Thrash metal veterans Flotsam & Jetsam announced their next studio album. The 15th studio album will include the smashing “I am the Weapon”, a song, that has been unveiled already, being the lead single of the album. The song is the title track and the longplayer will hit the shelves on May 24th, 2024.
Review PENTAGRAM (CHILE) ‘Eternal Life of Madness’
This review is about the latest release from Pentagram (Chile), which is not to be confused with the legendary doom metal band. Pentagram (Chile) was formed in 1985 and is led by Anton Reisenegger and Juan Pablo Uribe, the only two remaining founding members. However, the entire line-up has been fairly consistent as bassist Juan... Continue Reading →
Review DARKNESS ‘Blood on Canvas’
It seems like most of the 80's thrash metal bands have reunited in the last few years. One of these bands is Darkness from Germany. The band from the Ruhr area released three albums in the second half of the 80's, and especially the furious debut "Death Squad" could create some attention in the German... Continue Reading →
THE TROOPS OF DOOM announce new album and launch lead single
Brazilian death metal group The Troops Of Doom released their debut album in 2022 and the sophomore album will be released in May via Alma Mater Records. ‘A Mass to the Grotesque’ will be the title of the bands second release, an album that will feature eleven vicious death metal songs. The lead single, ‘Chapels... Continue Reading →
Review FATAL COLLAPSE ‘Fatal Collapse’
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 →
Review DEAD HEAD ‘Shadow Soul’
Dead Head belong to the veteran bands when it comes to thrash metal from The Netherlands. Founded in 1989 Dead Head released their debut album 'The Feast Begins at Daw’ back in 1991. Even with the 90s being not that generous to thrash metal bands, the Dutchmen released three longplayers in that decade and never... Continue Reading →
Review COFFIN STORM ‘Arcana Rising’
Coffin Storm is a trio that includes musicians, well-known from other bands. The trio consisting of Apollyon (Aura Noir/Lamented Souls), Bestial Tormentor (Infernö/Lamented Souls) and Darkthrone’s Fenriz which is a line.up that sounds rather promising. ‘Arcana Rising’ is the title of the debut album of this band/project and what blasts out of the speakers is... Continue Reading →
CANNIBAL CORPSE announce European tour dates
Death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse will return to Europe in late summer/autumn 2024. Joining them on tour are Municipal Waste, Immolation and Schizophrenia.
EXODUS will return to Europe in July/August
Thrash metal veterans Exodus announced a summer tour through Europe, including several shows in Germany. One of the these shows will take place at Knust, Hamburg on July 31st, 2024.
Review LUTHARO ‘Chasing Euphoria’
Hamilton, Ontario, that’s the homebase of Lutharo. The band started in 2014 and it took a few years before the guys could launch a debut album. ‘Hiraeth’ is the title of this first full-length release which helped the band to get the attention Atomic Fire Records. With ‘Chasing Euphoria’ the sophomore album waits in the... Continue Reading →
Review ATROPHY ‘Asylum’
More than just a few veteran thrash metal bands returned during the last years and here is another one. Atrophy have with ‘Asylum’ a new longplayer in the starting blocks and what will reach us from Tuscon, Arizona is a thundering thrash metal release. Atrophy belong to the fwave of thrash metal bands with roots... 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.
Review EXHORDER ‘Defectum Omnium’
It wasn’t the best time for a thrash metal band to start in the early 90s. After metal in general had its peak during the 80s the upcoming subgenres of rock and metal took attention in the next decade and made life for bands like Exhorder not very easy. Despite this trend, the band unleashed... Continue Reading →
KERRY KING will come to Germany in June
The mighty Kerry King will come to Germany, playing at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, as well as he will play two club shows. The first one will be at Grosse Freiheit 36 in Hamburg (June 11th, 2024), followed by a show at Huxleys Neue Welt in Berlin (June 12th, 2024). Photo: DreamHaus... Continue Reading →
Review MESSIAH ‘Christus Hypercubus’
Messiah have been fighting their way back for a few years now. The band, who impressed the metal underground of the late 80s with albums such as 'Extreme Cold Weather' and the subsequent 'Choir of Horror', have been back since 2017. And it's not just that Brögi and Co. are making music again, no. What... Continue Reading →