Dark Illusion - Where The Eagles Fly

Genre: Power Metal/Hard Rock
Year: 2009
Country: Sweden
Tracklist:

1.	My Heart Cries Out For You	04:47
2.	Dark Journey	04:52
3.	Land Of Street Survivor	04:18
4.	Pay The Price	03:28
5.	Destiny's Call	04:53
6.	Evil Masquerade	05:05
7.	Running Out Of Time	04:36
8.	Spellbound	04:38
9.	Only The Strong Will Survive	03:29
10.	Epic	04:40
Total playing time		44:46

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Dark Illusion’s history goes back to the beginning of the eighties. Unfortunately the young band didn’t seem to have the goods to survive the competition and the band was put to sleep in 1985. In 2003 two of the original members decided to breathe new life into the band and released the reasonable debut album ‘Beyond The Shadows’ in 2005.

Four years after the debut the Swedish quartet returns with the follow-up, ‘Where The Eagles Fly’, that continues where ‘Beyond The Shadows’ left off. Dark Illusion plays traditional, melodic power metal that reminds most of their fellow countrymen HammerFall. That also has a lot to do with Thomas Vikströms voice, which reminds a bit to Cans’. Listen to songs such as ‘Dark Journey’, ‘Pay The Price’ and especially ‘Only The Strong Will Survive’ and you’ll understand my point. Of course the comparison with many German colleagues like Helloween (in the ‘Master Of The Rings’ and ‘Time Of The Oath’ era), older Edguy and At Vance are quite audible from time to time as well. In a track like ‘Evil Masquerade’ the band also relies on Dio’s eighties work.

The tracks on ‘Where The Eagles Fly’ are generally up-tempo and provided with simple, yet catchy riffs and contagious melodies and vocal lines. The songs are quite accessible. So after just a few minutes you find yourself tapping en singing along easily. The music is absolutely not original or renewing, but the band has definitely managed to deliver a couple of convincing songs and the both instrumentally and vocally the sings are in good condition. The powerful production also proves that these gentlemen know their way around in the studio as well.

Unfortunately not all the songs are equally convincing and some are even too cheesy ((‘Destiny’s Call’en ‘Spellbound’), but that doesn’t take the joy out of the album. ‘Where The Eagles Fly’ is simply a highly respectable melodic power metal album, that will not disappoint the fans of this genre.

Thor - Keep the Dogs Away

Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Year: 1977
Country: Canada
Tracklist:

1.	Keep The Dogs Away	03:30
2.	Sleeping Giant	03:30
3.	Catch A Tiger	04:38
4.	I'm So Proud	02:30
5.	Tell Me Lies	03:12
6.	Military Matters	03:50
7.	Superhero	03:15
8.	Wasted	03:50
9.	Rosie	03:15
10.	Thunder	04:25
Total playing time		34:50

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The first Thor album.

Attack - The Secret Place

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1995
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	Light In The Dark	03:56
2.	I Know	03:59
3.	Forgotten Dreams	03:51
4.	The Prophecy	03:46
5.	Walk Alone	05:06
6.	Mortal Energy	03:29
7.	Tsoukata	07:01
8.	The Warrior	05:56
9.	Heroes Die Young	04:16
10.	Warp Speed, Now	03:49
Total playing time		45:09

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Attack - Destinies Of War

Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal
Year: 1989
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	Wonderland	05:01
2.	Back To Attack	03:18
3.	You're Not Free	04:38
4.	Live Or Die	05:35
5.	Blind Man	05:30
6.	The Battle's Lost	03:56
7.	Death Rider	09:19
8.	The Last Surviving Man	05:11
9.	Destiny Of War	04:21
10.	In This Night	03:54
Total playing time		50:43

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Attack - Seven Years In The Past

Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal
Year: 1992
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	In The Gloom	03:14
2.	Seven Years In The Past	05:10
3.	The Fighter	05:40
4.	On The Run	05:07
5.	Eternal War	03:41
6.	Never Die	05:18
7.	Battledrums	01:05
8.	Hades Of Steel	04:43
9.	Indian Lady	03:37
10.	The Seventh Year Of The Past	02:28
Total playing time		40:20

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Scorched Earth - Tomorrow Never Comes (EP)

Genre: NWOBHM
Year: 1984
Country: UK
Tracklist:

1.	Tomorrow Never Comes	04:33
2.	So Long	03:44
3.	Where Do We Go From Here	05:31
4.	Questions	04:06
Total playing time		17:54

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Young Blood - First Blood (EP)

Genre: NWOBHM
Year: 1984
Country: UK
Tracklist:

1.	Hold on to Love
2.	Your Money or Your Life
3.	Good Time Tonight
4.	Dangerous Games

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VA - Moose Molten Metal

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1985
Country: Compilation
Tracklist:
1. Dagger - Give 'Em What They Want
2. DDT - Let The Screw
3. Sadwinder - Feed The Fire
4. Fist - Killer
5. Witchkiller - Who We Are
6. Stormbringer - Got To Be Cruel
7. Galleon - Wasting Time
8. Heavenknox - Look In The Sky
9. Tzar - Born To Rock
10. Creepy Family - Midnight Warrior
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TT Quick - Metal of Honor

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1986
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Metal of Honor	03:35
2.	Front Burner	03:25
3.	Hard as a Rock	03:59
4.	Child of Sin	03:01
5.	Asleep at the Wheel	02:59
6.	Come Beat the Band	02:47
7.	Hell to Pay	04:13
8.	Queen of the Scene	03:44
9.	Glad All Over	03:14
10.	Siren Song	04:06
Total playing time		35:01

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Damzell - War Songs

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1992
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	War Songs	02:11
2.	Iron Cross	07:36
3.	Berlin kanraku no hi	07:36
4.	Terrorizer	08:01
5.	Head Bangers	03:58
6.	Endless War	06:26
7.	Fist & Steel	07:31
8.	Aces	04:37
Total playing time		47:56

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Darxon - Shout !

Genre: Traditional Heavy Metal
Year: 1992
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	On The Run	03:58
2.	Walk In The Shadows Of Madness	03:40
3.	Dancing Undercover	04:41
4.	Waiting For Your Heart	04:16
5.	Shout !	03:31
6.	Down And Dirty	04:06
7.	Don't Think Twice	04:10
8.	White Line	04:01
9.	Heart Of Stone	04:22
10.	Down By The River	04:18
Total playing time		41:03

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Darxon - No Thrills

Genre: Traditional Heavy Metal
Year: 1987
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	Into (First Theme)	00:50
2.	Banging	03:18
3.	Heartbreaker	03:02
4.	Place Where I Belong	03:27
5.	Hungry	06:00
6.	We Rock The Nation (Cat Bizz)	02:48
7.	Holding On	03:59
8.	Deep In The Night	03:36
9.	Don't Give Up	04:28
10.	No Thrills	03:14
Total playing time		37:00

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Tokyo Yankees Discography

Genre: Heavy/Speed Metal
Country: Japan
Thrash / Speed Metal

[1990] Joker (Single)

[1991] Do The Dirty (with "Japanese Motherfucker" bonus track)

[1992] Overdoing

[1993] Ghostrider

[1994] Vacate Your Useless Brain

[2003] Pre Emptive Strike

[2004] 777

Sniper - Open the Attack

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1984
Country: japan
Tracklist:

1.	Open the attack	03:49
2.	Dedicate	03:55
3.	Black rain	03:18
4.	Over the sky	05:10
5.	Hard time	03:37
6.	ŒÇ“Æ‚Ì�íŽm	03:19
7.	Never change	03:48
8.	Fire	04:40
Total playing time		31:36

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Issued in Europe through Megaton records

Terra Rosa - The Endless Basis

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1987
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	One Of Sections "Lap"	03:12
2.	Friday's Free Fair	04:10
3.	The Endless Basis	05:42
4.	Petrouchika	05:20
5.	Vision Of The Lake Bottom	04:35
6.	Fatima	04:17
7.	As Long As Our Lives	04:03
8.	Mono Iwanu Kao	09:25
Total playing time		40:44

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Limited to 2000 copies and it included a free flexidisc containing the song "Do
Work"

Terra Rosa - Honesty

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1989
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	ME 262	01:18
2.	Do You Go As You Are?	04:47
3.	A Dream Won’t Come True	05:30
4.	Look For My Fancy	04:45
5.	Love Is No Romance	04:52
6.	Former Sisters	06:02
7.	Mr. Freelance	05:25
8.	St. Elmo’s Fire	01:24
9.	Evelyn	11:47
Total playing time		45:50

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Blackhole- Made In Korea

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1995
Country: Korea
Tracklist:

1. A Prelude 03:45 2. Commensal-You Feed Each Other 04:42 3. Longing For You That Never Fade Out 04:36 4. Confliction Between 1 To 4 03:53 5. Love Letter Sent To Pyogyang 02:48 6. My Diary 04:49 7. Monologue Of An Orchid 04:54 8. Forgotten War 05:20 9. After I Let You Go 04:14 Total playing time 39:05

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X-Ray - Strike Back

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1985
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	Don't Lie Don't Touch	04:56
2.	Rock Tonight	03:42
3.	Burnin' Like the Fire	03:03
4.	Take A Chance	04:01
5.	Man In Black	04:11
6.	Lier In Your Eyes	05:52
7.	Ammy	01:06
8.	In A Warnin'	04:02
9.	I Don't Worry It	03:20
10.	You Got the World	05:27
Total playing time		39:40

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Razorblade - Run For Your Life/Ready To Fight (Single)

Genre: Traditional Heavy Metal
Year: 1985
Country: Sweden
Tracklist:

1.	Run For Your Life	04:46
2.	Ready To Fight	03:51
Total playing time		08:07

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Until a few years ago this was a totally unknown release, until a band member started unloading a box of copies that had been collecting dust in his closet for close to 20 years. Last I heard they were all gone, so don't come bugging me for details, OK? Content: Low-rate, unoriginal Metal from junior high school kids. No magic here. No lost epic masterpieces, no incredible riffing the world forgot, no esoteric band history of cults and suicide pacts, just 2 underproduced, poorly executed Metal standards with weak vocals. ACCEPT and IRON MAIDEN were obviously major influences so if you, like me, got a weak spot for this particular sound I'd say they're still worth a listen. But just barely so.

Disturbed - Disturbing the Peace + Don't Expect Any Miracles [demo]

Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 1988
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Comatose	02:48
2.	Kill 'Em	01:50
3.	Brain Deth	05:30
4.	Bought & Sold	03:19
5.	Harder/Faster	04:15
6.	Die, Die, Die	04:15
7.	Productive Intercourse Serial Killer	05:15
8.	Bent Out of Shape	03:39
9.	Tear It Apart	02:44
10.	Evil Sensations	02:58
11.	Astronmickally	04:16
12.	What the Fuck!?!	03:20
Total playing time		44:09

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Cool crossover/thrash metal; the music takes off on quite a few times, especially when it comes up with contrasting mixtures, like "Comatose", which blends heavy doomy riffage with brutal death-tinged outbursts; there are also undeveloped, but intriguing attempts at more technical thrash (the instrumental "Brain Deth", the sophisticated technical "Productive Intercourse Serial Killer"), spiced with jolly rock'n roll hooks. The shorter numbers are pure unbridled hardcore ("Kill 'Em"), but here come the laid-back, soft moments ("Bought & Sold", "Die Die Die"), and things are well balanced. "Evil Sensations" is a pleasant surprise near the end being energetic thrash/crossover with a nice technical twist, followed by the melodic, but interesting instrumental "Astronomically", leaving a very good impression, partially ruined by the aggressive hardcore closer "What the Fuck".
One of the band guitar players: Earl "The Root of All Evil" Root, passed away in 2008 after a long battle with cancer.

Don't Expect Any Miracles [demo]

Year: 1989
Tracklist:

1.	(Welcome to the) Holocaust	04:41
2.	Cease to Exist	05:49
3.	Don't Expect Any Miracles	03:49
4.	Spontaneous Human Combustion	04:37
Total playing time		18:56

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Lynx - Caught In The Act (Single)

Genre: Traditional Heavy Metal
Year: 1985
Country: Sweden
Tracklist:

1. Caught in the Act 03:58 2. Kiss and Tell 03:26 Total playing time 07:25

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Fast Draw - Let off the Alarm / 弱虫毛虫

Genre: Epic Heavy Metal
Year: 1989
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1. あほな害虫 2. 退陣 - Dancin' in the Darkness 3. 被害妄想 4. めし喰いたい 5. 種馬 6. Kamih-Oro-Mui 7. 弱虫毛虫 8. Mama 9. Love's not for Sale 10. Da.Ra.N 11. モルモット (Camp 731)

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Fortbragg - Fortbragg (EP)

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1990
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	トロールの森	00:25
2.	Shout (In The Night)	06:40
3.	Stain In The Sky	05:14
4.	Now!	05:19
5.	カリブの女たち	06:06
Total playing time		23:44

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Rajas - Turn it up

Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal
Year: 1985
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	Rock Show	04:05
2.	Stage Flight	04:01
3.	Lonely Dancer	03:44
4.	Liar	04:40
5.	Love Fire	06:18
6.	Gypsy Blood	03:31
7.	Lady	05:29
8.	Sexy Noise	03:50
9.	Your Song	07:22
Total playing time		43:02

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Seduce - Seduce

Genre: Heavy/Power Metal
Year: 1985
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Viper's Bite	04:06
2.	Love To Hate	03:27
3.	Streets	03:51
4.	Face To Face	03:07
5.	Chopping Block	03:46
6.	Headbangers	04:17
7.	The Mirror	05:14
8.	Madcap	02:49
Total playing time		30:37

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Beyond Vision - First Sighting/Beyond Vision Demo + Live Tracks

Year: 1991
Country: Belgium
Genre: Progressive Heavy Metal
Tracklist:
1. Finale Mortale
2. Fragments Of A Dying World
3. Beyond Vision
4. Eludication
5. Contrast Of Reality
6. Way Of The Warrior (Live)
7. Beyond Vision (Live)
8. Fragments Of A Dying World (Live)
Bitrate: 192kbps
Also included are history of the band (txt) and some pics.
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Pics can also been seen here: http://img690.imageshack.us/g/backdg.jpg/
Quite rare but very good Belgium demo.

Trenchfoot - Turn On Tune In Drop Out

Genre: Thrash Metal/Crossover
Year: 2008
Country: Belgium
Tracklist:

1.	Streetwise	03:37
2.	Earn Your Stripes	02:47
3.	Shortlist	03:00
4.	Endangered Species / Pull The Plug	04:01
5.	Terminal Disease	02:12
6.	Screwloose	02:45
7.	Your Life After Stealing Our Fucking Amp	00:05
8.	Turn On - Tunie In - Fuck Off	01:31
9.	Heads On Sticks	03:22
10.	Cultivated Christ	02:19
11.	WARP.	04:23
12.	Putting Out The Fire (with gasoline)	02:04
13.	Your World Is Dead	02:28
14.	Dead End Love	02:42
Total playing time		37:21

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When I had a first look at the cover of this CD my feelings said “this is a nice one”. And while listening to the album I had to admit that my feelings were quite correct. ‘Turn On - Tune In - Drop Out’ by Trenchfoot is one of the best feel good albums that I have received for some time. It is not only fun to listen to (of course, there will be people who will say that “fun” and thrash metal do not match) it is also a very heavy album!

Trenchfoot managed to mix the best of old Suicidal Tendencies and Anthrax styled music with some old Exodus and Tankard styled riffs. Because of this it is fair to say that we have to deal with some very decent old school crossover thrash. The best part of Trenchfoots music is the face of their own that comes to the fore in the songs. Okay, every now and then the influences are notable, but most of the time we listen to new songs in a well-known style, and these tracks taste like a cold pint in the summer! Firm breaks or mosh parts (‘Endangered Species / Pull The Plug’ and ‘Heads On Stick’) or powerful speed acceleration (‘Cultivated Christ’ and ‘Dead End Love’), it is all there, and there is even more. ‘Shortlist’ reminds my a bit of ‘31 Flavours’ by Sacred Reich, ‘Your Life After Stealing Our Fucking Amp’ is another one in the range of songs that clock only a couple of seconds and the title track is a little instrumental track. And these Belgians do look further than old fashioned speed metal. During the song ‘WARP’ many a stoner or Ozzy fan will clap along.

‘Turn On - Tune In - Drop Out’ is in every aspect a finished album. It should be obvious by now that the music is very enjoyable, but also the strong and good production (taken care of by Xavier Carion from Channel Zero and Attie Bauw) gives it an extra push. Besides this Trenchfoot has written some well-considered and critical lyrics which deserve some attention as well. It almost never happens that I quote a sentence from a band, but this one needs to be shared with you: “Trenchfoot blows harder than the bad wolf and plays tighter than Kylie Minogues ass.” Yeah!

Earthshaker - Aftershock

Genre: Traditional Metal
Year: 1988
Country: Japan
Tracklist:

1.	Tamesoku Majiri No Ai No Naka De	03:30
2.	Misty World	04:00
3.	Behind The Scene	03:46
4.	Namida O Nagareshita Ato Wa	04:01
5.	Sotto Fukame Nemure	03:37
6.	Garage	04:49
7.	Ai Dake Wa Kesanaide	04:07
8.	Hurted Partner	03:13
9.	Night Face	03:43
10.	Nansho E	05:49
11.	Let's Go Fire	03:18
Total playing time		43:55

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Keel - VI: Back in Action

Genre: Traditional Heavy Metal
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Back in Action
2.	Reason to Rock
3.	United Nations
4.	Friday Every Night
5.	Reach Out and Rock Somebody
6.	Hold Your Head Up
7.	Proud to Be Loud
8.	Answers in Your Eyes
9.	Lay Down the Law '84
10.	Speed Demon '84

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Keel VI: Back in Action is the sixth album by heavy metal band Keel and the first to feature the classic lineup since their self-titled 1987 album. It features rare, unreleased tracks from the band's previous studio sessions, plus a cover of the Argent song "Hold Your Head Up."
This was the last album to feature bassist/co-founder Kenny Chaisson, as he opted not to be with the band on their 25th anniversary reunion in 2009

Ace - Bad Boys

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1986
Country: France
Tracklist:

1.	Sons Of Pain	04:04
2.	Ballroom Blitz	04:17
3.	Violence And Passion	03:59
4.	Long Ride	03:58
5.	Sweet Romance	04:26
6.	Bad Boy	04:38
7.	Holding On	05:33
8.	Born In The Night	04:30
9.	Rock On	03:46
Total playing time		39:11

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Their great EP was already posted on the blog, the link is still working so check it out.

Angeles Del Infierno - Pacto Con El Diablo

Genre: Heavy Metal
Year: 1984
Country: Spain
Tracklist:

1.	Maldito Sea tu Nombre	03:45
2.	Rocker	02:54
3.	Unidos por el Rock	03:49
4.	Esclavos de la Noche	03:15
5.	Sombras en la Oscuridad	05:12
6.	El Principio del Fin	03:55
7.	Condenados a Vivir	03:06
8.	Sangre	03:39
9.	No Juegues con Fuego	04:17
10.	Es un Pacto con el Diablo	03:19
Total playing time		37:14

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Not bad, but not special either, listen to the song before downloading

Harbinger - Doom on You

Genre: Traditional/Speed Metal/Thrash
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Drivers to Hell	03:21
2.	The Dark Ages	06:23
3.	Morningstar	05:22
4.	Black-Hearted Woman	05:09
5.	Poser Patrol	04:28
6.	Die for Metal (Live for Death)	04:44
7.	Blood of Heroes	03:04
8.	Harbinger	03:16
Total playing time		35:00

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It seems East Lansing is home to a lot of great metal acts and the newest supergroup to emerge is also the oldest sounding one. Harbinger digs deep into Heavy Metal's roots and comes up with an authentic and therefore refreshing take on old school speed metal. An aggressive NWOBHM attack launches directly out of the speakers into your ears leaving them shredded and raw. Drivers to Hell breaks through with an energetic attack of blitzkrieg speed metal that combines flowing melodies, rambunctious bass lines, and catchy yet tough vocals that are raw and clean at the same time. Morningstar has a more anthemic quality about it as the riffs continue to build tension while Matt's vocals sound as if they are screaming for METAL vengeance! Twin guitar harmonies flow effortlessly off of the dual axe attack of the Ruiz brothers. The prerequisite ode to a dark woman of pain surfaces in the form of Black-Hearted Woman. An almost punk feel exists within the metallic confines of this track. Die For Metal-Live for Death commands you to shake your fist as sawing metal riffs are twisted and transformed into an awkward yet gripping melody. The Blood of Heroes is another tough-as-nails metal anthem that also crosses the blurred boundaries between Speed Metal and punk. some might not agree but it is there lurking just below the surface. The album ends with Harbinger, another METAL hymn that spits out blood and teeth with steel-fisted aggression and smooth melodic leads. There is one flaw on this album and that lies with the drum production which sounds especially computerized/digital, especially on the cymbals. Harbinger bleeds for metal and everything about Doom On You feels like a personal homage to all the elements and musical aesthetics that made early speed metal so vital. If you long for the gritty realism of metal's glory days then you will cry out with metallic joy when listening to Doom On You. This is NWOBHM for the tough streets! "Die for Metal!!!!"

Elwing - Immortal Stories

Genre: Power Metal
Year: 2002
Country: Greece
Tracklist:

1.	Immortal Stories	01:42
2.	Holy Sword	04:58
3.	Illusions	07:05
4.	Doom Crimson Shore	07:48
5.	Thor	04:00
6.	Call of the Brave	07:07
7.	Something to Believe In	04:19
8.	The Order of Steel	02:16
9.	Excalibur	06:50
10.	Altered Beast	06:03
11.	Heroes Cry	02:55
Total playing time		55:03

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Elwing - War

Genre: Power Metal
Year: 2005
Country: Greece
Tracklist:

1.	Marching to Glory	04:12
2.	At the Gates	04:46
3.	I'll Live Forever	04:51
4.	Stormlord	05:25
5.	Sons of Revenge	04:16
6.	War	06:01
7.	Blood on My Hands	05:22
8.	Fly Away	03:25
9.	Armageddon	01:15
10.	Lost Humanity	05:56
Total playing time		45:34

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This is the second album for this very good Greek Metal band. After “Immortal Stories” (2003) ELWING releases their second CD which is far better than their first one! The band plays Power Metal influenced by bands like early BLIND GUARDIAN and RUNNING WILD. This time more RUNNING WILD influences are evident which as far as I am concerned isn’t bad at all! The CD contains 9 songs (one of which is a small instrumental) plus a cover of the classic NEMESIS track “Lost Humanity”. I really can’t choose any favorites as all songs kill!
The production is massive and is done by Tasos Karapapazoglou once again (known from NEMESIS) who is now a member of the band. Well done to the guys for choosing to cover a great song from a much underrated Greek band. The only thing that I didn’t like is the cover which may fit the band’s concept but was not of my likings as it would be better for a death band. This album is by far the best Greek Metal album I have heard this year and one of the best Power Metal releases so far (and superior to the last average RUNNING WILD album). Well done guys!

Villains - Lifecode of Decadence

Genre: Death/Thrash Metal
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Lifecode of Decadence	03:34
2.	Headless Excruciator	03:31
3.	On the Prowl	04:02
4.	Scumbag Preacher	05:39
5.	Crawl to the Cave	05:26
6.	Overdriven Lust	03:25
7.	Necks in the Noose	04:56
8.	Blacklisted	06:26
Total playing time		36:59

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Death/thrash/black metal with hateful vocals; mid-paced, reminiscent of old Celtic Frost and their compatriots Usurper, with a few faster passages. "Lifecode of Decadence" is much more dynamic, with the faster numbers dominating: the cool classic speed/thrasher "Headless Excruciator", where one can hear some good high-pitched shrieks ala King Diamond); the vicious thrash/death killer "Scumbag Preacher"; the brutal black/death metal bomb "Crawl To The Cave"; the terrifying black metal outrage "Blacklisted". The slower tracks now carry the post-black/groovy spirit of acts like Thorns and Barathrum, and the last "Necks In The Noose" is a good attempt at symphonic black ala Bal-Sagoth.

Jackhammer - Speed Metal Crusher (Demo)

Genre: Thrash/Power Metal
Year: 2006
Country: Brazil
Tracklist:

1.	Butcher in love	04:59
2.	Speed Metal Crusher	05:18
3.	Headbanger Holocaust	04:56
4.	V.O.S.	04:30
5.	Death Factory	07:21
6.	Jihad	06:40
Total playing time		33:44

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Contradiction - The Essence of Anger

Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 2009
Country: Germany
Tracklist:

1.	Perfect Combatants	04:41
2.	The Essence of Anger (feat. Leif Jensen)	04:26
3.	Start the Action	04:12
4.	The Spectator	04:43
5.	Walk of Shame	04:09
6.	For the Light	03:30
7.	Death Is Now	04:55
8.	Life's End	05:01
9.	Collateral Carnage	03:39
10.	Reign of Fear	04:00
11.	Domesticated (feat. Leif Jensen)	05:01
12.	Commandments	05:23
Total playing time		52:20

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a practically perfect kingdom. A kingdom where Dragonslayers continuously waged battle to uphold the kingdom's only law: thrash till death. This magically vicious kingdom was encircled by a huge barley field. Only by traversing the field, the kingdom could be readily accessed. And so, as the years went by, hundreds and hundreds of followers of the thrash till death ideology walked upon those fields of barley, leaving several beaten paths. Nowadays, it's getting pretty hard to get to the kingdom of thrash without going off those beaten paths.
This review tells the somewhat tragic tale of a band that, although walking those paths for more than twenty years now, still hasn't left any momentous traces.

The Essence Of Anger already marks the sixth full-length in the Contradiction discography, and can also be regarded as the band's twenty anniversary album. For years now, Contradiction is a loyal disciple of the Teutonic Thrash metal sound. But unlike other mentionable bands in the scene, Contradiction never really achieved a major breakthrough, leaving them as a bit of an overlooked and more or less underground band. Despite the countless live performances over the last years, Contradiction still is die-hard-only material.

And those die-hard thrash fans are in for a treat. Contradiction maintains a simplistic yet effective formula: a fairly aggressive and heavy sound but with enough melodic tunes, hard-hitting riffs and wicked solos, so that your skull will be crushed in a reasonably accessible way. There's enough tempo variety to keep it interesting. Vocals are quite harsh and raspy (including the guest vocals of Dew-Scented founder Leif Jensen). Nothing to remark so far, this is all by the book. All things considered, Contradiction can be pretty well compared to a humming psychopath holding a kitchen knife in an empty grocery store: reasonably hostile but only mildly imposing.

What Contradiction does here on The Essence Of Anger, is bringing back elements of the old school sound once more, but with a modern and clean production. So yeah, Contradiction sounds not so new. But the main issue here is that they also sound not so new. The music, although being to the point, is not lacking in coherence, rather in diversity. Contradiction seems to be on a traditional thrash-only diet. The question here is: does this really bother you or not? After all, these aren't exactly the kind of songs you never heard before. For most people, forgetting a large chunk of their thrash familiarity is probably of overridden importance when giving The Essence Of Anger a go.

After twenty years in the business, Contradiction still doesn't have the same status and prestige as some other bands in the (German) thrash scene. The unsentimental answer is simple: some bands just don't have the state-of-the-art ingredients to be a superpower in the kingdom of thrash. So what? That doesn't mean those certain bands can't have what it takes to release eminently enjoyable albums. The moral of this story is: some bands are just bound to go down in history as the relatively undiscovered, second-choice gems - someone has to be - who maybe, compared to the real gems, are to a certain extent mediocre. But what if that someone happens to excel in named mediocrity?

Space Eater - Merciful Angel

Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 2007
Country: Serbia
Tracklist:

1.	MCMXCIX	02:23
2.	Bombs Away	03:26
3.	Overkill	03:35
4.	Deceitful Eyes	03:26
5.	The One	04:08
6.	Afterlife	05:07
7.	Death From Below	04:19
8.	Operaphobia	03:03
9.	Merciful Angel	04:23
10.	Space Eater	05:38
Total playing time		39:28

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A very good thrash album!

Cyst - Concussion Symphony

Genre: Thrash Metal
Year: 2002
Country: USA
Tracklist:

1.	Curse the Fates	03:53
2.	Syst	02:55
3.	I'll Break You Back	03:19
4.	Without a Sound	05:10
5.	Shield the Beating	04:22
6.	Inhuman	03:56
7.	Become Wrath	02:25
8.	The Deterioration of the American Psyche	04:15
9.	Angel of Death (Slayer cover)	03:49
Total playing time		33:15

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Very few bands have managed to capture the controlled aggression of Slayer's "Reign In Blood" like this one: intense, fast thrash attack from beginning to end, bordering on death metal; a magnificent cover of "Angel Of Death" awaits you at the end; not for the faint hearted.

Usurper - Divine Spiritual And Intellectual Development

Genre: Technical Thrash Metal
Year: 1990
Country: The Netherlands
Tracklist:

1.	Egoistic Mind	06:52
2.	Enthralment Fate	05:30
3.	Diseased Reality	04:47
4.	The Room	04:18
5.	Insane Diceisions	04:22
6.	Behind Mandela's Mask	03:19
7.	Infest The Convent	04:13
8.	Ozon Tragedy	04:34
9.	Orphanage Children	05:04
Total playing time		42:59

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Without a doubt Usurper's Divine Spiritual And Intellectual Development must be among the most obscure thrash metal releases from Netherlands ever, although the album does not really differ too significantly from the typical sound of the time in either good or bad. With gruff, sufficiently powerful vocals and little varied but rather effective guitar riffs, this is almost everything you could expect although there's a slight contrast between the rougher points of the output and occasionally quite classy guitar lines. Despite being composed of some basic blocks that are repeated throughout the album, Usurper's music gets its point across surprisingly well, though. While most of these riffs do not exactly stick to your head, it's the coherent feel of this album that makes it more memorable than the plain sum of individual tracks would do. Even though it may be hard to come by these days, Usurper's sole release is not to be ignored too hastily.