Mystique rockers Blue Öyster Cult's 4th album which was a lighter and poppier album than the previous ones. It seems like they wanted do reach chart success and they did! The song "Dont fear the reaper" reached nr. 12 on the singles chart and nr. 29 on the album chart. It's not a bad album (except for "True confessions" and "Debbie Denise"); they still had the typical BÖC mystique progressive style that dominated but with much more commercial elements it their unique rock-hardrock. Wishbone Ash comes to mind here and there.

1)This ain't the summer of love (7,0)

2)True confessions (3,5)

3)(Don't fear) the reaper (7,5)

4)E.T.I. (Extra terrestrial intelligence) (7,0)

5)The revenge of Vera Gemini (6,5) (featuring Patti Smith on vocals)

6)Sinful love (6,5)

7)Tattoo vampire (8,0)

8)Morning final (6,5)

9)Tenderloin (7,0)

10)Debbie Denise (4,0)

Score: 6,35

Eric Bloom-vocals, guitars and percussion (b.1944)

Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser-vocals, guitars, percusson and synthesizer (b.1947)

Joe Bouchard-bass and piano (b.1948)

Albert Bouchard-drums, acoustic guitars and harmonica (b.1948)

Allen Lanier-keyboards, bass and guitars (1946-2013)

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David Lucas-vocals, keyboards and percusson (b.1937)

This is heavy metal-band Corroded's debutalbum. They hail from Ånge in the middle of Sweden, also hometown of the more known band Takida. This is polished metal of the newer era of american style-metal sounding very similiar to the band Sparzanza who are also from Sweden, but with a more melodic sound than them. There are some very catchy songs here that are easy to rembmber, but always with a nice heaviness. They also feel "alive" and with a youthful attitude (even if the members are not very young...) A quite good album.

1)6 ft.of anger (7,0)

2)Time and again (7,5)

3)King of nothing (7,5)

4)Leave me alone (8,0)

5)Come on in (7,5)

6)Inside you (7,0)

7)Bleed (7,0)

8)Scarred (7,5)

9)Token (7,5)

10)All the voices (7,5)

11)Enigma (7,5)

Score: 7,41

Jens Westin-vocals and guitars

Peter Sjödin-guitars

Fredrik Westin-guitars (b. 1971)

Bjarne Elvsgård-bass

Per Soläng-drums

In 1969 King with his quite noisy guitarsound and heavy Chicago- and Texas-blues played alongside Led Zeppelin and other rock bands at the Texas Pop Festival, in a time when blues had become popular among white people. This album features just that mentioned type of blues and consists of good songs that gets the feet (and more) moving and is full of life. Freddie died way too young in 1976, only 42 years of age.

1)Yonder wall (Elmore James) (7,5)

2)Stumble (8,0)

3)I wonder why (B.B. King) (8,0)

4)Stormy monday (T-Bone Walker) (8,0)

5)I don't know (7,5)

6)What'd I say (Ray Charles) (7,5)

7)Ain't nobody's business what we do (7,0)

8)You don't have to go (Jimmy Reed) (7,5)

9)Woke up this morning (B.B. King) (8,0)

10)The things I used to do (Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) (8,0)

11)My feeling for the blues (7,5)

Score: 7,68

Freddie King-vocals and guitars (1934-1976)

This retro, stoner, Black Sabbath- and Graveyard-influenced, 70's psychadelic hardrockband hails from Iceland and this is their 2nd album re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2014 but originally released in 2012 by the Icelandic recordcompany Sena. This is uncompromising hard rock with excellent raspy vocals and a fantastic sense for melody and heavy riffing, just the way I like it! This album really gets my whole body going and is impossible to not airguitar or airdrum to.

BUYYY!!

1)Craving (8,5)

2)Let me be (8,5)

3)Do you remember (7,0)

4)Expand your mind (9,0)

5)M.A.R.S.W.A.T.T. (9,0)

6)Cocaine Sally (8,0)

7)Winterland (7,5)

8)Midnight meditation (7,5)

9)The king's voyage (7,0)

10)Psychadelic mushroom man (8,0)

Score: 8,00

Óskar Logi Áugustsson-vocals and guitars

Alexander Örn Númason-bass

Gudjón Reynisson-drums

This american hardrockband was lead by former Britny Fox-vocalist Dean Davidson and also included Cinderella-guitarrist Rick Cristini. The music on this album has more of a rough rock'n'roll-feel to it, in the vein of Quireboys and Company Of Wolves. There are some good songs on it and the overall quality is quite good but don't have anything that sticks out compared to the more known bands of the time and and style. Also they were drowned by the grunge-era that just was about to explode. This was the only album by Blackeyed Susan.

Dean Davidson released the album Drive My Karma in 2008.

1)Electric Rattlebone (-)

2)Satisfaction (7,0)

3)None of it matters (6,0)

4)Sympathy (7,5)

5)Ride with me (6,5)

6)Old lady snow (7,0)

7)Don't bring me down (7,0)

8)Indica (5,0)

9)She's so fine (7,0)

10)How long (6,5)

11)Best of friends (6,0)

12)Holiday (7,0)

13)Heart of the city (7,0)

Score: 6,63

Dean Davidson-vocals and guitars

Rick Critini-guitars

Tony Santoro-guitars

Erik Levy-bass

Chris Branco-drums

A band from Gothenburg, Sweden that suffer from a severe Gothenburg-heavy-melodic-death-metal disease. There are a lot of samplings and an aggressive attitude and of course they include both growl and clean vocals. Even though we have heard it all a thousand times before and one can accuse the band of being copy cats there are some okey songs on this album but they don't stick out at all. It all gets very boring after a few songs. Also, the album is overproduced. No need to listen to this again except for the song Frontline.

This album is the first to include Jimmy Olausson on drums, replacing Daniel "Mojjo" Moilanen.

1)Question your place (6,5)

2)Frontline (7,5)

3)Feel afraid (7,0)

4)Numb (6,0)

5)Cash king (5,5)

6)One good thing (6,5)

7)Blood of saints (6,5)

8)Down to nothing (6,5)

9)Drama queen (6,0)

10)In darkness (6,0)

11)Journeys end (6,0)

Score: 6,36

Magnus Klavborn-vocals

Niclas Engelin-guitars (b.1972)

Marcus Sunesson-guitars

Steve Drennan-bass

Jimmy Olausson-drums

This is the swedish pop-band's 4th album and as usual when it comes to this band there is a few ok songs but most of them are really boring without much of a hit-potential, or even good at all. It's very poppy and commercial electronic synth-pop with a kind of floating mystery boring afternoon-sound like Space and other electronic bands of the era, or even earlier.

1)Jupiter sign (3,0)

2)Love cannot be wrong (6,5)

3)Visions of you (4,0)

4)Heart companion (6,5)

5)Jo-anne Jo-anne (5,5)

6)Do it (4,5)

7)Night café (5,5)

8)All I want to do (4,0)

9)Will you be near me (5,5)

10)Mrs. Marple (2,5)

Score: 4,75

Ola Håkansson-vocals (b.1945)

Tonny Lindberg-guitars

Leif Paulsén-bass

Leif Johansson-drums (b.1945)

Ulf Wahlberg-keyboards (b.1951)

As time has went on by I have learned to enjoy Slayer's hyperaggressive and fast thrash- and speed metal. Before I only listened to their slower, heavier songs. I had great expectations when I saw them live 2 years ago but it was just a very boring concert. Every song sounded the same and was played in the same tempo. That has been a problem for many years with Slayer. That is also a slight problem on this album but the songs here are of very good quality and variated and when I have listened many times to the album I have learnded to enjoy the single songs. A whole album can be too much.

This was the first time since 1990 that the four original members played together on an album. Dave Lombardo on drums were back after many years. The album reached nr. 23 in the UK, nr. 5 in USA, nr. 4 in Sweden, nr. 9 in Poland, nr. 2 in Germany and Finland, nr. 3 in Canada and nr. 9 in Austria among other good chartpositions.

1)Flesh storm (8,5)

2)Catalyst (7,5)

3)Skeleton christ (8,0)

4)Eyes of the insane (7,5)

5)Jihad (7,5)

6)Consfearacy (8,0)

7)Catatonic (7,5)

8)Black serenade (7,5)

9)Cult (8,0)

10)Supremist (7,5)

Score: 7,75

Tom Araya (Tomas Enrique Araya Diaz)-vocals and bass (b.1961)

Jeff Hanneman-guitars (1964-2013)

Kerry King-guitars (b.1964)

Dave Lombardo-drums (b.1965)