Accept – Balls to the Wall – Review

February 15, 2002

Like Judas Priest records, Accept albums were albums, and ya just played the whole thing, thinking some songs kinda bit, but others make paper routes bearable.

Quiet Riot – Metal Health – Review

February 15, 2002

The title track and cover of Slade’s “Cum on Feel the Noize” hit huge and are rebel metal standards like Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Going to Take It.”

Judas Priest – Stained Class – Review

February 15, 2002

Sin After Sin, Stained Class, Hell Bent for Leather, and Unleashed In the East: The silver gleamed, the riffs rifled, and Halford was at his high-flying’ best.

Eisheilig – Review

February 15, 2002

There’s something somber and sexy about a deep voice singing German. Eisheilig opens and closes their debut strongly, and they brush good points along the way.

Europe – The Final Countdown – Review

February 15, 2002

Night Ranger rocked harder, just for perspective. Some of the harmonies remind me of Warrant’s “Heaven Isn’t Too Far Away,” but more, ya know, European.

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