Say what you want about Dream Theater. Actually , hold that off. In the songwriting department, say what you want about the other artists for now. When Black Clouds & Silver Linings came out, it seems we heard the same thing from each party (fans praised everything about it, nonfans griped about everything about it); however, the disc came with a series of six covers (or do you want to count it as eight?), which were bound to offend die-hards. I made an off-handed remark earlier that covering "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2" was something of…

Apparently, I broke some unwritten law by posting a partial review of an album I hadn't listened to all of, while making note of the fact that it was partial. Whoops! Next time I'll shut the fuck up, since I'm only doing what a lot of others seem to do… either listening to something only half-way or only focusing on a few traits. At least, that's judging by some of the tripe I've read that passes for 'record reviews.' If you think I'm exaggerating and just pissing and moaning because I like Calling All Stations and every record reviewer ever…

So, Saxon's new album, Into the Labyrinth came out recently. I've yet to listen to the whole thing, but what I've heard so far is pretty good. (Mind, this is my first Saxon album…) I haven't got much to say about it, other than this…

The lead singer's voice, whose name I can't remember worth fuck, has a really ugly voice. Almost as ugly as Lemmy's, but Lemmy still has him beat. Regardless of this, the music is no less listenable, and probably a lot better as a result. I mean, come on, they've got a song about Sweeney…