Feature: Marty's Musical Meltdown

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• Music Review: Place Vandome, Robert Berry, Shakra, Susperia, and Procol Harum

  Symphonic Procul Harum, extreme metallers playing trad metal and some classy hard rock.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on May 30, 2009

• Music Reviews: White Lion, Moody Blues, Hardline, OSI, Joe Lynn Turner

  Hard rock cheese through uber-clever prog to the Moody Blues....plus some hard rock.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on May 22, 2009

• Music Review: Heaven & Hell, Mastodon, Queensryche, Crescent Shield, and Spheric Universe Experience

  A rather progressive collection of metal this week with a touch of Heaven & Hell.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on May 14, 2009

• Music Review: Evanscapps, Slough Feg, Devil's Whorehouse, Schenker/Barden Acoustic Project, Jimi Jamison, and Return to Forever

  Jazz, southern rock, AOR pomp and some nice death rock in this week's collection.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on May 07, 2009

• Music Review: Draven, Susperia, Rhino, Stemm, and Seance

  This week we look at some of the heavier and darker side of heavy rock. Get yer leathers on and take a look.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Apr 29, 2009

• Music Reviews: The Bakerton Group, Black Crowes, Hanging Doll, The Great Kat, and the To Live is to Die Book

  The Great Kat appalls, Black Crowes disappoint, while Hanging Doll & The Bakerton Group enthrall.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Apr 21, 2009

• Music Review: The Answer, Prong, Icon, JSS and a Book Review Too

  Jeff Scott Soto solo, The Answer storms back, an Icon and Prong remixed.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Apr 13, 2009

• Music Review: Styx, Gary Moore, Paul Rodgers, Black Label Society, and Elvenking

  Italian Celtic power-metal, biker metal, pomp, a bit of classy blues and Thin Lizzy blues, not a bad outing.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Apr 08, 2009

• Music Reviews: Doro, 4Bitten, Nightvision, Stratovarius, and Absu

  Mythological metal, some estrogen-fueled heavy rock, some pomp and a bit of old heavy rock.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Mar 31, 2009

• Music Review: Tardy Brothers, Throne of Katarsis, Crown the Lost, Ensoph, and Fireworks

  From the bleakest of black, through the lamest of lame all the way to some properly decent metal.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Mar 22, 2009

• Music Review: Jeff Beck, Leprous, Cauldron, Ian Gillan, and Closer

  Jeff Beck live, Ian Gillan, Closer, Leprous, Cauldron in this week's collection.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Mar 15, 2009

• Music Review: Persona Non Grata, Leif Edling, The Trews, Zack Williams & the Reformation, and Wolves in the Throne Room

  From the laid back to the impossibly dreary this week's MMM has something for all.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Mar 05, 2009

• Music Review: Guillotine, Foreshadow, The Harpoons, We Insist, and Seizure Crypt

  Foreshadow some Guillotine or The Harpoons, We Insist, Seizure Crypt... confusing innit?

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Feb 25, 2009

• Music Reviews: Yes, Thin Lizzy, Tommy Bones, Nico's Alchemy & Zac Brown Band

  Texan metal, a bit of reggae tinged country, some symphonic Yes, and live Thin Lizzy.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Feb 17, 2009

• Music Reviews: Ted Nugent, Beehover, and Trinicria

  More Ted Nugent with added noise of art metal oddity.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Feb 08, 2009

• Music Review: Burn Halo, Supagroup, SOS, and Ted Nugent

  A bunch of da Nuge re-issues, a Supagroup and a Burn Halo for good measure... send out an SOS?

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Jan 29, 2009

• Music Review: Exciter, Iommi, Lethargy, Carbon 9, and Connor Christian & Southern Gothic

  Thrash to southern rock back through industrial and some good ole metal.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Jan 20, 2009

• Music Review: Apocalyptica, Scale the Summit, Uriah Heep, Rising Force, and Mortification

  Mortification, Rising Force, Scale the Summit, and Uriah Heep in an Apocalyptica release.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Jan 08, 2009

• Music Review: Maegashira, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Psykup, ZZ Top, Within Temptation, and Wino

  Some Plastic, Wino and southern Texas blues rock feature in this week's roundup.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 29, 2008

• Music Review: The Yardbirds, Hades, Lair of the Minotaur, Kreator, Ross the Boss, Sinner, Ephrat, & Karmakanic

  Ross the Boss, through prog-ville via Hades to watch Yardbirds.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 09, 2008