Saturday, October 25, 2025

1326. Smashing Pumpkins / Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. 1995. 4/5

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The fact that Smashing Pumpkins as a band had survived the process of writing and recording their previous album, their commercial breakthro...
Friday, October 24, 2025

1325. Anthrax / Stomp 442. 1995. 3/5

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Even when Anthrax was being touted as one of the Big Four of thrash metal, they knew they were always considered number four of those four. ...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

1324. Ozzy Osbourne / Ozzmosis. 1995. 4.5/5

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There were a lot of things said and a lot of promises made through 1991 and 1992 during the writing and recording of Ozzy Osbourne’s sixth a...
Wednesday, October 22, 2025

1323. Deep Purple / Slaves and Masters. 1990. 5/5

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The Mark II reunion of Deep Purple in 1984 had had five years of enormous success in an age where they were pushing against tide of the hard...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

1322. The Cult / Love. 1985. 4/5

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The slow build of the band that would eventually be come to be known as The Cult was one that worked its way through many stages and reforms...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

1321. Iron Maiden / Live After Death. 1985. 5/5

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Iron Maiden’s rise through the 1980’s had been built on the opening two albums helmed by former lead singer Paul Di’Anno, but had exploded e...

1320. INXS / Listen Like Thieves. 1985. 4/5

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The previous two years leading up to the writing and recording of their fifth album were, for INXS, the reward for all of the hard work the ...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

1319. HammerFall / Renegade. 2000. 3.5/5

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Having come into the European power metal scene that had been blazed by bands such Blind Guardian and Stratovarius in the later half of the ...