Frode Johnsrud, Author at Metal Express Radio

SAVATAGE – Poets And Madmen

March 6, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

The question is; how is it possible to give a record full score when the band has done at least four albums that are all slightly better? It doesn’t make sense, but this is Savatage, …READ MORE

AEROSMITH – Just Push Play

March 5, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

Another Aerosmith album? It says so on the cover, but for fans of the band back in the 70s , and early 80s, this is NOT Aerosmith. Sure, they’re selling more records than ever, and …READ MORE

Oh my God! Thirteen years passed between this phenomenon’s first and second albums, but thank God it took super riffmeister Joe Floyd only three years to release the third album, with the most solid dose …READ MORE

TARANTULA – Dream Maker

February 19, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

Tarantula from Portugal make me remember why I started to like hard rock music. I always have my prejudice when I get a CD from South Europe, and I was expecting band wagon shit. Oh …READ MORE

ELEMENTS OF FRICTION – Elements Of Friction

February 13, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

A band? A project? I don’t know, but what I do know, is that this album contains surprisingly good and catchy melodic-rock songs! And some might say that is a miracle in year 2001… Well …READ MORE

GOTTHARD – Homerun

January 29, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

The last album by the Swiss, Open, was a very good AOR record, even with a pretty hard edge to it. Homerun continues in the same way, but this time the band is not saved …READ MORE

VICIOUS RUMORS – Sadistic Symphony

January 24, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

Back to the roots, my ass! Okay, the songwriting is quite good, and this and that remind of the good old days, but that is mostly when this once premier American power metal outfit repeats …READ MORE

MAGNITUDE 9 – Reality In Focus

January 23, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

The first album, Chaos To Control from 1998, never found its way to my postbox, but Reality In Focus did, and I really can’t complain much. I had to give the new record from the band …READ MORE

FREEDOM CALL – Crystal Empire

January 22, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

The “German” speed metal can sometimes get you sick, mostly because the industry gives a deal to anyone trying to sound like Gamma Ray, Hammerfall or Rhapsody. Therefore, it is rare when you spot a …READ MORE

ATHENA – Twilight Of Days

January 19, 2001 Frode Johnsrud 0

From being an interesting power metal band with a bright future, these Italians are now trapped in German speed metal like so many others. German speed metal can be good, but then it requires more …READ MORE

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