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Nice job as usual, dude.

That Lunar Shadow sounded pretty cool. Good thing I didn't judge it by it's Manowar-ish cover.

And ColdSteel has a cd of old demos that Stormspell put out if you're looking for more of their stuff. I have it and it's pretty decent, for old demos. I don't know if Stormy still has any in stock, but you can find a reasonably-priced used copy on Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/20-Years-Ny-Thrash-Anthology/dp/B00ANAVH1S/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461950719&sr=1-3&keywords=coldsteel+cd

ColdSteel's Freakboy has been re-issued too...
http://www.amazon.com/Freakboy-Coldsteel/dp/B0081VMHLK/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461950901&sr=1-2&keywords=coldsteel+cd

...if you want to sure-up their whole discography.

I haven't lived with the ColdSteel long enough to know if I'm gonna want to hear more, but thanx for the tip, MG.

...interestingly, "used" copies of their Demo Anthology thing start at $59 (!) but new ones can be had for $8.99. Gotta love those Amazon sellers.

I'll sell you my used copy for $50 even. I'll even throw in free shipping.

New entry... reviewin' another batch of Stormspell Records pickups.

No, I'm not on Stormy's payroll, I've just been buyin' a bunch of his stuff lately.



http://hubpages.com/entertainment/A-Six-Pack-of-True-Metal-from-Stormspell-Records

I have 3 of those 6 albums you mentioned and they are all worthy additions to your collection.

The harsh vocals on the Reign of Fury album threw me for a loop when I first played it, but I've gotten used to them. They add a little flava without over doing it.

If you can find it, the other Steel Horse album, In the Storm is also worth tracking down.

I don't know that I'm hankering for anymore Rocka Rollas, but that first album is a corker. I've got half a mind to get that re-issue just for the bonus tracks.

Nice job, as usual.

^^ Thanx d00d.

New one-- a review of the "Deluxe Edtiion" of Faith No More's 1989 classic The Real Thing...



http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Faith-No-More-The-Real-Thing-Deluxe-Edition-Review

New one! Remember Crystal Pepsi? It's comin' back!! Whether or not this is a good thing, of course, depends on who you talk to.



http://hubpages.com/food/Crystal-Pepsi-to-Return-in-August

I saw this a few days ago and have been wanting Crystal Pepsi back for a while and even though I don't drink much pop anymore I definitely will be buying some. I was just a kid when it came out and thought it tasted like Pepsi mixed with Coke. Great read, FF.

I wrote a quickie blog about the demise of the Hastings music/movie store chain. Is it weird that I am mourning their closing, even though I've never actually set foot in one of their stores?

http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Farewell-to-Hastings-Entertainment-Superstores

Nice write-up on Hastings. I'm in the same boat as you. None were anywhere near me, but their on-line presence will be missed.

If anything, your article made me nostalgic for the good old days of browsing and hanging out at Tower Records for hours at a time. Thanks, you dick.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

If anything, your article made me nostalgic for the good old days of browsing and hanging out at Tower Records for hours at a time. Thanks, you dick.

Happy to be of service.

Wanted to share this news:

I just got a congratulatory e-mail from HubPages telling me that my articles there cracked the 200,000 page-view mark over this past weekend. Dang!

...of course, some web sites/blogs get that many views in a week or a month and it took me five and a half years, but still... dang! For a clueless amateur like me, that's a lotta eyeballs!

So I wanted to say "thanks" to all of y'all who put up with my lame-ass attempts at self promotion around here and even check out my amateurish scribbles occasionally, even if you're only doing it out of pity, I appreciate it! You rule!

Onward and upward to 300K!!!

The Halloween season is approaching, so to get you in the mood here are ten forgotten horror movies that you can watch for nothin' on YouTube:

http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Ten-Great-Horror-Movies-You-Can-Watch-on-YouTube

My "Ten Forgotten Horror Films You Can Watch on YouTube" piece has gotten such great response that I did a follow up about action/adventure flicks... enjoy!!

http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Ten-Forgotten-Action-Movies-You-Can-Watch-on-YouTube

Mr.No Legs? That I gotta see!

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Sadly (thankfully?), the only one I've seen off that list is 'Stone Cold'. I do recognize a few of those pics though from spending hours browsing the vhs tapes in the rental stores.

007 wrote:

Mr.No Legs? That I gotta see!

😁

It's a pretty standard cops and robbers flick till that amputee dude jumps out of his wheelchair and totally kicks a couple of guy's asses (which is hard to do with no legs!)... I actually had to rewind that bit and watch it a second time. Seriously, it's one of the most WTF things I've ever seen.  

Look Ma, I'm a guest blogger!
I recently re-visited Iron Maiden's "Dance of Death" (2003) for Ginger Nuts of Horror's summer-long, album-by-album breakdown of the Maiden catalog. Check it out!
(Yes, I'm aware that the first two paragraphs are repeated twice for some reason. I've alerted the site's Powers That Be about it, but they haven't fixed it yet.)
http://gingernutsofhorror.com/summer-of-maiden/summer-of-maiden-dance-of-death

My first installment of "Forgotten Horror Movies on YouTube" has had such a great response that I whipped up a Part II...


http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Ten-More-Forgotten-Horror-Movies-You-Can-Watch-on-YouTube

I was actually telling a co worker about "Q" the other day.

Fat Freddy wrote:

My first installment of "Forgotten Horror Movies on YouTube" has had such a great response that I whipped up a Part II...


http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Ten-More-Forgotten-Horror-Movies-You-Can-Watch-on-YouTube

That was a fabulous read FF - great job!!  I am going to check out Fright Night Part 2 very soon - sounds like a blast as I loved the original.

Dang, I haven't posted anything new in more than a month! I'm such a slacker.

Anywhoo, our pal Stormspell recently hooked me up with a sneaky peek of the new Blazon Stone album so here's my ramble about it:



http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Blazon-Stone-War-of-the-Rose-2016-Album-Review

New HubPage thingy!

Our old H.O.M. homey John Boden aka "Shiney" (remember him?) recently published his first novella and he was kind enough to give me a sneaky peek to review it...


http://hubpages.com/literature/Book-Review-Jedi-Summer-With-the-Magnetic-Kid-by-John-Boden

I'm on a roll ...two new posts today! I've actually been working on both of these in bits and pieces for a while now, but I got sick of 'em hanging around unpublished so I finished'em off and pushed'em both out in one afternoon...

First, a look back at Rob Halford's first post-Judas Priest venture, Fight's War Of Words album...

http://hubpages.com/entertainment/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Fight-WAR-OF-WORDS-1993

...and then a re-evaluation of KISS' Psycho Circus.
(Spoiler alert: I still don't like it much.)

http://hubpages.com/entertainment/KISS-Psycho-Circus-1998-Album-Review