From: maple@seas.gwu.edu (Maple M. Moriji)
Subject: Maple's Metal Summer
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 23:05:11 GMT

This summer I bought a lot of metal CDs and I plan on giving you all a
review of them for FREE!!  I will show you that I am truely the Master of
Metal.  Here it goes...

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

Yeah, I know, you guys have heard so much about how great they are.
But it IS true!  These guys go where Metallica should've gone after AJFA.
Philip Anselmo has got to have one of the most powerful voice in metal.
Songs like "Mouth for War" "Fucking Hostile" "Rise" and "Regular People"
blows your mind and body away.  And there are slower songs too, like
"This Love" and "Hollow," where Philip Anselmo sings better than any of
your typical poser band.  Diamond Darrel is also a great guitarist, and
you can tell that old Metallica has influenced him a lot.  I recommend this
album highly.

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction

If any of you Megafans out there thinks that Dave went the way of Metallica,
you are wrong!  This album reminds me a lot of Peace Sells.  For example,
"Psychotron" has the same feel as "Devil's Island."  And yes, this album's
opening song "Skin 'o My Teeth" has the same intensity as "Wake Up Dead."
And there is "Symphony of Destruction," which is your "Peace Sells" on this
album.  And Marty Friedman really shows what a great guitarist he is on this
album.

Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction

Since I'm a Megafan, I also bought the CD single since it had 2 new songs
on it.  Actually one of it is "Go to Hell," which already appeared on the
Bill and Ted's Soundtrack.  But the other song "Breakpoint" is completely
new and it kicks.  IMO, they should have put that song on the album.

Danzig III - How the Gods Kill

This album is OK.  Not as good as Lucifuge or the first album, but still
good.  Songs like "Godless" "How the Gods Kill" and "Dirty Black Summer"
is filled with that familar Danzig scream which we all love.  And great
guitar work from John Christ!

Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer

This album is also OK.  But it's a far cry from classic Sabbath, or even
Sabbath with Dio in the early 80s.  "Tv Crimes" and "Time Machine"
seem to be the only songs really worth listening to.  I've never liked
Dio's solo stuff(I think he's a poser as a solo artist).  And there is
the Wayne's World version of "Time Machine" on the album, which IMO is
much faster and better than the regular version.

Motorhead - March or Die

What a disappointment.  I think Motorhead sold out.  What is all this
shit about Slash doing solos on everybody's records?  Slash does the solos
for 2 of the songs, one of which has Ozzy doing a duet with Lemmy.  Not
very Motorhead.  And he also does "Hellraiser," which was also featured
on Ozzy's No More Tears.  He totally destroyed that song.  And I'm not
even gonna talk about their version of "Cat Scratch Fever."  The only
song I like on this album is "Jack the Ripper."

Suicidal Tendencies - The Art of Rebellion

Mike Muir should have called the album The Art of Selling out, because
that's what he did.  All these songs suck!  It's a far cry from "Lights,
Camera, Revolution."  I guess he used up all his creative juices up on
the Infectious Grooves album.  The only song worth mentioning is
"Gotta Kill Captain Stupid," but that still sucks.

Well, that's it for now.

C++ ya,

President Maple

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