Tag: Speed
Manacle – No Fear To Persevere Review
In 2016, Canada’s Manacle self-released a preview of their first full-length, appropriately titled Preview. Now, two years later, they’re finally dropping that full-length on Hard And Heavy Records, and it turns out that Preview was …
Speedclaw – Beast In The Mist Review
The framework for speed metal was founded in the whiskey-soaked throat of Ian Fraser Kilmister back in the mid-70s. His bass slung around his left shoulder, picking quickly the classic blues patterns that made rock …
Black Cyclone – Death Is King Review
FAST RITES: because sometimes brevity is fundamental. Agent Steel fans rejoice. Black Cyclone is here: a thrash-by-way-of-speed-metal band from Sweden with their self-released debut album, Death Is King. Having released two demos in 2012 and …
Holy Terror – A Long Skank Down Memory Lane And Review Of Total Terror
Ask any encyclopedic heavy metal relic trundling through the streets who he/she would pick as the 80s Most Underrated Thrash Band and you’ll inevitably end up with a stack of votes thrown toward LA’s Holy …
Viölence – MotörDemon Review
Fitting that on the day I learned of Fast Eddie Clark’s passing I would come across a band that wears their Motörhead influence so unabashedly on their sleeve.. Viölence is a one-man black/speed outfit out …
Midnight – Sweet Death And Ecstasy Review
You ever see that movie The Expendables? Yeah, it’s pretty awesome. Retro-80s action piece, throwback to the golden era of the style, totally captures the spirit and the feeling and everything that was great about …
Vulture – The Guillotine Review
Us long time metal fans spend a lot of our waking hours discussing the wonderful stuff. Such talks typically reveal positions all along the Innovative-to-Traditional Spectrum of Preferences. Some folks are set in their ways, …
Metalian – Midnight Rider Review
Wake up, feel like hell, get ready for work, sit in traffic, manage spreadsheets, eat a sensible lunch, rot in a meeting, rifle through department emails, trash your inbox, sit in traffic, walk the dog, …