Several highly anticipated albums arrived this month, including an "Album of the Year"-contender.

Metal Church - A light in the dark
Heavy Metal. Dark atmosphere. Rough voice. Tree-cutting axe work. Good album!

Crashdïet - Rest in Sleaze
The party album of 2005 for sure.

Cloudscape - Cloudscape
A solid metal album with strong melodies, good atmosphere and some progressive tendencies along the way.

Wastefall - Self Exile
Sounds extremely promising. If you like Pain of Salvation or Progressive Metal in general you should check this band out a.s.a.p.

Elegy - Lost
The emotion in Eduard Hovinga's voice is one of several highlights on this outstanding disc.

Blind Guardian - A Twist in the myth
As complex and difficult to get into as I expected. Blind Guardian continue their style from "A night at the opera" here with many twists along the way. Favorite song so far: Straight through the mirror.

Luca Turilli - The Infinite Wonders of Creation
A good album but not quite as captivating as I had hoped in the long run. It doesn't match the previous two solo albums.

Ten - The Twilight Chronicles
The style from "Return to Evermore" is continued here and the result is majestic hard rock with a epic, overblown feel to it like only Ten can do it. Just wonderful.

Virgin Steele - Visions of Eden
This highly awaited album does not disappoint and takes a proud seat along the rest of Virgin Steele's amazing catalogue. Dramatic and passionate above all.

Misfits - Famous Monsters
Great discovery.


CD Purchases of the month

CrashDïet - Rest in Sleaze
Misfits - American Psycho
Misfits - Famous Monsters

Written by Steen
Monday, July 17, 2006