Dark Moor - The Hall of Olden Dreams (Arise Records, 2000)
An excellent release from Spanish power metalers, Dark Moor. The album is heavy on great songs and very light on filler. "The Hall of Olden Dreams" features great playing all around, but the M.V.P. is easily vocalist Elisa Martin. I'm surprised she hasn't become a bigger name in the metal world. Like I said, the music is great, but she really takes things to a whole other level. From what I gather, she has since left Dark Moor along with a couple other members featured on the album and has formed a new band, Dreamaker.
Dark Moor - Somewhere in Dreams
Mercyless - Abject Offerings (Vinyl Solution, 1992)
French death metalers, Mercyless, caught be by surprise. A friend recommended the group to me (in particular their debut album, "Abject Offerings"). When I first heard the band, I thought they were a contemporary group doing an "old school death metal" throwback type of thing. Wrong! "Abject Offerings" is of the old stock, released in ye olde 1992. Killer songs and riffage, with guitarist Stephane Viard busting out some great leads in particular.
Mercyless - Abject Offerings
Toxik - World Circus (Roadrunner Records, 1987)
Now this is some crazy stuff. I first came across this band in the book "Mean Deviation" by John Wagner. In a nutshell, Mr. Wagner had a little blurb in his book about Toxik, citing them as one of the tech metal bands around in the late 80's with really over the top guitar solos, courtesy of Toxik shredder Josh Christian. It's over the top and then some. Vocals kind of remind me of Alan Tecchio on Watchtower's "Control and Resistance". Toxik's music, however, is a little more straight forward and slamming. "World Circus" has been recently reissued on Metal Mind Records with some spiffy new packaging and bonus tracks.
Toxik - World Circus
An excellent release from Spanish power metalers, Dark Moor. The album is heavy on great songs and very light on filler. "The Hall of Olden Dreams" features great playing all around, but the M.V.P. is easily vocalist Elisa Martin. I'm surprised she hasn't become a bigger name in the metal world. Like I said, the music is great, but she really takes things to a whole other level. From what I gather, she has since left Dark Moor along with a couple other members featured on the album and has formed a new band, Dreamaker.
Dark Moor - Somewhere in Dreams
Mercyless - Abject Offerings (Vinyl Solution, 1992)
French death metalers, Mercyless, caught be by surprise. A friend recommended the group to me (in particular their debut album, "Abject Offerings"). When I first heard the band, I thought they were a contemporary group doing an "old school death metal" throwback type of thing. Wrong! "Abject Offerings" is of the old stock, released in ye olde 1992. Killer songs and riffage, with guitarist Stephane Viard busting out some great leads in particular.
Mercyless - Abject Offerings
Toxik - World Circus (Roadrunner Records, 1987)
Now this is some crazy stuff. I first came across this band in the book "Mean Deviation" by John Wagner. In a nutshell, Mr. Wagner had a little blurb in his book about Toxik, citing them as one of the tech metal bands around in the late 80's with really over the top guitar solos, courtesy of Toxik shredder Josh Christian. It's over the top and then some. Vocals kind of remind me of Alan Tecchio on Watchtower's "Control and Resistance". Toxik's music, however, is a little more straight forward and slamming. "World Circus" has been recently reissued on Metal Mind Records with some spiffy new packaging and bonus tracks.
Toxik - World Circus
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