SPACE CHASER Unveil Music Video For ‘Juggernaut’ Track February 27th, 2023 Berlin, Germany-based thrash metal band Space Chaser have filmed a music video for the track ‘Juggernaut’, which can be viewed below. Regarding the video, the band stated: “Freeze your ass off in a Berlin club for two days and assemble a disrupted desert landscape […]
FAST EVILThe Old Dark Stories Classic Metal (2023)Rating: 8/10 Brazilian speed metal outfit Fast Evil returns with a nifty little record wrapped in an engaging slice of cover art courtesy of Quinho Ravelli, this being the band’s second full-length album which follows on from the 2018 debut The Midnight Force. What you get with these […]
FROSTSHOCKFrostshock Self-released (2023)Rating: 7/10 Bridging the gap between thrash and death metal, German upstarts Frostshock embark on their career with this 11-track debut full-length offering. Snarling from the off, Frostshock boast a contemporary sound driven by crisp, thudding drums and a pallid yet crisp guitar tone which adds further froth to the ice cold brew. […]
INSOMNIUM Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Anno 1696’ February 24th, 2023 Joensuu, Finland-based melodic death metal band Insomnium issued ninth full-length studio album Anno 1696 on February 24th, 2023 through Century Media Records. Anno 1696 was mixed by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios in Woburn, Bedforshire, and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios […]
STEEL PANTHEROn The Prowl Steel Panther Inc. (2023)Rating: 7/10 By their third album, All You Can Eat (2014), the novelty of Steel Panther had somewhat worn off for me, but here I am once again itching from their infection. You know what’s coming; Satchel’s blistering axe work, Michael Starr’s vocal smut and a batch of […]
IRON CURTAINMetal Gladiator EP Dying Victims Productions / Ironbound (2023)Rating: 6/10 Spain’s Iron Curtain impressed me with their 2012 full-length debut Road To Hell, but since their inception in 2007 they’ve been somewhat sporadic in their output, with their last album (Danger Zone) – their fourth – emerging in 2019. The problem with bands of […]
FAIRYTALEArmy Of Ghosts Pure Steel (2023)Rating: 7.5/10 Emerging with only their third full-length record since forming in 2000, Germany’s Fairytale constructs a vast, steely bridge between traditional and power metal genres. It’s difficult to monitor the progression of this five-piece combo, simply due to the sporadic nature of releases. Their last album, 2017’s Battlestar Rising, […]
MEGATON SWORDMight & Power Dying Victims Productions (2023)Rating: 8/10 Like some distant relative of metal warriors Manowar, Swiss act Megaton Sword come galloping from the fens to a soundtrack of steely riffs and thunderclaps. This is about as heavy metal as it gets in the modern age; the thick unorthodox and rich vocals of Uzzy […]
AIR RAIDFatal Encounter High Roller (2023)Rating: 8/10 It could be argued that this Swedish melodic metal act is offering nothing new, but if you like tight, infectious throwback metal then I highly recommend Air Raid’s fourth full-length outing. Having formed back in 2009, Air Raid – even through its varying line-up changes – has remained […]
CLUNACULUM Apocalyptic Incantations (2023) Apocalyptic Incantations is the third demo from Dublin, Ireland-based one-man black / death metal project Clunaculum. This release is the brainchild of a fellow named M. Void who is also responsible for Annihilation Hammer. With Apocalyptic Incantations you get dragged into a furnace of evil sludge as slowly you are roasted […]
