Hardcore, Punk & Heavy Metal

Advantages: various sounds
Disadvantages: a little bit poppy

I listened to this album again recently after owning it since it's release in 1999, and I can honestly say it's still as fresh as when I first heard it. Sugar Ray released 'Lemonade & Brownies' in 1995 to not so great reviews. It was a much heavier sound & didn't get seen as a masterpiece by the music community in general, even though as an avid fan I loved this record. They then went on to release 'Floored' which made the band a household name ...
...Sugar Ray have combined all of their styles of music & placed it in a varied album which in one instance sounds like your listening to a metal then changes on a tangent to more light hearted, easy listening sound. Stand out tracks on this album are 'Every Morning' released as a single which did amazing in the U.S. & the U.K. One of my favaourite tracks on this album is 'Falls Apart'. It's a heavy guitar rythmn with a funky bass line that's captures ... Read review

Advantages: Masterpiece of an album
Disadvantages: N/A

...the excellent and classic album Ace Of Spades. One of the things that will strike you about Motorhead is obviously Lemmy's voice, they just wouldn't be Motorhead without the eccentric frotmans vocals. He uses that signature gravely voice to his best on this CD. All tracks are good in my view and most metal fans would probably agree. The CD is also very reasonably priced now, you can pick it up at around £8.99 or the Limited version for £9.99, well ... Read review

Advantages: Great Compilation
Disadvantages: Only Covers 1970 -1974

This is a best of compilation CD from the original shock rocker. It covers the period of 1970 - 1974 era which was the era of the Alice Cooper Group. After this period Alice Cooper became a solo artist starting from the album Welcome To My Nightmare. This collection is a great means of getting into Alices work. 1. Schools Out (Classic No 1 Single) 2. Under My Wheels (Fun Song, almost Speed Metal In Parts) 3. Billion Dollar Babies (One of the best ...
...kitsch rocker) 5. Desperado (spanish guitar power ballad) 6. Is it my body (disturbing in parts) 7. Only women Bleed (Great ballad) 8. Elected (fun heavy song) 9. I'm 18 (Classic teenage angst song) 10. Hello Hooray (Show opener) 11. No More Mr Nice Guy (fun song) 12. Teenage Lament 74 (ballad) 13. Muscle Of Love (Great guitar work, innuendo bound) 14. Department Of Youth (donny Osmond Mickey Take) ... Read review

Advantages: An excellent album which blends brilliantly the genres of hardcore punk and metalcore.
Disadvantages: 7 minutes shorter than the bands first album.

'Hot Damn!' is the first album that I ever heard by Every Time I Die, it was released in July 2003 through Ferret Records and is the bands second studio album. 'Hot Damn!' followed on nicely from the release of the bands debut 'Last Night In Town'; there was a two year gap between these two albums and when the band came back with this album it was once more looking to rock. Just as with the bands debut album, 'Hot Damn!' consists of ten tracks and ...
...7 minutes shorter than its predecessor. This second album from the band may be more condensed than the first, this is certainly not something that has detracted away from the overall quality of the music however and always here the bands sound is highly impressive throughout the 27 minute stint of this album. Beginning with 'Romeo A Go Go'; this album is incredibly high quality right from the offset, and from start to finish the music created by ... Read review

Advantages: An incredible album of metalcore, fine vocal and instrumental work.
Disadvantages: Complex song structures may put some listeners off.

'Last Night In Town' is the debut album from the New York metalcore crew that is Every Time I Die. The band consists of five members and this debut album originally saw its release through Ferret Records in 2001. The album is ten tracks long and consists of 34 minutes of music; it's a fine display of metalcore and an album that I personally am hugely fond of. The vocals vary greatly here from the most melodic of sound to a high-pitched scream of ...
...entirety of this album and instrumentally also the music has much to offer here. I actually discovered Every Time I Die in 2003 when the band released its 'Hot Damn!' second album; another album that I can't get enough of, immediately I wanted to hear other material by the band and therefore this 'Last Night In Town' album quickly found its way into my record collection. I'm not the biggest fan of metalcore, I do however absolutely love the Every ... Read review