March 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Deathrow, Raging Steel • 0 Comments
Deathrow – “Raging Steel” LP – (Noise International 8198)- 1987 Is it not my imagination but is it getting harder to find the German imports with all the U.S. vinyl flooding the market? Answering my own question, to not keep you all in suspense; the U.S. comes first in the U.S. Just a fact. Anyway […]
March 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Nuclear Death, Welcome To The Minds Of The Morbid • 0 Comments
Nuclear Death were featured in the last issue of Death Scream, #3, with their “Wake Me When I’m Dead” demo and “January ’87 rehearsal”- (an unofficial release). The highlight of the band was the animal lead-vocals of bassist Lori Bravo. I pointed out that she has a 100% metal, growling voice as deep and as […]
March 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Bathory, Hammerheart • 0 Comments
Bathory – “Hammerheart” LP- 1990 (Noise/BMG Records- 4827) Not even Voivod have progressed as much over 6 albums as Bathory has in five. Starting in 1982 with a cut on the compilation “Swedish Metal Attack”, with the song “The Return Of Darkness & Evil”- which appeared in a different version on “The Return” LP from […]
March 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: BU2B, Caravan, Clockwork Angels, Rush • 0 Comments
Rush are on their Time Machine tour and the subject with Rush has become “time” itself. Go back to 1987’s “Time Stand Still” from the “Hold Your Fire” album and “Time & Motion”(one of RUSH’s weakest tracks, musically) from 1989’s “Test For Echo” – actually reading the lyrics will give you “insight” on how mastermind […]
February 26, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Kurt Struebing, NME, Unholy Death • 0 Comments
Guitarist Kurt Struebing of NME made the headlines, resulting in a renewed interest in his band’s album Unholy Death. Unfortunately, Struebing made the headlines because he butchered his mother to death. Seriously. Just listening to all the squealing feedback everywhere on this record and you can tell this is not a sane man. Too bad […]
February 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Judas Priest, Priest Live, Unleashed In The East • 0 Comments
And Why It Was A Very Bad Choice To Release By doing the following record review (Judas Priest – “Priest Live! Columbia c240794) it becomes obvious that Judas Priest are the ultimate live band (Metallica, Dio, Black Sabbath, and Slayer being next in line). A great metal band always has a tough time catching it […]
February 25, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Born Too Late, Saint Vitus • 0 Comments
Being a musician from the Black Sabbath school of Metal, I was very anxious to hear the latest product of these Sabbath specimens; St. Vitus. Out of all the bands that play “doom” metal like Trouble, Pentagram, Dream Death, Prophets Of Doom, Candlemass, Tyrant, Millenium, Witchfynder General, etc., only St. Vitus capture the late 60’s- […]
Black Sabbath – “TYR” and Deep Purple – “Slaves & Masters”
March 1, 2011 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Black Sabbbath, Deep Purple, Slaves & Masters, TYR • 0 Comments
Black Sabbath – “TYR” LP (IRS Records- 1990) & Deep Purple- “Slaves & Masters” LP As the 1990s dawned what I give you is a snapshot out of time After buying four albums for the sake of buying them (!), I am fed up with “Sabbath”- (or is that still Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi? […]
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