F E A T U R E

Van Halen Release Review: "A Different Kind of Toupe" by Jonah Haze
4/13/2012 2:24:21 PM by Frank




"Dave saves the day personally. He gave them an "EPI" shot with a new phonograph needle. Rocking the cradle, getting unchained, (minding the women and children first); he was all the while maintaining the moving parts clean of this heavy machine. This is not Angelina "Jolie's" Diver Down, more like Ronnie Dio's "Holy" Diver Down.

You almost have to hold it with both hands its surprisingly heavy. Mind you this is Van Franklen but this is what will erupt the ears of the old. This is what will corrupt the years of the ears to come. Goddamn! If you didn't know me any wiser, this is fresh magic from the Van Halen Family Dutch oven.

Oh yeah, remember a guitar player named Eddie Van Halen?! Allow It! The magic man with the famous "fingertap" now holds nothing back with his reconstructed cyber hands. He sounds like the Terminator re-re-re-reprogramed to never ever stop until Sarah Conner is Dead. He searches high and low across the fretboard still so fluent in the hunger of youth. It's almost like some solos don't get to finish what Ed started. They scream at him to just let their final notes fly free from his instrument to live out their remaining resonance on their own terms.

Please welcome "Shreddie Eddie" from his long 5150 stay!"


His Full Bore Review: Van Halen - A Different Kind of Toupe



<< back >>






RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Into Eternity· The Kovenant
· Leng Tch'e· Racer X
· Loudness· Children Of Bodom
· White Skull· Carpathian Forest
· Rebellion· Deceased
· Fozzy· Lamb of God
· Metallica· Power of Omens
· Dr. Butcher· Conquest
· SelfInflicted· Biomechanical
· The Graveyard Boulevard· Wycked Synn
· Steel Preacher· Beautiful Creatures
· Mnemic· Vhaldemar
· Windseeker· Murdercycle
· Edguy· Project: Failing Flesh
· Brides of Destruction· Deivos
· Royal Anguish· Dreamaker
· Three Inches of Blood· I Hate Sally
· Drowning Pool· Superchrist
· Cryonic Temple· UFO
· Messiah's Kiss· Wolf
· Skyfire· Gamma Ray
· Dimmu Borgir· Chapter VIII
· Unleashed· Shadows Fall
· Beaten Back To Pure· Dark Age
· Lullacry· Annihilator
· Internal Bleeding· Tartharia
· Witchburner· Six Feet Under
· Within Temptation· Triumph
· Azrael's Bane· Milkweed
· Bloody Sign· Emerald Sun
· Audiovision· Blood Red Throne
· Lost Soul· Crionics
· Soilwork· Korpiklaani
· Labyrinth· Yyrkoon
· Heartcry· Wolverine
· Bruce Dickinson· Lord Gore
· Axel Rudi Pell· Green Carnation
· Astarte· Mirador
· Graveworm· Naglfar
· Maximum Overdrive· Brand New Sin
· Subterranean Masquerade· Nuse
· Cannon· Holy Blood
· Nuclear Assault· Future is Tomorrow
· Eternal Reign· Russell Allen
· Bolt Thrower· Ignarus
· Casus Belli· Arthemis
· Balatonizer· Even X
· Akercocke· Gojira
· Wolfmother· Asrai
· Skullshifter· Dragonlord
· Sinocence· Bronx Casket Company
· Detonation· Enforsaken
· Cannibal Corpse· Poison
· Lair Of The Minotaur· Hell-Born
· Steep· Dissection
· Tris Katone· Moonspell
· Valhalla· Vore
· The Smashup· Candlemass
· 8th Sin· Bludgeon
· Jotunspor· Unsilent Phenomenon
· Vengeance· Hydrogyn
· Sahg· Fleshgore
· From the Grave· Pretty Maids
· The Abominable Iron Sloth· Myon
· Obtest· Cheva
· Better Left Unsaid· Quest of Aidance
· Handful of Hate· Warmachine
· The Gathering· Fu Manchu
· Terry Sullivan· Throne of Katarsis
· Lord Belial· Old Man's Child
· Grenouer· Incrave
· Almah· Divine Empire
· Gotthard· Transmission 0
· Wuthering Heights· Lipstick Magazine
· Funeral· Hearse
· Faith And Fire· Himsa
· Keldian· Ride The Sky
· Gutted With Broken Glass· The Obsessed
· Burzum· Uriah Heep
· The More I See· Papa Roach
· Wolfgate· Caliban
· Giant Squid· Dark Castle