There is a list of the albums that Denis has got

Year:

Label:

My Feeling of Masterpiece:

M

2002

selfproduction
ID: HMMCD01

Melodic Heavy Metal

This music is based on Judas Priest ideas by the music and by the vocals also (by the way some singer's screams are very very good). But it's not the limit in the music: there are Accept and Grave Digger intonations also there. This album is excellent by memorable tracks and by non-standard tunes.

2004

Thundering Association
ID: SS0910

Melodic

It's not the brand new invention to make the variations on classic, near classic or classic-like music. This project was able to unite melodiousness of the guitars and low-activity choirs in the background (I think it's even so an instrumental album with the choirs as the additional decoration), an absence of stupid copying of Bach or Beethoven and at last - Power Metal.

1986

Shrapnel Records 

Heavy Metal

This album sometimes reminds of Grave Digger, War Games times. Music is good, guitars, keys and especially vocals are very interesting.

1986

RoadRunner Records 

Melodic Heavy Metal

1987

Polygram Records 

Melodic Hard Heavy Metal

This album is the one of the most Malmsteen-like albums. But I defined a thought why MacAlpine differs from Malmsteen: MacAlpine doesn't use the vocals at all so he plays the solos permanently unlike Malmsteen.

1992

Shrapnel Records 

Metal

1995

Shrapnel Records
ID: SH-1087-2

Metal

1999

Shrapnel Records
ID: SH-11352

Metal

1996

Lion Music
ID: LMC 2209 2

Metal

2001

Shrapnel Records 

Metal

2003

Dynamic Arts Records
ID: cdm 0804-1960

Melodic Progressive Heavy Metal

When this band plays Prog it's Queensryche, when it's just melodious Heavy, we hear different but the same side of the music - Iron Maiden. The only difference is that Machine Men uses heavier guitar sound than Queensryche and Iron Maiden do.

2005

Century Media Records
ID: fo521cd

Melodic Heavy Progressive Metal

It's a musically complete continuation of the previous work. It's still Iron Maiden in Progressive - Queensryche from the first notes of this album.

2006

Century Media Records
ID: fo661cd

Melodic Progressive Heavy Metal

What does the band need? Play the music what they like to play. Do they need Queensryche again? No problem! Dream Theater? Everything's possible! So this release brings us their new wishes with something melodious and even catching, not bad wishes to play worthy music!

1999

Napalm Records
ID: NPR057

Melodic Black Metal

Seems to me, it's a standard music like other standard Melodic Black bands with the standard sound.

2002

selfproduction
ID: MADZ001CD

Thrash Metal

Thrash is Thrash, No one can be wondered at US way Thrash. But this guys try to vary music by acoustic parts, some Doom tracks or just Heavy. So something good is in this music.

1999

Point Music
ID: 10095

AOR Glam Hard Heavy Metal

This music sets me thinking it's Heavy Metal version of Bee Gees, of course in the mixture of many Hard&Heavy/Glam bands. Also there are some NWOBHM elements on this album, e.g. something similar to Def Leppard.

2006

Metal Heaven
ID: myst cd 085

Melodic AOR Hard Heavy Metal

This music is still based on European pop Hard&Heavy traditions with Smokie and Europe (the band) elements (especial the choirs, the vocals and musical themes). This album is really AOR because of calm and trendy sound with nice but standard musicians' work.

2007

AOR Heaven
ID: myst cd 230

AOR Melodic Hard Rock

Mad Max continues to play melodic Hard Rock in the traditions of the past times. The music is calm and soft, it's a really music for retirees.

1984

Jet Records
ID: JETLP 242

Glam Metal

This album is nothing but rare recording - this release is hard to find. In general it's common US music of 80s - Glam is Glam everywhere; the guitars and the vocals are good.

1997

GME Records
ID: GME 0002

Heavy Metal

This band works in the traditions of classic epic US Heavy bands of 80s. It's mid-tempo measured songs with the good guitar works and the good tunes reckoned on a good remembrance of the listeners.

2002

Sound Riot Records
ID: cdm 1203-1655

Speed Power Metal

Spiritually it's Blind Guardian with some Stratovarius riffs. The main feature of this album and maybe of the band at all is the good fast guitar solos in Hansen style.

2000

Underground Symphony
ID: cdm 1202-1246

Progressive Heavy Metal

Though they're Europeans (Italians), they play US Prog in Dream Theater / Queensryche style with some Melodic and experimental elements. They use many keys (I think it's excessive), for the rest they're just another Prog/Heavy band.

1991

Magna Carta 

AOR Art Progressive Metal

I didn't like classic (= standard) Magna Carta releases from the very beginning. This album is a mixture of vocals and keys oriented AOR plus of faceless Prog/Art in spirit of Genesis.

1999

Mausoleum Records
ID: cdm 0802-962

Heavy Power Progressive Metal

This is At Vance number two. This is a copy after copy, literal Malmsteen, Stratovarius and many more. It's close to Skylark by the vocals and three-chord tunes.

2004

Limb Music Products
ID: LMP 0403-068 DP

Melodic Power Heavy Metal

I don't know how to describe it better, but I wasn't able to listen to the end of this album and turned the disk off during the last but one track. I couldn't continue to waste my time listening to this Malmsteen-like music with monotonous sound.

2000

PRW Distributions
ID: P&D 008

Melodic Heavy Speed Power Metal

It's a classic Brazilian band (I mean that their music is typical for Brazilian bands), there are good tunes, interesting guitars, etc. on this album. This album sounds like home-made product because of cheap sound engineering and echoes during singing of their vocalist. Unfortunately, they experiment with radio sounds and something else, I think it doesn't add anything good to their music.

1987

Melodiya Record Company 

Speed Heavy Metal

It's one of the huge wave of Heavy Metal bands of 80s which tried to play faster, more powerful and with symphonic parts but they lived a short life. Magnit was one of those bands. They played music with good fast guitar solos and nice keys, many of the tracks are very interesting.

1998

InsideOutMusic 

Progressive Metal

Another dry and dim Dream Theater clone. The only plus is a good work of guitar player. A huge minus is absence of memorable tunes.

2001

InsideOutMusic
ID: SPV 085-41262 CD

Progressive Metal

2003

InsideOutMusic
ID: IOMCD 197

Hard Heavy Progressive Metal

They have changed their style! Though they dived into other ocean - US Hard&Heavy. They don't make anything special but there is no Dream Theater anymore.