Metal Blade Records – Page 44

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.

The Everdawn – Poems Burn the Past – Review

September 1, 1998

Like Kreator? Check out The Everdawn.

Sacred Steel – Reborn in Steel – Review

September 1, 1998

I have trouble reviewing Sacred Steel without laughing myself silly. They remind me of Agent Steel and bands that were second rate the first time around.

Sacred Reich – Still Ignorant (1987-1997) Live – Review

April 1, 1998

I have the Surf Nicaragua EP on CD, cassette, and picture disc. That and Ignorant are plenty for me, thanks. Tech metal is dead.