ARTILLERY To Tour United States In April 2015 March 1st, 2015 Taastrup, Denmark-based thrash metal group Artillery will perform headlining concerts in the United States during April 2015. Supporting are Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based heavy metal bands Striker and Dahlmers Realm, and Californian metal concerns VX36 and Potential Threat. The dates are as follows; Apr. 09 […]
ABHORRituale Stramonium Moribund (2015)Rating: 9/10 Black metal horde Abhor are considered an Italian institution within the murky metal realm. The fearsome trio – which formed in 1995 – have been reasonably prolific over the last decade, although it’s been four years since any activity, and so Rituale Stramonium has been an eagerly anticipated release. The […]
WOLFPAKKRise Of The Animal AFM (2015)Rating: 9/10 Rise Of The Animal is the third album from Wolfpakk, whose promotional page for this album is somewhat of a who’s who in hard rock and heavy metal. As my eyes scanned down the list of guest musicians, I was rather impressed to see Bob Daisley (ex-Ozzy Osbourne, […]
TRAUMARapture And Wrath Pure Steel (2015)Rating: 7.5/10 Trauma is a San Francisco-based metal band that formed back in 1981, and they do indeed have a credible history; namely the fact that they appeared on the second instalment of Metal Blade Records’ famous Metal Massacre compilation (1982) and also featured legendary bassist Cliff Burton, who of […]
ENFORCERFrom Beyond Nuclear Blast (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 For those who have been living in a cave for the last decade or so, Swedish rockers Enforcer have been making waves since their birth in 2004 with their brand of fiery traditional metal. Reviving the early-to-mid 80s scene – but in a far more productive way than most […]
IN OTHER CLIMES Reveal ‘Now I Know’ Video March 4th, 2015 Nice, France-based metalcore group In Other Climes have revealed a music video for the track ‘Now I Know’, taken from third studio full-length album Leftover. The video can be viewed below. In Other Climes issued Leftover on February 27th, 2015 through Bastardized Recordings. The […]
GOUGEBeyond Death Hells Headbangers (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 Under the influence of catchy, lo-fi old school death metal comes Norwegian duo Gouge. Beyond Death is the debut album from Christoffer Bråthen (vocals, guitar, bass) and Herman Holen (drums). For a band that only began life in 2011 this is one excellent opus that is all too keen […]
NO RETURNFearless Walk To Rise Mighty Music (2015)Rating: 7/10 Now here’s a blast from the past! No Return is one of those very late 80s bands whose 1990 debut platter Psychological Torment I recall hearing, and enjoying the technical thrashing energy. Fearless Walk To Rise is the band’s ninth full-length album and the follow-up to […]
ACT OF DEFIANCE Sign Contract With Metal Blade Records February 26th, 2015 Los Angeles, California-based heavy metal group Act Of Defiance signed an album contract with Metal Blade Records, revealing this development on February 26th, 2015. At the time of the announcement, Act Of Defiance were in the midst of recording their debut full-length album […]
VARIOUS ARTISTSThe Big Teutonic 4: Part II EP Nuclear Blast (2015)Rating: 7/10 If anyone ever asks me for a lesson on German thrash metal, then in future I think I’ll just point them in the direction of this four-track compilation EP. Kreator, Sodom, Destruction and I guess to a lesser extent Tankard, were the European […]
