Long Days Black Nights - Magnum (Metal)

Advantages: Great tracks that sit happily between soft and hard rock
Disadvantages: Some weaker moments and not everyone's cup of tea

...releases 'Magnum', 'Magnum II', 'Marauder', 'Chase the Dragon' and 'The Eleventh Hour'. Track Listing Disc 1 1 - Kingdom of Madness 2 - In the Beginning 3 - Invasion 4 - Universe 5 - Lonesome Star 6 - Foolish Heart 7 - Baby Rock Me 8 - All of My Life (Live EP version) 9 - Great Adventure (Live EP version) 10 - Invasion (Live EP version) 11 - Kingdom of Madness (Live EP version) 12 - Changes (Re-mixed) 13 - Everybody Needs 14 - The Lights Burned Out 15 - Long Days, Black Nights 16 - Back to Earth 17 - Hold Back Your Love 18 - Soldier of the Line (Live EP version) 19 - Sacred Hour (Live EP version) Disc 2 1 - All that is Real 2 - All Come Together 3 - Great Adventure 4 - The Battle 5 - If I Could Live Forever 6 - Changes 7 - Firebird 8 - Foolish Heart (Live) 9 - In the Beginning (Live) 10 - Lords of Chaos... Read review

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Advantages: SWAMP THING!
Disadvantages: "Which one of ya'll motherfuckers drank all my fuckin' kool-aid?"

.... Anybody who listens to rock music more than on just a casual basis, has been around for the last decade or two, and while doing so has delved into the hardrock / metal subgenre, will probably at least have heard of a band called PANTERA. These Texas-based, self-proclaimed "Cowboys From Hell" (album #5) have played heavy and hair metal in their early days, went on to thrash and groove metal, or "Power Metal" (another, earlier, album title), whatever you might call it, and kicked some serious ass: pounding, grating, shredding, screaming and shouting their way into living legend status. Thinking of musical neighbours, various bands such as BLACK SABBATH, ANTHRAX, SKID ROW (with whom they once toured), TESTAMENT and MEGADETH spring to mind, but basically PANTERA did their own thing, becoming more and more aggressive during... Read review

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...forward, and just when you think that you know what the songs about, it kicks into an epic chorus, lighters in the air and sing-along audiences are springing to mind. hen its all over bar one last guitar solo, and then the one sacred hour that they sang so passionately about is up..... ....thats if you have the original album. If you manage to get hold of the 1999 remaster then you get four bonus tracks. These where originally released as a two single vinyl package and gives you three live tracks (Back To Earth, Hold Back Your Love and Soldier of the Line) and Long Days Black Nights. So if you want to treat yourself to one of the quintessentially English rock albums of the eighties then this is for you, in these days of extreme sounding unmelodic, industrial grinder rock, it is often refreshing to be able to take a journey back to a time... Read review

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