Editorial Product Review: :Smart rockers Rush were just on the brink of being embraced by the album rock mainstream when they recorded Hemispheres. Already wildly popular with a certain corner of the intellectual crowd, thanks in part to drummer Neil Peart's Ayn Rand obsession, this CD marked a turning point for the Canadian trio. Hemispheres explores the political, social economic, and sci-fi themes prevalent on their early work, continuing the saga of 'Cygnus' from A Farewell To Kings. Rush was fond of writing in movements, almost orchestrally, ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Includes CD. Over the course of five pulverizing studio records and countless tours with Slayer, Slipknot, Mudvayne, The Deftones as well as mainstage/side-stage stints on Ozzfest, Connecticut's Hatebreed has built a dedicated fanatical fan base the old fashioned way-- on the road. Touring behind their critically acclaimed last studio record Supremacy, Live Dominance captures the band at the peak of its powers and is the culmination of all the blood, sweat and tears the band has put in over the years. Shot in ...
Editorial Product Review: essential recording:One of Rush's finest moments, second only to Moving Pictures. This album includes two classic songs, 'The Spirit of Radio' (which has one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in all of rock) and 'Freewill.' There's also the epic-feeling 'Jacob's Ladder,' as well as 'Entre Nous,' a sort of intellectual love song (if such a thing can be said to exist). The introspective 'Different Strings' and the anthemic 'Natural Science' (which clocks in at over nine minutes) close the album. Though there ...
Editorial Product Review: :Seether's follow-up to their promising, moderately successful 2002 debut, Disclaimer, and its spottier, hastily repackaged 2004 sequel, was reportedly beset by fighting with their label--friction that dictated everything from profanity-free lyrics to a title change (the original name was the telling Catering to Cowards.) Yet the band effectively rises above those constraints, if only by largely sticking to Disclaimer's tried-and-true formula of seasoning the generous blasts of angst-metal (such as the raging opener 'Because of Me') that are its true stock in trade with ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:2007 album from the Finnish Metal cellists. Features ten originals plus a cover of David Bowie's 'Helden' ('Heroes' sung in German) performed with Rammstein's Till Linderman on vocals. Also features other guest vocalists including Corey Taylor, Dave Lombardo ( Slayer ), Tomoyasu Hotei (superstar Japanese composer, whose credits include the Kill Bill soundtrack ), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) and Adam Gontier (3 Days Grace). 11 tracks including the first single 'I'm Not Jesus'. Sony/BMG.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Neatly fitting in between 1993's GREATEST HITS and the 5-CD PLAYBACK box set that came out two years later, this 34-track collection is a chronological tour of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' MCA Records material. The consistent quality found throughout this two-CD set that's bookended by the sinister-sounding 'Breakdown' and chiming 'Surrender'(a song Petty wrote in the '70s but didn't get around to recording until August 2000) boggles the mind. Tight playing and a palpable sense of passion from the four-piece Heartbreakers transform ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:REV THEORY's LIGHT IT UP is the first release from Interscope/DGC/Van Howes/Maloof Music Records, produced by Brian Howes and Josh Abraham. Brian Howes past projects include producer/co-writer on Hinder's Extreme Behavior (3x PLATINUM) and co writer on Daughtry's Daughtry (4x PLATINUM) Josh Abraham has worked as a producer for many high profile rock acts such as Velvet Revolver, Linkin Park, and Staind.
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Limited 2008 UK 180gm vinyl pressing of this classic album, released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the long-playing record. This is an exact replica of the original packaging and contains a voucher enabling the purchaser to download MP3 versions of the songs within. Happy Birthday, my dear vinyl LP! Universal. :Had Use Your Illusion II been combined with Use Your Illusion I, keeping only the best material while dropping the filler, it would have been one of the best rock albums ...
Editorial Product Review:Album Description:Within the confines, or lack thereof, of VOL. 3: (THE SUBLIMINAL VERSES) lies a new level of musicianship, achieved through the hard work poured into supporting their self-titled debut and their subsequent hit album, IOWA. Produced by Rick Rubin, Vol 3 not only captures the band’s strengths to this point- it sees the spore that is Slipknot exploding in all directions. The songs on this daring effort transcend traditional hard music structure, and will surprise the uninitiated with their dynamic appeal. Masterful guitar ...
Steering clear of many of the pitfalls that sapped past video-on-demand broadband solutions, Vudu delivers the closest thing to "Netflix in a box" that we've seen to date.
It's June 29th and Apple is finally ready to let the public play with the iPhone. The past six months have shaped up to be the highest profile mobile phone launch ever, Apple has conjured up an...
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