Virginia based crossover maniacs Enforced release their new track and visualizer video for 'Curtain Fire' today via Century Media Records. Watch the music video for the banger, which is off the band's forthcoming blistering new album and Century Media debut, 'Kill Grid', which will hit the record stores on March 12th, 2021 "Also known as 'the creeping barrage,' curtain... Continue Reading →
CD review KING MOTHERSHIP ‘The Ritual’
King Mothership is brainchild of Spencer Sotelo, known as frontman of the progressive powerhouse Periphery. The roots of 'The Ritual' go back far in time, days between the first and the second Periphery albums. It was in 2011, when Sotelo started to work on song that didn't really fit to what Periphery is into. This... Continue Reading →
CD review MORDRED ‘Volition’
Far before Rage Against The Machine started their successful crossover mix, before Limp Bizkit became a megaseller and even before Anthrax and Public Enemy started a collaboration, it was Bay Area powerhouse Mordred that fused musical styles that doesn't have a connection on first sight. At the same time as Faith No More started to... Continue Reading →
MORDRED and the new EP
Update 04.06.2020: The release date moved to June 19th, 2020 If there are crossover pioneers in metal it's Mordred from San Francisco, California. Belonging to the spearhead of bands that merged thrash metal with hiphop and funk, the guys released with 'Fools Game' an album that broke the chains of exciting genre limitation and opened... Continue Reading →
CD review WALTARI ‘Global Rock’
If there is one band on this planet that takes the word ‘crossover’ very serious, than it’s Waltari from Finland. The band, nowadays driven by Kärtsy Hatakka.and Jari Lehtinen, seems to have an endless flow of border-crossing creativity. Not forgotten is the extraordinary ‘Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C’ album, a... Continue Reading →
Live (Photo-) report THE HU & FIRE FROM THE GOD, Melkweg, Amsterdam – 05.02.2020
A while ago a music video went viral on YouTube, showing a band from Mongolia that merges Metal with Mongolian Folk music. Their name – The Hu, meaning ‘the people’ in their native language. The band got in the spotlight very quickly and still is talk of the town. With having released an album recently,... Continue Reading →
BODY COUNT unveil a new song
Ice-T and Body Count release with ‚Carnivore‘ the title track the new upcoming album. March 6th, 2020 will be the release date for ‚Carnivore‘ and the longplayer comes via Century Media.
Live report LIFE OF AGONY, DOYLE & BLAST BOMB, Gruenspan, Hamburg – 03.11.2019
A couple of week before starting 'The Sound of Scars'-tour, Life Of Agony asked local bands to apply for the opening slot for each of the German shows. The ‚winner‘ for Hamburg is Blast Bomb, a band with a sound that fits in a great fashion into the Hardcore/Metal context of this night. Some hard... Continue Reading →
CD review DEEZ NUTS ‘You Got Me Fucked Up’
(8/10) Deez Nuts are back with a next longplayer. 'You Got Me Fucked Up' is the title of this ten songs comprising record, number six in the band's discography. Deez Nuts' music is rooted in Hardcore although their sound reflects a much wider approach. Rap and Rock influences are a strong element of Deez Nuts... Continue Reading →
CD review MUNICIPAL WASTE ‘The Last Rager’ – EP
(8/10) Virginia Metal metalheads Municipal Waste add a new four-track EP to the books. Three long years after the latest full-length album saw the light of day it's 'The Last Rager' bringing some new stuff to the plate. Municipal Waste delivers to expectation. Raw and ruthless Thrash Metal is what the powerpack stands for and... Continue Reading →
CD review TOXIC HOLOCAUST ‘Primal Future: 2019’
(8/10) Allround musician Joel Grind is a restless guy and it is Metal that seems to flow through his veins. There are his solo releases and his work with Tiger Junkies, but there's Toxic Holocaust too, basically a one man show with Grind being the centerpiece. 'Primal Future" 2019', that's the name of Toxic Holocaust's... Continue Reading →
BLACK FUTURES release ‘Never Not Nothing’
UK-based powerhouse Black Futures releases their new album 'Never Not Nothing' today. The eleven songs comprising release comes through legendary Music For Nations and carries interesting music. Industrial meets Modern Metal meets HipHop or in other word, NIN meets Ministry meets Prophets Of Rage. Tracklist: 1. N.N.N.2. Love3. Karma Ya Dig!? 4. Me.TV5. Body &... Continue Reading →
CD review ZEBRAHEAD ‘Brain Invaders’
(8/10) US-punk ambassadors Zebrahead had their foundation in the late '90s and it's 'Brain Invaders' being theirnewest delivery in the here and now. The quintet recorded 14 new songs with the first one being a real musical wrecking ball. I had to check the CD if it's right one that went into the player. 'When... Continue Reading →