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.
EXODUS will return to Europe in July/August
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 →
DETRAKTOR launched a 2-track single
Hamburgs metal force Detraktor launched a 2-track single called ‘Of Gods and Serpents’. Next to ‘Cult of the Silence’ the release also includes with ‘Ancient’ a second song, representing finest Northern German groove metal.
Review SURGICAL STRIKE ’24/7 Hate’
German riff grinders Surgical Strike launched with ‘Part of a Sick World’ a debut album that hit the shelves in January 2020. As we all know, the months and years to follow haven’t been the best ones for the musical industry as the pandemic put a full stop on all activities. Being a new band,... Continue Reading →
Review DARKEST HOUR ‘Perpetual I Terminal’
Darkest Hour, a metal band hailing from Washington, D.C., is an experienced outfit with a founding date in 1995. The guys have released several albums, starting with the debut called ‘The Mark of the Judas’ from 2000. Over all the years, the band could look on a growing fanbase which will also enjoy the newest... Continue Reading →
Review DUST BOLT ‘Sound & Fury’
Bavarian thrash metal maniacs Dust Bolt launch their new album called ‘Sound & Fury’. What stands out first is the artwork of the newest longplayer. Young and wild, that’s what the band stands for and that is what the artwork represents. Yet kept in black & white and with solely the band in the front... Continue Reading →
COFFIN STORM launched a first single and album details
Apollyon (Aura Noir/Lamented Souls) and Bestial Tormentor (Infernö/Lamented Souls) completed by Darkthrone’s Fenriz on vocal duties, that’s Coffin Storm. The trio, hailing from Norway announced their debut called ‘Arcana Rising’ which will hit the shelves on March, 29th and will come via Peaceville Records. With ‘Over Frozen Moors’ a first song has been revealed already.... Continue Reading →
Review MORBID SAINT ‘Swallowed by Hell’
If a band, with a founding date in 1984, releases a new album, one can think about a veteran powerhouse in metal. Morbid Saint, hailing from Wisconsin, is such a band. It was four decades ago that five guys came to together with the common willpower to unleash metal music to the world. It was... Continue Reading →
Review F.K.Ü. ‘The Horror and the Metal’
Uppsala, Sweden is the home of F.K.Ü. and although the band never had the big breakthrough, F.K.Ü. has a very solid fanbase. The roots of the band go back to 1987 when thrash metal had its first peak. At the time, consistency wasn’t the big thing when it comes to the band and after some... Continue Reading →
KREATOR & ANTHRAX will be on tour in 2024 with TESTAMENT being the special guest
German thrash metal veterans Kreator will embark on a tour in very late 2024. Starting in November in Manchester, UK, the tour will end on December 15th, 2024 in Den Bosch, NL. One day earlier, Kreator will play a show at edel-optics Arena in Hamburg and with them on tour will be two thrash metal... Continue Reading →
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