Bring On The Night - Sting

Versus The World - Amon Amarth
Great drums and maintenance of the longboat sound. Songs blur together and lack the energy of earlier releases.

Temple Of Shadows - Angra
Well-plotted progressive power metal classic. Deviates from its power metal base significantly by the end.

Nordland Vol.1 - Bathory
Excellent return to the Viking metal style, sorting out some of its inherent problems. Songs tend to over-run, and heavier songs seem rather impersonal.

Nordland Vol.2 - Bathory
Final masterpiece of unrelenting Viking metal, less showy and more atmospheric. Some songs are waaaaaaaaaaaaay too long.

Night At The Opera - Blind Guardian
Prog fans will be happy, and some songs make good use of the new sound. Disappointing change of style resulting in a difficult album to listen to, with few stand-out moment

Hammerheart - Bathory
A successful and inspired change of direction, Quorthon's creative peak. Some songs are unnecessarily long and stand out less favourably.

Forgotten Tales - Blind Guardian
Some great covers and the band's fine acoustic work reproduced. Some less great covers, and overall an unbalanced perspective on the band.

Aurora Consurgens - Angra
Continues right where 'Temple of Shadows' left off, with the same progressive elements. Over-reliance on slow, emotional numbers that don't really work, and sound badly dated.

Alternative 4 - Anathema
Pleasant mix of doom and atmospheric rock without straying too far from Anathema's roots. Central songs lack individuality, and the whole thing may be too dull for some.

A Twist In The Myth - Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian aren't completely written off yet, and the album may attract new fans. Folk tendencies now work to its disadvantage, as do the other traits left over from the last release

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