Nuclear Blast Records – Page 32

A Tribute to The Scorpions – Review

June 4, 2001

Love at First Sting brought guitarists to their knees, something it’s time for again with all the half-assed heroes with more facial piercings than chops.

Primal Fear – Nuclear Fire – Review

June 3, 2001

What Judas Priest mighta been post-Painkiller, but while each individual aspect is top-notch, there’s something in the stitching that bugs me.

Children of Bodom – Follow the Reaper – Review

June 1, 2001

Kinda thin-sounding. The solos and fills are all right upfront (and that’s the main reason to fall at this band’s feet), but there’s just nothing brutal here.

Dismal Euphony – Python Zero – Review

June 1, 2001

While Dismal Euphony are all into insanity, dripping blood, and all sorts of the normal nonsense, they pull it off as convincingly as The Great Kat.

Theatre of Tragedy – Musique – Review

April 1, 2001

I think this is more Goth than most Goth metal cuz there’s a lot of keyboards and I sense you could dance to some of this, if you were so inclined.

Hammerfall – Renegade – Review

April 1, 2001

Twin guitar leads blaze like trick fighter pilots at an air show, chugging, melodic riffs and long, dramatic holds where the guitarist can point “look out!”

Gardenian – Sindustries – Review

April 1, 2001

Elements of a lot of what’s so good about metal, while some might criticize cuz their influences are right upfront where you can get a good, strong whiff,

Agathodaimon – Higher Art of Rebellion – Review

April 1, 2001

Some of the momentum has been lost – an epic album in the same vein as Blacken the Angel, but lacking the ferocity and excitement.

Crematory – Believe – Review

April 1, 2001

This somewhat ignored act are back with a tight, taught, grinding record of tuneful Gothic metal. The grooves are large, the guitars pounding each track home.

White Skull – Public Glory, Secret Agony – Review

April 1, 2001

While they write pretty third-rate rhythms, they can play pretty bad-ass and Frederica De Boni does have quite a pair of, um, lungs.