Dragonstar

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Iced Earth: Burnt Offerings
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Iced Earth: Burnt Offerings
2 dec 14
Dark, epic, fierce, grim. The best work with Barlow on vocals. The title track and the final suite "Dante's Inferno" are among the finest things you can hear in the realm of heavy metal.
Il Rovescio Della Medaglia: La Bibbia
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Il rovescio della medaglia: La Bibbia
16 apr 15
Take the hard rock/doom of the early Black Sabbath, sprinkle in some prog and psychedelic elements, and you’ll get this album! Moreover, it was recorded live!
  • SilasLang
    16 apr 15
    Great record. I have the original vinyl. Thanks, dad XD
  • chiccotana
    17 apr 15
    Handsome indeed, but if you want the early Sabbath, rather listen to 'Incantesimo' by Balletto di Bronzo, on 'Sirio 2222'...
  • hellraiser
    17 apr 15
    Surely among my favorite Italians of all time, a brief but intense career...
  • Madlegion71
    17 apr 15
    Honestly, I prefer "Io come io" in terms of emotional intensity.
    Even though Contaminazione is from another planet.
Immortal: All Shall Fall
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Immortal: All Shall Fall
21 mar 15
As always, absolutely great. There’s still so much to listen to: the icy melodies of The Rise of Darkness, The Artic Swarm, and Mounth North; the battle fury of the thrashing Hordes to War; the untouched epicness of Norden on Fire... and there's even a grand doom suite. Make yourselves comfortable and hit play!
Immortal: At The Heart Of Winter
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Immortal: At the Heart of Winter
16 nov 14
The sharpest and most reasoned of the band. Epicness and extremism shape this Nordic and dark milestone.
Immortal: Pure Holocaust
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Immortal: Pure Holocaust
21 mar 15
The frost of Battles in the North, and the darkness of Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism, compacted by a less bombastic production and more genuine sounds (the drum machine of Blizzard Beast is not even a consideration yet). The result is one of the most interesting albums, shaped by Norwegian black metal.
Immortal: Damned In Black
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Immortal: Damned in Black
26 feb 15
Temporarily setting aside the Nordic atmospheres of previous albums, this work reclaims the dark ambiance of the debut, while incorporating the crisp and powerful sounds of At the Heart of Winter.
A grim, thrashy, and epic album. Another hit for the band. And the title track is an unmissable journey to hell for every self-respecting metalhead!
Immortal: Battles In The North
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Immortal: Battles in the North
24 feb 15
A soundstorm at the limits of audibility. But it has charm to spare. And then...brrrr...how cold...
Inner Shrine: Samaya
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Inner Shrine: Samaya
14 feb 15
Poetic, theatrical, gothic, depressive.
Iron Maiden: A Matter Of Life And Death
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Iron Maiden: A Matter of Life and Death
8 sep 15
The most beautiful Iron Maiden album since '95. The epic side begins to unfold in a warlike and tragic atmosphere. The compositions are long and intricate, at times a bit monotonous, but never falling into heaviness. It needs to be approached with the right mindset. One must be aware that the Maiden have changed, and it's been many years now. Detractors should come to terms with it...
  • hellraiser
    9 sep 15
    For me, the best remains Brave; this is a good album but nothing more in my opinion. Beautiful arrangements, but I find it heavy. They played it live in its entirety in Milan a few years ago, but from the band, I prefer the quick bite and run pieces from the 80s or early 90s.
  • Dragonstar
    9 sep 15
    Sacrosanct hell, but as for the concert, I'm envious of you! The concert was the one held at the Filaforum in Assago, right? I would have sold a kidney to be at that concert. Seeing this album performed live would have certainly made me ejaculate! Luckily, I managed to catch them in Venice a few months later, but they only played 6 tracks from this album. I've seen them so many times that hearing the old songs has gotten a bit tiresome: lately, I've been preferring the more recent releases, even though they naturally fall short of the golden period!
  • hellraiser
    10 sep 15
    Yes Fede, Assago on a cold December Sunday, they played everything and then also a good ten old historic hits. Trivium opened, and the band of that gorgeous girl, Steve Harris's daughter, so different in beauty from her father... great evening, someone in the front row poured a bottle of water over Bruce, he got furious like a hyena and grabbed him by the collar for a moment, if he could have, he would have beaten him up badly... bye!
Iron Maiden: The Number Of The Beast
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Iron Maiden: The Number of the Beast
7 dec 14
Forgive the excessive nostalgia, but I happened to hear it today in a bar in my area, and I wanted to remember it this way, when the Maiden were truly the Maiden, and when Metal was truly Metal.
Iron Maiden: Killers
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Iron Maiden: Killers
13 jan 15
For many, a masterpiece; I'm not crazy about it. The NWOBHM style proposed is very reminiscent of Judas Priest, which distances itself from the atmospheres of the debut, later returning with The Number of the Beast (adopting a heavier style). A nice experiment that I've always somewhat discredited (not because it's bad, but for sounding "vaguely Maiden").
  • hellraiser
    13 jan 15
    Here I don't agree with you, this album is among my all-time favorites, beautifully bad. Maybe with fewer successful singles compared to the debut or the magnificent The Number, but it's great for me. Di Anno's swan song, I still have the t-shirt with the cover of this record and every now and then I happily bring it out...
  • Marco Orsi
    14 jan 15
    I agree with Hellraiser. This is a wicked cool record, at least for its time, and it features gems like the title track, "Wratchild," and "Murder in the Rue Morgue." Oh, by the way, I prefer Di'Anno to Dickinson.
  • spiritello_s
    4 oct 18
    For many but not for all, evidently. Comparing the Maiden to the J.P. is like comparing Ferrari to Lamborghini. Uncomparable, even from the height of their magnificence. The Maiden on the Quirinale as far as I'm concerned.
Iron Maiden: Piece of mind
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind
18 jan 15
Another overrated album from Iron Maiden. For the first time, McBryan sits behind the drums with a more solid and powerful drumming style. The album suffers from an excessive hard rock attitude, at the expense of the magic and power of its adrenaline-fueled predecessor (and also successor). Despite this, the semi-ballad "Revelations" is a true masterpiece.
  • hellraiser
    18 jan 15
    I only partially agree with you here. It's definitely inferior to the previous one, but I still consider it a huge album, jam-packed with great classics from the band, The Trooper above all.
  • perfect element
    21 aug 16
    Their best.
Iron Maiden: Live After Death
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Iron Maiden: Live After Death
18 may 15
Excellent at an execution level, but in my opinion, Maiden England is already far superior, at least from the perspective of execution. Here everything would be perfect (with the compositions sounding in an even rawer and more straightforward outfit), if it weren't for a Dickinson, from my point of view, who spends more time screaming and unnecessarily straining his voice rather than singing like only he knows how to do.
Iron Maiden: Somewhere In Time
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Iron Maiden: Somewhere in Time
17 may 15
Among the best chapters of Iron Maiden. Despite the startling impact due to the use of synths, it still manages to fully convince. An unprecedented blend of power and melody. The dynamic title track and the epic "Alexander the Great" are worth the purchase on their own!
  • east of eden80
    18 may 15
    I would have given it 5 stars... not just for the title track and Alex the Great, but for the album itself... or not? The 4 stars don’t really convince me, they suggest gaps that it obviously doesn’t have! I’d like to understand what you think is missing for that fifth star.
  • Dragonstar
    18 may 15
    Well, to start with, "Sea of Madness" is anything but irresistible. "Heaven Can Wait" may sell adrenaline by the bucket load, but as effective as it is live, I find that refrain a bit nerve-wracking in this context. "Stranger in a Strange Land" is enjoyable but absolutely out of place for an album of this kind; in fact, it's no coincidence that it was written by Smith, who would then leave the band to pursue other musical projects. The rest is excellent. Rating out of ten: 9/10, just to let you know that I consider it one of the best (I think this even surpasses Piece of Mind).
  • hjhhjij
    20 may 15
    I don't know, just the thought of listening to one of their albums right now gives me hives. The first two were great, but, for example, a couple of years ago I re-listened to "The Number of the Beast"... What a drag, that was the last time I touched one of their albums. But I do like them, and they have some really great tracks in their repertoire.
  • Workhorse
    21 may 15
    The album that marked my infatuation with those little keyboards that slowly killed the metalhead in me. After the first two, it's the one I listen to the most.
Iron Maiden: No prayer for the dying
CD Audio I have it ★★★
Iron Maiden: No Prayer for the Dying
23 aug 15
After an incredible period, here comes this blatant and embarrassing drop in inspiration. Not a terrible album, but certainly much weaker compared to the material presented in previous albums. Among the highlights are the aggressive first two tracks, the decadent title track, and finally the concluding suite, Mother Russia, a cold and epic compositional flash that strikes amidst a downpour of excessive uselessness.
Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Iron Maiden: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
23 aug 15
Delicate in its solutions, flawless in its arrangements. This, according to the writer, is the masterpiece of classic heavy metal. The sophisticated and epic-romantic essence of Iron Maiden is encapsulated in these three quarters of an hour, where only the (albeit enjoyable) hard rockan Can I Play With Madness seems to be the odd one out in this dreamy and divine dimension. Unmissable!
  • tonysoprano
    3 may 16
    I don't mind "Can I Play With Madness," even though the rest is truly out of this world.
Iron Maiden: Fear Of The Dark
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
Iron Maiden: Fear of the Dark
23 aug 15
An album balancing between masterpieces and repetitive moments. A fearsome trio introduces this great record with the murderous fury of Be Quick or Be Died, the anthemic From Here to Eternity, and the delicate yet powerful Afraid to Shoot Strangers. Also excellent are the epic Childhood's End and Judas is My Guide, along with the unforgettable title track, while the romantic Wasting Love is good. The rest is somewhat mediocre.
Iron Maiden: Rock In Rio
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
Iron Maiden: Rock in Rio
18 may 15
Perfect. Three guitars that give more body to the songs, a Dickinson clearly superior to his live performances of the eighties, a terrifying setlist, and the largest audience the band has ever seen. And it really shows! A round of applause for "Sign of the Cross" brought by Bruce to sublime levels: the most beautiful piece of this masterful concert!
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