Meat Loaf
Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose
Review by Gary Hill
In the third installment of the Bat Out of Hell series, Meat Loaf finds himself surrounded by a lot of very talented musicians. Like the second one, this wanders close enough to the territory of progressive rock to fit there. At times, it gets to be pretty close to heavy metal. Meat Loaf seems to have trouble fitting into the nu-metal sounds of the opening number, but once we get past that everything (with the possible exception of the closing piece) is quite strong. That list of special guests includes Steve Vai, Marilyn Manson's John 5, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx and Queen's Brian May.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2011 Volume 1 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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