Tag: Thrash

Sanctuary – The Year The Sun Died Review

I’ve been looking forward to a new Sanctuary album for a long time. It’s been twenty-five years since the last one, since 1989’s Into The Mirror Black. Mirror and its predecessor, the Dave Mustaine-produced Refuge

Rigor Mortis – Slaves To The Grave Review

The death of Mike Scaccia in late 2012 was a terrible loss, for multiple reasons. Amid the obvious myriad personal tragedies attached to someone’s death, one of those reasons was that the classic line-up of

The Haunted – Exit Wounds Review

Despite The Haunted maintaining full time activity over recent years, many will likely view Exit Wounds, the band’s eighth full length, as a return or comeback of sorts. The reason for this is twofold. First,

Rated ARRRRRR – Pirate Battle!

Ye come seekin’ adventure and salty ol’ pirates, eh? Sure ye come to the proper place. But keep a weather ear open, mates, and hold on tight…there be squalls ahead, and plundering pirates lurking in

Sangus – Saevitia Review

Originally written by Jordan Campbell If you’re an upstart metal band in 2014 and you aren’t putting your music on Bandcamp, you ain’t getting heard. Simply put, if you’re cranking out demos–which don’t really exist

Exordium Mors – The Apotheosis Of Death Review

Despite being an active band for a decade, New Zealanders Exordium Mors are just now getting around to releasing a full length album. On the surface, it would appear that they took ten years to

Overkill – White Devil Armory Review

Overkill had a good thing going. After becoming one of the top bands of the 80s thrash movement, they settled into a career as flag-bearers. Their albums from the early 90s on have all been

Children Of Technology – Future Decay Review

Sometimes, a guy needs to turn his brain switch firmly to the “off” position. While there is no shortage of music to fit such times (pretty sure Judas Priest just released a song called “Metalizer”),