Reviews of albums released on: Megaforce

5 total reviews

Anthrax

Worship Music
Megaforce (2011)

The story of how Worship Music came to be is longish and a bit complicated—dating back to 2009 in what was essentially a three-way dance for the vocalist spot. Some of the original material was adjusted accordingly or, in most cases, scrapped all together and rewritten, resulting in what is ultimately the best case scenario for long-time Anthrax fans: the … Read more

Bad Brains

Build a Nation
Megaforce (2007)

These reunions need to stop. Gorilla Biscuits? Cool. Bold? Okay. Bad Brains? No. Honestly, what was Beastie Boy Adam Yauch thinking when he was producing this pile of garbage known as Build a Nation? Truth be told, I'm relatively new to the Bad Brains catalog. Having listened to them for only a year or so, I'll admit they are a … Read more

Living Colour

Shade
Megaforce (2017)

When Living Colour toured earlier this year performing their debut album Vivid for the almost 30 year anniversary, a lot of folks were ecstatic, thinking one of their favorite bands were back together again. Problem is, they hadn’t broken up. I mean they did for a few years in the '90s, but they’ve been touring and making music together since … Read more

Picture Me Broken

Wide Awake
Megaforce (2010)

Here is a Cali band that has been performing together since seventh grade as a cover band doing Led Zeppelin tunes, now that they have matured and are seniors in high school it’s only natural that they release an album. I suppose it doesn’t hurt if your lead singer is the daughter of a famous musician like Layla “Brooklyn” Allman … Read more

Vio-lence

Eternal Nightmare
Megaforce (2005)

Thrash: (verb) To move wildly or violently. In 1986, in the genre known as "Thrash Metal", there were what was known as the "Big 4", referring to the most popular bands at the time - Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth. With the exception of Metallica, whose huge mainstream success in later years could not have even been conceived at the … Read more