Feature: Marty's Musical Meltdown

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• Music Reviews: A Perfect Day, Coma, Love.Might.Kill, Shakra, and The Resistance

  More hard and heavy rock for your new year.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Jan 05, 2013

• Music Reviews: Adrenalin, Lionize, Lionville, Sapphire Eyes, Soleil Moon, and Year of the Goat

  Here's some AOR and odd folk for your entry into the new year.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 30, 2012

• Music Reviews: Blue Origin, The Relapse Symphony, Paragon, Prototype and Pyramada

  An eclectic mix of rock for this week.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 15, 2012

• Music Reviews: Therion, Kamelot, Ashes You Leave, Kiss, Red Lamb, and Gamma Ray

  This review covers some great rock music and a charity record that doesn't suck.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 03, 2012

• Music Review: Porcupine Tree - Octane Twisted

  Porcupine Tree unleash a live album that is worth the price of admission.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 01, 2012

• Music Review: Kid Rock - Rebel Soul

  Kid Rock delivers a solid country & funk-tinged release.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 22, 2012

• Music Reviews: Asia, Bloodbound, Thin Lizzy, U.D.O., Vanderbuyst, and Zodiac

  A trio of live albums and some good blues feature this week.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 19, 2012

• Music Review: Geoff Tate - Kings and Thieves

  Geoff Tate (ex-Queensrÿche singer) makes a clear musical statement with his latest release.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 17, 2012

• Music Reviews: A Clever Con, Nektar, The Fusion Syndicate, Trail of Murder, Vicious Rumors, and World Fire Brigade

  New music for your post-election recovery.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 08, 2012

• Music Reviews: Danger Zone, F.E.A.S.T., Fontanelle, GTS, Steve Harris, and Heaven's Cry

  Melodic rock & AOR to get you through Sandy.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 01, 2012

• CD & DVD Music Reviews: Stryper, Issa, Ten, Jimi Jamison, The Last Vegas, and Neil Schon

  Hard rock from AOR to a touch of sleaze from Chicago.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 25, 2012

• Music Reviews: Harm, Aluk Todolo, King Dude, Eldorado, The Intersphere, and Mob Rules

  Some power metal, catchy rock, and a lot of the odd.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 16, 2012

• Music and DVD reviews: German Pascual, The Graviators, Holy Knights, Metaphysics, Tiamat, and Meat Loaf

  A diverse bunch of releases this week with added Meat.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 11, 2012

• Music Reviews: Lacrimosa, Vangough, Bauda, My Sleeping Karma, Marillion, and Jon Lord

  A varied bunch of intriguing, if unusual, music up for review this week.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 02, 2012

• Music Reviews: Deep Purple Tribute, Dare, Pride of Lions, Kix, Dokken, and Downspirit

  Melodic rock this week, with mixed results.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 27, 2012

• Music Reviews: Doro, The Gathering, Magica, and Seven Kingdoms

  It's a female rock & metal round-up for this week's column.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 20, 2012

• Music Reviews: Angra, Elvenking, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Fatal Force, and Unchained

  Folk, power and heavy metal are for the listening this week.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 12, 2012

• Music Reviews: Cannon, Dominoe, Eclipse, Hess, Liv Kristine, Sky of Rage, and Gillan & Iommi

  A charity record and a nice variety of good hard rock & metal.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 04, 2012

• Music Reviews: Dragony, Spheric Universe Experience, Stratovarius, Tarja, Vision Divine, World Fire Brigade, and David Watt Besley

  The power and the prog this week.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Aug 28, 2012

• Music Reviews: Assembly of Light, Hexvessel, Sabbath Assembly, Seremonia, Essenz, and Jess & the Ancient Ones

  Heavy-ish music that is beautiful, creepy and atmospheric for the musically curious.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Aug 20, 2012