SLAM ALLEY21 Fire EP Demon Doll (2009)Rating: 8/10 Wow, if this EP from Hollywood, California’s Slam Alley had been released circa ’93 I’d have easily mistaken this for Skid Row at their most angry. This is a pretty darn heavy sleaze rock record that boasts the furious vocal delivery of one Christan Dorris and some […]

CATTLE DECAPITATIONThe Harvest Floor Metal Blade (2009)Rating: 9.5/10 Many, many years ago I was the editor of an online magazine and one of my writers had been talking with a new label we were interested in working with. He had gotten a package of new releases from them and he was going out of his […]

KREATORHordes Of Chaos Steamhammer (2009)Rating: 8.5/10 German thrash metal titans Kreator return with Hordes Of Chaos, an unbridled shot of aggression that is most assuredly going to make young thrash metal bands look stupid in its wake. While 2001’s Violent Revolution and 2005’s Enemy Of God have silenced critics and fans by proving Kreator are […]