Century Media Records – Page 26

Sigh – Imaginary Sonicscape – Review

February 22, 2002

Imagine a band that fuses black metal, progressive rock, jazz, classic metal, psychedelic rock, pop, and classical, and you have an inkling.

Shadow – Review

February 22, 2002

Melodic death metal from Japan. Catchy, brutal, fleet-footed, harmonious, great production, but perhaps lacking the personality/songwriting of greats.

Avantasia – The Metal Opera – Review

February 22, 2002

Combining many of the best names in heavy metal and the full-on concept of a concept album, Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet has put together a winning project.

Marduk – La Grande Danse Macabre – Review

February 22, 2002

Marduk aren’t Satyricon or Mayhem and don’t aspire to be pioneers in the field, but that’s what I love about ’em, they’re AC/DC for true lovers of Lucifer.

Solefald – Pills Against the Ageless Ills – Review

February 22, 2002

Three varied albums for this creatively exploded Norwegian duo. An album less phreaked than Neonism, slicker, classier, more majestically modern black.

Andromeda – Extension of the Wish – Review

February 22, 2002

Swedish prog/heavy metal with a killer guitarist, unexceptional vocals (ex-Darkane vocalist Lawrence Mackrory), and run-of-the-mill songwriting.

Kalmah – Swamplord – Review

February 22, 2002

From Finland, recorded at Tico-Tico, and released on Spikefarm/Spinefarm. Top-notch musicianship, but they might as well be a Children of Bodom tribute band.

Iced Earth – Horror Show – Review

February 22, 2002

The cool thing about Iced Earth has been the tag-team serious metalness of the long-locked duo locking devil horns up front with your inner headbanger.

Lacuna Coil – Unleashed Memories – Review

February 22, 2002

Nope. I still find them gloriously-produced (Grip Inc’s Waldemar Sorycha) male/female-vocaled Goth metal fluff skating dangerously close to pop diva shit.

God Forbid – Determination – Review

February 22, 2002

The idea here is not just Candiria, but other more hardcore forms of mathcore, as well as old school thrash, Meshuggah dissonance and Shadows Fall.