GARDNER – JAMES Release Music Video For ‘No Strings’ Title Track July 18th, 2023 American rock duo Gardner – James, consisting of wife Janet Gardner (ex-Vixen) and husband Justin James, have filmed a music video for the title track of their latest album No Strings, which can be viewed below. Gardner – James issued second […]

DISENGAGEMENTFormless In A Violent World EP Dry Cough (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 According to the ever brilliantly prolific Dry Cough Records press release, new death metal act Disengagement hails from “various points between Liverpool and Manchester” as well as claiming that the band “have arrived with something a little different”, before asking “when was the last time […]

TAILGUNNERGuns For Hire Fireflash (2023)Rating: 8/10 My review for Tailgunner’s 2022 Crashdive EP (which I gave a 6.5/10) prompted their fanbase (friends, family and pets) to take to Facebook to ravenously and rabidly claim that the release surely demanded a 10/10. That of course would mean it was up there with the greatest metal releases […]

TAILGUNNER Premiere ‘New Horizons’ Music Video July 14th, 2023 English heavy metal band Tailgunner have filmed a music video for the track ‘New Horizons’, which can be viewed below. Tailgunner issued debut full-length studio album Guns For Hire on July 14th, 2023 through Fireflash Records. “Our debut album Guns For Hire is the result of […]

WARMEN Unveil Music Video For New Track ‘Hell On Four Wheels’ July 14th, 2023 Finnish heavy metal band Warmen have filmed a music video for the track ‘Hell On Four Wheels’. Directed by Ykä Järvinen, the clip can be viewed below. Speaking about the song and video, bassist Jyri Helko said: “‘Hell On Four Wheels’ […]

THE HELLFREAKS Share Music Video For ‘Rootless Soul Riot’ Track July 14th, 2023 Hungarian punk rock band The Hellfreaks have filmed a music video for ‘Rootless Soul Riot’. Directed by Péter Molnár, the clip can be viewed below. Regarding the song and video, the band stated: “‘Rootless Soul Riot’ is the ‘last and first’ music […]

EVILEThe Unknown Napalm (2023)Rating: 6/10 It’s strange that an act who started out as a Metallica covers band nearly 25 years ago should still, to some extent, be flogging the same dead horse. Sure, when these UK thrashers first arrived on the scene there was a buzz about their 80s aping, but I for one […]

ELEINE Release Fourth Studio Album ‘We Shall Remain’ July 14th, 2023 Landskrona, Sweden-based symphonic metal band Eleine issued fourth full-length studio album We Shall Remain on July 14th, 2023 through Atomic Fire Records. We Shall Remain was written and produced by guitarist / vocalist Rikard Ekberg and lead vocalist Madeleine Liljestam, while Thomas “Plec” Johansson […]

CAVALERA Release Re-Recording Of SEPULTURA’s 1985 Debut EP ‘Bestial Devastation’ July 14th, 2023 Brazilian heavy metal band Cavalera, consisting of brothers Max and Iggor, issued the re-recording of EP Bestial Devastation on July 14th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records. In its original form, Bestial Devastation was released in December 1985 and was the debut EP […]

EXSANGUINATIONBurial Rites Horror Pain Gore Death Productions (2023)Rating: 8/10 The rumbling sound you hear out of Massachusetts is the second full-length studio album from death metal combo Exsanguination. Even so, this is not the basic, swampy death metal you may be expecting because there is very much a blackened edge applied, especially with the snappy […]