Strange And Beautiful - Crimson Glory

Crimson Glory's discography is easy to divide down the middle, between the two early releases that were pretty great, and the two later releases that were rather awful. 'Strange and Beautiful' seems to be this band's answer to Metallica's black album, not in terms of sound but in its deliberate attempt to reach a wider audience by compromising the band's established sound and alienating its loyal fan base in favour of new, mainstream acceptance. I couldn't say whether this was a successful move or not at the time, but nowadays Crimson Glory are respected in the metal world for their early achievements by fans who pretend they disbanded before the 1990s kicked ...  Read the complete review