Scott Jeslis, Author at Metal Express Radio

MILLENIUM – The Best Of … And More

October 18, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

This greatest hits, double CD release by Millenium contains ten previously unreleased tracks. CD one contains seven tracks from their Hourglass release and eight tracks from their Angelfire release. CD two, on the other hand, …READ MORE

BELLGRAVE – My Soul Is My Gun

September 27, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Looking at the cover of My Soul Is My Gun, with its Rambo-esque portrayal of twin sub-machine guns, one would expect to be “blown away” by its contents. While the music and musicianship isn’t horrible, …READ MORE

RING OF FIRE – Lapse Of Reality

September 20, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Ring Of Fire is somewhat of a supergroup. Their personnel list is composed of, and led by, Mark Boals (ex-Malmsteen vocalist), Tony MacAlpine (Grammy nominated, neo-classical guitar shredder), Virgil Donati (drums, Planet X), Philip Bynoe …READ MORE

MASQUERADE – In Disguise

September 9, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

It’s hard to imagine that an excellent Swedish band like Masquerade has been together for sixteen years and in that time are now only releasing their fourth full-length CD. It started in 1992 when the …READ MORE

MILES BEYOND – Miles Beyond

September 6, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Remember “80s Heavy Metal”? Some called it the era of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). Ah, the days of driving around with the car windows down, blaring the likes of early Iron Maiden, …READ MORE

ENUFF Z’NUFF – ?

August 18, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

It’s hard to imagine that the oddly entitled ? release represents Enuff Z’ Nuff’s fourteenth release. The year 1989 and their first, self-titled release doesn’t seem that far in the past. The good news for …READ MORE

ARTENSION – Future World

July 21, 2004 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Artension can be considered somewhat of a supergroup, being co-founded by the Ukraine’s extraordinaire keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij. Vitalij is also once again joined by hard-hitting drummer Mike Terrana (Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Rage, Tony Hernando, …READ MORE