Spiders & Snakes – Hollywood Ghosts (2005: Sensei)

Sunset Strip castoffs

miss, miss, hit eclectic set

London days long gone

http://www.spidersandsnakes.net/bio08.htm

Jucifer – If Thine Enemy Hunger (2006:Relapse)

Belly on downers

grunge gone sludgy splits its time

lovely to lumber

http://www.jucifer.com/

http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Jucifer/If_Thine_Enemy_Hunger/257381

October File – Our Souls to You (2010: Candlelight)

sludgy doom sped up

hits mid-ground of harsh and tamed

extra mixes rock

http://www.octoberfile.com/discography.html

Avantasia – Metal Opera Part II (2002: Nuclear Blast)

Bat Out of Bombast

fondue cheez of powerprog,

déjà vu once more

http://tobiassammet.com/eng/music/AvantasiaMetalOpera2.php

Anvil – This is Thirteen (2009: VH1 Classic Records – a reissue of 2007: self-released)

underwhelming plod

of lunkheaded high hope swings

three decades, slight growth

http://my.tbaytel.net/tgallo/anvil/thirteen.htm