Chimaira – 2009 – The Infection

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Chimaira
Title: The Infection
Label: Ferret
Released: Apr 21, 2009
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Limited Edition
Autographed

Tracklist:

#The Venom Inside
#Frozen In Time
#Coming Alive
#Secrets Of The Dead
#The Disappearing Sun
#Impending Doom
#On Broken Glass
#Destroy And Dominate
#Try To Survive
#The Heart Of It All
#Revenge

Review:

Limited edition version includes a bonus track (Revenge) and a bonus DVD with making of, behind-the-scenes interviews, and more.

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Black Stone Cherry – 2008 – Folklore & Superstition

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Black Stone Cherry
Title: Folklore & Superstition
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Aug 19, 2008
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#Blind Man
#Please Come In
#Reverend Wrinkle
#Soulcreek
#Things My Father Said
#The Bitter End
#Long Sleeves
#Peace Is Free
#Devil’s Queen
#The Key
#You
#Sunrise
#Ghost of Floyd Collins

Review:

While there are echoes of the past in their music – their fluid musicality recalls Zeppelin and they have an honesty often associated with bands like Skynyrd and the Black Crowes – it merely acts as a foundation for their music. Black Stone Cherry is a full-throttle modern rock band, with guitars that rage and a shuddering rhythmic attack. They sound as earthy and raw as Soundgarden, as heavy and fun as AC/DC, yet there’s a higher level of musicianship to their performances and song writing that makes them like no one else. Building on their phenomenal debut self-titled album, which consequently saw the band pick up “Best New Band” at the Classic Rock awards, the band have matured and delivered a second album that is destined to elevate them to the level they so rightly deserve. The first single from the album “Blind Man” manages to capture the essence of the bands stunning live performance, a live performance that managed to get them upgraded to the Astoria on their first UK headline tour. This gritty, raw, high energy track is beautifully married with an anthemic fist throwing chorus that’ll have the most reserved people on the tables. “Blind Man” will be the first of at least 3 singles which intended to cross the band over to a younger audience, whilst maintaining their strong “Classic Rock” following.

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Roadrunner United – 2005 – The All Star Sessions

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Roadrunner United
Title: The All Star Sessions
Label: Roadrunner
Released: Oct 11, 2005
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#The Dagger
#The Enemy
#Annihilation By The Hands Of God
#In The Fire
#The End
#Tired ‘N Lonely
#Independent (Voice Of The Voiceless)
#Dawn Of A Golden Age
#The Rich Man
#No Way Out
#Baptized In The Redemption
#Roads
#Blood & Flames
#Constitution Down
#I Don’t Wanna Be (A Superhero)
#Army Of The Sun
#No Mas Control
#Enemy Of The State

Review:

Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label’s 25th anniversary. This full-length release is a master class in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner’s past and present bands, the album contains original tracks that are collaborations between numerous Roadrunner stars. Four central musicians were originally chosen to produce and write the songs: Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria), Robert Flynn (Machine Head), and Matthew Heafy (Trivium). These four musicians play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track. In order to cover as wide a spectrum as possible, no musician has played for more than one writer/producer and each song features a different vocalist. In addition to these stellar teams of musicians, there are also special additional tracks from ex-Roadrunner artist Josh Silver–Type O Negative’s longtime producer/keyboardist. In the spirit of the project, Silver has included Roadrunner artists on his tracks as well–Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt appears on the Silver-written “Roads.”

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36 Crazyfists – 2008 – The Tide And Its Takers

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: 36 Crazyfists
Title: The Tide And Its Takers
Label: Ferret
Released: May 27, 2008
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#The All Night Lights
#We Gave It Hell
#The Back Harlow Road
#Clear The Coast
#Waiting On A War
#Only A Year Or So…
#Absent Are The Saints
#Vast And Vague
#When Distance Is The Closest Reminder
#Northern November
#The Tide And Its Takers

Review:

The fourth album from the Alaskan metalheads.

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All That Remains – 2007 – Behind Silence And Solitude

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: All That Remains
Title: Behind Silence And Solitude
Label: Razor & Tie / Prosthetic
Released: Oct 9, 2007
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Re-release
Autographed

Tracklist:

#Behind The Silence and Solitude
#From These Wounds
#Follow Clarity
#Erase
#Shading
#Home To Me
#On Belief

Review:

This is the album that started it all! The hard to find debut album from All That Remains is released with new artwork and a new low price. Lead singer Phil Labonte’s metal-friendly vocals combined with the intricate fretwork of guitar wizard Oli Hebert, provide an incredibly heavy introduction to a band now on the edge of mainstream success.

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Every Time I Die – 2003 – Hot Damn!

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Every Time I Die
Title: Hot Damn!
Label: Ferret
Released: Jul 1, 2003
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD DVD Included
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#Romeo A Go-Go
#Off Broadway
#I Been Gone A Long Time
#Godspeed Us To Sea
#She’s My Rushmore
#Floater
#In The Event That Everything Should Go Terribly Wrong
#Ebolarma
#Hit Of The Search Party
#Pornogratherapy

Review:

The Buffalo boys second album.

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The Beatles – 2000 – 1

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: The Beatles
Title: 1
Label: Apple / Capitol
Released: Nov 14, 2000
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#Love Me Do
#From Me to You
#She Loves You
#I Want to Hold Your Hand
#Can’t Buy Me Love
#A Hard Day’s Night
#I Feel Fine
#Eight Days a Week
#Ticket to Ride
#Help!
#Yesterday
#Day Tripper
#We Can Work It Out
#Paperback Writer
#Yellow Submarine
#Eleanor Rigby
#Penny Lane
#All You Need Is Love
#Hello Goodbye
#Lady Madonna
#Hey Jude
#Get Back
#The Ballad of John & Yoko
#Something
#Come Together
#Let It Be
#The Long and Winding Road

Review:

Proving yet again their willingness to dice ‘n’ slice their burgeoning legacy into new–if not exactly fresh–product, the Fab Four Minus One have released this single-disc compendium of their No. 1 hits. Though obviously superfluous to the faithful (who may also find themselves quibbling over the precise definition of “No. 1 hit” and the exclusion of seeming contenders like “Please Please Me” and “Strawberry Fields”), newly arrived visitors from the Pleiades star cluster and other neophytes will find it a concise and generous (nearly 80 minutes) single-disc introduction to the band’s career-spanning, unparalleled dominance of pop music in the 1960s. But beyond being a mere trophy case of commercial success (and it won’t be hard to find critics who’ll argue that these singles aren’t even the band’s best work), it’s also a Cliff’s Notes take on a remarkable seven-year run of musical evolution, one that stretches from the neo-skiffle of “Love Me Do” through a remarkable synthesis of R&B, rockabilly, Tin Pan Alley, gospel, country, and classical that still defies efforts to effectively deconstruct it. This is the pop monument equivalent of the ’27 Yankees and ’90s Bulls; it’s every bit as obvious and dominating–and just as essential. –Jerry McCulley

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – 1993 – Greatest Hits

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Title: Greatest Hits
Label: MCA
Released: Nov 16, 1993
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#American Girl
#Breakdown
#Listen to Her Heart
#I Need to Know
#Refugee
#Don’t Do Me Like That
#Even the Losers
#Here Comes My Girl
#Waiting
#You Got Lucky
#Don’t Come Around Here No More
#I Won’t Back Down
#Runnin’ Down a Dream
#Free Fallin’
#Learning to Fly
#Into the Great Wide Open
#Mary Jane’s Last Dance
#Something in the Air

Review:

He’s sold millions of albums, filled arenas, and hobnobbed with George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Roy Orbison, but Tom Petty’s driving heartland rock has often been taken for granted by the same critics who hail John Mellencamp as a genius. Greatest Hits is an airtight argument for Petty’s own greatness. Starting with “American Girl,” the rollicking, Byrds-inspired single from Petty’s first album in 1976, this compilation presents a chronological overview of the guitarist-vocalist’s career with and without the Heartbreakers, also chronically underrated as one of today’s best bands. Every one of the 16 older tracks is a well-crafted gem, full of solid guitar hooks (“Here Comes My Girl”), arresting images (“Don’t Come Around Here No More”) and simple but poetic lyrics (“The Waiting”).

Petty isn’t an innovator; he’s a talented craftsman with impeccable taste and a strong sense of rock history, internalizing influences ranging from the Beatles’ psychedelic masterpiece, Revolver, to the best of ’70s punk. (It’s interesting to remember that early efforts such as “Refugee” and “Don’t Do Me Like That” first won Petty attention as a New Wave artist). With his Dylanesque vocals and chiming 12-string guitars, Petty is more often linked these days with the sounds of the ’60s. But recent tunes such as “Learning to Fly” and “Into the Great Wide Open” are as smart, relevant and (dare I say) alternative as anything in MTV’s Buzz Bin. –Jim DeRogatis

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits, originally released in 1993, has gone on to be the best selling collection in the band’s four decades and counting career. Over seven times platinum, this collection now has been remastered.

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Pearl Jam – 2009 – Ten (Legacy Edition)

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Ten (Legacy Edition)
Label: Epic / Legacy
Released: Mar 24, 2009
Packaging: Digipack
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#Once
#Even Flow
#Alive
#Why Go
#Black
#Jeremy
#Oceans
#Porch
#Garden
#Deep
#Release

#Once (Redux)
#Even Flow (Redux)
#Alive (Redux)
#Why Go (Redux)
#Black (Redux)
#Jeremy (Redux)
#Oceans (Redux)
#Porch (Redux)
#Garden (Redux)
#Deep (Redux)
#Release (Redux)
#Brother (Redux)
#Just a Girl (Redux)
#Breath and a Scream (Redux)
#State of Love and Trust (Redux)
#2,000 Mile Blues (Redux)
#Evil Little Goat (Redux)

Review:

Ten package will include two versions of the album: the remastered version of the original album PLUS an accompanying remixed version done by the band’s long-time producer, Brendan O’Brien (Bruce Springsteen,AC/DC, Audioslave).

“The band loved the original mix of Ten, but were also interested in what it would sound like if I were to deconstruct and remix it,” says producer Brendan O’Brien. “The original Ten sound is what millions of people bought, dug and loved, so I was initially hesitant to mess around with that. After years of persistent nudging from the band, I was able to wrap my head around the idea of offering it as a companion piece to the original – giving a fresh take on it, a more direct sound.”

Legacy Edition (2 CD set):
Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks:”Brother,” “Just a Girl,”, “State of Love and Trust,” “Breath and a Scream,” “2,000 Mile Blues” and “Evil Little Goat.”

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Toby Lightman – 2008 – Let Go

By Eric | December 23, 2013 1:00 am

Artist: Toby Lightman
Title: Let Go
Label: T Killa
Released: Oct 28, 2008
Packaging: Jewel Case
Pack-in DVD
Release Type: Standard
Autographed

Tracklist:

#So Natural
#Let Go
#Fairweather Boyfriend
#Lazy
#Milk And Honey
#I’m Gonna Break His Heart
#Take My Hand
#One Day
#Love Is All Around

Review:

A somewhat self-released album from the songstress.

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