GOAT SEMEN Release Debut Album ‘Ego Svm Satana’ February 24th, 2015 Peruvian death / black metal group Goat Semen issued debut full-length album Ego Svm Satana on February 24th, 2015 in North and South America through Hells Headbangers Records. European release occurred via Kvlt Records. Writing, arranging, and recording took more than a decade in […]
ALL THAT REMAINS Release Seventh Studio Album ‘The Order Of Things’ February 24th, 2015 Springfield, Massachusetts-based metalcore group All That Remains have filmed a music video for the track ‘Victory Lap’, which can be viewed below. All That Remains issued seventh full-length studio album The Order Of Things on February 24th, 2015 through Razor & […]
JOHANSSON & SPECKMANNMask Of The Treacherous Vic (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 The Johansson and Speckmanns concerned in Johansson & Speckmann are Rogga and Paul, better known as frontmen and founding members of death metal bands Paganizer and Master. Speckmann has in fact long been cited as one of the originators of the death metal genre, and so […]
THE AGONIST – They Endeavour Anthony Morgan February 2015 The Agonist (l-r): Simon McKay, Chris Kells, Vicky Psarakis, Danny Marino and Pascal “Paco” Jobin On March 17th, 2014, it was revealed that vocalist Alissa White-Gluz had parted ways with Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based melodic death metal outfit The Agonist, joining Swedish melodic death metallers Arch Enemy. […]
BIO-CANCERTormenting The Innocent Candlelight (2015)Rating: 4.5/10 Generic thrash cover? Check. Generic thrash sound? Check. And so here we have Greek thrashers Bio-Cancer. Their singer sounds like a duck, and it ruins what hope Bio-Cancer has of being a decent band. Tormenting The Innocent is the second release from this quintet and while musically an improvement […]
ZØRORMRCorpvs Hermeticvm Via Nocturna (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 Brace yourself! Corpvs Hermeticvm is the third opus from Polish one-man asylum Moloch, who is also known for his work with I.A. Serpentor. Mr. Moloch formed this unholy lump back in 2010, and I still haven’t recovered from the spine-shuddering debut Kval which emerged during the same year. Give […]
BLACK STAR RIDERSThe Killer Instinct Nuclear Blast (2015)Rating: 5/10 In 2013, Black Star Riders – formed out of the ashes of Thin Lizzy – released their decent All Hell Breaks Loose debut. I enjoyed it for what it was, but couldn’t understand why at times it ventured too much into Lizzy territory to the point […]
BLACK STAR RIDERS Release Second Studio Album ‘The Killer Instinct’ February 20th, 2015 Rock group Black Star Riders, an offshoot of Thin Lizzy, issued second full-length studio album The Killer Instinct on February 20th, 2015 in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) through Nuclear Blast Records. The label scheduled UK release for the 23rd, with North […]
VHOLDGHASTLåt oss förbrinna ViciSolum Productions (2015)Rating: 8/10 Låt oss förbrinna is the debut release from Swedish death metallers VholdGhast. The band formed in 2002 and is a quartet consisting of vocalist Jonny Petterson, who is also responsible for guitars and programming. He’s backed by guitarist Fredrik Ringström, bassist Rickard Persson, and drummer Christian Netzell. When […]
EVILShoot The Messenger Mighty Music (2015)Rating: 6/10 Now here’s a band that may bring back a few memories to some of you metal oldies. Danish metallers Evil (who have probably one of the best band names in the history of metal!) formed back in 1982 and achieved cult status when they issued a fantastic debut […]
