TWISTED SISTER-Stay Hungry 25th Anniversary
(2009 remaster CDx2 Deluxe Ed.)
Twisted Sister played their asses out for more than a decade in New York club circuit before getting the deserved attention. Originally formed in 1972, the group was for a while a kind of glam cover band. It wasn’t until 1976 that front man Dee Snider hooked up with the group and became the chief songwriter, getting themon the path of stardom: at the annual Reading Festivalthe boys were given a hard earned demonstration of respect when Lemmy and Pete Way joined the band on stage!
The group’s first album, Under the Blade, was a hit by any standard, but it did not cause quite a mess in the music world. It was actually their third one, Stay Hungry, that put them really into history! With it the band the band exploded - for the good and for the bad - into the mainstream: catchy anthems, cliché lyrics, outrageous videos for hit singles like “We're Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”, etc.
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the 1984 lineup (Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza and A.J. Pero) have returned with this 2 CD set that proves they're still “not gonna take it.” Disc one is cool, of course, but disc two is full of precious nuggets!
DISARMONIA MUNDI-The Restless Memoirs (2009 EP) [Prog. Death M./MDM]
This is a very talented band from Northern Italy. There have been quite some style and line-up changes since their beginnings, but the only thing that remained unchanged is Mr. Rigotti as a player, composer, sound-engineer and producer.
Their first work, dates back in 2000: Nebularium, composed and recorded into his own home-studio, is a brilliant piece of progressive and atmospheric extreme music, that despite the limited distribution received an impressive feedback.
After serious line-up changes, Fragments of D-Generation (Speed from Soilwork as a guest!). vcame out in 2004: this time no progressive atmospheres, but a faster and more kicky vibe; melodies and aggressive singing/lyrics. A worldwide success. Mind Tricks, in 2006, showed a darker and heavier twist, featuring multiple vocals by Rigotti and Claudio Raviale (with Speed collaborating again). 2009's The Isolation Game, tentatively scheduled for an autumn/winter gets anticipated by this EP and a reissue version of Nebularium. The songs here collected all are from that age and went unreleased until now.
TALISMAN-Talisman (1990) [Hard Rock/Melodic Hevy M.]
Jeff Scott Soto is one of the best vocalists alive. Best known for being vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and for being lead vocalist in Journey on their 2006-2007 tours after Steve Augeri had to leave for surgery. His style is typical of heavy metal vocalists of the '80s, but he is also influenced by classic soul music singers such as Steve Perry and Freddie Mercury from Queen. Here you have him in hard rock band Talisman's 1st studio album. The first single "I’ll Be Waiting" took off on the hit chart immediately and the album sold more that 30 thousand copies in two months. The style? Go back with your mind to the end '80, grab sonorities like Bon Jovi and Europe, add some Pink Cream 69, and a Thunderhead blasting kick! You'll like it!
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