Andreas Kisser – Hubris II (2009: Mascot)

instrumental joy

bunch o’styles, most underplugged,

shows soft Sepul-sides

http://www.myspace.com/andreaskisser

http://mascotlabelgroup.com/mlg/releases/hubris-12/?wptheme=Mascot%20Records

Amorphis – Eclipse (2006: Nuclear Blast)

Some bands just have it

fanboy declares inventive

yet dark yet… awesome

http://amorphis.net/?page_id=4

http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/band/discography/details/75803.70915.eclipse.html

Bathory – Blood Fire Death (1995:Black Mark)

Crazy raw maul thrust

brings Vikings some Venom bite

honor one’s elders

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Bathory/Blood_Fire_Death/758

Great White – Rising (2009: Shrapnel)

more like tread water

same-old old-man slow rock blues

as ever before

http://greatwhiterocks.com/index.php/discography

Axxis – The Big Thrill (1993: EMI)

Helium bleats paired

with braindead Scorps throwaways?

album name failure

http://www.axxis.de/eng_discographie.html