Legendary metal outfit Hirax premiered in 1985 with an album called ‘Raging Violence’. The sophomore longplayer ‘Hate, Fear and Power’ was unleashed next, also through Metal Blade Records. These days Armageddon Label re-issues both records as vinyl. The first time in 20 years. Release date will be April 22nd, 2023 and the audio has been... Continue Reading →
DEIMOS’ DAWN (with Marc Grewe) launched a new song
The voice of Marc Grewe is closely associated with Germany's death metal legend Morgoth. After Grewe parted ways with Morgoth he was and still is active in various bands and projects. One of them is Deimos' Dawn. The quartet, which besides the frontman also includes the band's founders Andy Doé (guitar), Matthias Lange (bass), and... 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 →
Review SODOM ’40 Years at War – The Greatest Hell Of Sodom’
Sodom celebrate this year a special birthday and what is suitable in such a context is a kind of birthday release. Tom Angelripper and his mates have also been inspired by this thought, but did not want to just bring a relatively dull compilation to the start. The band started in 1982 and since then... Continue Reading →
Review TOXIK ‘Dis Morta’
Toxik is back with their first new album in 23 years and challenges like a wicked fastball does. But one thing after the other. Toxik belonged to the hopeful bands in the late 80s. The quintet did not only stand for relentless thrash metal but also brought a lot of technical ambition into this harsh... Continue Reading →
Review MUNICIPAL WASTE ‘Electrified Brain’
Of course, artwork and music should always come along as one. But in some cases it fits like a glove. One of these releases is the new album by Municipal Waste. The band has been in the business for many years and also the band members are no rookies. Each of the five musicians has... Continue Reading →
Review PROTECTOR ‘Excessive Outburst of Depravity’
Even if Protector never made it into the first league of thrash metal, the guys still achieved a lot. The first three albums are certainly among the highlights of the German metal underground of the late '80s. After Protector had overcome a breakup in 2011 and made up lost ground with a reunion album called... Continue Reading →
Review REZET ‘New World Murder’ – EP
Rezet main man Ricky Wagner had some important decisions to make. The question if to continue with the band or not, after guitarist Heiko Musolf and bassist Bjarne Otto left Rezet, needed an answer. Wagner decided to continue with the band, found some new partners and crime and recorded an EP called ‘New World Murder’.... Continue Reading →
HELLOWEEN announce ‘Best Time’ and starts touring
Helloween announced a vinyl single called ‘Best Time’ on May 20th, 2022 and equally exciting is the start of their tour. Together with Swedish metal icons Hammerfall, Helloween starts the ‘United Forces’-tour tomorrow at Manchester Academy in Manchester, UK. The grand finale will take place one year later on May 6th, 2023 in Hamburg. And... Continue Reading →
LAMB OF GOD covers ‘Wake Up Dead’
‘Wake Up Dead’ is a classic from Megadeth’s legendary ‘Peace Sells … But Who’s Buying’ album. Now, Lamb Of God covered the song, together with Dave Mustaine and the members of Megadeth. And here is the link to the classic: https://youtu.be/GkoYsXDvL8s Photo: Travis Shinn
Review MIDNIGHT ‘Let There Be Witchery’
Five, four, three two, one … midnight. Witching hour. This time it’s less the witches that appear, it’s the reaper. Scythe, fire and knife, all accessories connect with Cleveland-based metal enthusiast Athenar and his project Midnight. Founded in 2003 Midnight release numerous singles and EP before a full-length debut reached the record stores in 2011.... Continue Reading →
Review TYMO ‘The Art of a Maniac’
Edmonton, Canada isn’t just the home of one of the best ice hockey teams. The headquarter of thrash metallers TYMO is also based in Alberta. TYMO started in 2014 and released two longplayers to date. These days the third longplayer has been unleashed to excite metalheads all over the world. TYMO is purely based on... Continue Reading →
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM re-issue the first two demos
Metal veterans Flotsam And Jetsam re-issue the first to demo via Vic Records on March 25th, 2022. 'Iron Tears' and 'Metal Shock' have been released in 1985 and paved the way for a deal with Metal Blade Records, followed by the release of the legendary debut 'Doomsday For the Deceiver'. 'Iron Tears & Metal Shock'... Continue Reading →
HELLOWEEN postpone the major part of their UNITED FORCES tour and announce new tour dates 2022/2023
United Forces Tour, that's the header for an exciting metal package that unfortunately has to adjust the touring schedule again. The updated schedule for Helloween and Hammerfall looks like this: