The Dope - Felons & Revolutionaires - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

If Massenet is best-known as the champion of French opera, his contribution to the genre of the mélodie merits reassessment - as is demonstrated by this programme of exquisitely orchestrated songs, all of which have remained in manuscript form. The Expressions lyriques form the pinnacle of these experiments, blending speech and song. The cycle Chansons des bois d'Amaranthe is also notable for the originality of it's scoring a quartet of singers in dialogue with an orchestra animated by a voluble piano part.

Among the Living is the third studio album by heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released on March 16, 1987, by Megaforce Records in the US and by Island Records in the rest of the world. Anthrax members described the album as their breakthrough, as it marked the progression from the band playing in small clubs to arenas and stadiums. The album was critically acclaimed and promoted the band among the InchBig FourInch of thrash metal. The band's second gold record, Among the Living was certified gold by the RIAA on July 31, 1990.

Los Angeles' Metal Church stand as one of the most innovative and unfortunately, one of the underappreciated heavy metal bands of the 1980's. And 'The Dark', their second album, is without any doubt, the masterpiece of their hard-driven air-guitar assault. Every track on this album, from the InchTon Of BricksInch attacking your ears at the beginning, to the incredible lament of InchWatch The Children PrayInch halfway through, right to the equally melodic and pounding InchBurial At SeaInch and InchWestern AllianceInch at the end, is a classic. David Wayne's vocals did a great job on 'The Dark', giving the album a no-nonsense metal consistency and quality.