Locust Years, The - Hammers Of Misfortune

Advantages: Some amazing songs and truley incredable talent
Disadvantages: only 5 songs :(

...If I'm honest this is band I've known about ever since I can remember however only in a mick take of them. My uncle knew about them and use to make a joke out of there music. Because it was death metal band and had a lot of growls not many people enjoyed the beauty of them. I grew up just known the band Cannibal Corpse and the fact that they played a song called Hammer smashed faced (very pleasant name huh? All these wonderful named songs I listen to =P) that was a very aggressive and harsh song although personally, I had never heard the song so like my uncle and the rest of the family I mocked the band's song. During the past years I started to get into the darker side of music, it only started of with bands like good charlotte, evanescence and panic at the disco but that slowly crept into things like bullet for my valentine and Trivuim... Read review

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Advantages: Some of their best material.
Disadvantages: Some songs reveal the rushed production.

...The eighties were an incredible and stupid time, though my own memories are admittedly vague and mainly concern Postman Pat and fish paste sandwiches. Heavy metal bands wearing codpieces and singing about historical battles were unusually motivated in their craft, and most managed to consistently release a brand new studio album every single year while also managing to fit in a painstaking world tour to promote the last one. In 1984, Manowar served up two doses of overkill in the form of 'Hail to England' and its less well-known successor, 'Sign of the Hammer.' While the New Yorkers were obviously heavily driven that year to spread their message of the glory of Vikings and heavy metal, two releases in such a short space of time arouse fears that these records will favour quantity over quality. But could you really get enough Manowar... Read review

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Advantages: very different musical project
Disadvantages: WARNING: may cause you to think.

...Those who are familiar with the type of products i tend to review will see immediately why i favour Rev Hammers album, Freeborn John, so much. It combines the two things that many people associate me with, obscure musical offerings and the backwaters of history and on this occasion they have been finely crafted together. Before we get stuck in to this rare musical offering, two introductions are in order. Rev Hammer, or Stephen Ryan to reveal his given name, started life as a busker and after combating the fear of getting up on stage joined with like minded musician Bi Sickle to form alternative duo Hammer and Sickle. Along the way he became close friends with New Model Army front man Justin Sullivan, eventually forming Red Sky Coven with Sullivan, punk poet Joolz and bassist Brett Selby. After many years of releasing albums in a folk... Read review

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