2007 Reviews http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/forums/71 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:13:07 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/forums/71 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Tarja Turunen - My Winter Storm ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/2007/t/Tarja-Turunen-My-Winter-Storm.html Tarja Turunen - My Winter Storm
Symphonic
Vertigo

1. Ite, Missa Est (Intro)
2. I Walk Alone
3. Lost Northern Star
4. Seeking for the Reign (Interlude)
5. Reign
6. Escape of the Doll (Interlude)
7. My Little Phoenix
8. Boy and the Ghost
9. Sing for Me
10. Oasis
11. Poison (Alice Cooper Cover)
12. Our Great Divide
13. Sunset (Interlude)
14. Damned and Divine
15. Alive
16. Minor Heaven... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/2007 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:45:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Lana Lane - Red Planet Boulevard ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/2006/t/Lana-Lane-Red-Planet-Boulevard.html Lana Lane - Red Planet Boulevard
Symphonic Rock
Think Tank Media

1. Into The Fire
2. The Frozen Sea
3. Capture The Sun
4. Jessica
5. Stepford USA
6. Shine
7. Lazy Summer Day
8. No Tears Left
9. Save The World
10. Angels And Magicians
11. The Sheltering Snow
12. Red Planet Boulevard (Instrumental)

Between this and the Tarja Turunen album I'm also reviewing in this round I'm reaching the borders of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/2006 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:44:47 GMT <![CDATA[ Pagan's Mind - God's Equation ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1934/t/Pagan-s-Mind-God-s-Equation.html Pagans Mind - God's Equation
Progressive Metal
Limb Music

1. The Conception
2. God's Equation
3. United Alliance
4. Atomic Firelight
5. Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie cover)
6. Evolution Exceed
7. Alien Kamikaze
8. Painted Skies
9. Spirit Starcruiser
10. Farewell
11. Osiris' Triumphant Return

Pagan's Mind is a name that is recognized by most serious followers of progressive and power metal at this... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1934 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:25:02 GMT <![CDATA[ Lizzy Borden - Appointment With Death ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1933/t/Lizzy-Borden-Appointment-With-Death.html Lizzy Borden - Appointment With Death
Traditional/80s Metal
Metal Blade

1. Abnormal
2. Appointment With Death
3. Live Forever
4. Bloody Tears
5. The Death Of Love
6. Tomorrow Never Comes
7. Under Your Skin
8. Perfect World (I Don't Wanna Live)
9. Somthin's Crawlin
10. (We Are) The Only Ones
11. The Darker Side

Appointment With Death is an album that for me and any fans of Lizzy Borden is extremely overdue.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1933 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:24:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free II ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1932/t/Gamma-Ray-Land-Of-The-Free-II.html Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free II
Power Metal
SPV/Steamhammer
1. Into the Storm
2. From the Ashes
3. Rising Again
4. To Mother Earth
5. Rain
6. Leaving Hell
7. Empress
8. When the World
9. Opportunity
10. Real World
11. Hear Me Calling
12. Insurrection

If nothing else Gamma Ray have to be one of the most recognized names in speed/power metal. Whether that's simply due to having Kai Hansen of Helloween or not is... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1932 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:23:54 GMT <![CDATA[ OverKill - Immortalis ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1888/t/OverKill-Immortalis.html OverKill - Immortalis
Thrash Metal
Bodog Music

1. Devils in the Mist
2. What It Takes
3. Skull and Bones
4. Shadow of a Doubt
5. Hellish Pride
6. Walk Through Fire
7. Head On
8. Charlie Get Your Gun
9. Hell Is
10. Overkill V

Another couple years and here is another OverKill album. ReliXIV struck me as being on the mediocre side and as OverKill are one of my favorite thrash acts in existance I certainly was hoping for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1888 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:33:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Helloween - Gambling With The Devil ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1887/t/Helloween-Gambling-With-The-Devil.html Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
Power Metal
SPV

1. Crack The Riddle (Intro)
2. Kill It
3. The Saints
4. As Long As I Fall
5. Paint A New World
6. Final Fortune
7. The Bells Of The Seven Hells
8. Fallen To Pieces
9. I.M.E.
10. Can Do It
11. Dreambound
12. Heaven Tells No Lies

After the third installment (in name anyways) of Keeper Of The Seven Keys I had some hopes for this one. I thought the band really... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1887 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:33:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Rob Rock - Garden Of Chaos ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1863/t/Rob-Rock-Garden-Of-Chaos.html Rob Rock - Garden Of Chaos
Power Metal
AFM

1. Garden of Chaos
2. Satan's Playground
3. Savior's Call
4. This Time Is the Last Time
5. Only a Matter of Time
6. Spirit in the Sky
7. Metal Breed
8. Millenial Reign
9. Unconditional
10. Ride the Wind
11. Ode to Alexander

Rob Rock is one of those vocalists one has to wonder why they haven't gotten further in the metal world. Certainly,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1863 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:23:37 GMT <![CDATA[ Nightwish - Dark Passion Play ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1862/t/Nightwish-Dark-Passion-Play.html Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Symphonic Metal
Roadrunner

1. The Poet and the Pendulum
2. Bye Bye Beautiful
3. Amaranth
4. Cadence of Her Last Breath
5. Master Passion Greed
6. Eva
7. Sahara
8. Whoever Brings the Night
9. For the Heart I Once Had
10. The Islander
11. Last of the Wilds
12. 7 Days to the Wolves
13. Meadows of Heaven

For some bands it is a more critical point than for others when a vocalist... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1862 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:23:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Down - III: Over The Under ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1861/t/Down-III-Over-The-Under.html Down - III: Over The Under
Groove/Stoner Metal
ILG/Warner

1. 3 Suns and 1 Star
2. The Path
3. N.O.D.
4. I Scream
5. On March the Saints
6. Never Try
7. Mourn
8. Beneath the Tides
9. His Majesty the Desert
10. Pillamyd
11. In the Thrall of It All
12. Nothing in Return (Walk Away)

After 5 years, Down return once again but this time as something more of the main band for Phil Anselmo. Certainly the guys from... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1861 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:22:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Andre Matos - Time To Be Free ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1860/t/Andre-Matos-Time-To-Be-Free.html Andre Matos - Time To Be Free
Power Metal
Avalon

1. Menuett (Intro)
2. Letting Go
3. Rio
4. Remember Why
5. How Long (Unleashed Away)
6. Looking Back
7. Face The End
8. Time To Be Free
9. Rescue
10. A New Moonlight
11. Endeavour
12. Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Most known for his work in Angra, Andre Matos has also been part of the metal scene since the the mid 80s at the young age of 14. Metal has been this... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1860 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:21:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Primal Fear - New Religion ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1844/t/Primal-Fear-New-Religion.html Primal Fear - New Religion
Power Metal
Frontiers

1. Sign Of Fear
2. Face The Emptiness
3. Everytime It Rains
4. New Religion
5. Fighting The Darkness
6. Blood On Your Hands
7. The Curse Of Sharon
8. Too Much Time
9. Psycho
10. World On Fire
11. The Man

In the wake of Seven Seals I'd say there's a fair amount of anticipation out there to see what was next for the Primal Fear camp and I certainly was waiting... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1844 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:55:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1837/t/Iced-Earth-Framing-Armageddon.html Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
Power Metal
Steamhammer1. Overture
2. Something Wicked pt. 1
3. Invasion
4. Motivation of Man
5. Setian Massacre
6. A Charge to Keep
7. Reflections
8. Ten Thousand Strong
9. Execution
10. Order of the Rose
11. Cataclysm
12. The Clouding
13. Infiltrate and Assimilate
14. Retribution Through the Ages
15. Something Wicked pt. 2
16. The Domino Decree
17. Framing... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1837 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:15:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Epica - The Divine Conspiracy ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1836/t/Epica-The-Divine-Conspiracy.html Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
Symphonic Power
Nuclear Blast

1. Indigo (Intro)
2. The Obsessive Devotion
3. Menace of Vanity
4. Chasing the Dragon
5. Never Enough
6. La'petach Chatat Rovetz (The Final Embrace)
7. Death of a Dream
8. Living a Lie
9. Fools of Damnation
10. Beyond Belief
11. Safeguard to Paradise
12. Sancta Terra
13. The Divine Conspiracy

Epica have been a band who have grabbed my... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1836 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:15:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Agent Steel - Alienigma ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1835/t/Agent-Steel-Alienigma.html Agent Steel - Alienigma
Traditional/Speed Metal
Mascot

1. Fashioned From Dust
2. Wash the Planet Clean
3. Hail to the Chief
4. Wormwod
5. Liberty Lying Bleeding
6. Hybridized
7. Tiamats Fall
8. WPD
9. Lamb to the Slaughter
10. Extinct

After a few years absence, Agent Steel return once again with the effort Alienigma, It's been a good 4 years since Order Of The Illuminati, but that's not so... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1835 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:14:57 GMT <![CDATA[ The Cursed - Room Full Of Sinners ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1802/t/The-Cursed-Room-Full-Of-Sinners.html The Cursed - Room Full Of Sinners
Groove/Stoner Metal
Screaming Ferret

1. Sweeter
2. Evil, In the Bag
3. Wij Leven als God in Frankrijk
4. Breaking her Down
5. Best of the Worst
6. Native Tongue
7. Serpentine Slither
8. All's Right
9. One Time
10. Queen of the Down
11. Generate her

Anyone who knows me at all know's what a fan of OverKill I am so this album is something I had been waiting for for awhile now.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1802 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:48:36 GMT <![CDATA[ Ride The Sky - New Protection ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1801/t/Ride-The-Sky-New-Protection.html Ride The Sky - New Protection
Melodic Power Metal
Nuclear Blast

1. New Protection
2. A Smile From Heaven's Eye
3. Silent War
4. The Prince Of Darkness
5. Break The Chain
6. Corroded Dreams
7. The End Of Days
8. Far Beyond The Stars
9. Black Cloud
10. Endless
11. Heaven Only Knows
12. A Crack In The Wall

Well what a surprise... another new Uli Kusch band in the melodic, emotive & catchy sort of power... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1801 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:48:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Nightingale - White Darkness ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1800/t/Nightingale-White-Darkness.html Nightingale - White Darkness
Progressive Metal/Rock
Black Mark

1. The Fields of Life
2. Trial and Error
3. One Way Ticket
4. Reasons
5. Wounded Soul
6. Hideaway
7. To My Inspiration
8. White Darkness
9. Belief
10. Trust

Nightingale have always been a unique band in the metal scene in that I rarely hear a combination of progressive music and such gothic sounds. An interesting mix for sure and one that I've found has... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1800 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:47:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Amorphis - Silent Waters ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1799/t/Amorphis-Silent-Waters.html Amorphis - Silent Waters
Gothic Metal
Nuclear Blast

1. Weaving the Incantation
2. A Servant
3. Silent Waters
4. Towards and Against
5. I of Crimson Blood
6. Her Alone
7. Enigma
8. Shaman
9. The White Swan
10. Black River

Amorphis are back once again with this latest effort, Silent Waters, and as usual I was looking forward to hearing it. Amorphis, if nothing else, are always an interesting band who isn't afraid to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1799 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:46:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Nuclear Blast Allstars - Into The Light ]]> http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1737/t/Nuclear-Blast-Allstars-Into-The-Light.html Nuclear Blast Allstars - Into The Light
Power Metal
Nuclear Blast

1. Dirty Wings (Tobias Sammet)
2. Terrified (Peter "Peavy" Wagner)
3. Ruling The World (Tony Kakko)
4. Death Is Alive (Mats Leven)
5. Bloodsucker (Marcel Schirmer)
6. Slaves To The Desert (Hansi Kürsch)
7. A Perfect Day (Andi Deris)
8. Eternally (Oddleif Stensland)
9. Inner Sanctuary (Marco Hietala)
10. In The Picture (Tarja Turunen)

Following... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StygianSteel) http://thestygianhall.yuku.com/topic/1737 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:40:56 GMT