Fatal Collapse is a rather new band. Founded in 2022 the four-piece released a first EP named ‘Hell is Here’ in May 2023 and it was the springboard for a deal with Hamburg-based label Cause Of Deaf Records. Already the first release got some attention of Hamburg’s metal scene and the debut album wants to... Continue Reading →
FATAL COLLAPSE announce debut album and launch first single
Hamburg-based metal powerhouse Fatal Collapse announced their self-titled debut album. Release date will be April 12th, 2024 and nine songs will lead to quite some headbanging. Thrash metal with a strong groove is what the four-piece delivers and ‘Mental Annihilation’ is a first appetizer.
DETRAKTOR launched a 2-track single
Hamburgs metal force Detraktor launched a 2-track single called ‘Of Gods and Serpents’. Next to ‘Cult of the Silence’ the release also includes with ‘Ancient’ a second song, representing finest Northern German groove metal.
Review SURGICAL STRIKE ’24/7 Hate’
German riff grinders Surgical Strike launched with ‘Part of a Sick World’ a debut album that hit the shelves in January 2020. As we all know, the months and years to follow haven’t been the best ones for the musical industry as the pandemic put a full stop on all activities. Being a new band,... Continue Reading →
NASTY unleashed a video for ‘Total Domination’
Right before embarking on a tour with Terror, including some Impericon festival shows, Belgium hardcore powerhouse Nasty launched a new video. 'Total Domination' is the song anmd the video was filmed at the release show of the latest album 'Heartbreak Criminals'. Tourdates:22.03.24 (DK) Fredericia - Tøjhuset23.03.24 (SE) Linköping - The Crypt24.03.24 (NO) Drammen - Kometen25.03.24... Continue Reading →
Review LIFESICK ‘Love and Other Lies’ (EP)
Lifesick was formed in 2015 and hail from Frederica, a smaller town in Denmark. The band premiered a year later with an album called ‘6.0.1’. ‘Swept in Black’ followed in 2018 and it was ‘Misanthropy’ that found its way to the record stores in 2022. These release brought the band to the attention of Metal... Continue Reading →
Review PRONG ‘State of Emergency’
New York City -based groove metal masters Prong are back with a new album. After a few brilliant records in the 90s, one recalls 'Beg to Differ', 'Prove You Wrong' and 'Cleansing', a short period of dry spell followed. Records like 'Scorpio Rising' couldn't keep up with the great successes. Fortunately, Tommy Victor and his... Continue Reading →
Review HARMS WAY ‘Common Suffering’
Sometimes fun quickly turns into seriousness. Most of the time, this has a negative connotation. However, in the case of Harms Way, it is fair to say that the seriousness has led to even more fun. Initially Harms Way was a side project of Few And The Proud. It was mainly about fun, which was... Continue Reading →
Review BRUJERIA ‚Est Es Brujeria‘
From the moment Brujeria started back in 1989, there was a kind of mytserious hype about band. Much has to do with the fact that the band includes a lot of band members, well-known from other bands which makes Brujeria more to a collective than a band. With ‚Eso Es Brujeria‘ the next strike from... Continue Reading →
Review NASTY ‘Heartbreak Criminals’
Nasty, that is Berry, Nash, Paddy and Matthi. The quartet just played a muscle-driven show at Elbriot 2023 in Hamburg and a few days later, the new album ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ will get shipped to the record stores. ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ is the eighth album from the Belgium hardcore outfit and features twelve songs and one intro.... Continue Reading →
ROADRUNNER UNITED – ‘The Concert’
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Roadrunner Records, the label arranged an all-star session, an event that took place on December 15th, 2005 at Nokia Theater in New York City. A total of 57 musicians, representing 45 bands performed a huge number of songs with Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Robb Flynn of Machine Head, Dino... Continue Reading →
LIFE OF AGONY and PRONG – two icon bands on tour in 2023
After a few years Life Of Agony will return to Gruenspan, Hamburg for a show. The New York metal icons will be on the road with Prong. These two veteran bands will be supported by Tarah Who?, who will act as the opener that night. Tickets are available HERE. 30 years after having launched the... Continue Reading →
Review DETRAKTOR ‘Full Body Stomp’
The hellhound on the artwork of the new Detraktor record seems to be quite hungry and you can say definitively that Boris, Rafael and Pable feel the same appetite when it comes to metal. After the band delivered with 'Grinder' their debut album in 2019, the second record 'Full Body Stomp' is now in the... Continue Reading →
Review SPIRITWORLD ‘Deathwestern’
Spiritworld is the brainchild of Stu Folsom. The singer and multi-instrumentalist first appeared in 2017 with a demo before the 7" called 'Viper Blood' was released. At that time the sound was still very country influenced while rock and punk elements positively impacted the sound. However, Folsom changed the musical direction and used a heavier... Continue Reading →
Review LAMB OF GOD ‘Omens’
The success story of Lamb Of God started in 1999. One year before the beginning of a new millennium, the band renamed itself and Burn The Priest became Lamb Of God. Under their new moniker, the guys released their debut album 'New American Gospel' 22 years ago and became the talk of the town with... Continue Reading →








