis Ward (one of the aforementioned PC69 members), and both feature world renowned metal/hard rock vocalists (Joe Lynn Turner and Michael Kiske respectfully). Also both have sophmore albums that blow away their debuts moreso with Sunstorm as this, while not a bad album, didn't grab me that much on first listen.

Amorphis-Eclipse: Good album but only a shadow of the two albums that would follow (and maybe the next one too).

Serenity-Fallen Sanctuary: I've heard this album two times before but I obviously was not paying attention because this time it hit me like a hammer. This is a great symphonic Euro-power album! When I bought it there was a sticker comparing them Kamelot, however, this is more like how Kamelot used to be (The
Fourth Legacy/Karma) with a vocalist that sounds remarkably like Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica fame.

The Donnas-Bitchin': These girls sure know how to rock, even better than many men.

Xentrix-For Whose Advantage?: Not as good as Shattered Existence but still one hell of a thrash album.

Whitesnake-Good To Be Bad
Symphorce-Become Death

Maybe I need to check out that sophomore Sunstorm album. I have the S/T and found it kind of "blah". Not bad but nothing that made me want to spin it again either.

tohostudios wrote:

Maybe I need to check out that sophomore Sunstorm album. I have the S/T and found it kind of "blah". Not bad but nothing that made me want to spin it again either.

That's exactly how I felt about it when I was listening to it. However, I will give it another shot just because I want to make the money I paid for it worth while. I'd like to highly suggest the second one, but it's hard to know whether you will like something or not as your tastes are so hard to pinpoint.

Living Sacrifice - s/t
Zao - Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest
Gamma Ray - To The Metal

JOE SATRIANI:FLYING IN A BLUE DREAM (1989) LP
BLIND GUARDIAN:BATTALIONS OF FEAR (1988) CD
UNDER SILENCE:MEMORIES LOST IN TIME (2010) CD
WOLF:WOLF (1999) CD
CAULDRON:BURNING FORTUNE (2011) CD (yes, i already have it on cd. KILLER ALBUM)

detuned wrote:

A real shame that Keith Relf didn't live long enough for a followup album, because this is one KILLER record.

I need to spin this one again... I haven't listen to this in a while.


Keith and Louis C. were both in the original version of Rennaissance before this. I think he was supposed to be in Illusion(they couldn't call themselves Rennaissance, anymore), but died before that happened.

M.O.D. - Dictated Aggression

Scorpions - Virgin Killer

Danger Danger - s/t
Bad Company - Holy Water