KING DIAMOND Launch New Music Video For ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ Single October 31st, 2023 Danish / Swedish heavy metal band King Diamond have filmed a music video for the track ‘Masquerade Of Madness’. Created by David Brodsky and Allison Woest of MyGoodEye Visuals, the clip can be viewed below. ‘Masquerade Of Madness’ was issued as […]
BLACK KNIFEBaby Eater Witch Wise Blood / Mercenary Press (2023)Rating: 7/10 Okay, how can one not be attracted to an album featuring track titles such as ‘Evil Sex On Halloween’, ‘Heavy Metal Punx From Hell’, ‘Crawling Through Your Guts To See The Light’ and ‘Snakebite Succubus’? This is the spooktacular third outing from the Lexington, […]
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS Premiere ‘Maniac’ Music Video October 30th, 2023 British rock band Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons, featuring former Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell, have released a music video for the track ‘Maniac’, which can be viewed below. Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons issued third full-length studio album Kings Of […]
DORO Releases 14th Studio Album ‘Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud’ October 27th, 2023 Düsseldorf, Germany-based metal vocalist Doro Pesch issued 14th full-length studio album Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud on October 27th, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records. Judas Priest singer Rob Halford contributes guest vocals on the cover of Priest’s ‘Living After Midnight’ […]
OFFENDEDDreamworld Self-released (2023)Rating: 9/10 After hearing their debut full-length studio album Welcome To Nowhere (2022) I stated that this young Leeds, England-based trio were one of the best new acts around, and with this second outing my beliefs have been cemented. Dreamworld is another effortlessly created heavy rock outing that smoothly leaks into the ears. […]
DOKKENHeaven Comes Down Silver Lining Music (2023)Rating: 7.5/10 Let’s cut to the chase. We all know Dokken, and as evident since the American hard rock band’s last studio album Broken Bones in 2012, Don Dokken’s voice is on its last legs, which is a shame because it’s always sad to see rock giants fade. Even […]
PHANTOMHanded To Execution Inframetal (2023)Rating: 8.5/10 After a trio of demo recordings and a split project with Kill Witch, Malicious Intent, Anti-Criss and Praefator, Mexican thrashers Phantom finally issues a full-length album, and one which boasts some of my favourite cover artwork this year. Put simply, this is the sort of lethal assault that used […]
GRAVESENDGowanus Death Stomp 20 Buck Spin (2023)Rating: 9/10 The New York City sleaze merchants have returned, scurrying like rats from the sordid underbelly. More heinous tales are spun, tales which scrape the barrel of New York’s alleyways. Urban decay, streetwise scum and blizzards of trash channelled through a blackened grind cacophony. The 2021 debut full-length […]
AUTOPSYAshes, Organs, Blood And Crypts Peaceville (2023)Rating: 9/10 I do wish the more recent album artwork of Autopsy was better and matched the sweeping sickness of the maniacal sound. I guess there has been something garish and goofy about the look of the last few albums but hey, it doesn’t prevent Ashes, Organs, Blood And […]
TOWER HILLDeathstalker No Remorse (2023)Rating: 7/10 I have to chuckle at the fact that grown men are still coughing up this sort of sword n’ sorcery metal decades after the original role playing nerds got their geek. This Canadian clan stemmed from the beard of vocalist R.F. Traynor who has been joined by guitarists Jeremy […]
