SUPERSUCKERSGet The Hell Acetate (2014)Rating: 9/10 The Supersuckers are probably the best rock band to never get widespread attention. The Seattle-based band has spent two and a half decades on the cusp of next-big-thingdom, without ever crossing into mainstream success. The reason for this seems fairly obvious. The Supersuckers bow to nothing – not money, […]
JIZZY PEARLCrucified EP Self-released (2014)Rating: 9/10 Back in 1990 a Los Angeles-based band called Love/Hate blew me away with their debut opus Blackout In The Red Room. It was an album so great, dirty, sleazy, swaggering and explosive that I fully expected these guys to blow Guns N’ Roses out of the water in terms […]
TESTAMENT Part Ways With Bassist Greg Christian, Announce Return Of Steve DiGiorgio January 13th, 2014 San Francisco, California-based thrash metal group Testament parted ways with bassist Greg Christian, revealing this development on January 13th, 2014. Testament issued the following statement: “It is with much respect that we announce our mutual parting with bassist Greg Christian. […]
SUFFOCATORManiacs Attack EP Self-released (2014)Rating: 4.5/10 Suffocator is a rather mediocre thrash band from Colombia, and this seven-track EP is their first studio effort. With so much of this stuff clogging up my drains, it’s hard to fathom where bands of this ilk fit into the current thrash climate. With 75% of bands being rather […]
WHYZDOM Begin Recording Third Full-Length Album January 11th, 2014 Paris, France-based female-fronted symphonic / gothic metal group Whyzdom entered the studio in January 2014 to begin recording its third full-length album. The outing will mark the first Whyzdom record to feature vocalist Marie Rouyer, Whyzdom having parted ways with predecessor Elvyne Lorient in 2013 for […]
SPECTRAL TOWERSpectral Tower Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 The whispers on the doom metal underground suggested that the debut offering from two-piece band Spectral Tower was going to one worth checking out, so I scrambled from my leafy throne in order to snap this one up. Very little is known about the duo named Jeff Lurie and […]
Vinny Appice Conducts Master Drum Class During January 2014 January 11th, 2014 Vinny Appice – who has stepped behind the drumkit for the likes of Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell, World War III and Kill Devil Hill – conducted a live streaming online master drum class at the GoDpsMusic pro artist showroom on January […]
RED FANG Perform On ‘The Late Show With David Letterman’ January 10th, 2014 Portland, Oregon-based rock group Red Fang made its US national, late night television debut on January 10th, 2014 on The Late Show With David Letterman, performing the track ‘Blood Like Cream’. Third studio full-length album Whales And Leeches was issued in October […]
SKULL FISTChasing The Dream NoiseArt (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 Skull Fist is, as I’m sure you can tell by their moniker, a straight up heavy metal band who hail from Canadian shores. In 2011 they released their debut album, Head Öf The Pack, which came a year after their impressive Heavier Than Metal EP. And it seems […]
SUICIDAL ANGELSDivide And Conquer NoiseArt (2014)Rating: 7/10 This Greek quartet has been thrashing hard since 2001 with Divide And Conquer being the fifth full-length opus from these guys. The band is fronted by vocalist / guitarist Nick Melissourgos who is joined by fellow guitarist Chris Tsitsis who was recruited in 2010. These axemen are backed […]
