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Evile, hailing from the UK, started in 2004 after having been around for five years as Metal Militia. After having unleashed the debut album ‘Enter the Grave’ back in 2007, the four-piece band managed to establish themselves as a young and hungry metal outfit with great songs. 2023 faces the next Evile longplayer and it... Continue Reading →
Vendetta from Schweinfurt, Germany belongs to the veterans of German metal. Having released with ‘Go and Live … Stay and Die’ and ‘Brain Damage’ two acclaimed longplayers in the 80s the band decided to part ways in 1990. After years of absence Vendetta returned in 2002 and released with ‘Hate’ a new longplayer. Having found... Continue Reading →
Metal Church belongs to the forerunners of power- and thrash metal. The band, initiated by Kurdt Vanderhoof, launched a stellar debut in 1984 and it was the cover version of Deep Purple’s ‘Highway Star’ which is one of the greatest interpretations of the classic. And it fitted perfectly into the context of the album. ‘The... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
‘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
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