Agreed 100%. Think of the thousands of bands that don't last 5 years and manage to squeeze out 1-2 decent albums at best. Reale's been driving this band for over 30 years, though style changes and various lineups, and he consistently put out great albums. You'd be hard-pressed to name 5 metal bands with a discography as long and as consistently good as RIOT's, yet the band never really gets the attention that so many lesser crews doMassOfKthulu wrote:Perhaps the best combination there was for a genius guitar player that could actually also compose some of the best songs ever in metal music.RIP
2 of my favorite metal guitarists are now gone (Reale and Oliva). You know you're getting older when your heroes start dying