Heads - Osibisa

Advantages: Excellent musicianship , originality. Great recording.
Disadvantages: A little longer maybe!!

...Santana / Osibisa maybe and moments of sheer beauty like ' Water Curtain Cave ' . Superb sound quality on the CD with fantastic stereo seperation of all the instruments.Highly recommended. Songs 1 Three Horned Dragon king 2 Eyes on You 3 Bride of Summer 4 Water Curtain Cave 5 Minnamotos Dream 6 We Have Reason to Believe 7 Barazinbar 8 Yellow Eyes... Read review

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Advantages: More musically minded songs.
Disadvantages: "Decend the Shades of Night"

...What can I say, an awesome album. If your thinking about buying this album, do it. If you like anything from Metallica to Slipknot, or the like, then get it. I see Machine Head, especially in this album as a more heavy Metallica. I think Machine Head really show their roots in this album. 'Imperium' is a work of musical genius, clashing interesting dynamics with brilliant lyrics, Machine Head have found the metal winning formula. Great guitar solos, phenominal drumming and an excellent bassist make Machine Head, for me, on of the most dominant metal figures of the 21st century. Machine Head are comparing against the likes of Trivium and Stone Sour, and I think they are definately keeping their head above the water. Machine Head are excellent live. The band being watched live, performing this groundbreaking album, has and probably... Read review

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Advantages: The next best thing to a live Machine Head gig
Disadvantages: None really.

...Hellalive is an album that captures the intensity and pure ecstasy of a live machine head concert. The CD was mostly recorded at the Brixton Academy in London and two tracks from a later gig in Germany. It simply places live songs from across Machine Head's discography onto one CD. Their set included songs like "None But My Own" on Burn My Eyes to "Supercharger". Highlights of Machine Head's performance that night included the amazing "Ten Ton Hammer", "Crashing Around You" (which had Flynn explaining how he came up with it as its intro) and the emotional "The Burning Red". Those of you fans that had never had the chance to see these guys live are lucky that they released this epic live album as it marks the last Machine Head recordings with guitarist Ahrue Luster. Apparently Hellalive was named by a fan through a contest run by Road... Read review

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