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| 0.0 | TheTalisman | April 13th 12 |
Good sounding drums, some great lyrics and vocals, and some some heavy riffs. However, if you are new to Blaze Bayley, you should first check out Silicon Messiah or The Man Who Would Not Die instead of this album. They are stronger and a bit easier to get into!
And "The King of Metal" does not refer to Blaze Bayley. Bayley stated that the "The King of Metal" is the fan that supports metal music. He does not call himself the King of Metal!
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| 2.5 average | Palimpsest | April 4th 12 |
OK, so there's a lot of baggage attached to this album. Blaze went through some hardships recently, including loss of his wife and some medical problems. He fired his old band due to money issues, and it's evident from the muddy production that this wasn't a high budget affair. Plus, you've got the pretentious title. It's meant to refer to metal fans, but the cover was a bad idea.
The songwriting is OK, with some interesting piano and classical guitar interludes."One More Step" has a very endearing vocal performance from Blaze. "The Black Country" has some neat guitar playing. But the bulk of the album is Maiden-esque riffing with very raw production. This is an unintentionally depressing album that I want very little to do with.
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| 3.0 good | Rastapunk | March 22nd 12 |
This will probably become a review. Great album after first listen. Will listen to this a few times more before writing a review.
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| 3.5 great | KManoc1 | February 29th 24 |
| 1.5 very poor | scarface | September 8th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | abarbi | September 6th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | zyklzy | April 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | itsdark | March 20th 12 |
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