Ruthless hail from Los Angeles, California where the band started in 1982. It was a time, when a bit north of Los Angeles, in San Francisco’s Bay Area, bands like Metallica started their journey and together with bands like Slayer and Exodus became forerunners of thrash metal at the time. While these bands faced an... Continue Reading →
Review MASTER’S CALL ‘A Journey for the Damned’
Master’s Call isn’t what you could call a new band as the foundation date was back in 2013. So, it’s the ten years anniversary and right in time for this special moment in the band’s history, the debut album will hit the shelves. It was in 2019 when the guys launched wit ‘Morbid Black Trinity’... Continue Reading →
Review LANCER ‘Tempest’
Bands like Helloween, Edguy, but also Hammerfall are certainly no strangers to Lancer. The band, hailing from Arvika, Värmland, embeds some inspiration of the mention groups into their sound. Power metal, often at a higher pace, is what fans can expect from Lancer and also from their newest offer called ‘Tempest’. Lancer started in 2009... Continue Reading →
Review TAILGUNNER ‘Guns For Hire’
‘Tailgunner’, that is a song from Iron Maiden who published the track on the ‘No Prayer For the Dying’ album and I guess it isn’t a coincidence that a new powerhouse from UK named themselves Tailgunner. Inspired by the NWoBHM and the sound of the 80s, the quintet from England charged their album with a... Continue Reading →
RUTHLESS announce a new album
California-based metal powerhouse Ruthless announce a new album. 'The Fallen' will be the band's forth longpplayer which will be released end of the year via Fireflash Records. Stay tuned for more info. Photo: Alex Solca
Review MEZZROW ‘Summon Thy Demons’
Mezzrow hail from Nyköping, Sweden and have just released their second album 'Summon Thy Demons'. The band debuted with 'Then Came the Killing' and is a serious candidate for an award for longest time between debut album and sophomore release. There are a mind blowing 33 years between the two albums. With Uffe Pettersson and... Continue Reading →
HOLY MOSES announce final show
German thrash metal institution Holy Moses will release their new album ‘Invisible Queen’ in a few days and will play numerous shows during 2023. Now the band announced their very last show ,which will take place on December 27th, 2023 at Markthalle, Hamburg. It will be also Sabina Classen’s 60th birthday, so enough good reasons... Continue Reading →
Review HOLY MOSES ‘Invisible Queen’
Holy Moses belongs the heroes of German thrash metal. Especially the first four albums belong to the genre defining releases, unleashed in a time when bands like Kreator and Sodom were in the fledgling phase too. Maybe it was the hiatus in the second half of the 90s that took away some attention from the... Continue Reading →
Review MYSTIC CIRCLE ‘Erzdämon’
After it was quiet around Mystic Circle for a long time, A. Blackwar and Beelzebub came around the corner with a new album in 2021. Simply called 'Mystic Circle' the band returned to their black roots and released grim black metal songs that caught people's attention. Now follows with 'Erzdämon' the second strike of the... Continue Reading →
HOLY MOSES reveal album details and a new song
One of Germany's most legendary thrash metal bands, Holy Moses, announced a new album. ‘Invisible Queen’ is the title and the longplayer which be launched on April 14th, 2023 via Fireflash Records. Now, a first single has been unveiled, which is the title track. In addition, the 2-CD Digipak will include a bonus CD entitled... Continue Reading →









