Feature: Marty's Musical Meltdown

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• 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

• Music Review: Guns n' Roses, Cryonic Temple, Crystal Eyes, Symphony X, Uli Jon Roth, Weapons of Musical Defence, and Bible of the Devil

  Axl's solo, rather GnR release, lots of power metal, a concept album against Jihad and a few other things.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Dec 01, 2008

• Music Review: Joetown, Kip Winger, Omnium Gatherum, Plan9, Samothrace, Theocracy, and Viking Skull

  God bothering power metal to death rock via a bit of Kip Winger.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 15, 2008

• Music DVD Review: Decapitated, Nashville Pussy, Society1, Vision of Disorder, and Onslaught

  A Decapitated Nashville Pussy Onsluaght in Society1. Confused? Don't worry it just my latest DVD music round-up.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Nov 10, 2008

• Music Reviews: AC/DC, Motorhead, Evergrey, The Lizards, Living Colour, Godhead, and Xystus

  A power metal opera, some quality blues rock and a bit of (Living) Colour.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 29, 2008

• Music Reviews: Whiskey Falls, The Lost Trailer, Cannon, Stonewall Noise Terror, Hate Gallery, and Untamed

  Fancy a bit of rocky country with your metal? Well Marty does and wants you to hear about it.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 20, 2008

• Music Review: The Reflection, Suspyre, Hoodoo Scoundrels, Impiety, Devolution, Netherbird, Withered, Ehnahre and Spinal Cord

  Experimental death metal to some rather fun power pop...must be Marty's latest batch of reviews.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Oct 06, 2008

• Music Review: Metallica, Dragonforce, Anathema, Khold, Sothis, Harmony, and East of the Wall

  From ambient jazzy metal to the darkest death it's MMM.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 23, 2008

• Music Review: Believer, Metal Church, Todd Grubbs, Winter, Flotsam & Jetsam, Black Stone Cherry, and Quireboys

  Christian death metal, bar-room boogies and some damn fine hard rock.

  Review by Marty Dodge — on Sep 13, 2008