DEMONICAL Release Fifth Studio Album ‘Chaos Manifesto’ March 23rd, 2018 Avesta, Sweden-based death metal band Demonical issued fifth full-length studio album Chaos Manifesto on March 23rd, 2018 (excluding North America) through Agonia Records. The label scheduled North American release for April 27th. The outing can be streamed in its entirety via YouTube below. Chaos Manifesto […]
PUREST OF PAIN Issue Guitar Playthrough Video For ‘Vessels’ Track March 23rd, 2018 Dutch melodic death metal band Purest Of Pain – featuring Delain guitarist Merel Bechtold – have released an official guitar playthrough video for the track ‘Vessels’, which can be viewed below. Purest Of Pain issued debut full-length studio album Solipsis independently through […]
CALIBAN Unveil Music Video For New Song ‘Ich Blute Für Dich’ March 23rd, 2018 Essen, Germany-based metal group Caliban have filmed a music video for the track ‘Ich Blute Für Dich’. Featuring guest vocals from Nasty’s Matthi and Eskimo Callboy’s Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler, the clip can be viewed below. Caliban issue 11th full-length studio album […]
L.A. GUNS Release Live CD / DVD Set ‘Made In Milan’ March 23rd, 2018 Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns Los Angeles, California-based hard rock group L.A. Guns issued live CD / DVD set and Blu-ray Made In Milan on March 23rd, 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl. Made In Milan consists of a live performance recorded […]
BULLETBOYSFrom Out Of The Skies Frontiers (2018)Rating: 7.5/10 Platinum-selling artists BulletBoys were one of those American heavy rock acts that never lived up to their potential in spite of a trio of solid early records. Their 90s career no doubt being affected by the grunge invasion, original member and vocalist Marq Torien has sailed on […]
W.E.T. Release Third Studio Album ‘Earthrage’ March 23rd, 2018 W.E.T., the Swedish / American melodic hard rock project created around vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, guitarist Erik Mårtensson and keyboard player Robert Säll, issued third full-length studio album Earthrage on March 23rd, 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl. Recording sessions for the outing began in August 2017. […]
W.E.T.Earthrage Frontiers (2018)Rating: 8/10 Swedish / American rockers W.E.T. is not a band I’ve followed religiously since their debut self-titled opus in 2009. Maybe it was because of the long bouts of inactivity that caused me to drift away as the principal band members – Jeff Scott Soto (lead vocals, Sons Of Apollo / ex-Talisman), […]
SONS OF APOLLO Release ‘Alive / Tengo Vida’ EP March 23rd, 2018 American progressive metal supergroup Sons Of Apollo issued six-song digital EP Alive / Tengo Vida on March 23rd, 2018 through InsideOut Music / SonyMusic. The outing includes six different versions – English, Spanish, acoustic and radio edits – of the track ‘Alive’ (‘Tengo […]
MEMORIAMThe Silent Vigil Nuclear Blast (2018)Rating: 5.5/10 What a line-up this is; Memoriam being a UK death metal act featuring ex-Bolt Thrower members Karl Willetts (vocals) and Andy Whale (drums), alongside guitarist Scott Fairfax (Benediction / ex-Cerebral Fix) and bassist Frank Healy (ex-Sacrilege / ex-Napalm Death / ex-Benediction / ex-Cerebral Fix). The Silent Vigil is […]
CRISIXAgainst The Odds Listenable (2018)Rating: 6/10 I’m on the fence with Against The Odds, the new record from Spanish thrashers Crisix. To be fair it starts strong with ‘Get Out Of My Head’, but it’s their choice of song material, overall, that throws me. ‘The North Remembers’, for example, is inspired by Game Of Thrones, […]
