Metal Metropolis - December update

Last update of the year. A little small, perhaps, but it is what it is. As usual, comments are welcome; good or bad

New reviews:

Alice Cooper - 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare'
Anthrax - 'Worship Music'
Communic - 'The Bottom Deep'
Iced Earth - 'Dystopia'
Riot - 'Immortal Soul'
Savatage - 'The Avatar Years'
Skyliner - 'The Alchemist'
Twisted Sister - 'Live At The Hammersmith'

Updated reviews:

Ozzy Osbourne - 'Bark At The Moon'

good stuff. you & I are in sync with IE's Dystopia. in the Anthrax review you write...
"Joey goes into the studio to lay his vocals on the already finished album, erasing Rob's contribution to the songs."

you meant to say Dan's.

Thanks! I'll fix that.

Very cool Kurt.

Great review of the new Alice Cooper album! Of course I have to agree with the bonus track situation, but I think you should look up "Under the Bed" on youtube. It reminded me of "Wind-Up Toy" (though not quite as good). I really wish "Under the Bed" had replaced "Ghouls Gone Wild"!

Cool reviews. You beat meet me to a few of 'em.

All fixed.

Eyesore wrote:

All fixed.

NICE. I was gonna do the same thing for him. You beat me to it. Quick fix in Photoshop.

Excellent, Ken! Thanks!

No worries. =)

Eyesore wrote:

No worries. =)

What did you do? Photoshop his index finger to E.T. proportions?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

No worries. =)

What did you do? Photoshop his index finger to E.T. proportions?

I was going to comment on that. Haha. His index and pinkie fingers look as if they've gone completely perpendicular to his other two. Haha.

Great as always! I agree with your review on Immortal Soul

Eyesore wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

No worries. =)

What did you do? Photoshop his index finger to E.T. proportions?

I was going to comment on that. Haha. His index and pinkie fingers look as if they've gone completely perpendicular to his other two. Haha.

For some reason I always do that around famous people! I guess it's the nerves that makes me tense, and this is the result..... my "claw", if you will

How did i miss this
While boards and metal is not my top priority at the moment i should have noticed your brilliant Communic review before Kurt!
There is nothing to add to the review as you seem to have really "gotten" it with both the music and the story behind it....

It is an absolutely stunning album, Olaf! Be sure to tell the buys that from me, if you see them around

I still need the last two albums. =(

Eyesore wrote:

I still need the last two albums. =(

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00171TE6W/ref=sr_1_2_np_1_main_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336377954&sr=1-2&condition=new

kmorg wrote:

It is an absolutely stunning album, Olaf! Be sure to tell the buys that from me, if you see them around

Mandal is a small town so i see Oddleif and Erik quite often, i`ll tell them to check out your site.
They are active these days, they just came back after playing a festival i Germany, they have toured Europe with Rage and Tyr, there is a video coming in a few days, and Oddleif is writing for a new album...