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Rags 'N Riches - Heaven Is Only a Moment Away
Review by Gary Hill
On the one hand the guitar sound and production on this lands it in the territory of New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the more raw metal textures of the 80s.

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Herman Rarebell - and Friends - Herman's Scorpions Songs
Review by Gary Hill
This album features Scorpions drummer (he’s done so much more than that, too, though) Herman Rarebell along with some pretty great “friends” as guests.

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Ratt - The Atlantic Years: 1984-1990
Review by Gary Hill

This new box set assembles Ratt's five albums on Atlantic Records. Of course, the title probably gave that away, right?


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Raven - Rock Until You Drop
Review by Gary Hill
This 1981 release was Raven's debut. These guys never got the attention they deserved.

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Raven - Over The Top! Neat Years 1981-1984
Review by Gary Hill
Raven is considered to be one of the original bands from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. They are also considered to be a huge influence on thrash.

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Raven - Rock Until You Drop: The Over The Top Edition
Review by Gary Hill
This new four-CD edition of Raven's Rock Until You Drop features the full album along with bonus tracks on the first disc. From there we get demos and interview and live recordings to fill out the collection.

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Raven - Faster Than The Speed Of Light - Live At The Inferno, Destroy All Monsters, Party Killers
Review by Gary Hill
This new collection from Raven gathers up two live albums, from different decades and puts them with a CD of covers.

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Blake Red - The Cradle
Review by Gary Hill
This artist is based somewhat near me, in the Chicago area.

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Red Tide Rising - The Rising
Review by Gary Hill
These guys have a modern metal sound that’s related to things like Godsmack.

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Revolution Engine - Fist and Flame
Review by Gary Hill
I was just sent this for a review in February of 2022, 

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Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
Review by Mike Korn
By the bristling beard of Odin, what manner of mortals be these? The members of the Italian power metal band Rhapsody have taken the fantasy theme to new...and often ridiculous...heights.
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Rigor Mortis - Slaves to the Grave
Review by Mike Korn
The tale of Rigor Mortis has to be one of the biggest hard luck stories in metal history.

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Riot - The Official Bootleg Box Set Volume 1 1976-1980
Review by Gary Hill
In terms of sheer quantity you really can't beat this set. It's a six CD set of live Riot shows. These all started as bootlegs, and as such the sound quality leaves a bit to be desired.

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Riot - Live in America: The Official Bootleg Box Set Vol 3 - 1981-1988
Review by Gary Hill
Riot definitely deserved to be a bigger band than they were. While they have had a following all along, they got largely lost in terms of mainstream metal fans, largely because of the rise of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and hair metal.

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Royal Hunt - Paper Blood
Review by Gary Hill
I came to this disc with a bit of trepidation. Frankly, having spoken with former Hunt vocalist D.C. Cooper on a couple of occasions and finding him to be one of the best hard rock/metal vocalists out there, part of me was afraid to hear what Hunt sounded like without him.
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Royal Hunt - Double Live In Japan
Review by Gary Hill
Doing a wonderful job of combining classical music with heavy metal, Royal Hunt's albums have always sounded like studio-only productions. It seemed like a lot would be lost in the translation to live performance.
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Royal Hunt - Moving Target
Review by Gary Hill
Much of this album represents a nearly perfect synthesis of classical music and heavy metal. In many places, the two styles are so intertwined as to be inseparable.

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RSC - Shadow Lady (digital single)
Review by Gary Hill

A multi-continental band, RSC (at least on this tune) ply a form of heavy metal that's well rooted in classic hard rock. These guys would have been at home doing music like this in previous eras.


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Rudra - Enemy of Duality
Review by Mike Korn
There’s a whole world of heavy metal outside the usual West European/North American stuff that gets all the publicity.


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Running Wild - Rapid Foray
Review by Mike Korn
When a sailing ship is cruising smoothly across the ocean, it is not the time to change course.

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Jack Russell - Shelter Me
Review by Gary Hill
Jack Russell is probably best known as having been the lead singer in Great White. I have to think that it might be more accurate to think that Great White was his band.

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Jack Russell's Great White - Once Bitten Acoustic Bytes
Review by Gary Hill

Let's make this clear right at the start, this album is not heavy metal, really. After all, it's an acoustic guitar based set.


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Sam Russell - Impetuous Desire
Review by Gary Hill
If you give this album a listen, you'll surely be impressed by Sam Russell's mastery of the guitar. If you research the man, though, you are likely to be shocked to find out that he has a Masters Degree in Astrophysics.

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