Metal Metropolis - May update

Short update this month, but still some sweet music

New reviews:

Possessor - 'Make Them Eat Metal' (EP)
Reactory - 'Killed By Thrash'
Stryper - 'Second Coming'
Ultimatum / Join The Dead - 'Split Promo'
Vindicator - 'United We Fall'

Updated reviews:

Ozzy Osbourne - 'No Rest For The Wicked'

The Updates button on your home page goes to last month's reviews.

Nevermind.

After reading your updated review of No Rest..., I need to break that one out again for a fresh spin. I haven't heard it in a long time, but I don't recall it being overly saturated with keyboards.

And that young pic of Zakk is hilarious. He looks about 15.

SpectreFate wrote:

The Updates button on your home page goes to last month's reviews.

SpectreFate wrote:

Nevermind.

How cute, Specrtrefate found his refresh function.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

After reading your updated review of No Rest..., I need to break that one out again for a fresh spin. I haven't heard it in a long time, but I don't recall it being overly saturated with keyboards.

And that young pic of Zakk is hilarious. He looks about 15.

It's not that the keyboards are taking over the show, it's just the plastic feel of them that sounds so much worse today, than they did back in '88. And yeah, Zakk was half the man he is today, literlarly (sp?)!

It certainly wouldn't surprise me if that were the case. I do tend to pick up on that "80's sterile production" allot more these days on albums of that era. It's just been so long since I listened to NRFTW that I didn't notice it at the time.

NRFTW is so damned good. I go to that one just as much as Diary, when I want a dose of Ozzy.

Nice. Some new reading material. I'll check it out tonight.

Cool reviews as usual

kmorg wrote:

Ultimatum / Join The Dead - 'Split Promo'

Kinda lame that they released a promo item with an exclusive track to promote the box set. Not sure why those who bought the box set didn't get this promo as well. Or at least the song.

Eyesore wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Ultimatum / Join The Dead - 'Split Promo'

Kinda lame that they released a promo item with an exclusive track to promote the box set. Not sure why those who bought the box set didn't get this promo as well. Or at least the song.

I think it was also offered as a free dowload at a time.

kmorg wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Ultimatum / Join The Dead - 'Split Promo'

Kinda lame that they released a promo item with an exclusive track to promote the box set. Not sure why those who bought the box set didn't get this promo as well. Or at least the song.

I think it was also offered as a free dowload at a time.

It was offered as a free download to all those who purchased the box set. It was one of those cuts that was released to promote both Ultimatum and Join the Dead, but anyone who purchased the box set was given the free download code.

Who wants a download? Haha.

Eyesore wrote:

Who wants a download? Haha.

BTW, Eyesore. Those promos are CDRs anyway. You'd be disappointed either way.

kmorg wrote:

It's not that the keyboards are taking over the show, it's just the plastic feel of them that sounds so much worse today, than they did back in '88.

I'm listening to No Rest as I type this and I still don't hear the keyboards as that prominent or distracting. They are definately more present in the 2nd half of the album, but I don't think they're out of place, especially coming from an 80's-era album.

I found the use of keyboards much more distracting on Ultimate Sin.

Was your review of No Rest for the Wicked the re-mastered version or original? I'm listening to the original release, so maybe the keys were bumped-up or louder on the re-mastered version? Just a thought.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

kmorg wrote:

It's not that the keyboards are taking over the show, it's just the plastic feel of them that sounds so much worse today, than they did back in '88.

I'm listening to No Rest as I type this and I still don't hear the keyboards as that prominent or distracting. They are definately more present in the 2nd half of the album, but I don't think they're out of place, especially coming from an 80's-era album.

I found the use of keyboards much more distracting on Ultimate Sin.

Was your review of No Rest for the Wicked the re-mastered version or original? I'm listening to the original release, so maybe the keys were bumped-up or louder on the re-mastered version? Just a thought.

I have the remastered version. Not sure how much they differ from the original.

Hey Kurt have you given up updating your website?

Yes, what's up? No rest for the wicked Kurt.

Yah, who said you could take a break? Hop to it, lackey!

Hah. It's been over 6 months, and this is the first time anyone have noticed

Truth is I grew a bit tired off it. Add to that the facts that we have spent a lot of time with the fixing the house project this year, and I just haven't had the extra time. I'll try to make an update around Christmas time though.

No, we've noticed, just kept waiting.

ultmetal wrote:

No, we've noticed, just kept waiting.

 

May NOT update?