Metal Blade Records – Page 44

Grip Inc. – Solidify – Review

April 1, 1999

Drama is created with bass and drum barrages, all laced with Middle Eastern flavors, or more accurately, middle British flavours of a grimly vampiric nature.

Flotsam And Jetsam – Unnatural Selection – Review

April 1, 1999

This one’s whimsical cover art refers to the band’s self-image as worker ants toiling away at the middle of metal, where nobody seems to be watching.

Galactic Cowboys – At The End Of The Day – Review

January 1, 1999

A slight left turn into a more immediate, dirt-faced sound, courtesy of drummer Alan Doss, who produced and mixed the whole Cheap Tricked starburst.

Enthroned – Towards the Skullthrone of Satan – Review

January 1, 1999

With very few exceptions, Towards… launches into a hyperspeed assault of early-’90s school black metal and rarely gives the listener a break.

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.