In addition to the recently announced shows in December this year thrash metal pioneers Sacred Reich also unveiled some summer dates.
SACRED REICH announced summer shows
CD review OVERKILL ‘The Wings of War’
(8/10) Overkill belongs to the very steady factors in thrash metal. Numerous albums from the New Jersey based quintet belong to the timeless classics in metal. Longplayers such as ‘Feel the Fire’, ‘Horrorscope’ and the latest release, ‘The Grinding Wheel’, are carriers of excellent thrash metal. On February 22nd, Overkill adds a new record to... Continue Reading →
CD review ATHANASIA ‘The Order of the Silver Compass’
(8/10) The first time I heard of Athanasia was two years ago when the trio opened for Civil War in their European tour. Without having had an album released the band played an excellent show, a gig that definitely challenged the other two band that night in April 2017. I think that everybody hoped to... Continue Reading →
SACRED REICH announced new album and tour dates
Legendary American Thrash Metallers Sacred Reich are currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated new studio album - a first in 23 years - entitled 'Awakening' and have just announced a full European tour beginning November of 2019! The 'Awakening European Tour' will cover all of Europe. Comments Phil Rind: "Recording is in full swing with... Continue Reading →
CD review CARNAL FORGE ‘Gun to Mouth Salvation’
(8/10) 'Gun to Mouth Salvation' is an album you couldn't really expect. Carnal Frorge released their previous longplayer back in 2007, faced a hiatus and returned in 2013. The band pulled oneself together and started to work on new material, although the next longplayer wasn't in sight at that time. 'When All Else Falls', a... Continue Reading →
CD review RAVAGER ‘Thrashletics’
(7/10) Germany's thrash metal scene includes with Kreator, Destruction and Sodom some real pioneers and it's these legendary thrash bands that constantly inspire young bands up to date. Bands like Traitor gained momentum over the last years and here comes another band that wants to leave their footprint. Ravager from Lower Saxony was founded four... Continue Reading →
CREEPING DEATH’s ‘Specter of War’ will be re-issued as vinyl
Creeping Death, hailing fromTexas, signed a deal with eOne and new album is planned for later this year. In the meantime it is 'Specter of War' that faces a re-release on vinyl mid February.
CD FUSION BOMB ‘Concrete Jungle’
(8/10) I can't tell you to what extent you will find a 'concrete jungle' in Luxemburg. What I can report though is that thrash metal has a strong home base in the small European country. Fusion Bomb is hailing from Luxemburg. The band has its starting point in the year 2010 when a bunch of... Continue Reading →
CD review DUST BOLT ‘Trapped in Chaos’
(8/10) 'Trapped in Chaos is the fourth strike of German metallers Dust Bolt and it's the most mature release of the quartet to date. Dust Bolt, that means thrash metal from Bavaria and the new longplayer doesn't deviate from this general direction. Nine songs made it on the tracking list of 'Trapped in Chaos', standing... Continue Reading →
Classics: ATROPHY ‘Socialized Hate’
And here comes another chapter of my little Classics-series and it features a band hailing from Tuscan, Arizona. It was in 1986 when a new quintet got into a work mode, a band that delivered a first demo in 1987. A second demo tape followed a bit later and last but not least it was... Continue Reading →
Classics: AGENT STEEL ‘Mad Locust Rising’
In the second half of the '80s, Agent Steel was one of the candidates for becoming a really big metal act. The debut 'Sceptics Apocalypse' was critically acclaimed and also the sophomore album 'Unstoppable Force' was very welcomed in the '80s metal scene. Furthermore, the band was part of the legendary Metal Hammer Road Show,... Continue Reading →
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