List of the albums from Denis own collection

Year:

Label:

My Feeling of Masterpiece:

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1994

Frontiers Records
ID: cdm 1102-1219

Pop

It's Michael Jackson and Co. It's a mixture of such Americanisms, some rap elements, James Brown, Bee Gees. I can't even call it pop-rock.

2002

Frontiers Records
ID: cdm 1102-1215

Funk AOR Hard Heavy Metal

Music is harder, more reliable and more interesting than that of 'Love Paradise'. You can't find here either originality or Malmsteen influences. These are just melodies for American radio.

2002

Frontiers Records
ID: FR DVD 002

Metal

No comment.

2004

Frontiers Records
ID: cdm 1004-2051

AOR Melodic Hard Rock

AOR is AOR. Almost no one was able to break the borders of such music, neither was Soto. It's just nice melodic music, the vocals, the guitars - everything is in the right place as usual.

2006

Frontiers Records
ID: irond cd 06-dd376

Pop Hard Heavy Metal

It's a compilation of sugar Soto's songs, some of them really aren't so bad. In other respects there is nothing special on this release at all.

2012

Frontiers Records
ID: FR CD 545

Heavy Metal

This Heavy is in modern meaning of this style. There is a modern sound with the memorable songs, excellent guitars there. Some songs are close to modern Melodic Hard&Heavy.

2010

MALS
ID: mals 354

Progressive Metal

It would be average under-Progressive but for the synthesized strings instruments and the national instruments that set the teeth on edge. There are some Folk elements also as well.

2008

Ledo Takas Records
ID: LETA 024 CD

Melodic Power Metal

The band sings on a native language, Spanish, Czech? No, Lithuanian! This music is surprisingly favourably endowed with the interesting musical decisions in style of Helloween's Keepers.

2010

Ledo Takas Records
ID: LETA 029 CD

Melodic Heavy Power Progressive Metal

First of all I'd like to say that this album reminds me of Conception, especially something from the vocals reminds me of Roy Khan. This album is slower but more various than band's debut work.

2005

Underground Symphony
ID: US CD - 080

Melodic Speed Power Metal

Who was a singer of this band? Signore Wild Steel under his wild steel mask (from Shadows of Steel)! So it's absolutely typical Italian Melodic Speed&Power with many not bad songs.

2007

Mascot Records
ID: M 7207 2

Melodic Death Metal

It's In Flames inside the music but with few Progressive elements. I'm astonished again why Mascot released an album in such irregular for this label's genre.

2005

Holy Records
ID: HOLY99CDX

Melodic Black Death Metal

Probably, it's like Dismal Euphony when Melodic Black with all Melodic Black attributes suddenly dilutes by the squealing female vocals. But it came to nothing new, the music's similar to other bands of this style.

2007

Worldchaos Production
ID: kdm-022

Death Thrash Metal

US bands follows not only local Death/Thrash traditions, this album reminds me of In Flames very much. This music characterizes by special very good guitar sound, complex works and heavy sound.

2002

Worldchaos Production
ID: KDM-010

Death Thrash Metal

This album is between early Kreator and classic In Flames. The music doesn't touch anything from other styles or bands' ideas, everything's foreseeable enough.

1993

Energy Records
ID: RR 9032 2

Thrash Progressive Metal

This music ties up with what I was saying about US Thrash - it's a complex music, with technical guitars and not very fast sound. This band reminds me of a mixture of the different bands like Metallica, Slayer, Annihilator, Savatage, Flotsam&Jetsam, etc.

2008

Mascot Records
ID: irond cd 09-dd743

Modern Rock

Did George Lynch decided to play with modern youth? It's something sounding in the modern style with Funk elements and with almost absolutely fade songs.

2008

Progrock Records 

Progressive Metal

These Italians perform Progressive in US style - it's like a mixture of Dream Theater and Spock's Beard with the dominating keys parts. This music aren't beyond the scope of the style.

2010

Inner Wound Recordings
ID: IW83009

Melodic Power Metal

What try to prove the persons with other Metal fkn operas? It's just again the same average (not bright) music with many invited musicians.

2003

Sleaszy Rider Records
ID: SR-0015

Progressive Metal

Greeks can make decent product even from common Prog. In general they just decorate classic Prog sound by some original ideas and non-standard Prog sound. They've got their own style.

2011

selfproduction 

Heavy Power Metal

Please welcome the band that begins the album with Stoner and continues with Heavy/Power! There are the female vocals also so there is even a track in Folk stile a-la Blackmore's Night.

1989

selfproduction 

Hard Heavy Metal

This release is somewhere between Heavy and AOR, some tracks are very good Heavy/Hard&Heavy, but some tracks are close to bored AOR. Anyway, this band couldn't wait for a big success with such music.

2003

Regain Records
ID: RR 0309-035

Melodic Power Heavy Metal

I hoped to hear something different, but it's again Majestic or in other words it's Malmsteen + Royal Hunt. It's (...yawning) music within the borders of other similar bands' music with some good tunes and solos (...yawning again).

2005

Regain Records
ID: cdm 0705-2340

Melodic Progressive Speed Power Metal

It's faster than Malmsteen and it's more progressive than Symphony X - this is two main points of this album. The music really became Progressive with many rhythm changes but didn't loose melodiousness of the previous work.

2007

Regain Records
ID: cdm 0107-2669

Melodic Heavy Progressive Metal

It's some type of slow Heavy, even Hard&Heavy. It seems the music hasn't a good mind to be faster and more various, it's a slow though sometimes powerful music, monotonous at first view.

2004

Electric Electric
ID: EE 2004

experimental Progressive Metal

It's experimental music from the beginning to the end, it could be good release for Magna Carta. I bought it because of the well-known lineup, I just wanted to know what else they can do?

1992

Nuclear Blast
ID: 056 CD

Death Thrash Metal

This is another surprise to find a project of early Death Metal, with the technique guitars, even with a bit Progressive sound. It's a splendid godsend for those who like complex early Death.

1999

Valiant Music Productions
ID: VMP-002

Progressive Heavy Metal

The band is called by the name of Boris Spector, a singer. But his vocals maybe would be better somewhere in Gothic because he sounds like Angizia's male vocals or similar ones. Anyway, it's very good Prog with melodic and Power elements. By flute sound it's close to Psychotic Waltz.

2005

Listenable Records
ID: cdm 0605-2296

Thrash Metal

This is really aggressive and really fast Thrash Metal. In comparison with the original band - Overkill - this work is closer to Thrash roots than late Overkill.

1999

Massacre Records
ID: MAS CD0211

Thrash Power Doom Progressive Metal

There were many bands in the world which attempted to unite Power and Doom, Thrash and Progressive, but this band took it at once upon itself. This album was the result of this work. I can't say it's the best decision in such way, but it's not bad at least.

2004

demo 

Melodic Power Heavy Metal

This demo album demonstrates us Italian Power Metal in the classic traditions passing from band to band. Is there the difference? I don't think so, it's better to say that after huge amount of Italian Power Metal bands I can't rapturously tell about another Italian band that plays not bad music with the good guitars and some nice tunes.