Video - Megadeth - Train of consequences

One of Megadeth's best videos, and one of their best songs, "Train of Consequences", from the record "Youthanasia".


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Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction

Artist: Megadeth
Record: Countdown to Extinctions
Published: Capitol, 1992

This is a big one. One of the biggest. Perhaps even THE biggest, in my humble opinion. Am I biting over more than I can chew? I don't think so.

This record is completely without dull parts. Each and every song on this album would be one of the best songs on any Megadeth album. "Countdown to Extinction" is packed with awesome riffs (few make cooler riffs than Dave Mustaine!), great songs, fast and furious solos, great lyrics, melodies that just stick in your ears, Dave's angry vocals, perfect timing...

The lyrics are well written. Dave Mustaine always write well, but this time he out-did himself! After listening to "Captive honor" I'm pretty sure you'll try avoiding spending time in jail any time soon... Another example is the title cut, which is about the "brave" trophy hunters, killing species threatened by extinction simply... ...because they can.

Megadeth has made several good records both before and after this one, but "Countdown to extinction" is Megadeth's most successful album -- this is high quality metal throughout the record.

Highlights
On such a complete album as this one, selecting highlights is very difficult, but it's hard do avoid songs like "Symphony of destruction", "Sweating bullets" and the title cut, "Countdown to extinction".

This is simply a must-have!

Web site: http://www.megadeth.com/

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10/10

Allen / Lande - The Revenge

Artist : Allen / Lande
Record : The Revenge
Published : Frontiers 2007

"The Battle" from 2005 was for me that years best melodic classic heavy metal album. Two of the greatest vocalists together with the fantastic guitar hero Magnus karlsson , amazing album .

And here we have the follow up , "The Revenge". Question : If something works , why should you try to fix it..? Again heavy and catchy melodic songs with Jørn and Russell going at it , 12 songs , 6 together and 6 divided between the both of them .And we all know Magnus Karlsson is a wizard when it comes to creating music, so all in all , it might not be as strong as the first album , but its still one of this years strongest releases in its genre.Any melodic metal fan will find this album worth investing in , no doubt about it.

Homepage : http://www.jornlande.com/ & http://www.myspace.com/sirrussellallen

7,5\10

Katatonia - Live Consternation

Artist : Katatonia
Album : Live Consternation (cd\dvd)
Published : SPD 2007


Finally a live documentation from the swedish masters of melody & melancholy.

Personaly Im a little disapointed that they dont play "My Twin " from recent album "The great cold distance" . But there will allways be a discussion about wich songs you prefer to get live when it comes to a band with such a strong backcatalog .Except for this , the song selection is in my opinion solid , and Jonas Renkse and his fellow musicians give us a good performance., though not very exciting visually ,The band plays the music and thats it.
Another thing is the lenght of the show , only 51 minutes , but its 51 minutes of quality , no need to skip anything here . . (Ref Manowar Review..) The sound and the picture quality are also very good , this together with the nice box and the cool cover makes this a "must have" for any Katatonia fan , and its also a great introduction to everyone that has not heard any of Katatonias music before. Highly Recommended !

Note : You get both the cd and the dvd in this box , for the price of a cd , not bad

Homepage : http://www.katatonia.com/

8\10

Manowar - Gods of War

Artist : Manowar
Record : Gods of war
Published : PGM 2007

The first of a series of concept albums dedicated to different war gods from bla bla bla . . z z z z z z z z . . . . . .

Some of the songs here are ok . "King of Kings" are just like we all like Manowar. But the rest of it ? skip , skip , skip , skip .Ridiculous over dramatic epic crap , overtures after overtures , stupid interludes , and when you think its finally over , whats next ? Oh , another overture .

Stay clear , go and pull out "Hail to England" , "Battle Hyms" or any other Manowar album in your collection instead of this rubbish.

And thats about all the time I will spend writing about it.

Homepage : http://www.manowar.com/

2\10

Kvinesdal Rock Festival - Saturday July 14

Skipped Friday this year , according to people who was there , Sebastian Bach did an outstanding job , Jorn performed solid as usual , and the big surprise for many was SABATON , who did one hell of a show . Looking forward to see them when I get the chance , Karmøygeddon next year perhaps . . ?

Allright , on to Saturdays program :



First out was Communic , And these guys ROCK !
Playing killer songs from both albums , "Conspiracy in mind" and "Waves of visual decay" , its amazing how three guys can sound like this , fantastic ! Not so many people watching , shit weather , but still a good performance , great band .

Next up , Triosphere !
The coolest female vocalist in the world together with three of the nicest guys around , playing songs from debuth album "Onwards" .
Again , not so many people and shit weather , + some sound trouble . But despite all this , great performance , If you dont already own a copy of "Onwards" , go get it , its great.







Next up was The Cumshots , not really anything I payed much attention too , but they did a great cover version of Metallicas "Seek and destroy" !
The Carburetors after that , The guys played their usual straight forward Rock & Roll , ok music to drink some beer to.




Freak Kitchen was next up , and these guys caught me by surprise ! Three guys from sweden having fun and playing a mix between classic metal,prog,heavy,power etc . . Not sure how to describe it , but they made me forget about the rain and did a great performance , I will run out and get all their albums ASAP !

(Sorry for the poor picture quality , blame it on the weather..)





Next up was the Iron Maiden Tribute band Moonchild . What can I say , Vocalist Tony from Thunderbolt could easily replace Bruce , killer voice. This together with a great band and classic Maiden songs , it simply could not go wrong , again , fantastic concert !




And Then . . . . . the mighty KAMELOT

March of mephisto , soul society , Mourning star , The haunting , abandoned , Memento Mori , When the lights are down . . .

Do I really need to say more ..?

Never seen them live ? Go get DVD "One cold winters night" , fantastic DVD , captures the spirit of Kamelot Live . (Not the same as acctually being there , but a small comfort..)





Next up TNT , went back to the hotel because I was afraid they were going to play songs from the new album . . .

DAD , to late for me , nighty nighty . .

Dark Tranquillity - Fiction

Artist : Dark Tranquillity

Record : Fiction

Published : EMI 2007

Melodic Death Metal veterans Dark Tranquillity has been a trusted supplier of quality music ever since they gave us "projector" back in 1999.

And "Fiction" are no exception .

Again its the perfect mix between Mikael Stannes brutal Death metal voice and melodic music.This time there is again some female vocals + clean vocals from Mr Stanne , wich makes the album even more enjoyable.

The keybords also plays a big role on the album without being "over the top" , but rather to create a certain majestic atmosphere to the songs . But dont worry , its still very heavy and brutal at times , just the way we want it . "Fiction" confirms Dark Tranquillity's position as one of the top melodic death metal bands around , one can only sit back and enjoy , and look forward to what they will come up with next .

Dark Tranquillity are playing in Oslo Norway September 12 , See you all there ! !

Homepage : http://www.darktranquillity.com/

8\10

Circle II Circle - Burden of Truth

Artist : Circle II Circle
Record : Burden of Truth
Published : SPD 2006

Zak Stevens , former lead singer of the great Savatage , this time with a concept album , "Burden of Truth" . It seems like every other band releases concept albums with religious questions , this one with some kind of Da vinci code plot.Why cant someone give us a story about dragons and evil sorcerer's ? Anyway . .

Zak and his musicians delivers classic heavy metal with som progressive tendenses. This together with powerful and clear production , makes "Burden of truth" more than an acceptable release .We also all know that Zak Stevens has a great voice , and he does not let anyone down here either . There are some slight resemblance's to the old Savatage sound on some parts of the record , but that is only a benefit in my book. All in all , this is a album recommended to all fans of classic metal , check it out !

Homepage : http://www.circle2circle.net/

7\10

Ole Terje's Top 10 - The 70's & The 80's

Allright , time to let the young guy speak his mind . Here you have it , Ole Terje's top 10 list of The 70's and 80's
Rock & Roll :

Ok it`s my time to go back to the seventees to digg back my favourit albums top 10. Do not expect any disco albums,it`s only rock baby



Leif and me agree on this one. I love Kiss and this is my favorite album." C`mon and love me " and " She " do I need to say more.





This is the best band from the 70s without a doubt. Alone on a desert island I would take this album if I could choose only one. " Sweet Leaf " and " children of the Grave " is magical long live , Ozzy and Iommi...




A truly masterpiece from a great band. I still listen to " smoke on the water " never get tired of that song. This album is a " must have "






This is heavy metal,folk,pure rock & roll and blues at the same time from the magical world of Led Zeppelin. " black Dog " and who hasn`t relaxed to the ballads of all ballads " stairway to Heaven" I love this album...





A metal masterpiece , the best Judas album of the 70s. Not a boring song on this. Check out " Exciter " and " Saints in Hell ". Metal up your ASSSSS.

(Comment : That is probably what Rob was thinking too... )




I have listen to this album many times. A great band with strange lyrics and a weird voice. It`s a mixture of Black Sabbath and rush and metallica has covered a song of the album called " breadfan ".




The gods from down under always make me feel happy. This album is the start of an incredible career. " Live Wire ","The Jack " and " TNT " a great album. Rest in Peace Bon Scott...





Great album , a mixture of metal and Art/prog rock." Look at yourself " and " july morning" are worth the album alone. I saw them live in 2004 it was magical..




Brilliant album with two of my all time favorites songs " Flaming Telepaths" and " Astronomy " , and these two songs are the last ones on the album hmmm truly great.





this is where heavy metal started. A dark album with a funny album cover. The metal album of the 70s...





Ok now move over to the 80s and take out the hairspray and cowboy boots...hmmmmm f..k that this is the Trash Metal years. Here are my list of 10 best albums of the 80s :



I know many people would choose number of the beast and Seventh son of a seventh son , but this is the maiden album I like best. I always go back in my cd collection and put this on. Truly great...





Glenn Danzig the elvis of metal.Great album and great produced by the big Rick Rubin. You may call it Blues Metal. turn up the volume and play " mother "





The best anthrax album ever and top 5 thrash metal album of all time.I love every song on this album and i never get tired of it. This is Anthrax signiature album..





Leif we agree again I love this record. This is power metal at its finest, you can`t get tired of " metal Heart and " Midnight Mover ". Sing along and raise your fist...






Death to false metal... " Blood of my Enemies " , " Hail to england " , " Army of Immortals ". I listen to these songs when I was 15 years old and they are still in my head..





This is my master my favorite album of all time. I`ve heard it 100 times and will hear it 100 times more." Battery " , " orion " , Damage Inc " and so on. Cliff Burton rest in peace.







One more Metallica album but without Cliff Burton. A masterpiece...





And another great Judas album. The boys in leather at the top of their career. One of the best intros of all time..





Now it gets more extreme and this album is awsome. Not the best sepultura album but the best sepultura album of the 80s. The song " inner Self " is extreme metal at its best. You can`t get bored of this one...





Ok a easy choice this is dirty metal whith no hairspray and a truly great metal album. The album Overkill and Bomber are very good to but this album is the best and most known. I love it. Lemmy a bottle of Jack to you...




Ok now you have it my top 10 of the 70s and 80s.

Not bad for such a young man . Next time we will do The 90's together , Ride on !

Top 10 - the 80s

Again , its the top 10 albums that I have played over and over again , and still are .(Not the "Everyone says these are the best albums of the 80s so I have to say so too...")
This time , only 1 album per artist , just to make it harder . . . .


Allright :


I will pick this one any day before multi million seller "Hysteria"
"Too late for love","Photograph","Foolin","Rock of ages" . . .

Classic !






What to say about this one that has not already been said . . .
FANTASTIC - the first concept album I ever heard

"Kill her , and get the priest as well"






Still my favourite DT album.
All my friends were like "What the f*** is this" when I played it
Masters of prog at work







And everyone hated this one

Except me . After this , Kiss should have retired . . .






None above , Lemmy is the man
And with this live album , Motorhead became legends in my book


(At the tender age of 13)






Udo and his German friends firing away
"Metal heart","Midnight mover","Living for tonight"

Is wrong right ?







Fighting the world every single day , fighting the world for the right to stay :
H E A V Y M E T A L ! ! !
Father , Father , I look up to you ! DEFENDER !






When Metallica ruled the world
(Now they are just a sad bunch of old whining men... what happened?)

Fight fire with fire !






Yep
This one made my list
Catchy heavy rock featuring Glenn Hughes

Did it all for love , do it all again





Perfect album , except for "Can I play with madness" Terrible song .

And yes , all Maiden albums of the 80's would make this list

UP THE IRONS !






And there it is , my top 10 list of the 80's
If I did it again , it would probably be 10 different albums
The 80's were great for metal , tons of classics (Only the poodle hair metal was never my thing)

Next up is The 90's , but before that , our good friend Ole Terje will share his top 70's and 80's with us . Get ready for some surprises . . . .

Top 10 - The 70's

And I mean the top 10 albums that I have played (Rock and Roll) over and over again , and still are .
(Not the "Everyone says these are the best albums of the 70s so I have to say so too...")


Here we go :




Black Sabbath , no introduction needed.My favourite Sabbath album ever.
Paranoid is packed with evil doom from beginning to the end .

What can I say , I love 70's Kiss .All their albums from this period could have made this list. (only Ace's solo album...)
Rock and Roll Over !

"Lady Luck" ,"I Need Love" ,"This Time Around" , I might be the only one in the world , but Deep Purple do not get any better then this !

All the way from england , U F O ! ! !
Great live album , ok , so they probably made som adjustments in studio , but you know what , I dont care !





I could easily have listed up all rainbow albums with Ronnie here , but here you have "Temple of the king" , say no more







Its MY list , so I can have as many Kiss Albums as I please.
Can I please have some room services , I have some Ladies in waiting you see






I acctually saw Thin Lizzy live at Sweden Rock this year.
But...
"Im still in love with you" live , one of all time greatest ballads







Another Deep Purple album with Glenn Hughes present .
To bad Ritchie and him did not get along ( come to think of it , WHO does get along with Ritchie?)
"I've been mistreated"




David Coverdale going at it after leaving Deep Purple
"This time is right for love"
Man that guy can sing !

Bon Scott at his peak , I dont think there are any albums I have played more than this one . "Moving down the motorway , Got a whole lot of booze.." Alright ! !

So there you have it , next up is my top 10 list - the 80's