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Rob must have some really good nights and some really bad nights, then, because he sounded surprisingly good when I saw them on the Invincible Shield tour…

Late 90s Gamma Ray would like to have a word with you, sir…

OK, now I’m completely lost about what you thought or were trying to say. I took the “(+/-)” as “more or less”, and my laugh emoji was genuine, based on the absurd premise you were putting forth. But it sounded to me like you were being serious. Now it sounds like maybe you weren’t. I don’t...

Not a chance. The songwriting on The X Factor can’t hold a candle to most of Accident Of Birth, much less The Chemical Wedding. And the word “masterpiece” has no business being used anywhere near The X Factor.

I was joking, of course.

Juanita!

No kidding. 12 years now since the last Gamma Ray album, but they won’t come out and admit the band is broken up…

Yep. Just subpar “journalism”.

Hard to pick just one. Everything mentioned so far is a valid contender. Let me toss another honorable mention into the ring — the original mastering of Dance Of Death. Incredibly muddy and ugly to listen to in places, especially when all 3 guitars are playing riffs simultaneously. They had...

…in the state with the largest concentration of Muslims, because they voted for a Muslim? This theory didn’t exactly pan out for the left in Texas, praise Allah. The Democrats actually have a fighting chance there, thanks to their decidedly centrist, bible-loving candidate who beat his far...

Bruce Dickinson 8: Winter Songs?

Orden Ogan - Final Days

Killer husky female vox, killer George Lynch riffage and soloing. Their second album is apparently in the can already, just waiting on Frontiers to set a release date…

It’s déjà vu all over again!