And We Ride, Thundering Into the Sky – 100%* Riot’s Thundersteel is one of the purest distillations of heavy metal I can think of. This album storms out of the gate and doesn’t truly let up throughout it’s concise 46 minute runtime. I don’t feel many albums deserve the 100%. but this one earns it. Riot is a band that had no shortage of turbulence throughout their decades of activity.

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Trouble Goes Retro – 95%* Trouble’s 4th album (and second self-titled, for some bizarre reason) is in many ways Trouble moving forward and backward. This album is their most 70s sounding album up to this point, as they take their already noticeable Sabbathian influences a few steps further and push their 70s doom and rock inspiration to the forefront of their sound. There is a noticeable shift from their occasional

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