1. Accept: Metal Heart
Just can't get enough of this classic act at the moment! Witnessing the titletrack live at Sweden Rock Festival was pure magic!
2. Morgana Lefay: Grand Materia
Just started listening to this, and it sounds very promising. The galloping thrash drives, the mystical atmospheres and wonderful melodies crowned with the eminent and unique vocals of Charles Rytkönen, make this band very special to me.
3. Alice Cooper: Hey Stoopid
Not a bad song on here, Hey Stoopid manages to cover many different moods and themes, always in the catchy as hell Alice Cooper vein. A true classic.
4. Masterplan: Aeronautics
Though Jorn Lande's amazing and emotional voice is always a joy to listen to, and the songs are melodic and rocking, I feel a bit disappointed. The power and intensity, that made the debut so spectacular is missing in action. A few songs are great though, and I'm hoping this album will grow with time.!
5. Accept: Restless & Wild
Raw, old school and energetic, Restless & Wild will stand as a record that helped define the Heavy Metal genre.
6. Piledriver: Metal Inquisition
This classy, rough and uncompromising 80's masterpiece keeps growing on me! It's just a perfect mix of dirty humor and skull crushing Metal!
7. Gamma Ray: Box set
Ok, if you own all albums by Gamma Ray, this box is a rip-off, containing no extra photos, liner notes, and most extra tracks being cover versions you probably already own or old demo or live versions of Gamma Ray tunes. I only found four songs that were completely new to me. But these songs are great, two very happy creations from the Ralph Scheepers area, one instrumental and a cover of Holocaust's Heavy Metal Mania!
8. Megadeth: Rust In Peace
Technical, impressive and melodic.
9. Edguy: Hellfire Club
Well, I just can't stop listening to this masterpiece. I am a slave to the brilliance known as The Piper Never Dies!
10. Primal Fear: Black Sun
Not their finest hour, Black Sun is still a solid effort, featuring the amazing Ralph Scheepers on vocals.man, I could listen to everything, as long as it's him singing!
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