With the greatest of hits, Dee Snider comes in with a knockout on Leave A Scar, his second solo outing backed by Jamey Jasta. The one-two punch of the Twisted Sister frontman’s (still) powerful vocals and the Hatebreed mastermind’s songwriting abilities make an imprint with a modern metal attack that’s melodic, technical, and also vicious. Snider shows versatility and is on top of game breathing life into the new compositions that makes a lasting impression and most importantly, leaves a scar. Dee’s sophomore album uppercuts its way to the 18 spot of our countdown.

Scribe Sydney Taylor praised Leave A Scar in her review:

As seen on ‘From The Love Of Metal’, Jasta has certainly taken Dee’s most recent works to the next level, encouraging the continued development of Dee’s iconic vocal abilities and helping translate them to a more modern metal sound. Dee’s current line-up, featuring Charlie Bellmore and Nick Petrino on guitars, Russell Pzutto on bass, and Nick Bellmore on drums, has introduced major technicality to the record’s instrumentation and allows the album to move into the direction of varying metal subgenres. The perfect example of this is the track “Time To Choose” featuring Cannibal Corpse frontman, George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher for one of Dee’s most interesting collaborations yet. Fisher’s growls support Dee’s melodic soaring vocals and give the song a taste of modern death metal. Other crushing tracks on the record filled with powerful, fiery riffs include “Before I Go” and “Open Season”, and the album’s second to last track, “The Reckoning.”

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