Feature: Marty's Musical Meltdown
weekly collection of brief music reviews by Marty Dodge
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Music Review: Judas Priest, Stone Gods, Pharaoh, Mar de Grises, Daylight Dies, and Dearestazazel — Synth-pop to symphonic death metal; its got to be another of Marty's review columns.
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Music Reviews: Paganini, Charing Cross, Battleroar, Retribution, Dantesco, Montgomery Gentry, and Ted Nugent— Billy Ray Cyrus, Ted Nugent and some Battleroar in the same column? Well, of course, what's wrong with that?
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Man Raze, Bret Michaels, Believer, Thy Disease, Midnight Syndicate and Eddy Grant...— Death metal, hard rock, and a bit of reggae...just a typical Marty's Musical Meltdown then.
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Music Reviews: Iron Maiden, Opeth, Puscifer, The Melvins, and Several More— Back with another large batch of recent releases and the forthcoming.
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Music Review: Archeon, Chainsaw, MSG, Diamond Head, Edenbridge, Brother Firetribe, and a Few More— A nice collection of stuff ranging from the bleak dark-wave ambiance to the 80s style hard rock.
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Music Review: Def Leppard, Night Ranger, Rush, Soul Doctor, Top Gun Cowboy, and Munk— Good stuff from Rush, Night Ranger and Def Leppard.
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Music Review: Casket Salesman, Animal Alpha, Hurricane, To-Mera, & Sixx AM— Hurricane re-releases, Sixx solo, jazz metal, and some indie-tinged rock. What's not to like?
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Music Review: Def Leppard, Diamond Head, NFD, Fish, P.O.D., and Whitesnake— Cock rock glory, a bit of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal with some goth and classy folk rock.
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Music Review: Avenging Force, Drive by Argument, Son Lux, Terror, and Michael Bormann— A bit of a journey this week; from the goth dancefloor, through the CBGB mosh pit to the classy end of hard rock.
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Music Reviews: Asia, Toto, New Found Glory, The Dreamscapes Project & Kingdom of Sorrow— Another week and another eclectic collection of rock.
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Music Reviews: Fish, Lillian Axe, Powerwolf, and a Metallica DVD— Your lot for the week ranges from the mellowness of Fish to thrash's finest through the quality of Lillian Axe.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: The Explicits, Blues Company, The Bangkok Five, Larry Carlton, and Seven Mary Three— A few pleasant shocks for me; a couple of releases in genres I am not keen on.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Ancara, Crash Romeo, Fires of Babylon, Incrave, and Radamacher— Marty brings you another round-up of some of today's metal and hard rock releases.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Bonfire, Powerworld, Tempestt, Pretendo & Sleddogs— This spring looks to be quite a good one for releases from bands both known and new.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Furtherdown, Arch Enemy, Airtime, Jaded Sun & Die So Fluid Live— More metal from Marty, as he checks out the latest CDs, and takes in a show by Die So Fluid.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Bushwhack, Chop Suicide, Crowning Glory, Die So Fluid, NFD, and Iron Maiden— A look at some metal and hard rock releases.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: The Cavaliers, American Speedway, Farewell, Floodgate, and Pestilence— Another round up of hard rock and metal.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: The Great Kat, Crown of Glory, Cyclone, Napalm Death & Viron— An interesting collection of material to review this time around from re-issues to one crazy lady.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Blackfield, Delain, Eyes of Eden, Indigo Dying, Sandalinas, and Bassinvaders— Another mad set of metal and hard rock reviews.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Action, Lana Lane, Lechery, Leverage, and Sonata Artica— Another week's worth of heavy metal and hard rock reviews!
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Music Review: Gary Hughes, Seven Tears, Glyder, Vengeance, Helloween and Tarja— Marty's Musical Meltdown brings you more metal and hard rock reviews.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Pawbox, Carnival of Souls, Gang Green, Carlton Walker & more— Some of the latest CDs out there.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Kiss Loves You, Ben Griffith, RIIR, Empire, & Steve Grimmett Band— A host of music to please almost anyone.
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Music Review: Guns and Roses, Rick Wakeman, The 69 Eyes, and Scum— As I get ready to clean out my colon for my cancer operation on Monday, I figured I would reduce my review music pile to none. I might not be...
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Music Review: Nightwish, Visions of Atlantis, Epica and After Forever— It's a symphonic metal theme in this Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Baroness, High On Fire, Puddle of Mudd, Amen, Defiance, Quick Change, Znowite and More— Marty's Musical Meltdown strikes again with another batch of heavy CDs.
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Music Reviews: Pink Floyd, Vital Remains, Of Hearts & Shadows, Rick Wakeman, Black Metal and More— Another week, another Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Kissology Vol 2, Blaze Bayley, Mountain, Megadeth, Plus Tons Of New Reviews— A ton of new reviews to keep you happy until I return from vacation to write the next Meltdown
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Music Review: Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe, Earthworks, Keith Richards, Phil Varone, and Dan Mahar — Another round up of rock and metal in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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End of Summer: Rick Wakeman, Ken Hesley, Ted Nugent, Schenker & Schwarz, Poison & Jon Anderson— Hidden gems and some for-fans-only music comes to light.
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Music Reviews: The Circus in Your Town, Moonbird, CTR, Enthroned, Wolfpack Unleashed— Here's some great music to catch...or avoid.
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Music Review: Onslaught, Human Zoo, Lillian Axe, Monster in the Machine, and Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator— Check out Marty's Musical Meltdown for a another batch of hard edged reviews.
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Music Review: Solitude Aeternus, Leo, Municipal Waste, Scorpions, and Soul Doctor— Check out this week's edition of Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Blood Red Throne, Ephel Duath, Monsterworks, Sacred Heart, and Paul Sabu— Check out Marty's Musical Meltdown to hear what he's been listening to this week.
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Music Review: Avenge Sevenfold, Darkwater (Scotland), Darkwater (Sweden), Octavia Sperati, and Tesla— Check out Marty's Musical Meltdown for the latest metal and heavy rock reviews.
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Music Reviews: Dream Theater, Prince, and S.O.D.— (Hed)pe: "You have a nice selection of brain dead paranoia, misogyny, violence towards women and a liberal dose of expletives."
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Music Reviews: Behemoth, Bon Jovi, Civilization One, Consortium Project IV, Porcupine Tree, and Velvet Revolver— Another week of hot metal and prog (and even some country) in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Circus Diablo, Manitou, Metalmania, Peter Pan Speedrock, Turbo and Voices of Rock— Its an eclectic lot, that's for sure but without a complete turd in the bunch.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Iced Earth, Ozzy, Tesla, NEO, Pendragon, Andromeda and Rick Wakeman— This week Marty has more CDs and music DVDs than you can bang your head at.
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Marty's Musical Meltdown: Blueganu, Megadeth, Vader, and More— More heavy metal and hard driving reviews.
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Music Reviews: Wetton, Marillion, Rush, Elis, Battlelore, Artrosis, Beatallica, Legend Heart, and Chasing Victory— Another collection of metal and prog reviews in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Damn Yankees, Stryper, Sadus, and Gorefest— Another collection of metal reviews in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Christ Agony, Clutch, Freedom Call, Machine Head and Some Indie— More Metal and hard rock reviews in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Burn, Circus, Mullets Rock, David Surcamp and Void— Got a nice selection of music this week from the brilliant to the absolutely dire through the decent. CD reviewsBurn: Global WarningBurn released...
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Music Reviews: Altaria, Bloodhound, Realm, Circus, and Void Live— Marty's Musical Meltdown brings you another week of hard rock and metal madness.
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Music Reviews: Echoes of Eternity, Khigh, Masterplan, Spellblast and Within Temptation— More hard rock, goth and metal goodness in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Catamenia, Decoy, Fourway, Razorback, Turku Romantic Movement, and Pestilence— Another collection of hard rockin' and metal reviews in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Disincarnate, Znowhite, Testament, Fifty Caliber Kiss , Magnum and Saxon— Marty's Musical Meltdown has another set of mad metal reviews.
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Music Reviews: Rob Halford, Leaves Eyes, Sirenia, Shaw/Blades, Therion, and Toxik— Another week of metal madness with Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: GnR, Hawkwind, Iron Maiden, Buckcherry, Chris Caffery, Lux Occulta, Messiah's Kiss, Violent Storm and Gareth Hinds— A bumper edition of Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Review: Xentrix re-issues, Nox, With Passion, Helloween, and The Straw Bear Band— It's another edition of Marty's Musical Meltdown!
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Music Reviews: Crimson Glory, Last Crack, Solitude Aeturnus, and Tristania— Another dose of the hard stuff in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Saturna, Double Eclipse, Yes, Diamond Head, and Nils Lofgren— Another review roundup in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Pink Floyd, Styx, Jon Oliva's Pain, Stuck Mojo & John Waite— All in anticipation of the post-NYE onslaught of review material that is about come down on me like a ton of bricks
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Iron Maiden, Trivium, Benedictum & Joe Bonamassa— I hope you all had a good holiday season. While I didn't do as much listening to review material I was able to catch a cracking show at Earls Court...
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Music Reviews: Johnny Cash, Matthew Fitzgibbons, Midnight Syndicate, and Memfis— Perusing some musical offerings at year's end...
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Music Review: Faith & Fire, HIM, Tokyo Dragons, and Jeremy Clarkson— What's going on in the world of Hard Rock and Metal? Check out Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Review: Burning Point, Even Nine, Nightwish and Spider Rockets— Check out another collection of hard-hitting metal, progressive rock, and hard rock reviews in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Evanescence and Thunder Live and Electric Eel Shock, Pillar, The Sinisters and Vampire Moose— Welcome to another addition of Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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iPod Shuffle Mark 2, The Answer, Europe, and Whitesnake— New iPod: I think it's a case of someone clever at Apple over-engineering it because he or she can.
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Music Reviews: Amity Lane, 3 Mile Scream, Red Orkestra, Thunder, and Unleashed— Another round-up of manic metal in Marty's Musical Meltdown!
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Music Reviews: Evanescence, Kamelot, Meatloaf, Rattlesnake Remedy, Riot, and Ruffians Plus Angra— Marty's Musical Meltdown brings you the reviews for another stack of metal CDs.
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Music Review: Lacuna Coil, Mastadon, Mob Rules, Skid Row, Trivium & Voivod— Another look at what's happening in heavy metal in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Darkness News, Nuclear Assault, Seven Witches, Gigantour, Frost, Meliah Rage And Tristania— Another dose of metal madness in Marty's Musical Meltdown
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Music Review: Hunting, Black Label Society, Evolocity, Within Temptation, and Iron Maiden— More metal maddness in this installment of Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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Music Reviews: Axel Rudi Pell, Tommy Bolin, Rhapsody of Fire, UFO, and a Whole Mess of Videos— Marty's Musical Meltdown brings you another bunch of reviews.
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Music Reviews: Planet Alliance, Masterlast, and Marble Index— Marty's Musical Meltdown delivers some more heavy hitters.
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CD Reviews: Deadstar Assembly, Kottak, Vaeda, and Blackmore's Night— Marty's Musical Meltdown delivers more metal madness.
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CD Reviews: M3, Motorhead, Powerman 5000 and Bullet for my Valentine— Another stack of metal music reviews in Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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CD Reviews: Mahavatar,Venom, Midnight Syndicate and Rory Gallagher— Another look at some heavy metal CDs in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown
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CD Reviews: Seven Days, Cactus, Ra's Dawn, Suns of the Tundra and a Bit of Reality— Marty's Musical Meltdown looks at another stack of hard rock and metal releases.
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CD Reviews: Neurosonic, Edgewater, Merendine Atomiche, Body Count, Torku Romantic Movement and Neil Leyon— More heavy metal maddness in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown
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CD Reviews: NFD, Tommy Emmanuel, Dissection, Dirty Rig, and 3— Another set of reviews done for your reading pleasure.
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CD Reviews: Virgil Franklin, Karcius, Kopecky, Nox Arcana and LeAnn Rimes— Marty's Musical Meltdown takes a look at another handful of CDs.
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Concert/CD Reviews: Whitesnake, Monsters of Rock, Dragonforce, The Vincent Black Shadow, and Britt Black— Marty's Musical Meltdown takes a good look at the latest live shows and CDs.
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CD Reviews: Hourcast, Moonstone Project, OSI and Winters Bane— Another bunch of heavy metal reviews in this week's Marty's Musical Meltdown.
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CD Reviews: Slow Motion Reign, Viking Skull, Divided by Zero and Mr Moonlight— Marty's Musical Meltdown examines these four heavy hitters.
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CD Reviews: Bludgeon, Eidolon, (hed)pe, Loch Vostok and NFD— Marty's Musical Meltdown takes a look at the newest releases from these artists.
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Dio, Venom, Carmine Appice Project and Artic Monkeys: Marty's Musical Meltdown— Some live, some death and something eccentric
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Sequel To A Classic From Queensryche...And A Bit Of Digital— Operation Mindcrime II and a new digital music service are featured this week.
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Must Be in the Water - Glyder, Hanoi Rocks, and Hatch— A short list of some great music.
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Thrash, Whallop and Bleep— CDs from Covenant, Truckfighters, Matatabi and Deadhead are reviewed this week.
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A Live Launch And Some Rocking Goodness— A look at a launch and some new releases this week.
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Heavy With a Touch of Sleaze— Reviews on a selection of hard and trashy CDs.
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It Ain't Heavy; It's Just My Music— A selection of head-down, head-banging goodness.
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Heaviness, We Got Heaviness— Body Count, Trouble, Torture, and Jead as well as an update on my digital distribution project are featured in this weeks column.
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Mac Game Review: Commandos 2 & 3 Battlepack— Only the hard-core Commandos fan need apply for this compilation.
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Easy Listening and Wee Heavier Stuff— Fatal Smile, Crucified Barbara, Jim Warren, and Lynyrd Skynrd are featured in this week's Musical Meltdown as well as some personal updates.
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Concert Review: Thunder in London, Plus More— We've got some well-known, some not so well-known, and a couple of singles as well.
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New Year; New Load— A few discs have been trickling into the MMM front door and I have received others at events I have attended as of late.
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CD Reviews: The Ones That Got Through— Here is a quick look at recent CDs by Switched and Charlie O and the Houserockers as well as a peak at what's been going on with my on-going promotion of my personal band.
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CD & DVD Reviews: Journey et al— Greetings all; that pile I have gone on about over the last few weeks is finally being reduced a bit as the influx of review material has calmed down in...
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Concert and CD Reviews: Darkness et al.— A few surprises: at least one band did not live up to expectations and another just about pulled it off.
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Music Reviews: Live, Collected, and Zombified— A Meltdown covering Reculver, Murdoc, Anthrax, Dragonforce, Indukti, and Rob Zombie.
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Music Reviews: Welcome to Marty's Meltdown— Diamond Dogs, The Pariahs, Dogpound, Soul Doctor, and Wet Animal ... all covered in the maiden Meltdown voyage.
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