P - METAL CD LIST


Paganize - Evolution hour 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pagan’s Mind - God’s equation 3/5 (progressive power metal band is back with their 4th CD, but some of the weird vocal parts bring the quality down for me)
Pagan’s Mind - God’s equation 3/5 Pagan’s Mind Review - CRAIG B
Pagan’s Mind - Enigmatic: Calling 3.5/5 (3rd CD of progressive power metal that’s their heaviest and possibly best CD to date)
Pagan's Mind - Celestial entrance 3/5 (2nd CD that's well done, but may lean a bit too progressive for me)
Pagan's Mind - Infinity divine 3.5/5
Paincraze - Hellbound 2.5/5 (Swedish midtempo thrash debut like a groovier, slowed-down Abandoned or Spellbound) - KIT
Painmuseum - Metal for life 1.5/5 (metal supergroup debut in the style of Halford's 'Crucible', ruined by truly wretched extreme vocals) - KIT
Palace of Black - s/t 2/5 (lackluster Sabbathy debut with Michael Vescera on lead vocals) - KIT
Pancho Villa - Companas del diablo 3/5 (Spanish and English-language traditional metal debut from 1999; also includes 5 excellent Maidenish instrumentals) - KIT
Pandaemonium - Return to reality 3.5/5 Pandaemonium Review - DAVID
Pandaemonium - And the runes begin to pray 3/5 Pandaemonium Review - DAVID

Pandemic - Infecting the world 3/5 (semi-fast side project debut of progressive thrash metal from Andy Giardina, the vocalist of Total Eclipse) - MICHAEL
Pandemonium - The kill (hopefully coming soon)
Pandemonium - Hole in the sky 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pandemonium - Heavy metal soldiers 3/5 - MICHAEL
Panic - Fact 2/5 - MICHAEL
Panic - Epidemic 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pantera - Reinventing the steel 2.5/5
Pantera - The great southern trendkill 3/5
Pantera - Far beyond driven 3.5/5
Pantera - Vulgar display of power 5/5
Pantera - Cowboys from hell 5/5
Pantera - Power metal 3.5/5 (the band's last CD in the hard rock style) - MICHAEL
Pantera - I am the night 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pantera - Projects in the jungle 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pantera - Metal magic 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pantheon - Empire of madness 4/5 (terrific power metal debut in line with Sigma, Darkfire, Seven Gates and Projecto, or think of early Labyrinth and Vision Divine)
Papsmear - Music to kill by 3/5 (compilation of deathrashy anthems by this Las Vegas act, featured on Speed Metal Hell III with Blood Feast and others) - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - In requiem 4/5 Paradise Lost Review - KIT
Paradise Lost - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - Symbol of life 2/5 - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - Believe in nothing 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - Host 3/5 - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - One second 2/5 - KIT
Paradise Lost - Draconian times 4.5/5 - KIT
Paradise Lost - Icon 4.5/5 - KIT
Paradise Lost - Shades of God 3.5/5 - KIT
Paradise Lost - Gothic 4/5 - MICHAEL
Paradise Lost - Lost paradise 1.5/5 - MICHAEL
Paradox - Electrify 4.5/5 Paradox Review - KIT
Paradox - Collision course 3.5/5 - KIT
Paradox - Heresy 5/5 - KIT
Paradox - Product of imagination 4/5 - KIT
Paragon - Screenslaves 4/5 (predictable but powerful CD from this long-running German power metal band)
Paragon - Screenslaves 4/5 Paragon Review - MICHAEL
Paragon - Forgotten prophecies 3.5/5 (very strong 8th CD that’s more of the same, but features plenty of catchy riffs and is definitely recommended to fans of the band)
Paragon - Forgotten prophecies 3/5 Paragon Review - SEAN
Paragon - Revenge 3.5/5 (another solid CD of German power metal rivaling Stormwarrior, Wizard, Iron Savior, Gamma Ray and Vhaldemar)
Paragon - The dark legacy 3.5/5 (thundering German power metal that almost matches their previous 'Law of the blade')
Paragon - Law of the blade 4/5
Paragon - Steelbound 3/5
Paragon - Steelbound 2.5/5 Paragon Review - CRAIG
Paragon - Chalice of steel 2.5/5
Paragon - The final command 2/5
Paragon - World of sin 1.5/5
Pariah - Unity 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Pariah - Blaze of obscurity 3/5 - CRAIG
Pariah - The kindred 3/5 - CRAIG
Pathos - Katharsis 2.5/5 - KIT
Pathos - Uni versus universe (hopefully coming soon)
Pathos - Hoverface (hopefully coming soon)
Pathosray - Sunless skies 3.5/5 (2nd CD of progressive metal with enough power metal to satisfy fans of both genres; doesn’t have the magic of the debut, but is strong)
Pathosray - s/t 4/5 Pathosray Review
Pegazus - The headless horseman 3.5/5 (very good straightforward old-school heavy metal; their 4th CD) - CRAIG
Pegazus - Breaking the chains 3/5 - CRAIG
Pegazus - Wings of destiny 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Pegazus - s/t 3/5 - CRAIG
Pell, Axel Rudi - Tales of the crown 3.5/5 Pell, Axel Rudi Review - SEAN
Pell, Axel Rudi - Diamonds unlocked 3.5/5 Pell, Axel Rudi Review - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Mystica 3.5/5 (typically solid offering from German metal vets; too bad Axel has forsaken speed though) - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Mystica 4.5/5 Pell, Axel Rudi Review - SEAN
Pell, Axel Rudi - Kings and queens 3.5/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Shadow zone 2.5/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - The masquerade ball 4.5/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Oceans of time 4.5/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Magic 4/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Black moon pyramid 3.5/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Between the walls 3/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Eternal prisoner 2/5 - KIT
Pell, Axel Rudi - Nasty reputation 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pell, Axel Rudi - Wild obsession 3/5 - MICHAEL
Penumbra - Seclusion 4/5 (outstanding 3rd CD of symphonic/gothic metal with soprano female vocals and both death and black metal male vocals)
Penumbra - The last bewitchment 4.5/5
Penumbra - Emanate 4/5
Perpetual Dreams - Arena 3/5 Perpetual Dreams Review
Perpetual Dreams - Eyes of infinite 4/5
Perpetual Fire - Endless world 3.5/5 (very nice Italian power metal debut similar to Odyssea, Shadows of Steel, Oracle Sun, Seven Gates, Heavenblast and Sigma)

Persuader - When Eden burns 3.5/5 (3rd CD that's a lot better than 'Evolution purgatory', but their debut remains my favorite)
Persuader - When Eden burns 3/5 Persuader Review - JOHN
Persuader - When Eden burns 4/5 Persuader Review - SEAN
Persuader - Evolution purgatory 2.5/5 (2nd CD that's easily comparable to heavier Blind Guardian; too intense for my tastes, but is popular among many fans)
Persuader - The hunter 3.5/5
Pertness - Seven times eternity 3.5/5 Pertness Review - KIT
Perzonal War - Bloodline 3/5 (modern and often thrashy German metal with a star-studded guest list, but the songs don't always convince; their 4th CD) - KIT
Perzonal War - When times turn red 2.5/5 (underachieving CD from veteran Hetfield-inspired German heavy metal act, brought down by a few glaring missteps) - KIT
Perzonal War - Faces 3/5 (German rough-edged power/thrash metal with Hetfield sound-a-like behind the mike) - KIT
Perzonal War - Different but the same 2.5/5 - KIT
Pestilence - Resurrection macabre 3/5 (5th CD that’s a more brutal return to form, embracing all previous CDs with an updated sound) - MICHAEL
Pestilence - Spheres 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pestilence - Testimony of the ancients 4/5 - MICHAEL
Pestilence - Consuming impulse 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pestilence - Malleus maleficarum 4/5 - MICHAEL
Petrucci, Maxine - Titania 3/5 - MICHAEL
Petty Pew - Against the stream of influence 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Phantom - Cyberchrist 3/5 (their 3rd and best CD of Judas Priest-style power metal) - JOHN
Phantom - Dead or alive 2.5/5 - JOHN
Phantom - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Phantom Blue - Prime cuts & glazed donuts (hopefully coming soon)
Phantom Blue - Built to perform 4/5 - MICHAEL
Phantom Blue - s/t 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Phantom Lord - Imperial fall 3/5 (Greek band's 4th CD of polished European symphonic metal; still inconsistent, but easily their most mature work to date) - KIT
Phantom Lord - Circle of the wasted 2.5/5 - KIT
Phantom Lord - Evil's domain 2/5 - KIT
Phantom Lord - In twilight world 2/5 - KIT
Phantom Lords - Temple of metal 3.5/5 (well-executed Italian true metal debut a la Manowar and Judas Priest; one of the better Steelheart label bands) - KIT
Phantom-X - Storm riders 3.5/5 Phantom-X Review - KIT
Phantom-X - Rise of the phantom 3.5/5 Phantom-X Review - KIT
Pharaoh - Be gone 3.5/5 Pharaoh Review - JOHN
Pharaoh - The longest night 3.5/5 Pharaoh Review - JOHN
Pharaoh - After the fire 3.5/5 - JOHN
Phenix - Immortal flame 3.5/5 Phenix Review
Phenix - Wings of fire 3/5 Phenix Review
Phenix - Sacred fire 2/5 (heavy/melodic metal debut with a below average production, but catchy and memorable songs throughout)
Phoenix Reign - Destination unknown 4/5 Phoenix Reign Review - KIT
Phoenix Rizing - Eternal crusade 4/5 (very memorable 2nd CD that has me thinking of a more tuneful Custard's 'Kingdom of your life'; excellent!)
Phoenix Rizing - Rise from the ashes 3/5
Picture - Old dogs new tricks (hopefully coming soon)
Picture - Marathon 3/5 - MICHAEL
Picture - Every story needs another picture (hopefully coming soon)
Picture - Traitor 3/5 - MICHAEL
Picture - Eternal dark 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Picture - Diamond dreamer 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Picture - Heavy metal ears 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Picture - s/t 3/5 - MICHAEL
Piel de Serpiente - El veneno se extiende 4/5 Piel de Serpiente Review - KIT
Piel de Serpiente - Encendere tu fuego (hopefully coming soon)
Piledriver - Stay ugly 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Piledriver - Metal inquisition 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - In10sity 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Thunderdome 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Endangered 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Sonic dynamite 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Electrified 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Food for thought 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Change 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - Games people play 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - One size fits all 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pink Cream 69 - s/t 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pitiful Reign - Visual violence 4/5 Pitiful Reign Review - CRAIG B
Pitiful Reign - Toxic choke 3/5 (promising debut from a traditional Bay Area-style thrash outfit; think of Slayer playing Metallica songs) - CRAIG B

Planet Alliance - s/t 3.5/5 (heavy/power metal debut with a hint of hard rock and an all-star line-up; for fans of Cloudscape, Masterplan, Last Tribe and At Vance)
Platitude - Silence speaks 3/5 (though not quite as good as their previous CD ‘Nine’, this is a fine CD somewhere between the styles of Vanishing Point and Altaria)
Platitude - Nine 3.5/5 (very nice 2nd CD that's less power metal than their debut, sounding more like a neo-classical version of Evergrey)
Platitude - Secrets of life 3/5
Poisonblack - A dead heavy day 3.5/5 (strong 3rd CD with almost no remnants from the debut with J.P. Leppäluoto on vocals; now they’re similar to Sentenced) - SEAN
Poisonblack - Lust stained despair 3.5/5 (good sophomore effort for Sentenced fans who are having withdrawals; with J.P. leaving, Ville takes over vocal duties) - SEAN
Poisonblack - Escapextacy 4.5/5 (excellent debut featuring Sentenced frontman on guitar and Charon frontman on vocals; gloomy gothic metal at its best) - SEAN
Pokolgep - Pokoli mesek (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Oblatio (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - A tulelo 3.5/5 (high-quality midtempo Hungarian metal with a Sinner stomp and shimmering Eastern European melodies) - KIT
Pokolgep - Te sem vagy mas (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Momentum (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Ancient fever (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Csakazertis (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - A gep (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Vedd el ami jar (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Adj uj erot (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Metal az esz (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Ejszakai bevetes (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Pokoli szinjatek (hopefully coming soon)
Pokolgep - Totalis metal (hopefully coming soon)
Poltergeist - Nothing lasts forever 4/5 - KIT
Poltergeist - Behind the mask 3/5 - KIT
Poltergeist - Depression 3.5/5 - KIT
Poropetra - Sinihirwi 3.5/5 Poropetra Review - CRAIG B
Portrait - s/t 3.5/5 Portrait Review - KIT
Possessed - Beyond the gates 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Possessed - Seven churches 3/5 - MICHAEL
Post Mortem - Destined for failure 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Post Mortem - Festival of fun 2.5/5 - MICHAEL
Post Mortem - Coroner's office 3/5 - MICHAEL
Poverty’s No Crime - Save my soul 3/5 - MICHAEL
Poverty's No Crime - The chemical chaos 3/5 (another solid progressive metal CD from a band more about songs than musical wankery) - JOHN
Poverty's No Crime - One in a million 3/5 - JOHN
Poverty's No Crime - Slave to the mind 2.5/5 - JOHN
Poverty's No Crime - The autumn years 4.5/5 - JOHN
Poverty's No Crime - Symbiosis 3/5 - JOHN
Power - Justice of fire 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Power Crue - Night...mares (hopefully coming soon)
Power Crue - Stay heavy 3/5 - KIT
Power Crue - The sign of rage 3/5 - MICHAEL

Power Quest - Master of illusion 4/5 (keyboard-driven power metal band is back with a fantastic CD for fans of the band; Alessio is such a cool vocalist)
Power Quest - Magic never dies 4.5/5 Power Quest Review
Power Quest - Neverworld 5/5 Power Quest Review
Power Quest - Wings of forever 4/5
Power Symphony - Lightbringer 3/5 (dark 2nd CD of female fronted power metal)
Power Symphony - Evillot 2/5
Powerdrive - Freedom of speech 3.5/5 (Swedish thrash/power metal debut like Paradox and Symphorce, but with vocal hints of Ralf Scheepers or Tim Owens) - MICHAEL
Powergod - Evilution part lll/Nemesis 2.5/5 - CRAIG
Powergod - Evilution part ll/Back to attack 3.5/5 - CRAIG
Powergod - Evilution part l 2.5/5 - CRAIG
Powerlord - The awakening 3/5 - MICHAEL
Powermad - Absolute power 4/5 - CRAIG
Powers Court - The red mist of edenmore (hopefully coming soon)
Powers Court - Nine kinds of hell 2.5/5 - JOHN
Powers Court - s/t 3/5 - JOHN
Powerwolf - Bible of the beast 3/5 (3rd CD from the German masters of Romanian mythology; much improved from previous CDs, particularly in consistency) - SEAN
Powerwolf - Lupus dei 2.5/5 (2nd CD which shows improvement, but is patchy in a few areas and there’s a lot more work to do before the all important 3rd CD) - SEAN
Powerwolf - Return in bloodred 2/5 (an average heavy/power metal debut, which just prods along with hardly any direction at all; predictable and uninspired) - SEAN
Powerworld - s/t 3.5/5 Powerworld Review
Praetorius - Taste death 3.5/5 Praetorius Review - KIT
Predador - Devastacion 3.5/5 (effective and enthusiastic debut of Spanish-language traditional metal from Argentina) - KIT
Predator (Ger) - s/t 4/5 Predator Review - KIT
Predator (U.S.) - Easy prey 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Premonition - Prozac and razorblades 4/5 - MICHAEL
Premonition - We are metal 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Premonition - Fame has a price 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Premonition - He is rising 4/5 - MICHAEL
Pretty Maids - Wake up to the real world 3/5 (another quality if not outstanding release from these veterans) - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Planet panic 3/5 - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Carpe diem 3/5 - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing 2/5 - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Spooked 3.5/5 - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Scream 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pretty Maids - Stripped 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pretty Maids - Sin-decade 4.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pretty Maids - Jump the gun 3/5 - MICHAEL
Pretty Maids - Future world 3/5 - JOHN
Pretty Maids - Red, hot, and heavy 4.5/5 (an absolute classic slab of traditional power metal that everyone should own) - JOHN
Primal Fear - 16.6 4.5/5 Primal Fear Review - SEAN
Primal Fear - New religion 3/5 (7th CD that’s darker and more modern, but is still ultimately solid Judas Priest influenced power metal) - JOHN
Primal Fear - New religion 3.5/5 Primal Fear Review - SEAN
Primal Fear - Seven seals 3.5/5 Primal Fear Review - JOHN
Primal Fear - Devil's ground 3.5/5 Primal Fear Review - JOHN
Primal Fear - Black sun 4/5 - JOHN
Primal Fear - Nuclear fire 3/5 - JOHN
Primal Fear - Jaws of death 2.5/5 - JOHN
Primal Fear - s/t 4.5/5 - JOHN
Privateer - The traitors 3/5 (Polish power metal debut with some catchy melodies and is recommended to fans of Celesty, Kaledon and Mob Rules) - MICHAEL
Projecto - Crown of ages 4.5/5 (magnificent 2nd CD of fast-paced Italian power metal comparable to Shadows of Steel, Soulblaze, Heavenblast and Sigma)
Projecto - s/t 3.5/5

Prophesia - Eye of the storm 3.5/5 Prophesia Review
Protector - The heritage 3/5 - MICHAEL
Protector - A shedding of the skin 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Protector - Urm the mad 3/5 - MICHAEL
Protector - Golem 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Prototype - Continuum 2.5/5 (2nd CD of progressive thrash that's a bit too proggy for my tastes) - JOHN
Prototype - Continuum 4/5 Prototype Review - KIT
Prototype - Trinity 2.5/5 (decent, catchy, dissonant technical thrash debut marred by boring proggy parts) - JOHN
Proud - Fire breaks the dawn 3.5/5 (Old Metal Records reissue of overlooked 1984 Swedish traditional metal major-label gem; their only CD) - KIT
Prowlers (The) - Re-evolution 3.5/5 (power metal band’s 3rd CD that continues where the previous ‘Devil’s bridge’ left off, but it contains even more progressive elements)
Prowlers (The) - Devil’s bridge 4/5 Prowlers Review
Prowlers (The) - Souls thieves 3.5/5 (great debut that's a cross between Mesmerize and Cryonic Temple)
Psychosis - Lifeforce 4/5 - KIT
Psyco Drama - Bent (hopefully coming soon)
Psyco Drama - The illusion 3/5 - JOHN
Pulsar - Civilization 3/5 (half-Russian, half-English language debut; the Aria-influenced Russian tunes are great) - KIT
Purgatory - Tied to the trax 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Push - Running to the top 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pyracanda - Thorns (hopefully coming soon)
Pyracanda - Two sides of a coin 3.5/5 - MICHAEL
Pyramaze - Immortal 4/5 Pyramaze Review
Pyramaze - Legend of the bone carver 4.5/5 Pyramaze Review
Pyramaze - Melancholy beast 3.5/5



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