Chad's Heavy Metal Blog April 2008 Archive

Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge Review
Songs From The Sparkle Lounge is vintage Def Leppard. The album is packed with polished, catchy, memorable songs. They've always been able to write great hooks and choruses, and that's ... Read More

Wednesday April 30, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

The Ultimate Brodeo Tour Dates with Mouth of the Architect, Intronaut, Behold The Arctopus
Mouth Of The Architect, Intronaut and Behold The Arctopus will be hitting the road in August for the "Ultimate Brodeo" Tour. Mouth Of The Architect's latest CD Quietly is ... Read More

Tuesday April 29, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul Review
Slaughter Of The Soul is one of those CDs that every metal fan should listen to. At The Gates were one of the groups that helped originated the "Gothenburg Sound" ... Read More

Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Aural Amphetamine: Metallica And The Dawn Of Thrash DVD Review
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica And The Dawn Of Thrash explores the roots of thrash metal. It starts with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal bands like Iron Maiden, Diamond Head ... Read More

Saturday April 26, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Dominici - O3 A Trilogy: Part 3 Review
Part 1 of the trilogy was acoustic, and O3 A Trilogy: Part 3, like Part 2, has a full band. The songs are progressive metal with complex arrangements and lengthy ... Read More

Friday April 25, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Various Artists - Gigantour 2 DVD Review
In its short existence, Gigantour has quickly become one of the top U.S. touring festivals. It was started by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine, who has been able to put together very ... Read More

Thursday April 24, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Whitesnake - Good To Be Bad Review
With Good To Be Bad, Whitesnake proves they still have plenty left in the tank. The 2008 lineup of the band includes vocalist David Coverdale, guitarists Doug Aldrich (Dio) and ... Read More

Wednesday April 23, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead and Testament Tour Dates
Judas Priest's long awaited double CD Nostradamus is set for release on June 17th on Epic Records. A free MP3 download of the title track is now available from ... Read More

Tuesday April 22, 2008 | permalink | comments (3)

Apocalyptica - Worlds Collide Review
Apocalyptica likes to feature lots of guest musicians on their albums, and this one is no exception. Lending their talents to Worlds Collide are Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Lacuna Coil's Cristina ... Read More

Monday April 21, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Dethklok, Chimaira and Soilent Green Tour Dates
This summer, Dethklok, the animated band from Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse, hits the road on a 28-city headlining tour kicking off June 2 in Portland, along with Chimaira and Soilent Green. ... Read More

Saturday April 19, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Soilent Green - Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction Review
Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction is the cathartic and emotional tale of the band's history of struggle and the message that life doesn't always have a happy ending. ... Read More

Friday April 18, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Crue Fest 2008 Tour Dates with Motley Crue, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Sixx:AM and Trapt
Motley Crue has announced "Crue Fest '08," which will visit cities across the U.S. and Canada July through August. In addition to Motley Crue, the lineup includes Buckcherry, Papa ... Read More

Thursday April 17, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk Review
Blooddrunk doesn't deviate much from past Children Of Bodom CDs, with thrashy riffs, shredding guitar solos, prominent synths and melodic hooks. The songs are heavy and dark, thickly constructed with ... Read More

Wednesday April 16, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Anthrax To Play Shows With Iron Maiden
Anthrax will be playing a few live dates, kicking off with a warmup club show at Chicago’s Double Door on May 28th, 2008. The Chicago warm-up show will be the ... Read More

Tuesday April 15, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Arsis - We Are The Nightmare Review
Arsis' technical mastery has never been in doubt, and they continue that on We Are The Nightmare. The songs are complex, with great guitar riffs and impressive solos. My biggest ... Read More

Monday April 14, 2008 | permalink | comments (3)

Reckless Road: Guns 'N Roses and the Making of Appetite For Destruction Book Review
Reckless Road: Guns 'N Roses and the Making of Appetite For Destruction was written by Marc Canter, Slash's best friend and a supporter of the band since the very beginning. ... Read More

Saturday April 12, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Skeletonwitch Tour Dates
Athens, Ohio's Skeletonwitch has announced U.S. tour dates in support of its recently-released album, Beyond the Permafrost. The scheduled three week trek will include an appearance at the 2008 ... Read More

Friday April 11, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Nadja - Skin Turns To Glass Review
Skin Turns To Glass was originally released in 2003 on a small CD-R label. The duo of Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff have re-recorded the album, which got a very ... Read More

Thursday April 10, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Kreator - At The Pulse Of Kapitulation: Live In East Berlin 1990 DVD Review
Longtime Kreator fans may have this on VHS, but for the first time At The Pulse Of Kapitulation: Live In East Berlin 1990 is available on DVD. It captures one ... Read More

Wednesday April 9, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Avsky - Malignant Review
Malignant is an apt title for the CD, since one of the dictionary definitions of the term is "evil in nature, influence, or effect." That describes this CD perfectly. The ... Read More

Tuesday April 8, 2008 | permalink | comments (2)

Poison Tour Dates
Poison will hit more than 40 U.S. cities this summer on their "Live, Raw & Uncut Summer Tour 2008." The tour, with Dokken and Sebastian Bach joining Poison for most ... Read More

Monday April 7, 2008 | permalink | comments (2)

Midnattsol - Nordlys Review
Nordlys is bombastic and melodic, with more intensity than most bands of this genre. There are dark gothic songs with a lot of atmosphere and keyboards, and also tracks with ... Read More

Sunday April 6, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Jagermeister Tour Dates
Co-headlining the 2008 Jägermeister Music Tour's spring edition are Hatebreed and Type O Negative. 3 Inches Of Blood and various other bands will open the shows. Hatebreed have ... Read More

Saturday April 5, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

The Sword - Gods Of The Earth Review
The Sword has really stepped it up on Gods Of The Earth, their second full-length. Their core sound is fully intact, with plenty of thick, heavy Black Sabbath riffs. The ... Read More

Friday April 4, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

In Flames Interview
The latest CD from Swedish veterans In Flames is A Sense Of Purpose. The melodic death metal pioneers produced the album with help from Daniel Bergstrand (Soilwork, Meshuggah) and Roberto ... Read More

Thursday April 3, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Nightwish Tour Dates
Nightwish returns to the U.S. in May for their second headlining tour in support of Dark Passion Play, which features new singer Anette Olzon. Nightwish Tour Dates: May 5 –Starland Ballroom, Sayerville, ... Read More

Wednesday April 2, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Dismember - Dismember Review
Dismember features crushing death metal punctuated by extended riffing and some really good guitar solos. This is a little heavier and darker than Dismember's last CD, but you'll hear enough ... Read More

Tuesday April 1, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)