Metallica – Re-load – Review

March 1, 1998

Metallica’s lack of adrenaline is primarily due to their songwriting strategy of submerging power ballads beneath their traditional guitar chugging techniques.

H2O – Thicker Than Water – Review

March 1, 1998

Like Bouncing Souls (only more NY hardcore), H2O are never as good on record as they are on stage, but Thicker than Water is better than a stick in the eye.

Fall From Grace – Review

March 1, 1998

Fall From Grace trudges through swampy emotions, all roads leading nowhere, all vegetation doomed in the end, the smell of slow-moving death at your heels.

Dismember – Misanthropic – Review

March 1, 1998

The production is ripping, all the manic shredding elements are there, as is the token melodic guitar contrast, but it’s just not especially engaging to me.

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