B - METAL CD LIST


Bach, Sebastian - Angel down 3.5/5 Bach, Sebastian Review - KIT
Bach, Sebastian - Bring ‘em bach alive (hopefully coming soon)
Backslash - Trip of pain (hopefully coming soon)
Backslash - Princess of disharmony 3/5 (typically solid 3rd CD of German female fronted anthemic metal a la Warlock) - KIT
Backslash - Intention 3/5 - JOHN
Backslash - Insanity 3/5 - JOHN
Backwater - Final strike 3/5 - MICHAEL
Backwater - Revelation (hopefully coming soon)
Balance of Power - Heathen machine 3/5 (British metal/AOR hybrid act returns with a great new vocalist and crunchier approach; their 5th CD) - KIT
Balance of Power - Perfect balance (hopefully coming soon)
Balance of Power - Ten more tales 2.5/5 - KIT
Balance of Power - Book of secrets (hopefully coming soon)
Balance of Power - When the world falls down (hopefully coming soon)
Balflare - Sleeping hollow 3/5 Balflare Review
Balflare - Tempest 3.5/5
Balflare - Thousands of winters of flames 2.5/5
Balistik Kick - Destroy (hopefully coming soon)
Balistik Kick - Warhead 2/5 - KIT
Balistik Kick - s/t (hopefully coming soon)
Ballistic - s/t 4/5 (superb, uncompromising old-school thrash debut; easily Tom Gattis's finest work since the Tension days) - KIT
Banshee - Take 'em by storm 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Banshee - Race against time 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bare Infinity - Always forever 4/5 Bare Infinity Review
Barilari - s/t 3/5 (enjoyable melodic metal debut that’s similar to Altaria with a touch of Kotipelto)
Barque of Dante (The) - Final victory 3.5/5 Barque of Dante (The) Review
Barren Cross - Rattle your cage 2/5 - MICHAEL
Barren Cross - State of control 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Barren Cross - Atomic arena 4/5 - MICHAEL
Barren Cross - Rock for the king 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bassinvaders - Hellbassbeaters 3/5 Bassinvaders Review - CRAIG B
Bastion of Destiny - Life 3/5 (Russian-language power metal debut with a fairly high amount of keyboard parts and is most comparable to Miriada and Charizma)
Bathory - Nordland ll 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Nordland l 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Destroyer of worlds 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Blood on ice 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Octagon 1.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Requiem 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Twilight of the gods 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Hammerheart 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Blood fire death 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - Under the sign of the black mark 2/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - The return 2/5 - MICHAEL
Bathory - s/t 1.5/5 - MICHAEL
Battalion - The fight for metal 3/5 Battalion Review
Battlelore - The last alliance 3.5/5 (a return to form from these Tolkien worshipers, after 2 previous disappointments; their most consistent since ‘Sword’s song’) - SEAN
Battlelore - Evernight 3/5 Battlelore Review - SEAN
Battlelore - Third age of the sun 3/5 - JOHN
Battlelore - Sword's swong 4/5 - JOHN
Battlelore - Where the shadows lie 3.5/5 - JOHN
Battlerage - Battlefield belongs to me 3/5 Battlerage Review - KIT
Battlerage - Steel supremacy 3.5/5 (jack-booted, battle-ready heavy/true metal debut from Chile, sporting a great Manilla Road cover tune) - KIT
Battleroar - To death and beyond 4/5 Battleroar Review - CRAIG
Battleroar - Age of chaos 4/5 Battleroar Review - KIT
Battleroar - s/t 3.5/5 (strong Greek epic true metal debut for fans of Omen, Doomsword and Manowar's early epics) - KIT
Battlezone - Feel my pain 2/5 - CRAIG
Battlezone - Children of madness 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Battlezone - Fighting back 3/5 - CRAIG
Bayley, Blaze - The man who would not die 3.5/5 Bayley, Blaze Review - CRAIG B
Beautiful Sin - The unexpected 3.5/5 Beautiful Sin Review - JOHN

Before Eden - The legacy of Gaia 3.5/5 (refreshing progressive power metal that mirrors early Kamelot both musically and vocally; their 2nd CD)
Before Eden - s/t 2/5
Beholder - Lethal injection 3.5/5 Beholder Review
Beholder - Wish for destruction 2.5/5
Beholder - The legend begins 4.5/5
Beholder - The legend begins 3/5 Beholder Review - CRAIG
Bejelit - Age of wars 4/5 (2nd CD of excellent speedy Italian true metal like heavier Gamma Ray, Vhaldemar or Demonlord) - KIT
Bejelit - Hellgate (hopefully coming soon)
Believer - Gabriel 3.5/5 (techno-thrashers re-unite with a stripped down, brutal and experimental, but less classical CD; for fans of Anacrusis and Pestilence) - MICHAEL
Believer - Dimensions 3/5 - MICHAEL
Believer - Sanity obscure 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Believer - Extraction from mortality 4/5 - MICHAEL
Belladonna - 03 (hopefully coming soon)
Belladonna - Spells of fear (hopefully coming soon)
Belladonna - s/t 2.5/5 - KIT
Benedictum - Seasons of tragedy 4/5 Benedictum Review - KIT
Benedictum - Uncreation 2.5/5 Benedictum Review - KIT
Beowulf - Slice of life 2/5 - KIT
Berserker - Blood of the warriors 3/5 Berserker Review - KIT
Betoken - Venom empire 2/5 (3rd CD blending heavy metal, gothic metal and power metal; a bit better than their previous CD, but the songwriting is really lacking)
Betoken - Dead soul insomnia 1.5/5 (2nd CD that’s going in an unsuccessful darker/gothic direction; quite different from their power metal debut)
Betoken - The gate of nothing 3/5 (an all-around good power metal debut that’s missing some strong highlights)
Bewitched - Spiritual warfare 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bewitched - Rise of the antichrist 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bewitched - At the gates of hell 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bewitched - Pentagram prayer 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bewitched - Diabolical desecration 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Beyond Fallen - Mindfire 3.5/5 (improved 2nd CD of crunchy and muscular U.S. heavy metal with speed and Comeau-esque vocals) - KIT
Beyond Fallen - Lost in the shadows 3/5 (encouraging indy debut of crunchy mid-paced U.S. power metal with Comeau-styled vocals) - KIT
Beyond Fear - s/t 3.5/5 Beyond Fear Review - KIT
Beyond the Embrace - Insect song 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Beyond the Embrace - Against the elements 3/5 - MICHAEL
Beyond Twilight - For the love of art and the making 2/5 Beyond Twilight Review - MICHAEL
Beyond Twilight - Section X 3/5 - MICHAEL
Beyond Twilight - The devil's hall of fame 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bible of the Devil - Freedom metal 3.5/5 (cool twin-guitar 70s metal that’s a hybrid of Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath and Motorhead; their 5th CD) - KIT
Bible of the Devil - The diabolic procession (hopefully coming soon)
Bible of the Devil - Brutality, majesty, eternity (hopefully coming soon)
Bible of the Devil - Tight empire (hopefully coming soon)
Bible of the Devil - Firewater at my command (hopefully coming soon)
Big History - Perpetuum mobile 3/5 (Russian-language power metal debut similar to Arda, Callisto, Epidemia and Charizma, but with progressive/atmospheric elements)
Bitter End - Harsh realities 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Abyss - Angels wear black 4/5 (pulverizing, heavy duty German power metal that's light-years ahead of the previous 'Land of darkness') - KIT
Black Abyss - Land of darkness 2.5/5 - KIT
Black Abyss - Why 2.5/5
Black Death - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Destiny - In neo noir (hopefully coming soon)
Black Destiny - Black is where our hearts belong 2/5 - KIT
Black Destiny - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Hawk - The invasion 3.5/5 (old-school German traditional metal in the grand tradition of Noisehunter, Gravestone, Tyrant, etc.; cool "Detroit rock city" cover) - KIT
Black Hawk - Dragonride 4/5 (fine old-school German metal debut in the tradition of Gravestone, Stormwitch, Noisehunter, etc.; one of the best Karthago releases) - KIT
Black Hawk - Twentyfive (hopefully coming soon)
Black Knight - Master of disaster 4/5 (essential classic Canadian metal from the 80s, reissued in 2003; top-drawer stuff with cool packaging and liner notes) - KIT

Black Majesty - Tomorrowland 4/5 (another fantastic CD from one of the better Australian power metal bands)
Black Majesty - Tomorrowland 4/5 Black Majesty Review - SEAN
Black Majesty - Silent company 4/5 (exciting 2nd CD of melodic power metal that offers high quality vocals and very well done guitar solos)
Black Majesty - Sands of time 3/5 (very good heavy/power metal debut that reminds me of Burning Point at times)
Black Masquerade - Holy and bright 3.5/5 (2nd CD of Japanese power metal with neo-classical flurries; much better than the debut and fans of Concerto Moon will dig it)
Black Masquerade - Spread your wings 2/5
Black Messiah - First war of the world 3/5 (folk-oriented black metal with some decent arrangements and melodic structure; their 4th CD) - MICHAEL
Black Messiah - Of myths and legends 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Messiah - Oath of a warrior 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Messiah - Sceptre of black knowledge 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Forbidden 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Cross purposes 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Tyr 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Headless cross 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - The eternal idol 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Seventh star 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Born again 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Mob rules 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Heaven and hell 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Never say die 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Technical ecstasy 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Sabotage 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Sabbath, bloody sabbath 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 3/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Master of reality 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - Paranoid 4/5 - MICHAEL
Black Sabbath - s/t 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Black Steel - Hellhammer 3.5/5 (pounding Australian true metal that crosses Jag Panzer with Saxon; their 2nd CD) - KIT
Black Steel - Destructor 3/5 - KIT
Black Tide - Light from above 3/5 (commercial prefab kiddie metal debut that's better than you think; they need to deep-six the glammy parts though) - KIT
Black Widow - Soldiers from hell 3.5/5 Black Widow Review - KIT
Black Widow - Satan's playground 1.5/5 (mid-paced female fronted traditional metal debut like a subpar Backslash or Zed Yago) - KIT
Black Wings - Sacred shiver 3.5/5 Black Wings Review
Blackguard - Profugus mortis 3/5 (aggressive melody-drenched symphonic metal debut from Canada with out-of-place harsh vocals) - KIT
Blacksmith - Fire from within 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blackstar - Barbed wire soul 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Blade of Spirit - Shadow’s race 3.5/5 Blade of Spirit Review - CRAIG B
Blade of the Ripper - Taste the blood 3.5/5 (2nd CD with gritty, dark, catchy and fast anthems to stalkers and Satan; too bad the production is wretched) - KIT
Blade of the Ripper - s/t (hopefully coming soon)
Blaze - Blood and belief 3/5 (improved 3rd CD that's probably his best to date thanks to some catchy guitar work; band has since changed to Blaze Bayley)
Blaze - Tenth dimension 2.5/5
Blaze - Silicon messiah 3/5
Blazing Dog - Metallic beast 3.5/5 (pounding and aggressive traditional metal debut from Brazil with good songs and fairly rough vocals) - KIT
Blessed Death - Hour of pain 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Blessed Death - Destined for extinction 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blessed Death - Kill or be killed 3/5 - MICHAEL

Blind Guardian - A twist in the myth 3/5 Blind Guardian Review - JOHN
Blind Guardian - A night at the opera 1.5/5 (overproduced, overcomposed, overlayered and an overall boring disappointment) - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in middle earth 3/5 - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the other side 3.5/5 - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Somewhere far beyond 5/5 - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Tales from the twilight world 4.5/5 - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Follow the blind 3/5 - JOHN
Blind Guardian - Battalions of fear 4/5 - JOHN
Blind Illusion - The sane asylum 4/5 - MICHAEL
Blind Stare - Symphony of delusions 1.5/5 (ambitious but incohesive melodic death metal debut with elements of black, power, symphonic; poor harsh/clean vocals) - KIT
Blitzkrieg - Theatre of the damned 3.5/5 (best CD in years, with NWOBHM melodies and catchy choruses; has new version of “Blitzkrieg” on special edition) - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - Sins and greed 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - Absolute power 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - The mists of Avalon 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - Ten 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - Unholy trinity 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Blitzkrieg - A time of changes 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bloden-Wedd - Eye of Horas 3.5/5 Bloden-Wedd Review - KIT
Bloden-Wedd - Raging planet 4/5 - KIT
Bloden-Wedd - Time goes on 2/5
Blood Feast - Chopping block blues 3/5 - MICHAEL
Blood Feast - Kill for pleasure 4/5 - MICHAEL
Blood Thirsty Demons - Mortal remains 3/5 (4th CD of campy horror metal from Italy; traditional metal with a few spooky sound-effects and Udo-type vocals) - KIT
Blood Thirsty Demons - Let the war begin (hopefully coming soon)
Blood Thirsty Demons - In the grave (hopefully coming soon)
Blood Thirsty Demons - Sabbath/Solve et coagula (hopefully coming soon)
Blood Tsunami - Grand feast for vultures 3/5 (2nd CD of epic enduring deathrash for fans of Virus, English Dogs, Sacrilege and Anihilated) - MICHAEL
Blood Tsunami - Thrash metal 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bloodbound - Tabula rasa 4/5 (awesome 3rd CD with vocalist Urban Breed back in the band; one of the catchiest and most consistent heavy/power metal bands out there)
Bloodbound - Book of the dead 4/5 (though featuring a new vocalist, this is an awesome 2nd CD complete with catchy riffs/rhythms and memorable choruses)
Bloodbound - Nosferatu 4.5/5
Bloodbound - Nosferatu 4/5 Bloodbound Review - CRAIG
Bloodgood - All stand together (hopefully coming soon)
Bloodgood - Out of the darkness 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bloodgood - Rock in a hard place 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bloodgood - Detonation 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bloodgood - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bloodstained - Greetings from hell 3.5/5 (strong traditional power metal debut from Greece; like a more uptempo, raw Jag Panzer) - KIT
Bloody Six - In the name of blood 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bodine - Three times running 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bodine - Bold as brass 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bodine - s/t 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bombarder - Ledena krv 1.5/5 (raw but mostly tuneless Serbian thrash with Sodom and Ministry influences) - KIT
Bombarder - Ko sam ja (hopefully coming soon)
Bombarder - Crni dani (hopefully coming soon)
Bombarder - Bez milosti (hopefully coming soon)
Bombarder - Speed kill (hopefully coming soon)
Bonded by Blood - Feed the beast 3.5/5 (thrash debut that’s more like Vio-lence than Exodus; has a cool cover of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme) - MICHAEL
Book of Reflections - Chapter ll/Unfold the future 1.5/5 Book of Reflections Review
Book of Reflections - s/t 3.5/5
Boomerang - Sounds of sirens 3.5/5 Boomerang Review
Boomerang - Balance of hate 3/5
Boomerang - Weaveworld 3/5
Borden, Lizzy - Appointment with death 4/5 Borden, Lizzy Review - CRAIG
Borden, Lizzy - Appointment with death 4/5 - KIT
Borden, Lizzy - Deal with the devil 2.5/5 - KIT
Borden, Lizzy - Master of disguise 3/5 - KIT
Borden, Lizzy - Visual lies 3/5 - KIT
Borden, Lizzy - Menace to society 3.5/5 - KIT
Borden, Lizzy - Love you to pieces 4/5 - KIT
Borealis - World of silence 4/5 Borealis Review
Boulder - Reaped in half 3/5 (dirty, gritty, sleazy steel from Destructor's master songwriter, Jamie Walters, that will appeal to grunge advocates; their 3rd CD) - MICHAEL
Boulder - Ravage and savage 3/5 - MICHAEL
Boulder - The rage of it all 3/5 - MICHAEL
Brainless - Reality hurts (hopefully coming soon)
Brainless - Brainless world 3/5 - MICHAEL

Brainstorm - Memorial roots 4/5 Brainstorm Review - SEAN
Brainstorm - Downburst 4/5 (awesome 7th CD from this popular power metal band; quality is just about at the level of their tremendous ‘Soul temptation’)
Brainstorm - Downburst 4/5 Brainstorm Review - SEAN
Brainstorm - Liquid monster 3.5/5 (very good 6th CD that doesn’t quite match their previous CD ‘Soul temptation’)
Brainstorm - Liquid monster 3.5/5 Brainstorm Review - CRAIG
Brainstorm - Soul temptation 4/5 (probably this heavier power metal band's most consistent CD to date; awesome!)
Brainstorm - Metus mortis 3.5/5
Brainstorm - Ambiguity 3/5
Brainstorm - Unholy 3.5/5
Brainstorm - Hungry 2.5/5
Breaker - Get tough!/Get tougher! 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Skin for skin (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - This is it (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Fist full of bees (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Oddities (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - The Jesus experience (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Lost reels lll (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Drop 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Scarecrow messiah 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Lost reels ll (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Lost reels (hopefully coming soon)
Bride - Snakes in the playground 2/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Kinetic faith 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Silence is madness 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Live to die 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bride - Show no mercy 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bride Adorned - Blessed stillness? 3/5 Bride Adorned Review
Brimstone - Carving a crimson career 3.5/5 (debut that's musically similar to better Running Wild, but with a death metal vocalist) - JOHN
Brocas Helm - Defender of the crown 3/5 (totally cult San Francisco metallers' reunion CD; iffy production, but strong songs in line with their earlier CDs) - KIT
Brocas Helm - Black death 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Brocas Helm - Into Battle 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Broken Arrow - Abyss of darkness 2/5 (average melodic metal debut with a few highlights)
Bulldozer - Unexpected fate 3.5/5 (remarkable return for Italian thrashlords in the vein of Venom, Sodom and R.D.P., with killer guest guitar work) - MICHAEL
Bulldozer - Neurodeliri 4/5 - MICHAEL
Bulldozer - IX 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bulldozer - The final separation 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bulldozer - Day of wrath 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bullet (Ger) - No mercy 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bullet (Ger) - Execution 3/5 - MICHAEL
Bullet (Swe) - Bite the bullet 3/5 (the real deal, screw the brats in Airborne; this is their 2nd CD of pure Krokus, Accept and AC/DC worship!) - MICHAEL
Bullet (Swe) - Heading for the top 2.5/5 (AC/DC rock steady midnight riders raise hell heading for the top, but miss the mark) - MICHAEL
Burning Black - Prisoners of steel 3.5/5 Burning Black Review - CRAIG B
Burning Earth - Chronicles of the calling (EP) 4/5 Burning Earth Review - CRAIG B
Burning in Hell - Believe 4/5 Burning in Hell Review - KIT
Burning in Hell - s/t 4/5 Burning in Hell Review - KIT

Burning Point - Empyre 3.5/5 (strong 4th CD of melodic power metal; better than the previous ‘Burned down the enemy’, but ‘Feeding the flames’ is their best to date)
Burning Point - Burned down the enemy 3/5 (3rd CD with a lot of keyboards this time, a la Ghost Machinery; satisfying but their least catchy/memorable to date)
Burning Point - Feeding the flames 4/5 (outstanding 2nd CD of melodic power metal, but their debut is good as well)
Burning Point - Feeding the flames 4/5 Burning Point Review - CRAIG
Burning Point - Salvation by fire 3.5/5
By Blood Alone - Seas of blood 3/5 By Blood Alone Review
Bywar - Twelve devil’s graveyards 4/5 (killer 3rd CD from these Brazilian Destruction fanatics; comparable to Not Fragile, Incubus, Necronomicon and Sacrifice) - MICHAEL
Bywar - Heretic signs 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Bywar - Invincible war 3.5/5 - MICHAEL



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