Category: Reviews – Classics
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Jane’s Addiction – Ritual De Lo Habitual
I must confess that, when I learned Warner Brothers Records was reissuing Jane’s Addiction’s third full-length album as part of their Rocktober promotion last year, I got really, really excited. In fact, excitement barely even begins to qualify the wealth of sensations that I felt when I heard about it; the number of memories that…
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Manowar – Black Wind, Fire & Steel: The Atlantic Albums (1987-1992)
One of the great cult metal bands of the 1980s, Manowar had four excellent albums under their belts before signing to Atlantic. This was the Manowar’s highest profile-era. Their Atlantic debut Fighting The World is one the greatest heavy metal albums, even featuring the great Orson Welles on Defender. One of the things that stands out…
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Death Angel – The Enigma Years (1987-1990)
Death Angel were one of the very best metal bands to come out of the 80’s (and that is no mean feat in the decade that gave us amazing music from bands like Sabbat, Metallica, Bathory, Slayer, Venom, Voivod, Soundgarden, Iron Maiden, and so many more). It was a magic time, different from this impersonal…
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Neil Young – After the Gold Rush
It’s not easy to articulate what kind of mark a fiftieth anniversary represents. Those who remain married for fifty years call it their Golden anniversary (or Golden Jubilee) and, while it’s no uncommon to live longer in the twenty-first century, fifty years is still a pretty significant event – it is half a century, after…
