如果你还没有听过“林肯公园”乐队的专辑《混合理论》，甚至对这支乐团还一无所知，请问您今年多大？58岁？没有哪一支乐队会有如此实力，一举囊括诸如 "2001年全美专辑销量总冠军；全球专辑销量第二名；葛莱美最佳新近艺人、最佳摇滚专辑、Billboard 音乐奖最佳新近艺人……新世代的音乐顽童，无门无派，嬉笑怒骂游走于各门各派之间，博采众家之长，尽情炫出E时代音乐风情，不经意间，首张大碟 [Hybird Theory混合理论]狂卖1500万张。终成大器的inkin’Park在世界范围内狂掀阵阵Linkin热浪，引发一场场“时尚风暴”！

2000年3 Doors Down 的处女作The Better Life和他们的畅销单曲"Kryptonite"把乐队提升道了前所未有的高度，这只军队摇滚明星与New Arena的摇滚乐队Creed可算是一脉相承。经过无数的巡演和超过600万张的专辑销量可能是乐队很难将精力集中在第二张专辑的发行上。但是，主唱Brad Arnold, 吉他手 Matt Roberts 和 Chris Henderson, 贝司手 Todd Harrell, 和新鼓手 Daniel Adair（使Arnold得以解放）已经在乐队长达多月的巡演中酝酿专辑的歌词并在Escatawpa号上租用的房间中为专辑做准备。
第二张专辑的战绩如何呢？果然不出所料，Away From The Sun于2002年9月发行，很快达到黄金销量并在2003年1月初获得白金销量。这是一张比The Better Life更成熟的专辑，显得很细腻，而且较上一张放慢了速度。主打单曲"When I'm Gone"的强劲布鲁斯摇滚曲风使人想起了Kenny Wayne Shepherd— 它是专辑为配合Arnold的歌词而采用中速节奏编排的代表。Arnold的歌词既不象Creed的Scott Stapp诱导人们改变信仰，又不象Saliva的 Joey Scott唱着新金属的陈词滥调。而是倾向南方摇滚个人忏悔似的歌词（象Allman Brothers和 Lynyrd Skynyrd）。当Universal/Republic唱片公司可能因为他们音乐会造成某些不良影响而阻止他们时，Away From The Sun证明了3 Doors Down的音乐更适于晴空万里，情绪高涨时来聆听。
虽说乐队并不有意保持原有专辑的某些东西。但是，只有旋律优美的专辑同名曲和"Ticket To Heaven"较之第一张专辑显出一些创作功力，Away From The Sun的另外11首歌听起来很雷同。虽然这是一张成熟激烈略带真实情感流露的唱片，但是这些都不足以支撑起整张专辑。3 Doors Down和制作人Rick Parashar(Pearl Jam, Blind Melon)仿佛并不在意唱片的实际效果，而仅仅是为了完成第二张专辑的发行任务。不过，有些作品在吉他的演奏部分相当出色，如民谣风格的"Here Without You"在众多歌曲中独具一格，相当耐听。Away From The Sun对3 Doors Down来说确实是一张必要的过渡专辑，因为他们应该去除充斥整张唱片的过于相似的声音，以使他们未来的音乐之路更加平坦，更能将南方摇滚风格发扬光大。

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing includes two bonus tracks. Universal. 2008.

US version includes two bonus tracks, 'Stand My Ground' and 'What Have You Done' (Extended Version). 2007 release from the Dutch Gothic Metal band who have been pounding the Metal pavement with their unique brand of hard-edged Metal for over a decade. Their sound is the perfect combination of guitar-driven Hard Rock and ambitious Symphonic Metal. Underneath the aggressive wall of sound lies a secret beauty that can often be dark and uninviting. 13 tracks including 'Howling', 'Frozen' and 'Final Destination'.

Weathered is the third album by Creed, released on November 20, 2001. Some versions are enhanced CDs and include videos. It has been certified 6× platinum by the RIAA. The album entered the Billboard 200 at #1, selling 887,000 copies in its first week of release, and remained in the top spot for eight consecutive weeks, a record which Creed shares with The Beatles albums, The Anthology Series. It was also Creed's only Gold album in the UK.[7] The album contains Creed's shortest ("Freedom Fighter"), longest ("Who's Got My Back?"), and the band's heaviest song ("Bullets"). The album sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S alone.

<末日警钟 毁灭.新生 Minutes to Midnight>专辑主题跟以往联合公园所触及的创作主题比起来显得特别深沉、格外引人省思，但却也自我唤醒我们每一个人的危机意识。专辑标题<Minutes to Midnight>想要表达出的其实就是『世界末日钟(Doomsday Clock)』的概念！『世界末日钟（Doomsday Clock）』是源自于美国二次世界大战时期，当美国在日本长崎及广岛投下两颗原子弹之后，在1974年由一群芝加哥大学研究原子科学的科学家们(Board of Directors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at the University of Chicago)所一起创立的概念。科学家们以『世界末日钟(Doomsday Clock)』这个虚拟的定时器，来警惕人类将因过度使用核武，而导致自我灭亡。而「Midnight」午夜所代表的就是灭亡时刻。在二次世界大战之后，由于核武疯狂急速地发展，世界末日钟的时针一度被推进到距离代表世界末日的午夜不到15分钟的时间，甚至在1960年代美苏冷战、核武竞争时期，时针还曾被推进到只剩3分钟(11点57分)。目前在经过前前后后18次调整之后，在核武、天气异常、及环境污染的影响之下，世界距离毁灭的午夜时分也只剩五分钟的时间。主唱查斯特(Chester Bennington)表示：「创立这个末日钟的目的就是要提醒世人，虽然人类拥有巨大力量，但当这股毁灭性力量反扑之时，我们都该仔细思考这股威力带来的严重影响，转眼之间世界末日已进入倒数计时。这个极具争议性的主题，在几年前我们是完全不会触及的，当年我们在制作『混合理论(Hybrid Theory)』专辑时，我是团里最年长的，但年纪也只有23岁，当时的我们不觉得这个议题十分重要，但现在的我们却认为它跟我们息息相关。这张专辑所比喻的「午夜」的概念，不单单只有指涉地球遭到人类破坏的这种巨观层面，同时也映像出联合公园自我的微观层面。「午夜」所代表的『终结』同样也呼应联合公园在音乐上面的改变，因为所有和联合公园一同成长的信徒们，将在这张最新专辑里发现联合公园的全新面貌，过去大家所熟悉的联合公园将毁灭消失，联合公园将以崭新姿态解构重生。

Strictly limited edition release (10,000 copies) in cardfold box for gothic metal act. 9 tracks includng 'The Flame Of Wrath', 'Forever' & 'Pandemonium'. Standard jewel case.

其实这张专集的确十分难找，因为Evanesence似乎一直在对它做着冷处理，对外并没有宣传，在唱片店找到的希望为0，就算是原盘也是极其稀有的。而且这张专集各个资料中记载的并不相同，有的说是10首，有的说是12首。对这张专集我不多说什么，大家自己下来听听吧。只要你喜欢《Fallen》，那么《Origin》就不会让你失望。
Evanescence创始人是女主唱Amy Lee和吉他手Ben Moody。两人初次相识是在几年前的一次青年夏令营中，当时吉他手Ben Moody已小有名气，而Amy Lee当时还只是一名普通的夏令营营员。在一次夏令营的集体娱乐活动中，Ben Moody第一次见到了Amy Lee。当时营员们都在一个大型的体育馆中，Ben Moody正坐在地上看其他的营员在打篮球。而在体育馆的另一侧是一个放着钢琴供营员们表演的一个小舞台。就在Ben Moody感到无聊之际，他忽然听见有人在用钢琴谈奏Meatloaf的《I Would Do Anything For Love》，于是就向钢琴望去，只见一个女孩在自如的演奏着自己创作的一些歌曲。Ben Moody被Amy Lee精湛的技艺和那天籁般的嗓音震撼了，在内心深处，Ben Moody已经认定：没有比她更适合的搭档了。不久之后，随着两人互相了解的逐步加深，Ben Moody和Amy Lee便开始用Evanescence这个名字录制一些歌曲。如：《Give Unto Me》和《Understanding》。两人的金属风格也逐渐形成，这种风格在Goth Metal应该属于Ethereal(仙乐)派。
乐队第一张EP唱片于1998年12月乐队第一次在Vino演出时发行，100多张唱片当晚被狂热的乐迷抢购一空。由于女主唱Amy Lee的个人实力，以及乐队独特的风格，使乐队此后颇受欢迎。随着乐队的日渐成熟，Evanescence于2003年3月4日推出了这张处女唱片。

Reanimation is the evil twin of Linkin Park's 2000 debut, Hybrid Theory. While plotting their next studio album, the Southern California band enlisted some of aggro rock's leading lights, as well as some of the more enlightened underground MCs and producers, to slice and dice all the songs on their debut (including a few bonus cuts that made it to their Japanese release). Linkin Park allowed their special guests--including Korn's Jonathan Davis, Staind's Aaron Lewis, Orgy's Jay Gordon, the Roots' Black Thought, and Jurassic 5's Chali 2NA--to run riot through their songbook, tweaking melodies, writing new lyrics, and sometimes changing the entire intent of the originals. As a result, this collection of 20 songs is Mr. Hyde to Hybrid Theory's Dr. Jekyll. Most of Linkin Park's atmospheric and melodic moments have ended on the cutting-room floor--along with the self-consciousness that pervaded many of the songs--replaced with a brash impudence that's more rap than rock. Chali 2NA entirely changes the landscape on "Forgotten," shape-shifting the song into an alien being dubbed "Frgt/10," which takes you to a dark, desolate place with only your own disturbed thoughts and some electronic bleeps for company. And that's enough. This is a masterful art project that truly succeeds.

2003 reissue of 2001 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Restless', 'The Dance' (Live at Utrecht 1998), 'Enter' (live at Utrecht 1998) & 'Bittersweet'. A landmark release that set new standards for creativity, musicianship, & taste. BMG.

专辑简介 Graveworm未发行任何小样就被签约于Serenades Records，因为该唱片公司在乐队的家乡小镇Brunico观看了乐队一场令人难以置信的演出。随后小样制作完成，包括了经典赞歌“Eternal Winds”和“When the Sky Turns Black”，同时也收录在首张专辑“When Daylight’s Gone”中。这是张伟大的专辑，充溢着歌特金属的情绪，引起了人们极大的兴趣。之后，乐队和Crematory,Therion以及Lake of Tears同台演出，这足以证明乐队在舞台上所已经造成的强大影响力。
演出后不久，MCD“Underneath The Crescent Moon”发行，收录乐队赞歌“Awaiting the Shining”和经典版本的曲目“Awake”，由Sarah Jezebel Deva(Cradle of Filth,Therion)献唱，在演出后她与这群意大利乐队成员产生共鸣，成为密切的好友。“Awaiting the Shining”的Video拍摄完成，收录了由意大利国家电台制作的资料，他们在Graveworm与Haggard等乐队参加Serenades Records音乐节时进行了报道。Graveworm迅速成名，在1998年Wacken音乐节上演出，并开始为1999年发行的第二张专辑“As The Angel Reached The Beauty”创作。在结束了与Mystic Circle,Stormlord和Suidakra的德国演出后，Graveworm又参加了与Agathodaimon和Siebenburgen的欧洲巡演，及“Wave Gotik Treffen”等音乐节的演出。

《As The Angels Reach The Beauty》和《Scourge Of Malice 》的销售成绩都还不错，乐队也有了一大批固定的歌迷，这些都是与大公司签约的资本。果然，Nuclear Blast看中了Graveworm，一举拿下。感觉Nuclear Blast跟时下切尔斯基的阿布有那么点异曲同工的意思。
审美疲劳在这张专辑中还是存在，但似乎比前作有了进步。也说不清楚为什么，这大概和初听这张专辑的时间条件有关系。记得那次是出差回来听的，带到外面听的是Ozzy和Type O Negative，回来一下听到Stefan Fiori的嘶吼和风笛声，感觉还是相当亲切的。乐队这时期已经被广泛称为DIMMU OF FILTH ，什么意思大家应该也明白。我不想在这里批判“旋律性”，Graveworm现在的确是在扮演当年DIMMU BORGIR和Cradle OF Filth的角色，作为极端金属的入门音乐，它还是有他生存的必要。这张专辑受到很多人的追捧，也是有理由的。

哥德金屬(gothic metal)在繁盛的歐系金屬中佔有相當分量的地位，顧名思義，也是哥德文化所影響的產物之一，以狼人或吸血鬼的題材為訴求為此金屬派系的特色之一，而Moonspell便是哥德金屬樂團之中最具代表的一支!
來自葡萄牙的Moonspell於1994年開始展露頭角，當年以首張EP "Under The Moonspell" 開啟了世界大門，隔年所出版的本作 "Wolfheart" 隨即獲得世界各地金屬樂迷的一致青睞，大家不禁要問，Moonspell到底是何方神聖? 就連國內知名的閃靈樂團也曾是Moonspell的追隨者，他們的影響力之大可想而知。
配合著吸血僵屍的文化傳承，使整張專輯彌漫著陰森與灰暗的氣氛，"Love Crimes"一曲飄逸著優柔的美聲voice，與粗獷低沉的gothic/death唱腔共同編織出一段悽厲的人/魔戀曲，"Lua D’Inverno" 為一首演奏極品，笛子與空心吉他演奏勾勒出動人的美麗樂章，緊接著 "Trebaruna"以風笛導入正題，可見編曲實力不凡，"An Erotic Alchemy" 更是萬分精彩，鍵盤所營造的氣氛足以列入經典之林! 對於喜愛哥德/氣氛金屬的樂迷，"Wolfheart" 絕對必備!

With album number two, Xandria suddenly became known in the Gothic and Metal scene, for with the title track and the video which went with it the band played themselves into the hearts of many new listeners. Recorded and mixed in the Belgian studio of producer Jos‚ Alvarez-Brill (Wolfsheim, among others), in the months of December 2003 to February 2004, an album with many facets came into existance: Together with the producer the band tried many new things like soundtrack-like, bombastic arrangements, modern guitar riffs and rhythmic samples.

或许在两年多前，相信没有多少人能预料到这群来自南加州、二十岁左右的年轻人，会成为牵动今日全球乐坛的影响指标。然而事实是，Linkin Park於2000年底发表的以该团原始团名为标题的首张专辑《Hybrid Theory 混合理论》，成功地透过一Vocal(Chester Bennington)与一MC(Mike Shinoda)的双主唱带领，在音乐上呈现出揉合着电气化／Hip Hop肌理的独树一帜Nu-Metal/Mixture-Rock格局，得以获着名重金属杂志Kerrang!选为「20张Nu-Metal体系代表名盘」。更重要的是，「Hybrid Theory混合理论」耐力十足地在2001年全面突围，不仅成为2001年全美销售总冠军专辑缔造无比耀眼的商业成绩(至今更以累积一千五百万张的销售量)，更让乐团赢得葛莱美奖「最佳重摇滚乐团」肯定、获滚石杂志选为「年度最佳风云人物」!

这张《Fallen》是哥特新军Evanescence的首张大碟。《Bring Me to Life》和《My Immortal》被选入了电影《Daredevil》的原声。专辑中所有的歌曲都由Amy Lee和Ben Moody主创。浑厚略带沙哑的嗓音，宽广的音域，多变的音色，这位颇有才华的女主唱独特的唱腔与当年刚出道时的Tori Amos有颇多相似之处。
本张专辑的风格可以说是Alternative Metal(另类金属)与Goth Metal(哥特金属)的一个综合体。在本专辑的歌曲中，Amy Lee的唱功得到了很好的发挥，无论是在《Bring Me To Life》中运用自如的高音部分，还是在《Whisper》中低声的吟唱，都使我们不得不肯定其扎实的歌唱功底。在本张专辑中，Evanescence乐队的整体音乐包含了Goth与Alternative的共同特点，但是在Goth方面，Evanescence却未达到传统意义Goth的那份境界，我们可以听到Evanescence的缥缈，当我们刚想沉浸其中，像大多数新金属一样的简单旋律便会突如其来，占据着歌曲的后半部分。因此，如果Evanescence能够坚持自身特点，并能使乐队风格更加鲜明的话，她们就会在不久的将来成长为一颗更为耀眼的rock star 。

Review by Dream_Taster

1997’s “Sehnsucht” is the second studio album from the most exposed German singing band on earth, Rammstein. In their characteristic style, quite difficult to label, but I guess close to Industrial Metal. Those six former East-Germans reached a status of international stars with this very album, especially in the United States, all of this starting after some of their songs were selected for a movie soundtrack ['Lost Highway' by David Lynch]. Then, this album just overwhelmed everybody who had the chance to listen to it, and all of this despite of the fact that all the songs use the natural language of the band, German. It even became mandatory for the band to sing in German since it has become one of the trademark of their music.

After you’ll unpacked the CD from its freaky artwork, it’s nearly impossible to put it back in there as it’s so unusual and transporting! Repetitive chorus, slow mechanical rhythms, hypnotic lyrics and odd keyboard lines make “Sehnsucht” into a curiosity that only the discovery of their first album “Herzeleid” can tied.

“Sehnsucht” is a collection of eleven songs, all around 4 minutes, and all so indispensable to the ambient atmosphere of the album. From the eponymous opener to the controversial “Küss Mich Fellfrosch” [I won’t translate that one, find out by yourself!], every song is an oeuvre d’art. True radio hits, especially in Germany, ‘Engel’ and ‘Du Hast’ are both amongst the best songs ever written by Rammstein. But it’s almost impossible to find a weak link on this album! ‘Eifersucht’, ‘Spielt Mit Mir’,... every track is worth a thousand words. My personal favorites are still ‘Klavier’, a odd ballad through the eyes of a sick mind, both heavy and melodic, and ‘Sehnsucht’, catchy as hell.

Rammstein is a phenomenon that needs to be checked out quickly if you still don’t know it. While their first album “Herzeleid” is probably better in the whole, “Sehnsucht” is without a doubt a great introducer to their music. Dark and complex lyrics add to the mystery that [still] follows the band, twisted emotions arise and Rammstein prevails.

-review by drjeep

Rammstein is one of those bands you either love or hate. They've had their share of success thanks to a few hit singles and became notorious after being cited in the Columbine High School murders. On their 3rd album (not counting the excellent Live Aus Berlin) they avoid potentially controversial lyrics and sing about bunnies and fairies instead. OK, maybe not...

For those of you who's German isn't up to scratch, Mutter is German for Mother, but we'll get back to that later. Lyrically Mutter is a step up from Rammstein's previous efforts. I mention this because they've been criticized for writing "silly" lyrics in the past, mostly by people who translate it directly and view it out of context. The production on Mutter can only be described as huge. Take the pounding bass lines and grinding guitars, throw in some strings and keys here and there and mix it with industrial rhythms and you'll pretty much understand what Mutter is about.

The album starts with the haunting intro to Mein Herz Brennt (My Heart Burns) and builds up to the track's explosive chorus. The next track Links 2-3-4 (German army chant for marching) contains everything down to the marching footsteps and war sirens in the background. Sonne (Sun) is my favorite track on the album and also has one of the coolest music videos I've ever seen, even by Rammstein standards. The title track Mutter is another personal favorite. The lyrics are dark and almost disturbing, but it makes for one of the best tracks on the album.

Spieluhr is a haunting song about a music box and the perfect example of why Rammstein's lyrics are sometimes misinterpreted. It's filled with expressions and cultural references you can't possibly understand if you don't know German culture. Zwitter is one of two sexually-themed songs on the album (I'll leave it up to the reader to find out who or what a zwitter is) and plays out with the coolest guitar riff on the entire album. The last track Nebel, is a sad but very cool ballad in the vein of Seemann.

Basically, Rammstein fans won't be disappointed with this, their best album to date. It's a great album to mosh to, but if you have some time I dare you to look a little deeper into the lyrics. A definate thumbs-up.