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Band
Cage
Title
Supremacy Of Steel
Type
LP/EP
Company
Music Buy Mail
YOR
2011
Style
Power
12/25/2011 11:07:13 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
No secret to the success with Cage riding the hot winds of US power metal and thrash, mixing the two and concocting a serum best used for an overdose. This is completely over the top and tongue in cheek metal simply for metal's sake. No one is taking "Hell Destroyer vs Metal Devil" seriously, not even the goons at Dragon Con but the band do make a lot of noise on this sixth attempt to clone "Painkiller". High vocals, grumbles of anguish and a machine like intensity behind walls of guitars and pummeling doubles push the envelope further and further. Is it enough to warrant the Maiden-like marketing of posters and shirts? No sir.
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  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    3 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: CAGE
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Darker Than Black
2003
Fugitive Records
Greg Watson7/8/2003
-
Hell Destroyer
2007
MTM Music
David Loveless2/1/2008
3.5
Science of Annihilation
2009
Musicbuymail
Raising Iron8/28/2009
4
Supremacy Of Steel
2011
Music Buy Mail
Eric Compton12/25/2011
3

ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: CAGE
INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
Sean PeckMiguel Blardony11/20/2009
Sean PeckDavid Loveless2/22/2008
Sean PeckGreg Watson9/1/2003


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