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Off from work this week so I've had time to bang out a couple of new entries:

Recon's Behind Enemy Lines is the latest "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" installment:

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Recon-Behind-Enemy-Lines

...and in the "Better late than never" department, I finally bought my first ever Tankard CD!

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Tankard-Best-Case-Scenario-25-Years-In-Beers

Fat Freddy wrote:

Off from work this week so I've had time to bang out a couple of new entries:

Recon's Behind Enemy Lines is the latest "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" installment:

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Recon-Behind-Enemy-Lines

...and in the "Better late than never" department, I finally bought my first ever Tankard CD!

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Tankard-Best-Case-Scenario-25-Years-In-Beers

Very cool write ups!! I don't own any Tankard. But I did see them at Maryland Deathfest in 2014. Loads of fun. I do need to grab some of their stuff.

I've never heard Recon but own quite a bit of Tankard. It's all good.

My first new posts in almost a month...

The newest "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" installment looks back at Judas Priest's least essential album...



https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Judas-Priest-Demolition

...and here's a review of "Friday the 13th: Vengeance," an impressive fan-film I saw on YouTube earlier this week:



https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Friday-The-13th-Vengeance-Fan-Film-Review

Off from work this week (vacation, not furlough this time, thankfully) so I got time to bang out some fresh stuff... first up, my review of the new Stryper. I have a few more in the pipeline that should be finished within the next day or two.



https://spinditty.com/genres/Stryper-Even-The-Devil-Believes-Review

Two more new ones:

A belated review of Jetboy's 2019 release, Born To Fly:

https://spinditty.com/genres/Jetboy-Born-To-Fly-Review

And a new "Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" installment

https://spinditty.com/genres/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Savatage-Fight-For-The-Rock

"Forgotten Hard Rock Albums" strikes again!



https://spinditty.com/genres/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Judas-Priest-Ram-It-Down

Gonna use my week off from work to get caught up on my back log of half-finished HubPage articles. Here's the first, looking back on Exodus' Pleasures of the Flesh:



https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Classic-Thrash-Revisiting-Exodus-Pleasures-of-the-Flesh

Review of the new Raven album!



https://spinditty.com/genres/Raven-Metal-City-Review

Two new entries!

New from Stormspell Records: Dragonrider, "Scepter of Domination"

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Dragonrider-Scepter-of-Domination-Review

Rich Kid Express, "Psychodelic" - Full length debut. 70s/80s flavored retro rock ala Slade/T-Rex

https://spinditty.com/genres/Rich-Kid-Express-Psychodelic-Review

New from Stormspell Records: self titled debut from LeadBreaker. Good stuff in the NWOBHM/retro metal vein



https://spinditty.com/genres/Leadbreaker-Album-Review

New entry, lookin' back on Deliverance's still-divisive Stay of Execution album from '92.



https://spinditty.com/genres/Deliverance-Stay-of-Execution

The first of what I hope will be several new entries this week: a review of the new AC/DC album.



https://hubpages.com/entertainment/ACDC-Power-Up-Again

New one from Stormspell Records:

Sylent Storm, "The Fire Never Dies"
Traditional metal from Oregon, USA, feat. former vocalist of Cruella. For fans of vintage Maiden/Priest, Omen, Jag Panzer



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Sylent-Storm-The-Fire-Never-Dies-Review

Also coming soon on Stormspell:

Last Prophecy, "Shadows of the Past" 2 CD


Reissue of long OOP indie album by French Iron Maiden worshippers. Expanded to 2 CD set w/extra demo and live tracks.

https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Last-Prophecy-Shadows-of-the-Past-Review

Another new one from Stormspell:
Rocka Rollas, "Metal Strikes Back: Definitive Edition"



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Rocka-Rollas-Metal-Strikes-Back-Definitive-Edition-Review

Last one from the latest batch of Stormspell releases:

Blazon Stone, "Return to Port Royal Definitive Edition"



https://spinditty.com/genres/Blazon-Stone-Return-to-Port-Royal-Definitive-Edition-Review

I totally forgot that I posted a new album review over a week ago: a look back at Priest's Rocka Rolla.



https://spinditty.com/genres/Revisiting-Judas-Priests-Rocka-Rolla

A look back on Slayer's Repentless:



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Slayer-Repentless-Album-Review

First two entries of the new year...

I recently rediscovered Black Flag:

https://spinditty.com/genres/Rediscovering-Black-Flag

...and I've also been spending a lot of time revisiting Metallica's Garage Days EP:

https://spinditty.com/genres/Remembering-Metallicas-Garage-Days

New entry about my recent "re-discovery" of Forbidden's first two albums:



https://spinditty.com/genres/Classic-Thrash-Metal-Forbidden

My review of the new Accept album:



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Accept-Too-Mean-to-Die

Couldn't sleep last night, so I stayed up and banged out this look back at Aerosmith's Night in the Ruts:



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Aerosmith-Night-in-the-Ruts

Continuing my deep dive through the less-popular entries in the Aerosmith catalog:



https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Forgotten-Hard-Rock-Albums-Aerosmith-Rock-in-a-Hard-Place

Review of Todd La Torre's badass new solo joint!



https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/Todd-La-Torre-Rejoice-in-the-Suffering-Album-Review