Metal/Hardcore Review – Page 232

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Maximum Penalty – Independent – Review

December 1, 1996

Maximum Penalty. They were a NYHC band that started in the early ’80s, disbanded for a while, then regrouped with new members in early ’95.

Iron Maiden – Best of the Beast – Review

December 1, 1996

It took two discs, 27 songs (76 minutes), and a 60 page booklet to get across all the songs and info required to do a band like Iron Maiden justice.

Floodgate – Penalty – Review

December 1, 1996

Floodgate lifted the distinct touches of Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, smashed them into bare-bones trudge rock, and are half as good as Clutch.

Exit 13 featuring Bliss Blood – Smoking Songs – Review

December 1, 1996

Steve O’Donnell and Bill Yurkiewicz are joined by bong blast buddies Dan Lilker and Richard Hoak of Brutal Truth, and Miss Bliss Blood of Pain Teens.

Tool – Ænima – Review

November 1, 1996

Anyone else attempting to sing like Maynard James Keenan would sound like a tunnel. Keenan produces a sound that’s aboriginal and futuristic at the same time.

Nevermore – The Politics of Ecstasy – Review

November 1, 1996

The layering alone in the title track is astounding, the crisp phrasing could saw through cold steel, and the musicianship is not something often heard today.

Masquerade – Surface of Pain – Review

October 1, 1996

Now this powermetal stuff comes back in hordes, and the choruses are sounding more like Warrant every day. Can fat girls in spandex be far behind?

Samael – Passage – Review

October 1, 1996

Produced by one of the best, Waldemar Sorychta, Passage alternately chops like a deranged axeman, and flows smoothly and steadily like a glacier melting.

Orange 9mm – Tragic – Review

October 1, 1996

From the grinding groove opener “Fire in the Hole,” it’s obvious that this band hasn’t lost any of their potent hardcore crossover sound.

Iced Earth – The Dark Saga – Review

October 1, 1996

Iced Earth return with a strong melodic metal release, The Dark Saga, based entirely on the comic book Spawn, with cover artwork by creator Todd McFarlane.

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