UNDERSMILEAnhedonia Black Bow (2015)Rating: 8.5/10 Here’s a band I’ve been intrigued by for some time and yet unfortunately have never managed to find the time to listen to them… until now. Undersmile is a quartet from Oxford in England and they’ve been floating around since 2009, with Anhedonia being their sophomore effort. It comes three […]
IMPALERSGod From The Machine Crime (2015)Rating: 8/10 Impalers is a bit of a crap name for a thrash band, but each to their own in a climate where any sort of originality seems to be sadly lacking. This ensemble is from Denmark, having been active since 2007. God From The Machine is their second full-length […]
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: ‘No End In Sight’ Live Video Available For Viewing March 31st, 2015 Boston, Massachusetts-based metalcore group Killswitch Engage released a live video clip for the track ‘No End In Sight’, taken from their forthcoming DVD. The clip can be viewed below. Currently untitled, the DVD release is slated for issue before the end […]
NIGHTWISH – Decades In The Sun Anthony Morgan March 2015 Nightwish (l-r): Emppu Vuorinen, Troy Donockley, Floor Jansen, Tuomas Holopainen, Kai Hahto and Marco Hietala On October 1st, 2012, it was revealed that Kitee, Finland-based symphonic metal group Nightwish had parted ways with vocalist Anette Olzon following a five-year tenure which had seen the issue […]
MARILYN MANSON And THE SMASHING PUMPKINS To Co-Headline 2015 North American Tour March 31st, 2015 Los Angeles, California-based industrial metal group Marilyn Manson and Chicago, Illinois-based alternative rock ensemble The Smashing Pumpkins tour North America during July and August 2015 as part of a co-headlining tour. The dates are as follows; Jul. 07 – Concord, […]
AD NAUSEAMNihil Quam Vacuitas Ordinatum Est Lavadome Productions (2015)Rating: 8/10 Nothing beats a fix of jarring and at times bewildering death metal. Italy’s Ad Nauseam are the latest exponents of experimental extreme metal; rising out of Schio in 2011, this quartet has clearly thought long and hard about this release and come up with a […]
MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Makes ‘Burn’ Cover Available For Streaming March 31st, 2015 Chicago, Illinois-based guitarist Michael Angelo Batio (formerly of Californian metal ensemble Nitro) has made his cover version of ‘Burn’ available for streaming, which features Todd LaTorre and Mark Tremonti. Written by Deep Purple, its original rendition was included on the February 1974 album […]
BARREN EARTH – Setting Metal Alight Anthony Morgan March 2015 Barren Earth (l-r): Marko Tarvonen, Janne Perttilä, Jón Aldará, Kasper Mårtenson, Olli-Pekka “Oppu” Laine and Sami Yli-Sirniö Helsinki, Finland-based progressive death metal outfit Barren Earth was originally the brainchild of former Amorphis bassist Olli-Pekka – “Oppu” – Laine during late 2006, the four-stringer requesting that […]
MORGOTHUngod Century Media (2015)Rating: 8/10 For me, Germany’s Morgoth were one of the finest exponents of classic death metal back in the late 80s and early 90s. Their debut 1988 demo Pits Of Utumno was always in my cassette deck and when, a year later, they released their debut EP Resurrection Absurd I was convinced […]
DYGITALS Unveil ‘Dynamite’ Album Details March 30th, 2015 French metal group Dygitals issue fourth full-length studio album Dynamite on May 5th, 2015 in North America through Mausoleum Records. The label have scheduled European release for the 21st. The outing was produced, engineered and mixed by Didier Chesneau at MII Recording Studio, based in Forainvillier Dreux […]
