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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 »]

Warbringer – Woe To The Vanquished

1st April 2017 Reinier de Vries

A few years ago, there were quite a few bands you could file under the NWOT wave. Warbringer was one of them, and they are one of the survivors. Their 2008 debut album, War Without End, was [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 »]

Striker – Striker

23rd February 2017 Wade Reitz

Some of you may recall in December I wrote about being clueless to the greatness of White Widdow. Well, here I go again. While reading a list of highly anticipated albums for 2017 on another [Read »]

Synaptik – Justify & Reason

23rd February 2017 Reinier de Vries

This UK progressive metal band already got a fine review written by my colleague Chris Galea for their debut The Mechanisms of Consequence back in 2014. He was very enthusiastic and talked about world domination…. I [Read »]

Warpath – Bullets For A Desert Session

22nd February 2017 Reinier de Vries

In the early nineties Warpath was one of my favorite German bands. Why? Just because they were different from the lot. Their mix of thrash, death, hardcore and some doom was something quite unique in my [Read »]

Vendetta – The 5th

20th February 2017 Reinier de Vries

German band Vendetta was founded in 1984 and released two albums in the eighties. Go and Live… Stay and Die was their debut album and soon their second Brain Damage followed in 1988. After that [Read »]

Kreator – Gods Of Violence

20th January 2017 Reinier de Vries

When I think of Kreator, immediately the phrase ‘Time to raise the flag of hate’ comes to mind. Together with Destruction this band stood at the cradle of German thrash. Sure, they stood in the shade [Read »]

Ancestral – Master Of Fate

8th January 2017 Reinier de Vries

Italy is known in the metal community for their power metal bands. Rhapsody (of Fire) is their biggest export. Lots of other combos play in that same genre, but all don’t get the same popularity. [Read »]

Sepultura – Machine Messiah

6th January 2017 Reinier de Vries

Long gone is the time that Sepultura played old school thrash and the times of ‘Beneath the Remains’ and ‘Arise’ will never return. The band developed their style with adding more tribal influences and after [Read »]