Finsterforst – Weltenkraft (2007: World Chaos)

Accordions ho!
Folk/black epics run amok,

80 minutes worth.

http://www.finsterforst.de/index2.html

Running Wild – Rogues en Vogue (2005: Gun)

Last sail none too smooth
as first pirate band falters;

crap mix doesn’t help.

http://www.running-wild.net/html/album.html

Satanic Surfers - Unconsciously Confined (2002: Bad Taste)

Misnomered pop-punks

find clean, brisk tides to ride forth;

bright, sparkly, and brief.

http://www.badtasterecords.se/records.asp?id=20

Danzig – Deth Red Sabaoth (2010: Evilive)

Evil caterwauls,
bluesy plods, spooky cover -

rehash déjà vu.

http://www.danzig-verotik.com/

Ozzy Osbourne – Black Rain (2007: Epic)

Old dog apes Ozzfest
pups, mangles nu tricks and tones;

stuck in mud morass.

http://www.ozzy.com/us/music/black-rain

Alice in Chains – Jar of Flies (1994: Sony)

Catchy pop songs soaked
in smack, withdrawal shakes pending;

sad tales still sound good.

http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=3960&PHPSESSID=e74a1d97fcc0e5fd9e17797badee86ae

Scorpions – Sting in the Tail (2010: Universal)

Swansong decades late,
yet another piece of bleak;

schlock lyrics taint whole.

http://www.the-scorpions.com/english/discography/records/sitt.asp

Cinderella – Night Songs (1986: Mercury)

Image trumps substance
though tunes hold up, blues ring true.

Aerosmith jr.

http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/cinderella/nightsongs.shtml

Master’s Hammer – Ritual (1991: Monitor)

kvlt Czechs rasp and growl
lead-heavy unholiness.

Venom’s no hope kin.

http://www.mastershammer.com/index.html

Keel – Streets of Rock and Roll (2010: Frontiers)

Chuck Stetson for Strat
before cash-in window shuts,

Rogaine tour hopes wane.

http://www.frontiers.it/album/4666/