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Holy Dio Tribute 2CD Set 1999
When I still had my CD business going, this was one of the things I plucked from Century Media and sold quite a few of. There were a ton of tribute albums coming out at the time and Century Media seemed to be releasing 
half of them. Some good, some not so good. This one was one of the better ones and has been out of print for quite some time now. Enjoy!
Tracks:
Disc 1
1. BLIND GUARDIAN – Don’t Talk To Strangers
2. PRIMAL FEAR – Kill The King
3. DORO – Egypt (The Chains Are On)
4. JAG PANZER – Children Of The Sea
5. FATES WARNING – Sign Of The Southern Cross
6. CATCH THE RAINBOW – Rainbow Eyes
7. GAMMA RAY – Long Live Rock And Roll
8. SWANO / TAGTGREN – Country Girl
Disc 2
1. GRAVE DIGGER – We Rock
2. HAMMERFALL – Man Of The Silver Mountain
3. HOLY MOTHER – Holy Diver
4. PRIMAL FEAR – Kill The King
5. AXEL RUDI PELL – Still I’m Sad
6. ENOLA GAY – Heaven And Hell
7. STEEL PROPHET – Neon Knight
8. SOLITUDE AETURNUS – Shame On The Night
9. DESTINY’S END – Last In Line
10. ANGEL DUST – Temple Of The King
Minus a few tracks like Destiny’s End, Grave Digger and maybe a few others, this is really good. I especially love Doro’s version of Egypt.
Solstice – Solstice (1992)
This is one that I picked up around the time it debuted mainly because of the label it was on. Century Media Records 
was putting out some cool stuff like Iced Earth at the time so I thought I’d give this a shot. Glad I did. It’s a good cross between death and thrash metal without getting too over the top. I guess they featured members of Cannibal Corpse, Demolition Hammer, Disincarnate, Divine Empire, Hateplow, Hellwitch, Malevolent Creation, Resurrection; none of which I have ever cared about in the least.
I really liked the drummer on this release. Some really good footwork.
Overall this isn’t the greatest band to come from that Florida death/thrash scene but this album is certainly worth a listen. It’s been out of print for quite some time.
Leviathan
So, it looks as if Leviathan (Colorado progressive metal band) is doing a reunion show in January 2010. Too bad they couldn’t have waited a few months else I would have made my way up there to see the show. But Colorado in the middle of the winter? No thanks. Hell, I am already too cold here in central Texas!
Back in 1997 I went to LA to visit with Century Media and metal Blade Records as I was buying most of my stock from them when I had Acacia Music online in the late 80s. It was a blast out there and the folks at both labels were absolutely incredible. One great experience was going to the “office” of Century Media. At that time they were still a small label in the USA. Their office was an old Victorian looking 2-story house with an 8′ privacy fence around it. Not very office-looking. But it kept their overhead low and it was perfect for their needs. My rep with CM, John Schultz (where are you, dude?) took me out to their warehouse in South Central LA (Hawthorne). I just walked through the rows of CDs and merch drooling. I brought back 200 CDs. Many for my personal collection but most of them to sell on the website and on eBay.
One of the bands I got a hold of on the trip was Leviathan. They had the first EP and their first 2 full-length CDs in stock so I grabbed one of each. At the time I was a little more into prog metal than I am now and this stuff surely satisfied my tastes in the genre.
My favorite of the 3 is Riddles, Questions, Poetry and Outrage. Such a fine album. All 3 of these are way out of print so I’ll post them for your downloading pleasure. Yes, I know they did a follow-up to the Riddles album, but I didn’t care for it.
Enjoy.
Riddles, Questions, Poetry and Outrage
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