Review by Anna on October 5, 2010.

This is the first full-length of Crowned In Earth. Inside the jewel case one conveniently finds the words “English Doom” sprawled beside the picture of mister Kevin Lawry, the main composer of the band. Thanks, that pretty much sums up this review for me. “Visions Of The Haunted” is a totally straightforward album with decent vocals, good riffs, a nice retro sound, and occasionally the highly welcomed organ accompaniment. The style is utterly cookie-cutter, but nevertheless this gnawing album wouldn’t be a bad choice to zone out to. Didn’t exactly cream my pants with this though, to be honest. Anywho, if you’re in the mood for some Doom à la Traditional, you may consider checking this out.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8
Atmosphere: 7.5
Production: 9
Originality: 6
Overall: 7

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

Review by JD on December 17, 2018.

What do you get when you cross some old school traditional metal, one of metal music’s most powerful and recognisable voices and some modern metal?  You get something that is completely unexpected, and loaded with class.

Dee Snider, leader of the infamous 80’s cheesy rebellion Twisted Sister and vocal Titan, can anything else be said?  When he is joined by some of modern metal up-an-coming musicians on a bit of a challenge, the planets and stars started to fully align – metal started flowing resulting in the album For the Love of Metal.

The album sounds crisp and tight – but has some issues at times delivering some low-end power. Mr. Snider shines throughout each and every track despite the limitations of the songs he was doing. Songs like 'Become the Storm' and the duet 'Dead Hearts' (with Arch Enemy’s Alissa White Gluz) are stand out tracks. There were songs that were very rushed, lyrically repetitive and simply sounded all alike that brought the album down into a pit of mediocrity despite Dee’s obviously totally brilliant vocals that carried the bulk of the album’s enjoyment.

Obviously, Dee did not pen the bulk (if not none) of the lyrics, as they were not cheesy fun like he does, just cheesy bad. If I were to rate on Dee Snider’s vocals alone, it would be a solid 9 mark with the rest of the band being young and not even close to being as seasoned as the Twisted Sister frontman is. It brings the album down t a level that is disappointing to all of us, who use to laugh at TS, while marvelling at Mr. Snider’s power.

Rating: 6.8 out of 10