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The Best Hard Rock Album
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Ace Frehley - Anomaly
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| 2009 was a good year for Kiss fans, with both a new Kiss album and a solo effort from Ace Frehley. Unfortunately Kiss failed to deliver, but Ace's Anomaly makes up for that. Catchy riffs, lyrics about aliens and whatnot, a frenzy of grooves and solos, what more can you ask for? Thank god one of them still knows how to do it. |
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Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West
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These veteran Maryland rockers have caught Sleestak Lightning in a bottle with their latest. Combine the Freakonomic backdrop of drummer Jean Paul Gaster and bassist Dan Maines with the Amazing Kreskin-like Tim Sult on guitar, and of course, vocals and warped lyrics from the Witchdoctor himself, Neil Fallon, and you've got yourself 50,000 Unstoppable Watts and one un-toppable album.
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Gotthard - Need To Believe
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Although their songwriting might be largely mainstream-rock oriented, there are few bands that release good, solid and highly enjoyable hard rock material with the same consistency as Gotthard. Great singing and great catchy hard rock hymns, no need to believe, it's a fact.
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2007 marked a significant change in the Hardcore Superstar catalogue; these 80's glam throwbacks took a dark turn from getting laid and having a good time to songs of depression and regret. With this 2009 release they continue down the same path displaying the darker side of the previously mentioned indulgences. At the same time, having genuine emotion in an album does not mean weak by any means Beg For It is possibly the bands most aggressive, as well as catchy, material to date. This is Hardcore Superstar giving all the glam metal revivalists out there a gripping lesson in depression.
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The Devil's Blood - The Time Of No Time Evermore
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These relative newcomers took by surprise the hard-rock and metal communities this year with their first album, The Time Of No Time Evermore. It is built on contrasts: eerie yet refreshing, with satanic lyrics over beautiful melodies, it is a haunting piece of melodic, catchy hard-rock. All this, infused with this unmistakable 70's vibe... For sure, it will make you dance, sing along and/or bang your head in no time (your choice).
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