SPIRALARMS Release Second Album ‘Freedom’ October 4th, 2013 San Francisco, California-based heavy rock group Spiralarms issued second album Freedom on October 4th, 2013 in Europe through Steamhammer / SPV. The label also scheduled North American release for the 22nd. The track listing was as follows; 01. ‘Dropping Like Flies’ 02. ‘Hold Me To The Sky’ […]
IN SOLITUDE – Pallid Hands Anthony Morgan October 2013 In Solitude (l-r): Gottfrid Åhman (back), Uno Bruniusson, Pelle Åhman (front), Niklas Lindström (back) and Henrik Palm Uppsala, Sweden-based heavy metal outfit In Solitude formed in 2002, although it wasn’t until December 2008 that the Swedish upstarts opened their account proper. That month, a self-titled inaugural […]
SHAMELESSBeautiful Disaster RSR Music (2013)Rating: 8/10 Sordid, sickly glam rockers Shameless are somewhat of a who’s who of the rock ’n’ roll scene. The band were originally formed in Germany by bassist Alexx Michael in 1989, who is joined in this latest incarnation of Shameless by vocalist Steve “Sex” Summers (formerly of Pretty Boy Floyd), […]
OCEANO Release Third Full-Length Album ‘Incisions’ October 1st, 2013 Chicago, Illinois-based deathcore group Oceano issued third full-length album Incisions on October 1st, 2013 in North America through Century Media Records / Earache Records. Earache Records also scheduled a European release for October 14th. The outing was cut at Electrowerks Studio in Downers Grove, Illinois. Incisions’ […]
SEROCSThe Next Comatose Music (2013)Rating: 5/10 Originally formed as a one-man project by Mexican guitarist Antonio Freyre in 2009, Serocs are a technical death metal band who won’t let you head bang for more than a few minutes, simply because their discordant guitars, jarring drums and frantic, disfigured bass, refuse to relax into any sort […]
ARGUSBeyond The Martyrs Cruz Del Sur Music (2013)Rating: 6.5/10 I know very little about US metallers Argus, and the peculiar album artwork gives nothing away. However, after just one listen of this eight-track slab I think it’s fair to say that this quintet have their feet firmly entrenched in that classic 80s, almost epic-sounding metal […]
