List of the albums from Denis own collection

Year:

Label:

My Feeling of Masterpiece:

H

2008

AFM Records
ID: cdm 0408-2875

Power Speed Heavy Thrash Metal

It's one of the outlets for the musicians to play something different from their main bands. Though Headhunter even so is close to Destruction by the style, nevertheless it's more melodic and less Thrash, it's closer to Living Death though it's more various by the music than Living Death.

1999

Nothing To Say (NTS)
ID: 3053112

Progressive Heavy Metal

Doro-like vocal, a terrific French accent, Proggy music, all this is Headline. I can say nothing about the features of the band, there are no observable guitar works, no visible inimitable tunes during the album, but their Prog doesn't copy any other well known Prog Metal bands.

2002

Nothing To Say (NTS)
ID: 3079272

Melodic Power Progressive Metal

I think it's more powerful and speedy album than another one that I've got. Though album is fast, there is a place for Beethoven's music pieces for the increasing of melodiousness.

2011

Crash & Burn Records
ID: C&B014

Heavy Power Progressive Metal

If you'd like to hear something fresh Headquakes is your rescue. It's good melodious Heavy with few Power and Progressive elements and many interesting songs.

1995

Black Mark Production
ID: BMCD 69

Power Metal

It's classical Nordic Power Metal. There aren't any snotty trendy Italian Melodic Power on this album, you aren't able to find something from German style Power Metal there also. I think their music is in the style of Nocturnal Rites, Tad Morose, etc.

2012

InsideOutMusic
ID: IOMCD 355

Progressive Metal

It's gentleman Progressive in the traditions of UK Art Rock. The music is interesting, impressive, various, the band beautifies this genre without doubt.

1998

Noise Records 

Metal

1999

Noise Records 

Metal

2004

Eagle Records
ID: cdm 0904-2020/d

Pop Funk Glam Hard Rock

I didn't keep a check on this band in 80s, as far as remember they've always played such music. This is music of Aerosmith, Extreme but with trendier sound and of course with the female vocals.

2010

Legacy Records
ID: 88697 73800 2

Pop Rock

Maybe, it's a significant music for the people from 60s-70s but not for me. This album is withered soft Rock with the sound of those times and totally wasted (for me) songs.

2007

Galileo Records
ID: mals 237

Progressive Metal

It's not good idea to be the musicians of Time Machine and to follow Dream Theater ideas ignoring the history in practice. It's melodious partially semi-experimental Progressive in common traditions of the genre.

1994

Long Island Records
ID: LIR 00006

Hard Heavy Metal

This German Hard&Heavy is closer to US Hard&Heavy by some commercial sound. Nevertheless there are some not bad songs and some very good guitar solos there.

1996

Long Island Records
ID: 85008

Hard Heavy Metal

At last it's real German Hard&Heavy without any trendy US Hard&Heavy influences. It's very good music in the traditions of the genre.

1987

Combat Records
ID: 66045-2

Speed Metal

It's like Helloween of the same time, anyway it's another band with other very good features of US Speed of 80s (e.g. something from Agent Steel, etc.). The music is really fast, it's not Heavy with fast guitar solos, btw the Heathen's guitar solos are very good.

2010

Mascot Records
ID: M 7257 2

Power Thrash Metal

Being Bay Area band Heathen cannot but compared with all those Bay Area Thrash bands. It's a complex enough music with many Thrash elements and with many interesting songs.

2007

Rock Dream 

Speed Metal

This is a compilation of all (?) band's songs, from EP and demos. Sometimes a quality of the sound isn't alright. The music is typical for wild 80s - fast, aggressive but somewhere melodic and catching.

1982

Heatsink Records
ID: HS-084

Hard Heavy Metal

Do you want AC/DC or their fathers Led Zeppelin with guys from Slade? All of them are on this album. The music is close to these bands, the vocals reminds me of all vocalists of these bands and Axxis vocalist also. I like it.

2000

Frontiers Records
ID: cdm 0901-714

Hard Heavy Metal

2007

SPV
ID: SPV 98100 DVD

Stoner Hard Heavy Metal

I have no call to speculate extensively about Stoner and Black Sabbath. Heaven&Hell is Dio, Iommi, Butler and Appice - 4 tops of the world with the music of heaven and hell.

2009

RoadRunner Records
ID: RR7853-2

Doom Metal

If I value Candlemass with the same music as 100, how should I value Heaven&Hell? 1000? It's an absolutely amazing music with the excellent songs and inimitable Dio's vocals.

2010

Armoury Records
ID: ARMCD531

Stoner Hard Heavy Metal

There is no need for describing this Dio's official last live work. You know it can't be less than irreproachably for all intents and purposes.

2002

Hellion Records
ID: HEL0197

Speed Power Metal

Oh, this terrible album is something of mixed Nightwish, Sinergy, etc. If their unoriginal unmemorable music was their only negative feature, their female vocals would be good for Gothic (when female vocals which are out of tune bleat mournfully).

2005

Hellion Records
ID: HEL0483

Melodic Power Metal

Nothing's changed from the last album - it's the same out of tune female vocals, average sound and odd musicians' works. I'm not sure that somebody looses something not to listening to this band with next their album.

2002

DVS Records
ID: cdm 1002-1213

Progressive Hard Heavy Metal

There is no Power here. Some bad people wrote in their reviews that it was Power. Maybe they were Power band earlier but now they are AOR band. There are acoustic guitars, Prog rhythm, etc. Music is not tuneful, but resembles nothing.

1997

Hypnotic Records
ID: HYPCD 1054

experimental Progressive Metal

These experiments are without the label command to do something and not to do something else. It means that the music is interesting enough, though it's experimental Prog which I listen to with caution.

2001

Megahard Records
ID: MHR 032

Melodic Speed Power Metal

Great, they don't use the keys in the songs, it's an exploit not to be like Angra, Rhapsody, etc. In general this music has the elements of early Metallica, Iron Maiden (nobody can live without Iron Maiden anywhere), Agent Steel, Helloween and many European Speed&Power bands of the current time. Such music could be created in 80s, these guys just didn't meet each other in the middle of 80s. I'd like to note a vocalist, he screeches just splendid on track 'Raising'.

2004

Megahard Records
ID: MHR 091

Speed Power Metal

It's hard to say what I hear on this album. It seems to be something new, not typical for other bands, but everything is unmemorable - who knows, maybe I've heard many similar unmemorable bands and just don't remember. Anyway, I know exactly, there are many Iron Maiden elements in songs' structure.

2003

Underground Symphony
ID: US CD - 067

Melodic Speed Power Metal

It's an Italian band that plays within standard borders of Italian Melodic Speed&Power. They've got nice tunes and some unexpected musical ideas.

2000

Modern Music Records
ID: TT 0049-2

Metal

2001

Sanctuary Records
ID: TT0054-2

Metal