Album Reviews
Phrenetix – Fear
Not a lot will be familiar with this thrash metal band from Lithuania, I for sure wasn’t. The first acquaintance with the band however is a pleasant one. The band has thrash from the eighties [Read »]
Album Reviews
Gama Bomb – Untouchable Glory
A thrash album inspired by vintage kung fu movies, isn’t that cool? Well, I don’t know, but I was surprised that this band from Northern Ireland already exists since 2002. It almost seems like yesterday [Read »]
Album Reviews
Dew-Scented/Angelus Apatrida – Immersed
In support of their “Thrash Mercenaries tour”, both bands (or the label) decided to release a 7″ split EP limited to 500 copies. Dew-Scented starts with covering the Vio-lence track “World In a World” from their ‘Oppressing the Masses’ album. [Read »]
Album Reviews
Malevolent Creation – Dead Man’s Path
Florida has always been a good soil for death metal bands, not only Obituary but also Malevolent Creation are settled there. If counted correctly, this is their 12th album. Since their debut “The Ten Commandments”, an [Read »]
Album Reviews
Harlott – Proliferation
This thrash band from Melbourne already surprised me with their ‘Origin’ album, but with this new album they really overwhelmed me. It is maybe not original, but it is so fast, hard and heavy and [Read »]
Album Reviews
Slayer – Repentless
What do you do when you get the opportunity to write a review for the new Slayer album, but with only three days to deadline? You don’t hesitate a second, skip a few hours sleep [Read »]
Album Reviews
One Machine – The Final Cull
After their debut album “The Distortion of Lies and the Overdriven Truth” this new one is launched rather fast. I was not that enthusiastic about the debut, especially the somewhat over the top singing and [Read »]
Album of the Month
Metal Allegiance – Metal Allegiance
Talk about a supergroup! This time it’s not just some half-super, semi-famous metal musicians who lay claim to the label ‘super’. This is more like a who’s who of people who have defined thrash metal [Read »]
Album Reviews
Act Of Defiance – Birth And The Burial
Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover, Harry Derek and Matt Bachand form this ‘kind of super’ group. The former members from bands like Jag Panzer, Megadeth, Scar the Marty, Nevermore, Eidolon and Shadows Fall have already earned their stripes elsewhere and [Read »]
Album Reviews
Rifftera – Pitch Black
When I saw the name Rifftera, I thought their music would be riff oriented and with a big Pantera influence. The first thought was of course an open door, because what is metal without riffs… [Read »]