Tag: NWOBHM

Hell (UK) – Curse And Chapter Review
2011’s Human Remains was the special kind of surprising kickassery that very few expected but many ended up relishing. After all, this Hell band was a fringe NWOBHM act that never recorded a proper album, …

Enforcer – Death By Fire Review
You’ve felt something in the air lately, too, right? A relapse into old habits. The easy comfort of settling down in a worn couch groove. New bands, old sounds – that’s the thing. One hundred …

Hell – Human Remains Review
A childhood spent over-indulging in the royal bombast of the King (Diamond) and Queen has left me with a long-lasting love of the theatrical; years of love for prog-rock have given me a liking for …

Slander – Careless Talk Costs Lives Review
In some ways, Slander is band without a time. Formed in 1990, they self-released this album initially in 1991, and now they’re re-releasing it with bonus material twenty years later, thanks to Stormspell Records. But …

Iron Maiden – The Final Frontier Review
The Number of the Beast was the first heavy metal album I ever bought (on cassette from Fred Meyer’s at Lloyd Center Mall in Portland, Oregon, during the summer of 1982). Even though Iron Maiden …

Jameson Raid – Just As The Dust Has Settled Review
My love for metallic historical treasure-hunting is well-documented, but this band eluded me for a long time. In my late-night internet scourings, it’s been only within the last year or two that I ran across …