Poland's power metal formation Crystal Viper has been with us since 2003 and has delivered no less than eight longplayers as a proof of work. Crystal Viper that's the brainchild of Marta Gabriel. The singer and guitarist is the driving force of the quintet that heralds the new year with a new album. Their first... Continue Reading →
CD review LOUDBLAST ‘Manifesto’
The waiting time for 'Manifesto' cannot be described as short, as it was in 2014 that the guys released their latest studio album to date. 'Burial Ground' was released six years ago and with the exception of a live release in 2017 it became rather quiet. Now, the death metal protagonists are returning with 'Manifesto'.... Continue Reading →
CD review SATAN ‘Early Rituals’
UK Metal veterans Satan recently announced a new release called 'Early Rituals'. Instead of publishing new songs the guys went back in time. At the beginning of their career the quintet, hailing from Newcastle, released three demo tapes. The first two led to the debut 'Court in the Act' while the 'Dirt Demo' followed in... Continue Reading →
CD review KING WITCH ‘Body of Light’
King Witch, that's Laura Donnelly (v), Jamie Gilchrist (g), Rory Lee (b) and Lyle Brown. The four musicians from Scotland formed the band in 2015, premiered in 2018 and have now their sophomore album 'Body of Light' ready for shipping. 'Body of Light' features nine songs, some of the with epical length. The masterpiece on... Continue Reading →
CD review CHRONUS ‘Idols’
'Idols' is an album of a band that could firm under a logo saying 'Youth Gone Wild'. Talent, passion and savvy, that's what the four guys express via songs that are impressive. Hard Rock and Metal fuses on this album to an irresistible mix that you shouldn't miss. I guess this is just the beginning and we will hear more of Chronus in the near future. These guys came to stay.
DISBELIEF offer a next video as appetizer
German death metallers Disbelief have released a music video for their song 'The Ground Collapses' .The song is the title track of the band's new album which will be released on March 27th . Karsten "Jagger" Jäger stated about the song : "The video is demonstrating the power of nature, it's a pro nature song which shows how small we can be... Continue Reading →
CD review DISBELIEF ‘The Ground Collapses’
Serious things must happen to make the ground collapse and one of the forces that can make this happen is Disbelief's new album. 'The Ground Collapses' is the title of Disbelief's eleventh album and two years after the earthshaking 'The Symbol of Death' was unveiled, it's the new longplayer being the next smashing release that... Continue Reading →
CD review BERZERKER LEGION ‘Obliterate the Weak’
If you ask Wikipedia about the term ‘berserker’ you will get the following definition: “In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning "furiously violent or out of control"). And if you... Continue Reading →
CD review CRISIX ‘Sessions #1: American Thrash’
(7/10) Barcelona-based thrashers Crisix is a five-piece band, musicians with a passion Thrash Metal. To pay tribute to some of their 'inspirators' the guys recorded an album with cover songs, all Thrash Metal classics from overseas. It's the glorious '80's sound from Bay Area and US East-cost being interpreted by the guys from Catalonia. Testament,... Continue Reading →
A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH unveils a new 7″
Right before embarking on a 18 shows comprising tour A Pale Horse Named Death unveils with 'Uncovered' a new 7". The release feature with 'One' a Three Dog Night cover. Furthermore The Cure's 'Prayers For the Rain' has been redone too and release date is October 11th. And in case you missed the tour dates,... Continue Reading →
CD review XENTRIX ‘Bury the Pain’
(8/10) You could get the feeling that all the oldschool Thrash Metal formations are coming back - some sooner, some later. UK metallist Xentrix is one of these bands, returning in 2017 with a show the quartet played at Bloodstock Festival. Xentrix is an outfit that started in the mid '80s, with a debut unveiled... Continue Reading →
CD review MOS GENERATOR ‘Shadowlands’
(7/10) Over the last 18 years heavy metal powerhouse Mos Generator released seven albums with ‘Shadowlands’ being the newest one. The longplayer comprises of eight songs of which ‘Stolen Age’ and ‘The Wild & Gentle Dogs’ can be seen as the epical outbursts. Both numbers easily cross the seven minutes line, while rest of the... Continue Reading →