ACT OF DEFIANCE Release Debut Studio Album ‘Birth And The Burial’ August 21st, 2015 Los Angeles, California-based thrash metal group Act Of Defiance issued debut full-length studio album Birth And The Burial on August 21st, 2015 through Metal Blade Records. Guitarist Chris Broderick handled vocal and guitar production at his own Ill-Fated Studio in Los […]
NEKRO DRUNKZAbsolute Filth Moribund (2015)Rating: 4.5/10 Formed out of Oregon in 2008, Nekro Drunkz is a none-too-serious extreme metal act happy to combine styles while cracking open a beer or ten. Absolute Filth is a joke-ridden 33 track (yep, that’s 33!) frenzy marrying goofy grindcore, haphazard death metal, splattery thrash and general distasteful sleaziness; all […]
RIVERS OF NIHIL Release Second Studio Album ‘Monarchy’ August 21st, 2015 Reading, Pennsylvania-based technical death metal group Rivers Of Nihil issued second full-length studio album Monarchy on August 21st, 2015 through Metal Blade Records. The outing was cut at Atrium Audio in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with producers Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland. Guitarist Brody Uttley cited […]
PRAYING MANTIS Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Legacy’ August 21st, 2015 London, England-based hard rock group Praying Mantis issued ninth full-length studio album Legacy on August 21st, 2015 through Frontiers Music Srl. The outing was recorded at various studios in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, Legacy marking the recording debut of vocalist John “Jaycee” Cuijpers […]
BUCKCHERRY Release Seventh Studio Album ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll’ August 21st, 2015 Los Angeles, California-based hard rock group Buckcherry issued seventh full-length studio album Rock ‘N’ Roll on August 21st, 2015 through F-Bomb Records / Caroline. A digital deluxe version of the effort was released on January 29th, 2016. The digital deluxe version of Rock ‘N’ […]
DEAD LORD Release Second Studio Album ‘Heads Held High’ August 21st, 2015 Stockholm, Sweden-based hard rock group Dead Lord issued second full-length studio album Heads Held High on August 21st, 2015 through Century Media Records. Heads Held High was made available in the following formats; limited CD digipak (matte cardboard, bonus track, and logo patch), […]
BUCKCHERRYRock ‘N’ Roll F-Bomb (2015)Rating: 9/10 After the riotous Fuck EP (2014), I was once again left gagging for another dose of Buckcherry; one of the only modern rock ’n’ roll bands I can actually tolerate. Indeed, of all the contemporary rock bands I’ve loved, Buckcherry remains one of the only ones still intact; Brides […]
ACT OF DEFIANCE – Burial And The Birth Anthony Morgan August 2015 Act Of Defiance (l-r): Henry Derek, Chris Broderick, Matt Bachand and Shawn Drover On November 25th, 2014, it was announced that drummer Shawn Drover had opted to part ways with Los Angeles, California-based thrash metal outfit Megadeth following a ten-year tenure in order […]
ROYAL HUNT Release 13th Studio Album ‘Devil’s Dozen’ August 21st, 2015 Copenhagen, Denmark-based progressive metal group Royal Hunt issued 13th full-length studio album Devil’s Dozen on August 21st, 2015 through Frontiers Music Srl. Recording took place at NorthPoint Productions, with keyboardist André Andersen helming production. Cover artwork duties fell to Kai Brockschmidt. The track listing […]
THE MURDER OF MY SWEET Release Third Studio Album ‘Beth Out Of Hell’ August 21st, 2015 Stockholm, Sweden-based symphonic metal group The Murder Of My Sweet issued third full-length studio album Beth Out Of Hell on August 21st, 2015 (excluding Japan) through Frontiers Music Srl. Japanese release took place on August 5th via Avalon. The […]
