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DEATHSpiritual Healing (Reissue) Relapse (2012)Rating: 10/10 I’ve been reading a few comments on the internet from people claiming that Relapse are simply cashing in on the Death back catalogue. What a load of rubbish. Death will always be the greatest death metal band of all time and the late Chuck Schuldiner’s legacy will forever remain. […]

THE LAST VEGASBad Decisions AFM (2012)Rating: 9/10 For those not in the know, The Last Vegas are a Chicago-based metal band who were spotted by Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, and Bad Decisions is their fifth full-length outing. Proof that here is another of those criminally underrated acts that I’m praying will not slip by […]

PIG DESTROYER – The Underground Men Anthony Morgan November 2012 Pig Destroyer (l-r): JR Hayes, Adam Jarvis, Scott Hull and Blake Harrison Richmond, Virginia-based grindcore metallers Pig Destroyer began authoring a fifth studio full-length during 2009-10. Kicked out of their practice station, the quarter convened at a new practice station: the home of guitarist and […]

JOHN CORABIUnplugged Rat Pak (2012)Rating: 8/10 If I was John Corabi’s mother I’d be saying to him, “Isn’t it about time you found yourself a nice band and settled down?” Corabi is somewhat of a metal journeyman, best known for his brief stint in Mötley Crüe in the mid 90s, although his work before with […]

FOZZY – Skin And Bones Anthony Morgan November 2012 Fozzy (l-r): Frank Fontsere, Rich Ward, Chris Jericho, Billy Grey and Paul Di Leo On January 18th, 2012, American heavy metal quintet Fozzy revealed the fact that they had inked a global album contract with Century Media Records. Previous Fozzy studio full-lengths to date include the […]

STEVE VAI – Vai The Revelator Anthony Morgan November 2012 Steve Vai Virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai issued sixth studio full-length Real Illusions: Reflections in February 2005, the first in a planned series of albums collectively chronicling a central tale. The series will form a trilogy at least, but perhaps as much as a quadrilogy. A […]

CRYPTOPSYThe Best Of Us Bleed Century Media (2012)Rating: 8/10 The ever hideous and extreme Cryptopsy have returned with another skin-shredder of a record. Québec’s finest have collated 32 tracks on this two-disc compilation – including a batch of live cuts, rehearsals and three new songs – to bang your already flayed head to. For those […]

GRAND SUPREME BLOOD COURTBow Down Before The Blood Court Century Media (2012)Rating: 9/10 Finally, a record that will hopefully shake the death metal genre to its foundations and wake it from its dormant state. With countless records emerging over the last few years that suggest a stale scene, and with too many “big” bands sticking […]

ARKHAM WITCHLegions Of The Deep Metal On Metal (2012)Rating: 7/10 Arkham Witch are an intriguing British four-piece and Legions Of The Deep is their second opus that comes wrapped in killer artwork, clearly influenced by the eerie scribblings of HP Lovecraft. Although the record doesn’t live up to the weird work of the genial author, […]