Sodom - In War and Pieces (2011: SPV)

Slightly more tuneful
set of bludgeon and war cries;

well done Onkel Tom.

http://sodomized.info/?i=45

Crossfire - Second Attack (1985: Mausoleum)

Long forgotten yet
spry and snarly for its time;

shame never broke out...

http://metal-archives.com/release.php?id=4746

Highway Chile - Rockarama (2008: Wounded Bird - a reissue of 1985: 21 Records)

Relic makes Riot
even seem modern - synth pomp

tempers rock moments.

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=1157&CDName=Rockarama

http://www.highwaychile.nl/pages/english/index.htm

The Atomic Bitchwax - 4 (2009: TeePee)

Seventies, southern
and stoner grown dense and deep;

hellacious bass bits.

http://www.theatomicbitchwax.com/The_Atomic_Bitchwax/Rock_Band.html

http://www.amazon.com/Tab-4-Atomic-Bitchwax/dp/B001T46U0A

Corvus Corax - Venus Vina Musica (2006: Pica)

Euro-folk minstrels
somehow tap metal's spirit

despite no amps, crunch.

http://www.corvuscorax.de/index.php?select=diskografie

http://www.picamusic.de/index.php?select=releases&id=58&lang=2

Theatres des Vampires - Pleasure and Pain (2005:Aural Music/Dreamcell11)

Pro-Tools meets vampire,

budget vein drain shows as past

crypt calls hold more life.

http://www.theatres-des-vampires.net/

Luna Mortis - The Absence (2009: Century Media)

Chick-fronted band wafts

goth to gruff when best between;

better than should be.

http://www.centurymedia.com/artist.aspx?IdArtist=230

Anal Cunt - 40 More Reasons to Hate Us (1996: Earache)

Junior high boy "wit"

in lowest grade grindcore form;

guess I miss the joke.

http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh149.php

The Traceelords - Sex, Money, Rock 'n' Roll (2001: Massacre)

Apt title from boozed

sleazers freebasing Bowie

cut with Sunset Strip.

http://www.traceelords.com/

http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Money-Rock-N-Roll/dp/B00005MIXL

Funny Money - Stick It (2006: Perris)

Like Kix never left,

party boogiers change nought

but age in photos.

http://funnymoneyband.com/

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/funnymoney3

Blacksmith - Once Upon a Star (1999: Massacre)

Dudes love their Yngwie -

same tones, trills, and lukewarm songs;

competently blah.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/blacksmithmetal

Opeth - Watershed (2008: Roadrunner)

Ballad to blastbeat

glories, prestine and precise;

metal's gold standard.

http://www.opeth.com/index.php/discography/show/tpl/watershed