Review: Symphony X – Iconoclast
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Sebastian
Four long years of wait are over as New Jersey progressive rockers Symphony X have released their new studio album Iconoclast. After a couple of run-throughs it feels like it was worth the wait, Iconoclast delivers the key ingredients of Symphony X’s music at its best: A great hook line that haunts you after two […]
Lesebefehl: Ken Auletta – Googled
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Sebastian
Ich freu mich immer, wenn ich auch tatsächlich ein Buch von der Liste streichen kann, das am Anfang des Jahres drauf stand. Von Ken Aulettas Googled hatte ich schon viel gehört, aber immer gedacht, na ja, ein Buch über Google halt, ein bisschen Historie und die Erkenntnis, dass Google irgendwie wichtig ist. Und klar, das […]
Review: Protest the Hero – Scurrilous
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Sebastian
I just love it when a piece of music just totally grabs your attention in way that makes you ignore the other 15,3 GB of music and podcasts on you iPod. If memory serves correctly Protest the Hero‘s first album was on a Best albums of the year-entry by Mike Portnoy. And I loved that […]
Review: Times of Grace – The Hymn of a Broken Man
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Sebastian
Killswitch Engage mastermind Adam D. grouped together with former KSE singer Jesse Leach to record this album which will also be supported by a small tour, incidentally with KSE guitarist Joel Stroetzel. This comes of course on the heels of KSE vocalist Howard Jones leaving the tour last year due to undisclosed problems and KSE […]
Review: Mr. Big – What if?
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Sebastian
I remember sitting in a Paul Gilbert guitar clinic and one of the attendees asking “why do all your records open with the best song and then kind of, well, dwindle down?” This must have been after Bump Ahead and the guy was referring to Colorado Bulldog, Daddy, Brother, Lover and little Boy, and Addicted […]
Review: Yngwie Malmsteen – Relentless
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Sebastian
For a time I used to dread new Yngwie albums because they seemed to be a collection of old riffs put together differently and feature little variation. Seeing him live over the years I got the impression that he gets fatter, faster and sloppier. His newest release Relentless is a bit more original though uninspired […]