Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, my favorite bands were a new breed of edgy, dark, and aggressive power metal such as Sanctuary, Vicious Rumors, and Crimson Glory. The…
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It’s not often an album comes along that I have absolutely no idea how to define. Not that I mind, personally, about genre definitions, but when you’re trying to explain to…
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After four long years the Progressive Metal Kings of New Jersey have returned with their 9th studio album, Underworld. In the four years since the bands last effort Iconoclast, vocalist Russell…
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Ok, a few years ago I was turned onto Kingcrow when I reviewed In Crescendo, and in the time since, it has actually turned out to be my most listened to…
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When about twenty years ago I saw the Broadway touring production of The Who’s Tommy, after countless spins of the album and views of the movie, something strange happened. I finally…
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Most us of reviewers at Lady Obscure Music Magazine and also most of you who reads those articles are surely experienced and dedicated metalheads, but I suppose I wouldn’t be much…
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Since the Blair-raped turn of the millennium, British music has seemed like it’s in a seamless, anonymous, tepid, regurgitated stream. That the music produced were bad would be something to talk…
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You know, it seems the enjoyment I get from listening to some albums and therefore their rating more or less depends on the expectations I have for them. And the expectations…
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The last time I reviewed the Bulgarian progressive metal masters Pantommind, I listed them as one of my three favorite products of the Balkan Peninsula. Like the two culinary delicacies which…
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, there was a time of big hair, spandex, and bigger guitar riffs. Yes, I’m talking about the 80’s. Being of an…