SEPREVATIONConsumed Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 Consumed is brought to you from the hellish shores of Bristol! Seprevation is a rather classy British quartet who I’d not heard previously, despite these guys forming in 2011. Previous to this ten-track full-length debut, Seprevation had been responsible for a 2012 EP, entitled Ritual Abuse. I have to admit that […]

ELVENKING Release Eighth Studio Album ‘The Pagan Manifesto’ May 9th, 2014 Italian power / folk metal group Elvenking issued eighth studio full-length album The Pagan Manifesto in Europe on May 9th, 2014 through AFM Records. The label also scheduled North American release for May 23rd, while Japanese release occurred on July 23rd via Rubicon Music. […]

SLAYER Embark On Short US Tour With EXODUS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES May 9th, 2014 Huntington, California-based thrash metal group Slayer performed headlining concerts in May 2014. Supporting Slayer were thrash metal ensemble Exodus, and metal outfit Suicidal Tendencies. The dates were as follows; May 09 – Salt Lake City, Utah, The Great Salt Air May 10 […]

KILLER BE KILLED Release Self-Titled Debut Studio Album May 9th, 2014 Metal supergroup Killer Be Killed issued its self-titled full-length studio album on May 9th, 2014 in Europe through Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The label scheduled North American release for May 13th. The outing was recorded with producer Josh Wilbur at the Fortress in Los Angeles, […]

MORDBRANDImago Deathgasm (2014)Rating: 6.5/10 Autopsy’s Eric Cutler on guest vocals!! Well, now there’s a way to grab my attention. Mordbrand is a Swedish trio that plies their trade by playing grisly death metal. Imago is the debut full-length release from the band, and follows on from a batch of well-received EPs as well as a […]

DÉCEMBRE NOIRA Discouraged Believer FDA Rekotz (2014)Rating: 6.5/10 Germany’s Décembre Noir are new on me; a doom-laden quintet that combines a My Dying Bride-style of grief-stricken glumness with death metal elements. The band is fronted by Lars who has a gruff approach to proceedings; his vocals also flirt with clearer narration to give the opus […]

MACH22Sweet Talk Intervention Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 Every now and then you hear a band that could well be “the next big thing”, and with Philadelphia’s Mach22 we could well indeed have the next big thing. Now, when I hear a band described as “a mix between Led Zeppelin and Lenny Kravitz” I expect to hear […]

MICHAEL SWEET: STRYPER Vocalist Releases Sixth Solo Studio Album ‘I’m Not Your Suicide’ May 6th, 2014 Michael Sweet, vocalist of Orange County, California-based heavy metal group Stryper, issued solo full-length studio album I’m Not Your Suicide on May 6th, 2014. Guest musicians who appeared on the record include Kenny Aronoff (drummer, Chickenfoot), Chris Jericho (vocalist, […]

SKINNERSleepwalkers Dead Inside (2014)Rating: 8/10 Well, with a name like Skinner some of you may be expecting some gore-obsessed grindcore or death metal band, but the moniker does in fact simply come from vocalist Norman Skinner, who fronts this Californian thrash metal band. Skinner could well feature one of the youngest ever musicians in guitarist […]

KARNIVOREIn The Halls Of The Wicked Lake Of Fire Productions (2014)Rating: 8/10 In The Halls Of The Wicked is the sophomore outing from Swedish death-thrashers Karnivore. It comes two years after their 2012 debut outing, The Triumphant Khaoz, and features vocalist Martin Holmqvist who is responsible for an impressive vocal delivery that shifts between deathly […]