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Best known for her years as lead vocalist for Warlock, Doro Pesch left that West German gothic metal outfit in the late '80s to pursue a solo career. While Warlock (a band lyrically along the lines of Iron Maiden, Grim Reaper, and Helloween) embraced fantasy-oriented gothic themes, Doro's solo albums took a slicker, more commercial arena rock approach and pretty much avoided references to witches, demons, or evil spirits. Doro, the rough-voiced singer's second solo project, isn't in a class with Warlock's albums, but the material is generally decent and satisfying. Doro brings plenty of spirit to hard rock that ranges from the ominous "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and the frenzied "Broken" to the power ballad "Rare Diamond" and an inspired cover of the Electric Prunes '60s psychedelic classic "I Had Too Much to Dream." Gene Simmons of Kiss served as executive producer. ~ Alex Henderson
Best known for her years as lead vocalist for Warlock, Doro Pesch left that West German gothic metal outfit in the late '80s to pursue a solo career. While Warlock (a band lyrically along the lines of Iron Maiden, Grim Reaper and Helloween) embraced fantasy-oriented gothic themes, Doro's solo albums took a slicker, more commercial arena rock approach and pretty much avoided references to witches, demons or evil spirits. Doro, the rough-voiced singer's second solo project, isn't in a class with Warlock's albums, but the material is generally decent and satisfying. Doro brings plenty of spirit to hard rock that ranges from the ominous "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and the frenzied "Broken" to the power ballad "Rare Diamond" and an inspired cover of the Electric Prunes '60s psychedelic classic "I Had Too Much to Dream." Despite the fact that Gene Simmons of Kiss served as executive producer, this CD wasn't a big hit. Doro's solo career, for whatever reason, never took off -- and with the rise of alternative rock a few years later, this type of corporate rock would be out of vogue. ~ Alex Henderson
1990 album for the German heavy metal/hard rock goddess. 10 tracks.
Recorded at Fortress Recorders, Hollywood, California.
Personnel: Doro (vocals); Tommy Thayer (acoustic & electric guitars); Lanny Cordolo (guitar); Paul Morris, Pat Regan, Karen Childs (keyboards); Chuck Wright, E.J. Curse, Todd Jensen (bass); Kevin Valentine, Tommy Amato, Chris Frazier (drums).
Doro Songs | 1. | Unholy Love  |
| 2. | I Had Too Much to Dream |
| 3. | Rock On |
| 4. | Only You |
| 5. | I'll Be Holding On |
| 6. | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 7. | Rare Diamond |
| 8. | Broken |
| 9. | Alive |
| 10. | Mirage |
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Doro Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   It's not worth the money
This album marks the beginning of a new era for Doro. She made a step forward by leaving the Warlock days behind and developing a sound of her own. I appreciate her effort but it’s still not good enough.
This album sounds like an average rock album with a huge amount of sloppiness. Half of the songs have really uninspiring lyrics. They’re all about Doro dreaming or thinking about some dude she’s in love with. “Only You” could’ve been a decent song if it wasn’t for the stupid and repetitive lyrics that suck more than anything else on this record. “Something Wicked This Way Comes” is probably the weirdest track on here. It’s slow and doomy like Soundgarden’s music. Not one of those things I was expecting from Doro. I enjoy “Unholy Love” and “Broken” just because they are better than the rest of the album. Sure there are other songs that have decent lyrics and can make me move my feet and sing along. I don’t even consider them good though. If you listen carefully to every track on this album, you’ll notice that Doro’s vocals simply don’t fit in the music. She’s wasting her strong and powerful voice to sing these average rock songs. I really dislike this album but that’s just my opinion.
Submitted by tinaviseu_1111 (Portugal)
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 a rock n roll classic
this cd was doros 2nd after leaving warlock and is a great cd with only the best people around her trying to break her into the u.s.a..gene simmons,tommy thayer and others from black n blue and house of lords.this cd is rock and not the heavy metal that she does today but it is still a great rock cd and WORTH EVERY PENNY.
Submitted by LANCE (DAYTONA BEACH FL)
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excellent Doro
Love Doro? Love this rock.
Submitted by babywrath (Long Beach,NY,USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Doro - self-titled (Mercury) 3 1/2 stars
Originally released in 1990,this was the former Warlock vocalist's second solo effort.While Doro's solo work isn't as good as that she'd done with Warlock,it's still decent.Cuts here I enjoyed the most were "Rock You",her decent cover of the Electric Prune's "I Had Too Much To Dream","Something Wicked" and "Broken"(wasn't there an old Mtv video for this song?).Might appeal to fans of The Pandoras,Runaways,Girlschool and Y&T.
Submitted by mikereedinusa (Shawnee Mission,Kansas;USA)
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Purchase Doro CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Warlock Triumph And Agony CD (1987)
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Universal Records.
Recorded at Powerstation, New York.
Warlock: Doro (vocals); Tommy Bolan, Niko Arvantis (guitar); Tommy Henriksen (bass); Michael Eurich (drums).
| | Doro Angels Never Die CD (1998) Import
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ANGELS NEVER SAY DIE is the fourth solo album from ex-Warlock Doro.
The former Warlock member's fourth solo album in her long solo career. Includes "Bad Blood", "Born To Bleed" and "You Ain't Lived".
| | Doro Machine II Machine CD (1998) Import
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Track Listing of songs: Tie Me Up; Want; Ceremony; Machine to Machine; Are They Coming For Me; Can't Stop Thinking About; Don't Mistake It For Love; Desperately; Love Is the Thrill; Light in the Window; Welcome to the Tribe; Like Whiskey Straight; In Freiheit Stirlit Mein; Ceremony;
| | Warlock True As Steel CD Import
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Universal Records.
| | Doro Force Majeure CD (1989)
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1989 album for the German heavy metal/hard rock goddess. 13 tracks. Vertigo.
In the 1980s, Warlock was among Germany's most exciting heavy metal bands -- which is saying a lot when you consider that Germany also produced Accept and the Scorpions. Lyrically, Warlock fell into the fantasy metal category; if you're a fan of headbangers like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Candlemass, and Ronnie James Dio, you owe it to yourself to have some Warlock albums in your collection. But when former Warlock vocalist Doro Pesch launched her solo career with 1989's Force Majeure, fantasy metal was not a high priority for the German singer. This album found the rough-voiced Doro taking more of a pop-metal approach; references to the supernatural aren't prevalent, and Force Majeure is closer to Crimes of Passion-era Pat Benatar than Warlock (although Warlock's Tommy Henriksen is employed on bass and co-wrote five of the tunes). It's also an album that Doro can be proud of; even though Force Majeure isn't quite in a class with Warlock's best releases, it is definitely a strong pop-metal/hard rock outing. Doro, who co-wrote most of the material with producer Joey Balin, is focused and assured throughout the album -- she is as passionate on driving rockers like "Angels With Dirty Faces" (which was also the title of a superb Dead End Kids movie of 1938 that starred James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart), "Under the Gun," and "Hellraiser" as she is on the haunting ballad "River of Tears." Equally strong is Doro's inspired cover of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," which isn't the only 1960s rock classic she embraced -- her second solo album, Doro, contains a cover of the Electric Prunes' "I Had Too Much to Dream." While Doro is generally decent, Force Majeure is more than decent -- it is excellent. In fact, Force Majeure is arguably her strongest and most essential solo album. ~ Alex Henderson
Personnel: Doro Pesch (vocals); Jon Devin (guitar); Tommy Henriksen (bass); Bobby
| | Doro Fight CD (2002)
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When Nirvana and Pearl Jam exploded commercially in the early '90s and alternative rock became mainstream, a lot of '80s headbangers fell by the wayside. Pop-metal hair bands (Poison, Warrant) and gothic-themed fantasy metallers (Iron Maiden, King Diamond) both went out of vogue, and in this brave new rock world, the headbangers who were considered cutting edge embraced alternative metal (which could be anything from Ministry to Sevendust to Rage Against the Machine). But Doro is one '80s survivor who has kept plugging away; she isn't headlining Madison Square Garden, but still caters to a loyal group of die-hard fans. Released in 2002, Fight finds a 37-year-old Doro continuing to sound quite assured and passionate. The former Warlock vocalist makes a few alterna-metal-ish moves here and there, especially on the title track and "Descent" (which employs Type O Negative's Peter Steele). But Doro doesn't get nearly as far into alterna-metal as -- just to give one example -- Mötley Crüe graduate Tommy Lee. While Lee made a totally clean break from an '80s-like sound with his Methods of Mayhem project of 1999, Doro hasn't forgotten the '80s. In fact, many of the tunes are fairly '80s-sounding, including "Chained," "Fight By Your Side," and the power ballad "Legends Never Die" (which Kiss' Gene Simmons contributed). And for Doro's longtime fans, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Those who have been following the German goddess religiously since the '80s will probably take comfort in knowing that even though a few of the tunes make alterna-metal-ish moves, Fight is generally quite faithful to her history. Although 1989's Force Majeure remains Doro's most essential solo album, her hardcore followers will find 2002's Fight to be an inspired, focused, and rewarding addition to her catalog. ~ Alex Henderson
Audio Mixers: Christopher Lietz; Dan Malsch.
Recording information: Soundmine Recording Studios.
Photographers: Mario; Scott Harrison; MASA; Marianne Muller ; Metal Mi
| | Destruction Infernal Overkill/Sentence Of Death CD (1989)
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Two mid-'80s releases from Destruction (Infernal Overkill from 1985 and the Sentence of Death EP from 1987) were combined onto a single compact disc by SPV. ~ Sean Westergaard
SENTENCE OF DEATH/INFERNAL OVERKILL
Recorded at Caet Studios, Berlin, Germany.
Destruction: Schmier (vocals, bass); Mike (guitar); Tommy (drums).
| | Legends Of Rock 'N' Roll CD (2005) Import
Doro
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Australian pressing features a total of 30 tracks by various artists including Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Bobby Vee, The Marcels and so many more. EMI. 2005.
| | Black Sabbath Greatest Hits 1970-78 CD (2006) Remastered
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Black Sabbath's 1975 greatest-hits album, WE SOLD OUR SOULS FOR ROCK & ROLL, may very well be the best single-volume compilation ever released that focuses on a band in its prime . It would seem nearly impossible to top, but Rhino's GREATEST HITS 1970-78 may have done just that. The uninspired title aside, GREATEST HITS is an essential document if for no other reason than, unlike SOLD OUR SOULS, it encompasses the band's entire run with the Ozzman at the helm, featuring songs from 1976's TECHNICAL ECSTASY and '78's NEVER SAY DIE.
While "Dirty Women," Rock 'n' Roll Doctor," and "Never Say Die" can't compete with earlier Sabbath classics (including axed S.O.S. cuts "Fairies Wear Boots" and "Tomorrow's Dream") they're solid tracks that help to create a complete picture of the band up to Ozzy's departure in 1979. In addition to the aforementioned songs, GREATEST HITS also adds VOL. 4's blistering "Supernaut," an undisputed metal masterpiece. While SOLD OUR SOULS will always be the heavyweight champ of hits collections, GREATEST HITS 1970-78 is a can't-miss set for fans of Ozzy-era Sabbath.
Audio Mixers: Tony Iommi; Robin Black .
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Don Kaye.
Recording information: Criteria Studios, Miami, FL; Island Studios, London, England; Morgan Studios, London & Brussels; Regent Sound, London, England; Sound Interchange, Toronto, Canada; The Records Plant, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographers: Robert Ellis ; Richard Upper; Ross Halfin; Bob Gruen; Fin Costello; Barry Plummer.
Arranger: Gerald Woodruffe.
Black Sabbath: Geezer Butler (bass guitar); Bill Ward (drums, percussion); Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi.
Personnel: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals, harmonica); Tony Iommi (guitar); Gerald Woodruffe (keyboards); Billy Ward (drums, percussion).
| | Shaman's Harvest Synergy CD (2006)
Doro
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Track Listing of songs: Cardinal Syn; Comet Riders; Open Hand; The Walk; Gasoline; 7; Here And Now; Blue; Clutch; Bermuda; JD Love; Synergy...;
| | Trail Of Dead So Divided CD (2006) (Import) Bonus Track; United Kingdom
Doro
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And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead has always been a band that defies easy categorization. The Austin-based quartet made a name for itself in the late 1990s as an explosive live act with shows that would usually end in a pile of broken gear and bloodied bandmates. Five albums in--and three on the major label Interscope--the band has matured far beyond their early years with a series of high-concept song cycles, with an anything-goes approach being the only common musical thread.
Their previous outing, WORLDS APART, found them channeling their initial ragged and spastic live energy into prog-inflected art rock with orchestral flourishes, anthemic vocals, and bombastic tympani. With this latest release, SO DIVIDED, the band tempers the grandiosity--albeit only slightly--with an apparent classic Britpop jones (think Zombies, Soft Boys, and XTC) as if taking a cue from their fellow Austinites and former Merge labelmates, Spoon, and the results are a weird, ambitious, and hummable achievement.
UK pressing of the American Alterna-Rockers' 2006 opus features one bonus track: 'Witches Web' (Original Version). Pioneering Austin-based rock band And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead return with their third and most compelling full-length yet. So Divided packs a hook-laden punch, as equal parts anthemic guitar, layered orchestration, and bitingly introspective lyrics crash and interweave. Polydor.
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