A Shot of Poison (10th Anniversary Edition)
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We Wish You a Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year
Various Artists (Armoury Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Scorpions
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Rock Sugar
Reimaginator. Review by Joe Frietze.
Poison
Poison’d (EMI). Review by Christopher Long.
doubleDrive
Blue in the Face (Roadrunner). Review by Stein Haukland.
The Meat Purveyors
All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (Bloodshot). Review by James Mann.
Pure 80’s Rocks
Various Artists (UTV). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Love Metal
Twelve Classic Heavy Metal Hits (Hip-O). Review by David Lee Beowulf.
Metal Shop
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