Metal Blade Records – Page 43

Riot – Shine On – Review

January 1, 1999

Although Reale and DiMeo are an admirable team, this competent self-important churn does little for me.

Poundhound – Massive Grooves – Review

January 1, 1999

Doug’s Poundhound project is (thankfully) very much like a King’s X record. Only Doug has, quite predictably, blasted it with heavier, bass-throbbing tones.

In Ruins – Four Seasons Of Grey – Review

January 1, 1999

Pretty creepy hearing a Philadelphia power trio carving an authentic and pioneering niche within black metal.

King’s X – Tape Head – Interview

January 1, 1999

An interview with Doug Pinnick

Thought Industry – Recruited To Do Good Deeds For The Devil – Review

November 1, 1998

I am very glad to have this. It answers many questions, fills many empty spaces, and allows TI and their fans to move forward with no payload.

Midvinter – At the Sight of the Apocalypse Dragon – Review

September 1, 1998

Produced by King Diamond guitarist Andy LaRocque, it’s pretty evil in a paint-yer-face-by-numbers way, but a lot of black metal for yer buck.

Lord Belial – Enter the Moonlight Gate – Review

September 1, 1998

The songs blur together into a swirl of distortion, throat-shredding vocals, and machine-gunning double bass drumming, but that’s certainly not a bad thing.

Cannibal Corpse – Gallery of Suicide – Review

September 1, 1998

Wiith Gallery of Suicide, they manage to vary their pacing and styles, mixing in some cool grindcore structures with their old-school death metal stylings.

Ty Tabor – Moonflower Lane – Review

September 1, 1998

Read the title again. You get the gist. Ty used to be in King’s X.

Amon Amarth – Once Sent From The Golden Hall – Review

September 1, 1998

Viking warriors are alive and well. Tremendous metal with plenty of melodicism on their Metal Blade debut. One of the best Swedish metal albums this year.