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• REIGN OF TERROR, THE -*Sacred Ground* (LMP/SPV)-This album completely rules! I guarantee this will be in my Top Ten of 2001. Featuring vocalist Mike Vescera (ex-Yngwie/Loudness/Obsession), guitar phenom Joe Stump, and a super rhythm section of Matt Surfield and Jay Rigney (both of EVENT), this neo-classical opus showcases virtuosity at its best mirrored with great songwriting. Sounding influenced by the sounds of YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW and ULI JON ROTH era SCORPIONS, the REIGN OF TERROR smoke on 'Save Me', 'Sacred Ground', 'The Unknown' and the rest of the 12 song CD, finishing off with an awesome vrsion of RAINBOW's 'Kill the King'. A MUST CD for ALL metalheads. One of the year's best. Limb Music, Postfach 60 25 20, 22235 Hamburg Germany, http://www.limb-music.de, , info@limb-music.com, info@spvusa.com - Chris Lee
• RHAPSODY-*Dawn of Victory* (LMP/SPV)-RHAPSODY return once again with another fine disc of their brand of epic symphonic metal. They don't stray far from their last album as far as songwriting goes but Luca Turilli and co. use the pattened RHAPSODY formula to produce yet another great album. With the guitars alittle heavier sounding than on *Symphony of Enchanted Lands*, RHAPSODY prove that they are at the forefront of the current Euro-power metal movement, along with GAMMA RAY and BLIND GUARDIAN, and that position is justly deserved. Limb Music Products, Postfach 60 25 20, 22235 Hamburg Germany, http://www.limb-music.de, , info@limb-music.com, info@spvusa.com - Chris Lee