This is the second album from Nervosa, who are a Brazilian thrash metal band.
Nervosa play their thrash metal with razorblade intent and an equally sharp delivery.
This is not for their faint-hearted, as their take on thrash is definitely of the more extreme Continue reading “Nervosa – Agony (Review)”
Mortillery are a thrash metal band from Canada. This is their third album.
Mortillery play old-school thrash metal, influenced by the Bay Area scene and with an aggressive hardcore undertone.
The singer swings between rabid shouting screams and powerful cleans, somewhere between that of Kreator and Death Angel. Her voice has quite an individual quality to it and she ably Continue reading “Mortillery – Shapeshifter (Review)”
This is the début album from this US Southern/stoner metal band.
This is a riotous, rocking collection of tracks that offer high energy hooks and a filthy disposition.
Barkyard Junkyard is full of hard rocking tunes with plenty of swagger Continue reading “Thundering Herd – Backyard Junkyard (Review)”
Raging Speedhorn are a sludge metal band from the UK. This is their fifth album.
After their ultimately very enjoyable, but quite different, fourth album Before the Sea Was Built, the band called it a day. After a self-resurrection, the mighty Raging Speedhorn have now returned with their latest release.
Questions abound – what will it sound like? What kind of style have they embraced? Well, the only thing to be done is to press play and find out… Continue reading “Raging Speedhorn – Lost Ritual (Review)”
This is the 14th album from this prolific German thrash metal band.
For a band that have been around for over 30 years(!), describing Destruction as veterans of the thrash metal scene, or something like that, is an understatement. Considering both their longevity and considerable output since that time, I imagine there are few in the metal world who are unfamiliar with the band in some capacity or other. Well, unless all you listen to is Continue reading “Destruction – Under Attack (Review)”
This is the eighth album from this Swedish heavy metal institution.
How’s that for an album cover, eh? It certainly paints a pretty picture of what the album sounds like.
For twenty years Grand Magus have been blaring out their brand of heavy metal in one form or another, and they Continue reading “Grand Magus – Sword Songs (Review)”
This is début album from Indian heavy metal band Eclipse.
This is melodic heavy metal played in the old-school style and backed up with bright keyboards that add some ostentation and punctuated highlights to the music’s already colourful charms.
The singer has a powerful and clear voice that soars above the music with character and passion. A good singing voice can make or break a band like this, and I’m pleased to say that there are no real issues in the vocal department. Continue reading “Eclipse – Clandestine Resurrection (Review)”
This is the seventh album from this US metal band.
I’ve always enjoyed Devildriver’s combination of modern metal, melodic death metal, thrash metal, NWOAHM, classic metal, nu-metal and crushing groove metal. Sure, they’ve had their ups and downs over the years with some albums being noticeably stronger than others, but they’ve always had enough meat on their metal bones to make me happy to listen to them in some capacity or other.
This moves us onto Continue reading “Devildriver – Trust No One (Review)”
Overtures are an Italian melodic Heavy Metal band and this is their fourth album.
Overtures play melodic Heavy Metal with nods to both progressive and Power Metal in their style. They know how to rock out when they need to, as well as exploring wider pastures and grander climes as appropriate.
This is an album strong in Continue reading “Overtures – Artifacts (Review)”
This is the second EP from Finnish Death/Sludge Metal band Black Royal.
Black Royal have an interesting style, effectively combining primitive 90s Death Metal with a Sludge/Stoner influence. It’s definitely the path less-travelled and makes for a very enjoyable journey.
The vocals consist of rough, Stoner-esque, semi-cleans, mixed in with deeper growls that have more of a Death Metal slant. Continue reading “Black Royal – The Summoning Pt. 2 (Review)”
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