Tag: Thrash
We Have The Power Presents: The Top 50 US Power Metal Releases Of All Time, Part 1
A few weeks ago I had an opportunity to write about the outstanding new album from Greece’s Sacred Outcry—a process that naturally involved a fair bit of groundwork and exploration into all manner of classic …
Diamonds & Rust: Blood Money – Red, Raw And Bleeding! + Battlescarred
It is nigh-impossible to discuss the early days of heavy metal–especially in the U.K.–without at least mentioning the socio-economic conditions that allowed it to multiply like bacteria in a warm, damp Petri dish. From the …
Psilocybe – Strange Place Review
Have you ever thought about the concept of object permanence? In human development, this refers to the realization that something does not cease to exist when it is not being directly observed. But before babies …
Overkill – Scorched Review
If the job description of a journalist is to be impartial – if indeed a critic is a journalist at all – then stand back while I fail at that fundamental task… and fail soundly. …
Found Sounds And Frig You Friday, Vol. 4
Fuck me, there is a LOT of music out in the world. You ever tape songs off the radio? (Yes, at least two of the words in that sentence are enough to paint me as …
No Spill Blood – Eye Of Night Review
Perhaps you would agree that there are many ways for a band to be good. (If you do not agree, that is okay. But why start off on such a disagreeable footing?) There are two …
Trastorned – Into The Void Review
[Cover art by Made In Darkness] Chile’s Trastorned can be counted among the many acts that take their sweet time getting music out to the (relative) masses. They formed way back in 2009, but after …
HellPoison – Ultra Outbreak Of Hell Review
[Fukkin cover blasphemies by BONECRUSHER] The absolute cojones it takes to drop a demo on January 2nd, but total fukk to you!! While you organizing year-end lists into spreadsheet TOTAL METAL GODS HELLPOISON were shotgunning …