List of the albums from Denis own collection

Year:

Label:

My Feeling of Masterpiece:

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1990

Combat Records
ID: 88561-2012-2

Thrash Speed Heavy Metal

Everybody who got tired from an ordinary life every day, this album can present some moments of the good impressions from not spoiled music of 80s. It's excellent Thrash with many Speed and Heavy elements from Nuclear Assault drummer who's a good judge of the good music.

2000

Shark Records
ID: RBR/LCR 2490

Power Metal

2001

Rock Brigade Records
ID: RBR/LCR 2920

Hard Heavy Metal

Who knows maybe such music is still required somewhere in US for radio, I don't know. This is common album with the same Hard&Heavy guitars' squeals of 80s. But the last track is instrumental experimental Prog Metal, it's unexpectedly...

1990

Red Stream Records
ID: RSR-0143

Thrash Death Metal

US Thrash of course is based on Slayer on similar bands. It's not so fast as it's usual for European Thrash, it's really something taken from Slayer.

1987

Shrapnel Records 

Melodic Speed Heavy Thrash Metal

I can't understand how two brilliant masters of the guitar were able to play together? Cacophony is the biggest treasure of the musical world with their guitar and melodic works.

1988

Shrapnel Records 

Heavy Power Metal

1981

LZ Records
ID: irond cd 05-dd299

Melodic Hard Rock

It's a debut album and it sounds so soft and simple, with some Rock'n'Roll elements, I think it could be average release for that time. Anyway, it was 25 years ago, now this music is very good in any condition, quality and originality.

1983

LZ Records
ID: irond cd 05-dd300

Melodic Hard Heavy Metal

I think indeed this is the first real album of pre-Bonfire, where I can hear that music which is a basement for these bands. This release already has many very good songs with Klaus Meine-like vocals.

1984

LZ Records
ID: irond cd 05-dd301

Melodic Hard Heavy Metal

I guess everything good from Hard&Heavy was left in 80s exactly. It hadn't Bonfire yet but music's so splendid! The band performed the best Scorpions elements on this album.

2001

Low Frequency Records
ID: cdm 0402-822

Melodic Black Death Metal

2002

Low Frequency Records
ID: cdm 1202-1273

Melodic Death Metal

To a greater degree it's a copy of Dismal Euphony and Catamenia, to a smaller degree it's a copy of all the rest - Cradle of Filth, Bal-Sagoth, Children of Bodom and the like. It's more primitive and more pop-ish than their first album. It's hollow pop music absolutetly lacking of musical ideas.

2009

RM Records 

Speed Power Heavy Metal

To listen to this band or not to listen to this band is the same. It's an absolutely platitudinous music with the common songs which have nothing interesting.

2004

Black Lotus Records
ID: BLR/CD072

Melodic Power Heavy Progressive Metal

The main album (90) is played in classic Savatage Melodic Metal style with many great ideas in guitar work, melodic parts and in arrangements. Music is very delicious. Prog/Heavy. The second disk (70) with different album named 'God Damn War' is as experimental as the last for this time Savatage album is. There are many unexpected rhythmical changes which are typical for true Prog, some pieces of Funk there. I can't understand why many people like the first CD only but don't like the second one at all...

2007

Metal Heaven
ID: myst cd 228

Heavy Power Metal

Caffery, Savatage son, goes away from the motherband music, there are still several Savatage elements and the vocals sound so native for Savatage, but the music shifts to faceless non-melodic Heavy/Power with Progressive influences. It's a work between past success and indefinite future.

2005

Black Lotus Records
ID: irond cd 06-dd347

Heavy Power Metal

It's a compilation that contains almost all tracks from second CD of debut album Faces - God Damn War, with some bonus tracks. Caffery's vocals always associate with Savatage, so it's like another Savatage album again.

2009

AFM Records
ID: AFM 297-2

Heavy Stoner Progressive Metal

This album is so long and so contradictory. The tracks with the leading guitars are interesting enough, especially by the guitar solos. But the vocals-oriented songs sometimes are boring enough...

2001

Omega Records
ID: irond cd 01-119

Heavy Power Metal

Yes, Judas Priest is the great band, Cage proves it again. This band isn't a copy of Judas Priest, but music is very similar to Judas Priest. vocalist is very close to Halford. But the guitarist doesn't play like Tipton/Downing.

2003

Massacre Records
ID: amg 115

Heavy Power Metal

It's Judas Priest with Mercyful Fate/King Diamond elements. It could be compared to Primal Fear, but Cage contains many slow (even Doomish) tracks. I'd like to note that their vocalist is very powerful and sings splendid.

2007

MTM Music
ID: irond cd 07-dd499

Power Heavy Metal

At last we have an album of the band that restored true traditions of Judas Priest's Painkiller. Almost all fast songs is that excellent Judas Priest song, but some mid-tempo Heavy songs are based on Iron Maiden rhythm.

2009

Music Buy Mail
ID: CD6401

Speed Thrash Metal

I had not expected such pep from the band with Judas Priest-like music. They outran Judas Priest and reached Agent Steel by the rapidity so I can afford it to listen to this album twice with pleasure.

2008

Rompiendo Records
ID: 5RR017

Melodic Speed Power Metal

It's an usual example of the band absolutely in Italian Speed&Power style (though they're Spanish), nothing else but Italian Speed&Power only. As things go there are many nice songs and the memorable tunes on the album.

2009

Frontiers Records
ID: irond cd 09-dd759

Melodic Speed Power Metal

Timo Kotipelto + Mikko Harkin + Jani Liimatainen = Sonata Arctica with Kotipelto's vocals and nothing else. This project is nothing new at all in the music.

1994

Magna Carta 

Progressive Metal

1998

Magna Carta 

Progressive Metal

2003

Deltaphon Records
ID: DR 006-03

Heavy Metal

This band has some treasures: the talented guitarists, the talented songs-writers and an original vocalist. It's really the band for a soul, because the music finds the path to you with special musical mysteries which harmonized with your thoughts.

1986

GMR Music Group
ID: cdm 0902-968/969

Doom Metal

I think this music needs no comment. I may only say that very early classic Doom is very dull. Only Candlemass glory history saves this album for me.

1987

GMR Music Group
ID: cdm 0902-980/981

Doom Metal

I think there will be no comment about Candlemass. This album also is with the bonus disk.

1988

GMR Music Group
ID: cdm 1002-987/988

Doom Metal

It's simply a masterpiece! There are two parameters which you can hardly find in modern Doom metal: good vocals and highly skilled guitars. This album also is with the bonus disk.

1989

GMR Music Group
ID: cdm 1002-989/990

Doom Metal

I think there will be no comment about Candlemass. This album also is with the bonus disk.

2003

GMR Music Group
ID: cdm 0403-1363/4

Doom Metal

This live album is as usual just a compilation of the famous songs in live performance. Marcolin sometimes sings out of tune (his strong voice compensates for it).