High on Fire - Snakes For the Divine (2010: e1 Music)

Gravel throat atop
sludging strolls & trudging thumps;
weighty, pounding drive.

http://highonfire.net/high-on-fire-unveil-cover-artwork-to-new-album-snakes-for-the-divine/

Arsis - Starve for the Devil (2010: Nuclear Blast)

Clean Maiden-ly tones,
wraith-rasp vocs in techdeath forms;
deep layered listen.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=8358639&blogId=528859361

Mägo de Oz - La Ciudad de los Arboles (2007: Warner Music Latina)

Spritely, poppy folk
with Bon Jovisms thrown in;
quirky jaunts through Spain.

http://www.magodeoz.com/_new-web/discografia/detalle.php?id=63&page=

Godhead - 2000 Years of Human Error (2001: Priority/Posthuman)

Batteries run low
on programmed goth machine set;
style over substance.

http://www.godhead.com/bio.html

John Paul Jones - Zooma (1999: Discipline Global Mobile)

Thump 'n' rumble strolls
downplay solos, favors grooves;
finds warm, snug pockets.

http://www.johnpauljones.com/disc.html

Aerosmith - Rock in a Hard Place (1982: Sony)

Coke-jag Tyler can't
reach Toxic Twin heights alone;
couple scores still flare.

http://www.aerosmith.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400034

H.I.M. - Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice (2010: Sire)

Heartagrammers push
saccharine love calls to brink;
more evil needed.

http://www.heartagram.com/albums

Overkill - Ironbound (2010: E1 Music)

Thrash vets keep bar high,
speed snarling and venom pure;
best of year so far.

http://wreckingcrew.com/Ironbound/?page_id=2#disc

Motorhead - Motorizer (2008: SPV/Steamhammer)

Who's to argue when
Lemmy says "rock out with cock out"
on boogie-prone set.

http://www.imotorhead.com/discography.cfm

Dommin - Love is Gone (2010: Roadrunner)

Nickelback rock flirts
with trendy goth dismay ploy;
just bores me to tears.

http://www.dommin.com/board_posts/love-is-gone

Van Canto - Tribe of Force (2010: Napalm)

New gimmick alert:
Bobby McFerrin metal!
half a listen, tops.

http://www.vancanto.de/?nav=14

Firebird - S/T (2000: Rise Above)

post-Carcass curve thrown -
wake up and smell the Cream-dom?
runs wide of strike zone.

http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/firebird0/firebird.htm

Bruce Kulick - BK3 (2010: Twenty4)

Class dude brings in buds
for rock jams Kiss could've used;
guest vocs crush Bruce vocs.

http://kulick.net/bk3/lyrics.shtml

The Who - Classic Albums DVD: Who's Next (2000: Eagle Rock)

Lots of backstory,
and Pete solo takes break scope
but insight still thrills.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Albums-Who-Whos-Next/dp/B00004REQZ

Wizard - Magic Circle (2005: Limb)

Manowar worthy
bombast in modern sheep's clothes;
Cheese factor runs high.

http://www.legion-of-doom.de/downloads.php

Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never Came (2005: Century Media - a reissue of 2003: Firebox)

Darkly goth growls spurn
tuneful trips thru crypts & tombs;
Bleak, bitter appeal.

http://www.swallowthesun.net/site/index.php?id=19

Hypocrisy - Virus (2005: Nuclear Blast)

Mid-tempo death trips
wisely groove more than bludgeon;
sometimes too much though.

http://www.hypocrisy.tv/?DISCOGRAPHY