Mayhem – Ordo ad Chao (2007: Season of Mist)

Hell’s own Petri dish

spawns more low-fi rumbledrone

primed for corpsepainting

http://www.myspace.com/officialmayhem/music/albums/ordo-ad-chao-10814953

Peeping Tom – S/T (2006: Ipecac)

Patton follychase

pimps pop-minded whims amidst

guest artist drive-byes

http://www.ipecac.com/artists/peeping_tom

http://ipecac.grapewire.net/shop/peeping-tom/peeping-tom

Alabama Thunderpussy – Open Fire (2007: Relapse)

all the same but not

new throat, stripped down songs rises

but not past Divine

http://www.relapse.com/open-fire-62417.html

http://alabamathunderpussyband.bandcamp.com/

Corrosion of Conformity – America’s Volume Dealer (2000: Sanctuary)

Tobacco Road grunge

saunters through sultry, sweaty

post-Skynyrd groove trips

http://www.coc.com/releases.htm

Holy Soldier – Last Train (1992: Myrrh/Word)

Minor league god squad

gruff up their Keel for Jesus

brand of slightly bland

http://www.holysoldier.com/discography.htm

Arwen – Illusions (2004: Arise)

Damn Savatage for

making bands think overblown

musicals can rock

http://www.myspace.com/arwenmetal

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Arwen/Illusions/60364#album_tabs_reviews

Artension – In the Eye of the Storm (Shrapnel: 1996)

Purple-d  prog pushes

shrapnel-shred pegs into Toto’s

Journey to Styx holes

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Artension/Into_the_Eye_of_the_Storm/6728

Endless – Beauty, Tears & the Setting Sun (1999: Pavement)

Cover betrays what’s

inside – deathly doom growled forth

with textures now ‘gain

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Endless/Beauty,_Tears_and_the_Setting_Sun/15654

Dio – Master of the Moon (2004: Spitfire)

the legend’s voice soars

atop molasses-slow chugs;

want more trot than plod

http://www.ronniejamesdio.com/disc_dio.asp

Agent Steel – Unstoppable Force (1999: Century Media – a reissue of 1987: Combat)

yelpy throat detracts

from solid power/speed blend;

classic for many

http://www.cmdistro.com/Item/Agent_Steel_-_Unstoppable_Force+Mad_Locust_Rising/2134

Municipal Waste – The Fatal Feast – Waste in Space (2012: Nuclear Blast)

sneer n’ snarl thrash

like '86 crossover

never went away

http://www.facethewaste.com/

http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/en/music/band/discography/details/704389.424563.the-fatal-feast.html