RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Black Masquerade
(Eagle Rock) Rating: 7.0 Arguably the worst Rainbow line-up, Blackmore limping along, trying to keep the name alive, single-handedly. Fresh from leaving Deep Purple, for a second time (’93) and...
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NIGHTWISH – Showtime, Storytime
(Nuclear Blast) Rating: 8.5 Live, double disc commemoration of last year’s Wacken appearance (15 songs, 95 minutes), the “final” show with then temporary/fill-in vocalist Floor Jansen (Revamp/ex-After Forever), who has...
The Chidren Of The Night
(Century Media) Rating: 9.0 By David Perri Sweden’s Tribulation is a study in contrasts, and the extreme shades of those contrasts. Though initially emerging as raging death-thrash with 2009’s The...
Down To Earth Tour 1979
(Purple Pyramid) Rating: 7.5 The Down To Earth period of Rainbow’s career is underrated. I can only imagine the bewilderment of Rainbow fans who saw this clean cut guy named...
SONATA ARCTICA – Christmas Spirits
(Nuclear Blast) Rating: 8.0 Ho ho ho! Sonata Arctica has graced the merry holiday with a Christmas treat and it is indeed an enjoyable tune. “Christmas Spirits” is a 7...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock: Live In Germany
(Eagle Rock) Rating: 8.0 Two CD compilation (and accompanying DVD) from last summer’s pair of German dates, where The Man In Black debuted a new line-up and ran through a...
NIGHTWISH – Vehicle Of Spirit
(Nuclear Blast) Rating: 9.5 Nightwish’s Endless Forms Most Beautiful 2015 World Tour was a resounding success supporting their latest album and tour has been documented with this robust new release...
ICED EARTH – Incorruptible
(Century Media) Rating: 8.5 In a word, the ten latest selections show a restraint not exhibited heretofore, especially coming on the heels of vicious Plagues Of Babylon. That’s not to...
RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Live In Birmingham 2016
(Eagle Rock) Rating: 7.0 Now the complete ’16 tour has been released on CD, this being the third, and final, date by last summer’s reactivated Rainbow, with newcomer Ronnie Romero...
TRIBULATION – Down Below
(Century Media) Rating: 8.0 By Ryan Owenson When all of the last words of this world have been uttered, Sweden’s Tribulation will probably be remembered for two incredible, and incredibly...
