This is the band’s debut album, released in 2000 of Ferret Records and produced by drummer Adam Dutkiewicz. The album is a really impressive debt from the band, several of the songs Temple From Within, Without A Name, and Vida Infra appear on the bands future album Alive Or …

Lonely Day is a song by System Of A Down and is the penultimate track on Hypnotize, the second half of their double album Mezmerize/Hypnotize. Something to take note of is that Daron Malakian takes lead vocals on this track and this really isn’t a song to be listening …

After two years of waiting Disturbed has finally released their third album. Anyone who has heard the single “Stricken” should indeed know that this album “rocks”, and by “rocks” I mean it “rocks” hard. From the the first track “Ten thousand Fists” to the end you can …

For me personally there are many ways in which this album is a highlight for the career of the band. I think that there are so many songs on it that are good, and I think that the guys are not making any serious mistakes on this album, and …

The Dogs Of War is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. The song starts up with some synthesizers and background noise which work to gradually build up the music in hopes that something good will follow, we’ll see if this …

Jay-Z ft. Chrisette Michele
“Lost One”
Kingdom Come
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Lost One” is the second single and music video from Jay-Z’s ninth (comeback) album titled “Kingdom Come”, following “Show Me What You Got”. Released on Jay-Z’s 37th birthday (December 4th, 2006), the style of both the song and music video seem to compliment …

Munbe Vaa is a fantastic song from Sillendru Oru Kadhal Movie. The music composed by A.R.Rehman. This is one of my favourite songs of A.R.Rehman. Vaali writes the lyrics of this song. The song has very different starting line. Shreya Ghosal and Naresh Iyer …

Sanctified is a track by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their first album, Pretty Hate Machine. The track opens up in a very tribal manner with some eerie tones before a bass guitar comes in followed by Reznor’s voice. The entire introduction of this song and the verse …

Overview —“ Humanity: Hour I, the sixteenth album and latest by The Scorpions is a very dark toned album yet definitely an album that I really enjoy. In fact I remember that when this record first came out and I heard it, I was extremely impressed and I really …

Well this review should be pretty easy, i mean who doesn’t like The Who? well, if anybody answered that question by saying something like “Yeah, i like their radio singles, but i don’t know about the rest of their stuff”. Now is the time explore some of their more …

On the surface, Little Woman is a very simple song that isn’t all the complex. That may be how it is even below the surface, but this song captured the hearts of young girls throughout the United States way back in 1969. It’s called bubblegum music because …

I rented this concert dvd from Netflix, because I have long been a fan of Jon Anderson’s music. While I was born a little late for the “Yes” era, I do appreciate the quality of their music, and of course the front man is one of my favorite …

I have to say, this is my favorite debut album from any band I’ve ever listened to. Led Zeppelin’s self titled debut album really cements the band as the premier hard rock band of the time.
Released at the beginning of 1969, this album quickly rose to fame on British …

Ciara
“Promise”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Diane Martel
“Promise” tops Ciara’s previous single and video with its mid-tempo falsetto R&B ballad which depicts a girl in search of her one perfect man, she’s single, lonely, and looking for love. She’s ready to commit and willing to spend her life with him. Ciara …

One rock band who I’ve loved throughout the years is the American hard rock and alternative band “Three Days Grace”. I think that is quite significant too being that I have been listening to their music from I was about fourteen or maybe younger, and I am now twenty …

Die By The Sword is a song by Slayer which appears on their first record Show No Mercy. The track starts off with a nice fast riff which is reinforced through a second guitar, drums, and bass before each instrument comes in for the main riff of the track. …

Captor Of Sin is a song by Slayer which appears on their EP Haunting The Chapel. The song starts off with a rapid solo right from the start of the track, and to be honest, this makes me very discouraged for the song that’s coming up to be honest. …

Overview —“ Haunting The Chapel, Slayer’s first EP, is three tracks which pass by incredibly fast and all have an extremely aggressive feel to them. The drumming by Lombardo, who is one of the few drummers who I actually tend to pay attention to, is excellent as always and …

AC/DC Plug Me In is a DVD box set of AC/DC’s performances and music videos throughout the years. I’m a big fan of AC/DC and this was a must have for me! I literally spent about 4 hours watching all of the videos and behind the scenes …

Unfaithful by Rihanna is a song about how this girl feels guilty for cheating on her boy friend. This song is sad and wonderful and sad at the same time because this girl knows what she is doing but she really is trying to stop. This song talks about …

Overview - In Through The Out Door, Led Zeppelin’s final effort before the death of their drummer John Bonham, is an album that I would to say is simply average at best. The album does have some good work, at least good parts, but overall the album really isn’t …

Overview —“ Slappy, Green Day’s second EP, is an EP that sounds a lot closer, and I mean a lot closer, to the sound that Green Day eventually became known for compared to their previous EP, 1,000 Hours. Whereas 1,000 Hours was honestly just filled with songs with …

Lil Wayne’s third album The Carter 3 was the most anticipated rap album of the year. Lil wayne has made himself into one of the biggest rappers in the world. His Carter series albums have been considered classics. Along with his solo albums, his mixtapes are also considered classic …

I was never really into Reggae as a genre of music but if I was ever to get into it then the legendary Bob Marley would serve as my personal entry point. All the more fitting I thought then, that his first album I would get is entitled —˜Legends’.
It …

Redneck School Of Technology is a song by The Flaming Lips which appears on their third record entitled Telepathic Surgery. Opening up with a percussive rhythm which gradually builds up, a distorted guitar progressively joins the mix as well and comes in and out with abrupt power chords which …

In my opinion, Alicia Keys is one of the most talented recording artists of my generation. She can sing, she can write, and she can play the piano. She can basically do it all. She has the sort of pure talent that makes her a great artist to see …

I first heard of the German rock band Rammstein when I had just left high school and had begun to crave metal and explore some of the heavier genres of rock music. Someone had introduced me to the music of Rammstein, which I became even more interested in hearing …

I saw a performance from Titanic: A New Musical on TV and was hooked. It might have been on Rosie O’Donnell’s old talk show, but whatever it was, I thought the performance was solid. Plus, as a student of the Titantic, I had to get this CD …

This poster is the first image that comes to mind when someone thinks of Pink Floyd. This is considered by many to be the cover of the best album ever created. Dark Side of the Moon was one of Pink Floyd’s breakthrough albums in the early 70s. …

Ice Cube is one of the best rappers to ever hit the west coast. He has many great CDs under his belt and he has been able to release some great albums with the WestSide Connection. He is one of the most hardcore and great rappers to ever touch a …

The Line 6 Spider II Amp is a very powerful little system. It has an 8″ speaker, and (7) smart control effects like Flange, Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Reverb, and more. I use it often when performing at local acoustic gigs. Usually the venue …

Five To One is a song by The Doors which appears on their record Waiting For The Sun. The song starts off with a steady drum rhythm and interesting bass line as Morrison sort of just mumbles some words of this. Once Morrison does come in with the actual …

Rich girl by Gwen Stefani is about how a girl wishes she was a rich girl that way she could have all the money in the world. She also wishes to have maids and go to all the places in the world. This song is four minutes and five …

The Cathy CC Carlson: Girls Know How to Rock CD is one of the albums available on a website where singers can post their songs and sell their works independently. I had been to the site before but then was pointed in that direction by Cathy herself when …

I am sure that there would be people out there, who, when subjected to the music of this album by Sonic Youth, would find it almost ugly. But I personally find it very beautiful indeed. And I think that it is a matter of being able to see this …

This Elvis Presley album realeased by RCA AFL in 1985, Always On My Mind, was a hard one to find for me. I already have most of the songs on other Elvis albums, but since it’s Elvis, I still wanted it nonetheless.
I do find myself a bit disappointed, though. …

Willie Nelson does this song called If I can Find A Clean Shirt. My first thoughts were that it was an odd name for a song. I thought it was a song about someone who feels sorry for Willie Nelson because he couldn’t find a clean shirt. …

Judas Priest is a heavily Sabbath influenced band that carried on the tradition of the overall attitude present within the British brand of metal.Their significance ranks right up there with the other important pioneers of Heavy Metal.When British Steel was released a brought a new found interest in the …

This band has influenced me tremendously as a heavy metal vocalist just starting out. Of course, I have other influences such as the band Arch Enemy which has a female lead singer like me; but there have been many things I have adored about the band Pantera.
If you’ve ever …

“No Need To Argue” was a natural evolution from their previous album. The Cranberries recreated exactly what they’ve achieved on “Everybody ” except they did it on a different scale. Stronger, angrier, longer, the album has that self-confidence “Everybody ” lacked. Supposedly this mixture was the one which rocketed …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 16″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
It’s Chapter 16 of “Trapped in the Closet” and we seem to all of a sudden find ourselves trapped in the same freaken’ restaurant from Chapters 14 and 15. Twan is in disbelief over the news of his newfound fatherhood at …

Overview - Toxicity, System Of A Down’s second record, takes the heaviness, aggression, and attitude they had in their first record and combines it with some melody to produce an overall better balanced and more varied record. By no means does this mean that this record is light - …

I’m aware that I’ve been stating that many of the songs on The Black Album seem to be driven much more by Hetfield’s voice rather than the music itself, but I believe My Friend Of Misery is an exception to this. Whereas many of the previous tracks on this …

Tell Me That Isn’t True is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Nashville Skyline. The song opens up with a simple guitar pattern along with a slight organ in the background as well. The song also features a steady bass line which pretty much provides …

Taylor Swift, wow words cannot describe her talent. Just when I thought her music couldnt get any better . . . shes done it again. This song has every quality amazing music has plus more. This song is pretty self explanitory. Its about an ex or someone you temporarily …

Overview - The Number Of The Beast, Iron Maiden’s third effort and first with vocalist Bruce Dickinson (To replace Paul Di’Anno), merges excellent songwriting with excellent guitarwork. As I ended by last review on Killers by saying on their debut record they had excellent songwriting and on Killers they …

I’ve always loved Ibanez’s line of guitars. I unfortunantly broke the neck on mine over 10 years ago. Recently an RG370DX came up for sale used, in solid black and in mint condition. I had to get it.
it has a maple neck with a rosewood 24 fret board. …

Quite honestly, I have no idea who Geoff Love is, but I assume he’s a band leader somewhere in the world. I had to get this CD, though, because it’s one of a handful I know of that includes the theme music to my all-time favorite western TV …

I’m Looking Through You is a song by The Beatles which appears on their record Rubber Soul. Before I begin I want to stress right now that this is one of the many examples on Rubber Soul that certainly proved The Beatles were about to enter into a level …

My kids think I’m old school because I mostly prefer country music now days. However every now and them I shock them when I listen to songs like ‘Stair Way to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin. What they don�t realize is I was a kid once too. That I …