© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Mordred Recent reviews written by member Mordred en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_339049352836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - When Timo Kotipelto went into the studios back in September of 2003 to start recording his second solo album, few could have realized how perfect his timing was. Of course Timo might have had some indication of exactly what was going to befall his former... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~339049352836 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:29:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_339049352836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338767875716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Zak Stevens may not have recorded any new material with Savatage since 1998's Wake of Magellan but you'd have a hard time telling that he's not in the band anymore after giving Watching In Silence a listen. Nothing has changed at all in his vocal... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338767875716 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:02:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338767875716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338767744644?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - After a wildly successful G3 tour (along with Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen), and a hot selling live album/DVD you might think Joe Satriani would want to take a break. Fortunately, for fans of his unique blend of instrumental guitar, that wasn't the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338767744644 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:43:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338767744644?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338767351428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - For those who haven't heard of them, and that's probably everybody, Metalium is a German band that describes themselves as Progressive Power Metal. They released their debut album, Millenium Metal in 1999 with the help of Savatage guitarist Chris Caffrey... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338767351428 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:40:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338767351428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_337859022468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Boys and girls, 20th Century Fox loves us very much. How else can you explain this amazing 9 disc box set covering every aspect of all 4 Alien movies? With a running time of a little over 45 hours in its entirety, there is more information about these... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~337859022468 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:41:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_337859022468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_337601859204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Dante XXI is the best Sepultura album to be released since Roots. Upon the departure of Max Cavalera the band appeared to be somewhat directionless, going through the motions but having lost much of the spark that made them such an exciting and inventive... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~337601859204 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:19:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_337601859204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_336697724548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - There are two successful ways to choose a successful song to cover (let alone album). The first is to choose a great song from an unknown or obscure artist. The second is to choose a lesser-known track from an artist that everyone knows. Picking an... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~336697724548 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:13:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_336697724548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_336697462404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - May is one of those little horror gems that seems to fly completely under the radar (it had an extremely limited release and nobody I know saw it) but stands a good chance of becoming a cult hit with it's release on video. May (Angela Bettis) is a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~336697462404 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:10:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_336697462404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_336680947332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - For the past several years, Iron Maiden fans have been clammoring for the band to re-release their classic mid-'80s concert video Live After Death on DVD. While that hasn't happened yet, the band did realize that there was a large demand for a Maiden DVD... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~336680947332 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:07:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_336680947332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_336680160900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Way back in 1979, UFO released an album entitled Strangers in the Night. It was a major critical success at the time and is still considered one of the greatest live albums ever recorded. Unfortunately it marked the swan song for that particular UFO... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~336680160900 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:02:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_336680160900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_300638965380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - I get bored extremely quickly with the same old music. I'm constantly rotating CDs in and out of my car and home changers, usually listening to an album once and then not revisiting it for months. My favorite albums may get two plays before they are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~300638965380 Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:00:03 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_300638965380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_256622628484?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Iron Maiden's 14th studio album, A Matter of Life and Death, finds the almost 30-year veterans still churning out monstrous cuts of metallic fury, even if they aren't quite up to par with the old classics. It's a solid return to form after the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~256622628484 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:04:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_256622628484?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_246103969412?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - About 6 months ago I realized I was in the market for a new DVD player. My old Sony DVP-550 which I purchased in 1999 was still working fine, but I was looking for something that offered a little more. What I was ideally looking for was a player which... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~246103969412 Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:30:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_246103969412?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_246069890692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - To say that Operation: Mindcrime is an important album in the history of heavy metal would be a grand understatement. The original album is easily one of the best heavy albums ever recorded and quite easily the highpoint of Queensryche's career. After... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~246069890692 Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:25:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_246069890692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_245941702276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Desperado may be the greatest metal band that never was. Following the dissolution of Twisted Sister, Dee Snider set out to create a new band that would follow more of a straight-ahead metal approach as opposed to the theatrical anthem metal of his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~245941702276 Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:00:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_245941702276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_224800444036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Just about everyone I know who saw Park Chan-wook's last film Oldboy, was stunned by its brilliance. It was easily the best film I saw in 2004, and probably the best film I've seen all decade. Oldboy is that special type of genius that stays with you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~224800444036 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:57:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_224800444036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_220090896004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - To put it succinctly, Guitar Hero is the greatest rhythm game ever created. Not just for the PS2, but any game console period. Like most rhythm games, the concept behind Guitar Hero is that the player must hit notes, corresponding to buttons on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~220090896004 Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:10:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_220090896004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_217937776260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - I've long been a fan of Susan Tedeschi, heralding her as the second coming of Bonnie Raitt (minus the slide), and talking her up to anyone unfamiliar with her work. She's found an impressive following in the blues community, but her voice is so good that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~217937776260 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:32:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_217937776260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_209384672900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Metal Blade sure knows how to treat their fans. Anyone who has bought one of Metal Blade's recent deluxe reissues can't help but think something similar. Unsurprisingly, the recent re-release of Fates Warning's first truly important album, Awaken The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~209384672900 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:37:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_209384672900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208405237380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Joe Stump's body of work forms an interesting dichotomy. He's arguably one of the top five guitarists to ever pick up an axe, yet he's usually derided as a soulless rip-off artist by the very audience that should be embracing him. It's true that the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208405237380 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:42:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208405237380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_208152006276?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - I have to come clean; I'm starting to get tired of the European power metal scene. It seems like every European band with a guitar and a double kick drum has decided to release a power metal album. Granted there are a few standouts in the genre and their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~208152006276 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:24:35 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_208152006276?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_206679608964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Any fan of Eric Johnson knows that he is an absolute perfectionist. He's been willing to scrap months of work on an album to start over from scratch if the "vibe" isn't right. While his new album Bloom comes nine years after his previous solo effort... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~206679608964 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:19:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_206679608964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_191251189380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - In a career that has spanned 20 years, Fates Warning has garnered the respect and admiration of their peers in the progressive metal community, even while toiling in near obscurity among the masses. Considering that the band probably ranks somewhere just... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191251189380 Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:58:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191251189380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190188981892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - Willing to start again / Willing to give another try So begins Life of Agony's new album Broken Valley, with a subtle nod to their own absence. It's been 8 long years since their previous effort Soul Searching Son dropped with the band... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190188981892 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:59:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190188981892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179653480068?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Mordred - It was obvious to all but the most jaded fans that the Scorpions output since 1993's Face the Heat was seriously lacking. After the utterly abysmal Eye II Eye was released in 1999, the Scorpions spun their wheels for 5 years releasing a symphonic album... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179653480068 Mon, 11 Apr 2005 13:52:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179653480068?linkin_id=8003929