Edguy – The Hellfire Club (2004: Nuclear Blast)

best when tempo rips,

ballsy ‘rÿche cross pumpkins’ fare

flawed but still fine

http://www.edguy.net/eng/music/HellfireClub.php

Abigor – Satinized (A Journey Through Cosmic Infinity) (2001: Napalm)

Austrians go black,

offer little beyond norms

response is tepid

http://www.abigor.at/

Trees – Lights Bane (2008: Crucial Blast)

near thirty minutes

of drone, screech, and noise clamor

art as root canal

http://www.crucialblast.net/trees_lightsbane.html

Poison – Poison’d! (2007: EMI/Capitol)

‘nother covers comp

shows nothin’ but a meh time!

open up - say blah

http://www.poisonweb.com/

Wendy O Williams – W.O.W. (1984: Jem/Passport)

Plasmat-Kiss lets Gene

declaw Wendy, dumb it down

less than her grand stand

http://www.wendyowilliams.com/

http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/wow.html

Avatar – Black Waltz (2012: Gain)

Swedes scattershot up

melodeathcore’n’roll mash;

hard to latch onto

http://avatar.net/

Slave Raider – Take the World By Storm (1986: Jive)

Silly pirates play

some plank-worthy schlock and roll -

mentioned silly, right?

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=926&CDName=Take+the+World+By+Storm

Cutty Sark – Heroes (1985: Mausoleum)

Cover says it all

low rent, early brass ring swing

quaintly hamfisted  

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Cutty_Sark/Heroes/6559

Van Halen – A Different Kind of Truth (2012: Inetrscope)

Can’t ignore weak link

Dave being so damn Rothful

let down dirty shame

http://www.van-halen.com/index.html

Orange Goblin – Eulogy for the Damned (2012: Candlelight)

Fuzzed up southern meets

post-bong Cronos in Sturgis

no complaints at all

http://www.orange-goblin.com/framenew.htm

Ghost – Opus Eponymous (2010: Rise Above/Metal Blade)

Seventies throwback

as clean a hippie black mass comes

Satan goes light doom

http://ghost-official.com/

Megaherz – Götterdämmerung (2012: Goldencore/ZYX)

Factory line churns

form-fit, packaged, all parts there

same as all before

http://megaherz.de/eng/