Blackmore's Castle: A Tribute To Deep Purple & Rainbow
Reviewer Chad Bowar writes, "Ritchie Blackmore has been one of the best guitar players in the world for nearly 40 years. This much deserved tribute album focuses on the Deep Purple and Rainbow era. Lion Music utilizes its stable of talented progressive and power metal musicians to create an excellent tribute to Blackmore. The interesting thing about Blackmore`s Castle is the choice of songs. I like the fact they dug a little deeper and picked songs from a variety of albums from Deep Purple`s 1972 "Machine Head" to 1992`s "The Battle Rages On". Some of the artists featured on this CD include Lars Eric Mattson doing "Self Portrait", Winterlong covering "Machine Head", and Arabesque doing an interesting version of "Stargazer." Blackmore`s Castle is also a good combination of faithful covers and artists putting their own spin on Blackmore`s songs. It`s a highly recommended CD for all power metal, progressive metal and of course, Ritchie Blackmore fans."
| 1 | Bloodsucker Mister Kite | 4:46 |
| 2 | Perfect Strangers Transcendence | 5:03 |
| 3 | Stargazer Arabesque | 8:55 |
| 4 | Self Portrait Lars Eric Mattsson | 3:29 |
| 5 | Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Reign Of Terror | 7:56 |
| 6 | Gates Of Babylon Iron Mask | 7:21 |
| 7 | Battle Rages On Headline | 5:56 |
| 8 | Black Night Condition Red | 4:20 |
| 9 | Space Truckin' Torben Enevoldsen | 4:57 |
| 10 | Man On The Silver Mountain Eric Zimmermann | 3:49 |
| 11 | Highway Star Winterlong | 6:01 |
| 12 | Lazy Jason Richardson | 6:03 |
| 13 | Still I'm Sad Instrumental Guitar Condition Red | 4:04 |
