Century Media Records – Page 25

Blind Guardian – A Night at the Opera – Review

June 28, 2002

Not as heavy or dark as the Nightfall… album, A Night At The Opera is conversely more metallically joyous, spiraling and well, heavenly.

Scar Culture – Inscribe – Review

April 12, 2002

Like the hardcore band, Raised Fist, Scar Culture has learned that “Meshuggah production” counts. Inscribe is about as heavy as neo-death metal gets.

In Thy Dreams – Highest Beauty – Review

April 12, 2002

Funny, Swedes like these guys helped push the whole melodic death metal thing forward, and yet these guys in particular always seem a pace behind the leaders.

Sonata Arctica – Silence – Review

March 29, 2002

Every cliché of power metal and classic-style heavy metal down pat, yet with meticulous songcraft and phenomenal musicianship, they soar above all others.

Lullacry – Be My God – Review

March 22, 2002

Ball-out female-fronted rock firmly planted in the sound of today and a classic style that’s too busy having a blast to give a rat’s ass if you think it’s cool.

Blind Guardian – And Then There Was Silence – Review

March 22, 2002

This two-song, 18-minute EP took four months to record, the 14-minute title track required over 128 tracks, including 50 for the vocals and 30 for the guitars.

Carnal Forge – Please…Die! – Review

March 22, 2002

Insanely speedy, death Swede thrash perfection, bands like The Haunted and The Crown coming to mind, but sounding like Seal in comparison.

Borknagar – Empiricism – Review

March 15, 2002

Sure, there’s a bit (or a lot) of pretension here, not to mention a real risk of prog geekery. Passionate, brutal, beautiful, frightening stuff.

Finntroll – Jaktens Tid – Review

March 8, 2002

With the Lord of the Rings the new rage, it probably only makes sense that this umpa-umpa-woo-woo! silliness strikes now.

Internal Bleeding – Alien Breed (1991 – 2001) – Review

March 1, 2002

While they’ve never been the best, they’ve slowly streamlined their songwriting skills through the years.