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Relapse - Ministry

Submitted by AdamusicA
on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 14:54
Relapse - Ministry (2012)
13th Planet Records
Industrial Metal

There are some bands which are famous for refusing to die, calling out that their current tour will be their last and then it’s the curtain call, only to do a farewell tour and never retire at all. We’ve heard it from KISS, The Rolling Stones, and Aerosmith, so it’s a pretty common gimmick. But what about bands who fully call it quits, cease touring, etc., yet reform four years later and release a disc of new material?

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Chinese Democracy - Guns N' Roses

Submitted by AdamusicA
on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 10:18
Chinese Democracy - Guns N' Roses (2008)
Geffen Records
Hard Rock/Alternative Rock

Here’s an album that was in the making for a long, long time. I think it may hold the record, too. The recording for Chinese Democracy was announced by Axl Rose in 1998 and was promised for 2000, and, well, you can see how that turned out. I mean, Guns N' Roses were hardly a band to find themselves actually keeping to a deadline. The band's previous albums Use your Illusion I and II were released in 1991, 4 years after their debut album Appetite for Destruction, when the follow up to that record was slated

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A Different Kind of Truth

Submitted by AdamusicA
on Tue, 02/28/2012 - 00:04
A Different Kind of Truth-Van Halen(2012)
Interscope
Hard Rock

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Finally, a Van Halen album with David Lee Roth back at the helm covering vocal duties! I can tell you there are a lot of people who have been waiting for this for a long, long time—28 years, to be exact. Not only is this the first Van Halen album with Roth since 1984’s 1984, it’s the first album from Van Halen at all since the pathetic Van Halen III, featuring the even lamer Gary Cherone (of Extreme fame), in 1998. Although, this is something that seemed to be on the horizon ever since

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Atheist - Jupiter

Submitted by AdamusicA
on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 12:16

Jupiter - Atheist(2010)
Seasons of Mist
Progressive/Technical Death Metal

Atheist is a death metal band from Sarasota, Florida that rose to fame in 1991 with their sophomore record Unquestionable Presence. The album was a landmark for the genre.

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The Devil You Know

Submitted by AdamusicA
on Tue, 02/14/2012 - 01:06

The Devil You Know - Heaven & Hell / Black Sabbath (2008)
Rhino Records
Doom Metal/Heavy Metal
 


"Holy Badass album cover Batman!" Robin on The Devil You Know's Artwork

Black Sabbath is a band that has gone through a lot of line-up changes. And although there is a golden stature to the Ozzy Osbourne era, the Ronnie James Dio era seems to have just as competitive a fanbase. With the three classic albums Heaven and Hell (1980), Mob Rules (1981), and Dehumanizer (1993), this fact became pretty apparent to Black Sabbath’s label (Rhino) in 2006. Thus Rhino released a Black Sabbath — Greatest Hits

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