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Harlott – Extinction

6th April 2017 Reinier de Vries

These are some fine months for old school thrash fans, or should I say for the new wave of thrash fans. After Havok and Warbringer, it is time for Australia’s Harlott’s new album. These guys [Read »]

Yeah, the new Havok album! In my opinion, Havok, together with Warbringer, Harlott, and Suicidal Angels is one of the new thrash bands that can compete with the old school eighties bands like Testament, Slayer, [Read »]

Battle of the Bays 2016

9th November 2016 Thomas Nielsen

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the announcement of the Battle of the Bays billing. Obituary, Exodus and Prong sharing stage in a fairly small venue? Almost too good to be true, but [Read »]

National Suicide – Anotheround

6th July 2016 Reinier de Vries

After an album in 2009, this is the second for this Italian thrash band. The music is influenced by 80’s thrash of bands like Exodus and Overkill. The most interesting and for some also irritating [Read »]

Assassin – Combat Cathedral

18th May 2016 Reinier de Vries

This German band is most famous for the cult album “The Upcoming Terror” and “Interstellar Experience”. In 2005 and 2011 other releases followed, but didn’t break any legs in the thrash scene. In a period [Read »]

Crisix – From Blue to Black

18th March 2016 Reinier de Vries

After albums of Angelus Apatrida, Raze and Phobos Preacher yet another release of a Spanish thrash band. I was not familiar with this band, but they already started in 2008 and this is their third album. First under the [Read »]

Accuser – The Forlorn Divide

9th March 2016 Reinier de Vries

German band Accuser already started in 1986, after 7 full lengths it got a bit quiet till there was a new Accuser album in 2010 (they have been active under the name Scartribe for a [Read »]

Exumer – The Raging Tides

10th February 2016 Reinier de Vries

A band with a big cult status because of their releases in the eigthies is this German Exumer. Which thrash fan doesn’t know their cult album ‘Possessed By Fire’? Back then the band didn’t get the same [Read »]

Lost Society – Braindead

10th February 2016 Reinier de Vries

This Finnish thrash band started some years ago and released thier first album when they were very young. The lyrics and song titles were quite simple back then, also the music wasn’t very groundshaking. Their [Read »]

Shallow Ground – Embrace the Fury

29th November 2015 Reinier de Vries

Old school thrash metal from Connecticut. This is the second release of this band. The music indeed makes you think of the late eighties, especially of the Bay Area thrash. Besides thrash, I would also mention speed [Read »]