Album Reviews

Artist: DIR EN GREY
Title: DUM SPIRO SPERO
Label: GAN-SHIN
Release date: 01 August 2011

Artist: DIR EN GREY
Single title Different Sense.
Label: Okami
release date: 22nd June 2011

Album: AB III
Artist: Alter Bridge
Label: Roadrunner Records

Artist: Merry
Album: Under-World
Label: GAN-SHIN

Album: Night Is The New Day
Artist : Katatonia
Label: Peaceville Records

Album: The Oracle
Artist: Godsmack
Label: Spinefarm Records UK

Album: In The Blink Of An Eye
Artist: FACT
Label: Hassle Records

Album: Paradox
Artist: BALZAC
Label: GAN-SHIN

The fact that Balzac shares a long serving close relationship with 'The Mad Capsule Markets', will probably come as no surprise as the same hardcore, punk fusion rhythm is drilled relentlessly into your mind. Not only is the sound similar, but this special collaboration album was fully produced and programmed by The 'Markets' bassist, Takeshi Ueda.

Album: Fire It Up
Artist: Panic Cell
Label: Undergroove

Album: Lords of Oblivion
Artist: G U Medicine
Label: Undergroove

Lords of Oblivion, according to the G U Medicine myspace page is a "hot slab of pure molten rock rolling down the side of a volcano towards my house, which is going to crush and burn me"; well thankfully none of that happened after pushing play on my cd player, but I did have the pleasure of listening to 11 tracks of well crafted rock music.