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REVIEW: Devin Townsend Project – Deconstruction (2011)

By admin On January 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News, News

Well I figured I had better review this album since yesterday I rated it my top album of 2011 (see here.)
To be honest I was not looking forward to this album as much as a number of others this year, nor, indeed, as much as the [...]

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REVIEW: Dark Side of The Moon Immersion Edition (2011)

By finalriposte On November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Okay, to start this is only a sort of review. DSOTM is such a well known album that you would already have heard enough to have an idea of whether you would like it or not.
My goal here is really to try and give you an idea of whom I think this boxed [...]

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REVIEW: Mastodon – The Hunter (2011)

By finalriposte On November 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Okay, finally, after much procrastination, work distraction, desire to play guitar, practice martial arts, weight lift tiny weights, here is my review of “The Hunter”, Mastodon’s follow up to the, IMO, excellent “Crack The Skye”.
The review format has changed a bit, not being song by song, rather I will try and point out [...]

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REVIEW: In Flames – Sounds Of A Playground Fading (2011)

By finalriposte On September 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Here are links to the album, from Amazon UK and Amazon US:

Introduction: I have not listened to this band since there first album came out last millennia. They just did not strike me at the time as my thing. So it was with a bit of surprise that I listened to this [...]

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REVIEW: Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events (2011)

By finalriposte On September 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Here are the links to this album from the US and UK:

Introduction: Well this album has caused the expected scrabble amongst hardcore DT fans, those determined to love it, those determined to hate it and those who approach it with clinical objectivity. The one thing I guess I feel from the album, [...]

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REVIEW: Symphony X “Iconoclast” 2 Disc edition. (2011)

By finalriposte On July 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Here are links to the album, from Amazon UK and US

Firstly, this is the double cd version which is apparently is the band preferred version. At least from what I have read from some forums. I will break this down track by track, you will see why before I reach the end [...]

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REVIEW: Mastodon “Crack the Skye”. [updated 1 Nov 2011](2009)

By finalriposte On July 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Here is a review of Mastodon’t 2009 album “Crack the Skye”, as a sort of prelude to the forthcoming album “The Hunter”.
Here is a link to both the UK and US versions of this release via Amazon:

Introduction: To be honest, Mastodon were a band that held little appeal to [...]

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REVIEW: Septic Flesh “The Great Mass”. (2011)

By finalriposte On July 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews

Here is a song by song review of the album “The Great Mass”. The version I have is the CD+DVD version, although I will not review the DVD content unless specifically requested.
Here is a link to purchase the CD:

And from the UK:

1: The Vampire From [...]

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REVIEW: Karnivool “Sound Awake”. (2009)

By finalriposte On April 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews, News

Karnivool are a band that have started gathering an international following over the last few years, with this album, Sound Awake, being a major contributor to this success. The album has been compared to Tool, but I see less of that than others appear too.
There are a total of 11 tracks, with [...]

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REVIEW: Periphery “Periphery”. (2010)

By admin On May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Music Reviews

I bought this on a recommendation from the people at the John Petrucci forums not really knowing what to expect.
The first thing I learnt was that the vocals really do not do it for me. At all.
After that is said, and listening only in an instrumental music point of view, all [...]

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