WITCHRISTVrita EP Iron Bonehead Productions (2014)Rating: 8/10 Witchrist is a band hailing from Auckland in New Zealand and which formed back in 2007 from the ashes of Bloodquest. Vritra is the new EP which follows on from 2012’s sophomore effort The Grand Tormentor. Featuring KzR from Bölzer on vocals, and with names such as Abomination […]
ASTRAKHANA Tapestry Of Scabs And Skin EP War On Music (2014)Rating: 8/10 The Vancouver-based quartet Astrakhan’s EP comes complete with a nifty piece of cover art and four solid tracks which lean towards the doomier side of things. However, this is very much groove-based gloominess with a hint of psychedelia and dyed with just a […]
FRANK HANNON BAND Release Music Video For ‘New York City’ Track April 15th, 2015 Sacramento, California-based hard rockers Frank Hannon Band – featuring namesake guitarist Frank Hannon of Tesla – have released a music video for the track ‘New York City’, which can be viewed below. Frank Hannon Band issued second full-length studio album World […]
ATOMIC AGGRESSORSights Of Suffering Hells Headbangers (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 I think it’s fair to say that Atomic Aggressor’s debut outing is long overdue; after all, these guys did form in 1985! However, I’ll give them their dues for the lack of activity in that after a batch of demos in the late 80s and early 90s, […]
LYNCH MOB – Black Waters Anthony Morgan December 2014 George Lynch December 2014 EP Sun Red Sun was initially authored and cut by American heavy metal outfit Lynch Mob in mid-2012 roughly, its line-up consisting of guitarist George Lynch, vocalist Oni Logan, bassist Robbie Crane, and drummer Scot Coogan at that time. During recording sessions, […]
DECIMATIONReign Of Ungodly Creation Comatose Music (2014)Rating: 7/10 For a band so technical in its brutality, I’m surprised that Turkey’s Decimation didn’t opt for a more intriguing band moniker. This trio has been around since 1999 and Reign Of Ungodly Creation is their third full-length outing, coming some four years after 2010’s Anthems Of An […]
ARADevourer Of Worlds Self-released (2014)Rating: 8/10 Following on from their 2012 EP The Blessed Sleep, Milwaukee death metallers Ara return to the fray with another pulverising slab of brutality. Devourer Of Worlds is a ten-track bone cruncher offering up the barking bellows of vocalist Adam Bujny, his style something akin to that Cryptopsy exhibition of […]
PHANTOM… Of Gods And Men Self-released (2014)Rating: 7.5/10 With the black and white cover showing a set of eerie standing stones occupying an ancient shoreline, I guess I was expecting some sort of doom metal din to emerge from the speakers on this, the debut album from Toronto trio Phantom. Instead, what we do get […]
MESSIAH’S KISSGet Your Bulls Out! Massacre (2014)Rating: 8.5/10 This is a nice dose of catchy and fairly weighty melodic metal from German / UK / US outfit Messiah’s Kiss. I wasn’t sure about the cover art let alone the terrible album title, but it’s certainly one of those hefty, melodic metal albums that deserve its […]
BAILEYLong Way Down Frontiers (2014)Rating: 8/10 Long Way Down is the debut solo album from Three Lions frontman Nigel Bailey. I was extremely impressed by the UK band’s self-titled 2014
