| | Crematory Revolution CD Crematory Discography of CDs
Crematory: Matthias (vocals, guitar); Felix (vocals); Katrin (keyboards); Harald Bergersen and His Saxophone Quartet (bass guitar); Markus (drums). Crematory Revolution Songs | 1. | Resurrection - (with Revolution) |
| 2. | Wake Up - (with Revolution) |
| 3. | Greed - (with Revolution) |
| 4. | Reign of Fear - (with Revolution) |
| 5. | Open Your Eyes - (with Revolution) |
| 6. | Tick Tack - (German, with Revolution) |
| 7. | Angel of Fate - (with Revolution) |
| 8. | Solitary Psycho - (with Revolution) |
| 9. | Revolution - (with Revolution) |
| 10. | Human Blood - (with Revolution) |
| 11. | Red Sky - (with Revolution) |
| 12. | Farewell Letter - (with Revolution) |
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Purchase Revolution CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Five Finger Death Punch War Is The Answer CD (2009)
Revolution
 $11.59   
Five Finger Death Punch stormed rock radio in 2007 with "The Bleeding" (from debut album THE WAY OF THE FIST), a powerful, emotionally tense track that matched vintage, Metallica-style thrash with a throat-shredding chorus more typical of late aughts metalcore. The Los Angeles-based band's sophomore disc WAR IS THE ANSWER mines much of the same territory as that breakout song, keeping the flame of the classic `80s Four Horsemen sound alive with snap-tight chugga-chugga guitar rhythms, minor-key, classical music-inspired clean/acoustic passages, and vocals dripping with a James Hetfield-approved combination of sensitive angst and macho defiance. First single "Hard to See" backs a catchy, harmony-vocal laden melody with a syncopated groove so rhythmically engaging it could almost be called funky, while the closing track "War is the Answer" takes a classic-sounding headbanging riff seemingly straight out of the Anthrax songbook and uses it to drive home one of several ultra-aggressive sentiments ("to me you're just a cancer/war is the answer"). Elsewhere, Five Finger Death Punch delves into somewhat more diverse sonic territory; "Bulletproof" combines a throbbing industrial feel reminiscent of late-period Ministry with Yngwie Malsteen-esque melodic shred guitar solos and a vocal hook that recalls the `80s pop-prog of Asia and GTR, while "Far From Home" is a straight-up power ballad, complete with dramatic strings and a soaring chorus that could sit on a compilation album right alongside any big lighter-waver, from Staind's "It's Been Awhile" to Poison's "Every Rose Has its Thorn."
Recording information: Hit Track Studios, Las Vegas; The Dojo, Las Vegas; Gump Punch Studios, Las Vegas (04/2009-06/2009).
Personnel: Ivan Moody (vocals); Zoltan Bathory (guitar).
Audio Mixers: Randy Staub ; Kevin Churko.
| | Steel Panther Feel The Steel CD (2009)
$9.99
Like Spinal Tap and several other acts before it, Steel Panther found success mocking the excesses of `80s hair metal while accurately re-creating the genre's musical style. The Los Angeles-based, wig n' spandex-clad quartet delivered a particularly low-brow take on the mock-metal genre with its debut album FEEL THE STEEL. With groan-inducing, intentionally politically incorrect song titles such as "Asian Hooker," "Fat Girl," and "Eatin' Ain't Cheatin'," the disc may not be the most clever entry into the comedy rock sweepstakes but it is one of the most authentic-sounding, perfectly re-creating the whammy bar squeals, David Lee Roth-esque yelps, and pounding double bass drum licks of its source material.
Personnel: Michael Starr (vocals, background vocals); Satchel (guitar, background vocals).
Recording information: The Recording Studio West; Clear Lake Audio; TRS West; Sage And Sound; Paramount Recording.
| | Tool Aenima CD (1996)
$12.29  
AENIMA was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. "Aenima" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.
On its second full-length album, this hard-rocking quartet delivers 15 tracks of unrelenting aggression and focused intensity. Rather than overwhelm with huge sonic washes of guitar and booming drums, Tool employs a propulsive, snaky approach that makes use of undulating rhythms and clipped, percussive guitar riffs. Maynard James Keenan's vocals follow suit, opting for a heavily processed slow burn instead of the post-grunge bellow favored by so many hard-rock bands. Instead of flailing uncontrollably in all directions, the group's raw, energetic sound is tightly directed for maximum impact.
On songs like "Stinkfist," Keenan rails against injustice while the band churns mercilessly behind him. There is very little humor or light in Tool's worldview (except for song titles like "Hooker With A Penis"); these are songs of painstakingly articulated angst, and they are delivered in an earnest, deadpan manner. These fierce rockers are dead set on making their point, and make it they do, with all the bloodshed and carnage that entails.
Additional personnel includes: Marko Fox (vocals); Eban Schletter (organ); Chris Pittman (synthesizer); D.B. (keyboards); Bill Hicks.
Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California and The Hook, North Hollywood, California.
Tool: Maynard James Keenan (vocals); Adam Jones (guitar); Justin Chancellor (bass); Danny Carey (drums).
| | Black Sabbath Paranoid CD (1971)
$9.09
PARANOID proved to be Black Sabbath's most focused, consistent, and successful record. Leaving behind the amorphous, extended jams of their debut for focused songs and a more structured sound, Black Sabbath virtually wrote the book on heavy metal with the ominous, unforgettable riffs, thunderous rhythms, and dark themes on this release. There are some up-tempo rockers, the famous title track for one, but for the most part PARANOID oozes along like a bad dream, as on the slinky, creepy opener, "War Pigs," or the lumbering thud of "Iron Man" (which boasts one of the most indelible electric guitar riffs in rock history).
The album's title is apt: PARANOID is filled with an edgy aggression and lyrics about war, insanity, death, and destruction. Ozzy Osbourne's flat, affectless voice merges perfectly with Tony Iommi's fuzzed-out, sledgehammer power chords and the bruising bass and drum lines to create an intense, freaky, horror-show universe. There are elements of blues-rock and psychedelia (the floating "Planet Caravan," in particular), but Black Sabbath basically invents here what would become one of the most popular genres of music in the latter 20th century and beyond. Even after the millions of heavy metal albums that have followed in its wake, PARANOID stands as an all-time classic.
Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).
| | Dream Theater Images And Words CD (1992)
$10.49
While continuing to improve its musical chops and explore more progressive territory, Dream Theater reached its mainstream apex with 1992's IMAGES AND WORDS. Here the group capably combined prog-rock high-mindedness with metal crunch and commercial accessibility on the opening track "Pull Me Under," helping to snare an audience big enough to push this album past gold sales status.
What makes IMAGES AND WORDS stand out is the fluid marriage of shred tactics, soaring vocals, and catchy hooks, all wrapped up in a polished studio sound. Fans can argue whether this is the band's best, but there is no denying the power of epic, engaging songs like "Take the Time," "Under a Glass Moon," and "Metropolis - Part I," a track that foreshadowed the 1999 outing SCENES FROM A MEMORY. Following IMAGES AND WORDS, Dream Theater became increasingly complex in its approach, to varying degrees of success, but this album represents a time when the ensemble brought progressive metal to the masses with little compromise.
Recorded at Bear Tracks Studio, Suffern, New York and The Hit Factory, New York, New York between October & December 1991.
Dream Theater: James La Brie (vocals); John Petrucci (guitar); Kevin Moore (keyboards); John Myung (bass); Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Jay Beckenstein (soprano saxophone).
| | Dream Theater Falling Into Infinity CD (1997)
$8.39 
Dream Theater's specialty is atmospheric metal, at times heavy, at times sinister, with a sharp techno edge. "New Millennium," the disc's opening cut, defines the sound: ringing guitars, a driving beat, start-stop dynamics and rolling drum crescendos. There's a bit of a Rush influence at work here, as well as ELP and even some Metallica. "Hollow Years" is a quieter track, replete with gentle acoustic guitar, soothing vocals and an inspirational theme about the lifting of old curses and the possibility for redemption. Lead singer James LaBrie has a slightly nasal, but otherwise pleasing modern pop/metal vocal attack, which he exercises with passion throughout. If you like your metal melodic and even, at times, introspective, you should enjoy a visit to this Dream Theater.
Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York in June & July 1997.
Dream Theater: James LaBrie (vocals); John Petrucci (guitar, background vocals); Derek Sherinian (keyboards, background vocals); John Myung (bass, Chapman stick); Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel: Doug Pinnick (vocals); The Del Fuvio Monks.
Award Winner
| | Gold City Within The Rock CD (1999)
$13.29
Track Listing of songs: He Lifted My Burdens Away; Mercy Rescues Me; In Time, on Time, Every Time; Lamb Upon the Throne, The; Longing For Beulah; Gonna Take It and Leave; Isn't He Wonderful; When He Touched Me; Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah; When He Knocked on the Door of My Heart;
| | Everdark Not Of God CD (2006) (Import) United Kingdom
$18.09
Track Listing of songs: Heaven's Damnation; Winter Eve; Gravesite Rites; Tombstone; Infernal; Scarlet Treason; Like Wolves Amongst Sheep; Within My Chilling Grasp; In Darkness, I Dwell;
| | One Be Lo S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. CD (2005)
$11.59
Parental Advisory-Aka Oneman Army Of Binary Star
Personnel: One Be Lo (rap vocals); Marvin Scruggs (vocals); DJ Virus, DJ Phrikshun (turntables).
| | Helen Sung Push CD (2003)
$19.19
Personnel: Helen Sung (piano); Marcus Strickland (saxophone); Richie Goods (bass); Brian Blade (drums); Jeffrey Haynes (percussion).
| | Meav Celtic Journey CD (2006) (Import)
$39.39
Track Listing of songs: She Moved Through The Fair; Last Rose Of Summer, The; Down By The Salley Gardens; I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls; Celtic Prayer; Suantra; Danny Boy; Greensleeves; Dante's Prayer; Goltra; Silent Night;
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