From Autumn to Ashes – Too Bad You’re Beautiful (2001: Ferret)

screamo and whiny

make horse-pill metalcore mix

could be I’m too old…

http://ferretstyle.com/artist.php?id=19

Pretty Maids – Lethal Heroes (aka Jump the Gun) (1990: CBS)

cheesy Danish batch

of aquanet frontmen’s smile,

straight from Europe mold

http://www.prettymaids.dk/mediadisco.php

Midnight – Sadaka (2005: Black Lotus)

Crimson Glory voice

scattershots styles, misses marks;

left us far too soon

http://www.amazon.com/Sakada-Midnight/dp/B00083D510

Uriah Heep – Innocent Victim (1977: Bronze)

sole teeth to be found

are on crappy cover art

victimized ‘bout right…

http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5904

Tystnaden – In Our Eye (2008: Renaissance)

well-trod path ground down

once more, as exciting as

trips to dish soap aisle

http://www.tystnaden.com/main.html

Rainbow – Rising (1976: Polydor)

Six tracks in total

two are majestic, reaching

Dio/Purple heights

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rainbow/Rising/3776

Psycroptic – The Inherited Repression (2012: Nuclear Blast)

smokin’ guitars fuel

Tasmanian melodeath,

keeps spinning fiercely

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/en/music/band/discography/details/621520.71081.the-inherited-repression.html