REPLACIRE Issue Drum Playthrough Video For ‘Any Promise’ Track July 31st, 2018 Boston, Massachusetts-based technical death metal group Replacire have released a drum playthrough video for the track ‘Any Promise’, which can be viewed below. Replacire issued second full-length studio album Do Not Deviate on March 17th, 2017 through Season Of Mist. The album has […]
WRAITHHeed The Warning Rapid Fire (2018)Rating: 7/10 The name of the record label might give you an inkling as to what this American act is about. Just a shame then that the Indiana / Chicago troupe couldn’t come up with a more imaginative band name! For what it’s worth though, this particular Wraith could easily […]
PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS Premiere ‘Choosing Mental Illness’ Music Video July 31st, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana-based metal group Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, led by the current Down / Superjoint and former Pantera frontman, have filmed a music video for the track ‘Choosing Mental Illness’, which can be viewed below. Directed by […]
THE CROWN Unveil Music Video For ‘In The Name Of Death’ Track July 30th, 2018 Trollhättan, Sweden-based death metal group The Crown have filmed a music video for the track ‘In The Name Of Death’. Directed and produced by Kalle Johansson and Patrik Skoglow, the clip can be viewed below. The band commented: “The Crown […]
SHED THE SKINWe Of Scorn Hells Headbangers (2018)Rating: 8/10 We Of Scorn is the second full-length release from Ohio-based ensemble Shed The Skin, providing ten tracks of uncompromising and very much 100% death metal. From opener ‘From Tortured Realms’ to closer ‘Forever’, this outfit plies the listener with melancholic strains which develop into gruelling yet […]
VIXEN Unveil Music Video For ‘You Ought To Know By Now’ Track July 27th, 2018 American hard rock group Vixen have filmed a music video for the track ‘You Ought To Know By Now’, which can be viewed below. Vixen issued Live Fire on July 6th, 2018 through Rat Pak Records. Live Fire consists of […]
MANILLA ROAD Founder Mark ‘The Shark’ Shelton Dies Aged 60 July 27th, 2018 Mark ‘The Shark’ Shelton, guitarist and founding member of Wichita, Kansas-based metal group Manilla Road died from a heart attack on July 27th, 2018 at the age of 60. He passed away in Germany where the band had performed at the Headbangers […]
DEE SNIDERFor The Love Of Metal Napalm (2018)Rating: 6/10 I remember back in the 80s when a metalhead friend of mine was forced to hide his Twisted Sister album Stay Hungry under his bed because the cover, depicting a heavily made-up Dee Snider clutching a meaty bone, offended his mum. Those were the glory days […]
BLACK HOWLINGReturn Of Primordial Stillness Signal Rex (2018)Rating: 7/10 You should know the story by now, Black Howling being a rather experienced and well-established black metal duo from Lisbon who brings their suffocating style of metal into their sixth full-length release. Very much focusing on pessimism, hate, and depression, Return Of Primordial Stillness makes for […]
GRAVEWARDSRuinous Ensoulment Unspeakable Axe (2018)Rating: 8/10 What I love about Greek death metal is its ability, like the Finnish sound, to embark upon its own decadent journey without really aping any other styles or trends. Gravewards is the latest gang to emerge upon the scene with their debut full-length release Ruinous Ensoulment, the band consisting […]
