A couple of unsuccessful albums and weird changes in the band’s formula gave rise to Osbourne‘s departure in such an unexpected fashion. For those reasons, the project seemed ...
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Comments Off on Review: Black Sabbath “Heaven and Hell” [Vertigo Records / Warner Bros. Records]
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Ballcrushingmetal
About the author
I have been for more than 15 years into classic rock and 70s and 80s metal music, and have been writing reviews for more than 4 years. As a reviewer, I'm primarily focused on the most classic subgenres of metal music, and have heard the same in different formats.
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The trio from Newcastle brought out under the Neat Records label what became their most memorable release, and it proved to be much more consistent and fresher in ...
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Released in 1983 under the Roadrunner Records label, Satan‘s debut album boasts a unique heaviness that outweighs what many extreme metal albums are capable of providing to the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Satan “Court in the Act” (Roadrunner Records)
The band’s frontman Ronnie James Dio was not precisely a newcomer in heavy metal music, as he was part of two of the most recognized bands thereof: Rainbow ...
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Comments Off on Review: Dio “Holy Diver” (1983) [Mercury Records]
Deep Purple Machine Head (1972) Warner Bros. Records Landmark would be a mandatory adjective for purposes of describing how great is this album from every possible angle. But ...
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Comments Off on Review: Deep Purple – Machine Head (1972)
Riot Rock City (1977) Attic Riot remained for a couple of decades as a silent inventor. Due to the limited distribution of their early releases (basically, they did ...
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Comments Off on Review: Riot – Rock City (1977)
Blind Fury Out of Reach Roadrunner Records As a seemingly desperate attempt at getting rid of all the connections with the black metal scene, Satan members decided to ...
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Comments Off on Review: Blind Fury – Out of Reach (1985)
