BLACKFINGERBlackfinger Church Within (2014)Rating: 9/10 It’s hard to believe that former Trouble frontman Eric Wagner has seemingly been away from the music scene since 2007, but during that time he hasn’t been idle and Blackfinger is the result – a new doom metal band featuring the line-up of Wagner (vocals), Doug Hakes and Rico Bianchi […]
GENOCIDAL SLAVEPerfection EP Self-released (2014)Rating: 7/10 Genocidal Slave is, I believe, a one-man project from Chicago who has produced a truly harrowing experience, bringing to mind those early, grey experiences with Godflesh, although this opus has a far more manic and deranged presence about it. For a start there’s the drums, which I’m guessing were […]
SUICIDAL ANGELS Release Fifth Album ‘Divide And Conquer’ January 14th, 2014 Athens, Greece-based thrash metal group Suicidal Angels issued fifth studio full-length album Divide And Conquer on January 14th, 2014 (one day earlier internationally) through NoiseArt Records. The outing was cut at Prophecy & Music Factory Studios, with Fredrik Nordström handling mixing and mastering duties […]
BARREN EARTH Recruit Vocalist Jón Aldará January 7th, 2014 Helsinki, Finland-based death metal group Barren Earth recruited Faroese native Jón Aldará as its lead vocalist, revealing the development on January 7th, 2014. Jón Aldará issued the following statement: “As a fan of Barren Earth from the very beginning, I had no doubts about showing my […]
EZ LIVIN’ Release ‘Firestorm’ February 28th, 2014 German-American hard rock group Ez Livin’ issued studio full-length album Firestorm on February 28th, 2014 through Sony Music in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Yesterrock scheduled release in the rest of the world that same day. Production and mixing duties were handled by Alessandro Del Vecchio. The track listing […]
XANDRIA Release Sixth Studio Album ‘Sacrificium’ May 5th, 2014 Bielefeld, Germany-based symphonic metal group Xandria issued sixth studio full-length album Sacrificium on May 5th, 2014 worldwide (excluding North America) through Napalm Records. The label also scheduled North American release for the 6th. The track listing was as follows; 01. ‘Temple Of Hate’ 02. ‘Stardust’ 03. […]
NAUSEACondemned To The System Willowtip (2014)Rating: 8/10 Wow, this takes me back! The mid to late 80s, and all those fuzzy, catchy blast-beat grindcore records, trying to impress school friends with the brief strains of Napalm’s Death ‘The Kill’, only to be met with gazes of bemusement. Anyway, Nausea is an old school grindcore act […]
NIGROMANTEBlack Magic Night Shadow Kingdom (2014)Rating: 6.5/10 How about a dose of gruff metal for your weary soul? This Spanish band have taken a while to get this one onto the racks, Black Magic Night being their debut opus and yet emerging from the cracks some ten years after their inception. Nigromante come charging out […]
LIZARDIALizardia Self-released (2014)Rating: 7/10 Somehow successfully combining sun-blessed stoner rock, retro groove and doom metal, Greek rockers Lizardia are a band to keep an eye on when it comes to writing accessible yet heavy metal. The quartet consists of vocalist Bluff, guitarist Jeje, bassist Gary and drummer Pijo, and on this ten-track debut they’ve married […]
OMNIVORE Release Self-Titled Debut Full-Length Album February 18th, 2014 Varese, Italy-based death / thrash metal group Omnivore issued its self-titled full-length album on February 18th, 2014 through Unspeakable Axe Records. The track listing was as follows; 01. ‘Intro’ 02. ‘Dead’ 03. ‘Trust’ 04. ‘I Hope The War Comes’ 05. ‘Hypochrist’ 06. ‘Nothing More Than Dust’ […]
