MEGADETHUnited Abominations Roadrunner (2007)Rating: 8/10 Cool album title and Megadeth are now embedded, once again, in the thrash zone they belong. Although 2004’s The System Has Failed was a marked improvement on The World Needs A Hero (2001), United Abominations is another, firmer step in the right direction. With Dave Mustaine truly pissed off at […]

TROUBLESimple Mind Condition Escapi Music (2007)Rating: 8.5/10 I can’t imagine a world without Trouble. It has often been debated as to whether Trouble would’ve existed without Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, but I’m of the opinion they would have. These Chicago metallers have been around for what seems like centuries, and yet, criminally, only released […]

MELDRUMBlowin’ Up The Machine Frontiers (2007)Rating: 9/10 I will always harp on about how the mid to late 1990s were such a foul time for heavy music. The same could also be said for the last decade or so, which although has seen metal return in a big way, hasn’t produced the type of bands […]