Ever since their inception in the early 90’s, Long Island residents Vision of Disorder have always carried an air of perennial underachievement, forever destined to be the nearly men of metal. Two well received records put out by the then still commanding Roadrunner Records when...

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Co-authored by Simon Crampton The Headliner Machine Head Saturday sees the arrival of Machine Head to the Bloodstock grounds, bringing with them a wealth of hits as well as their reputation for being one of the finest live bands around. Not only is this the...

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Atikka 7, featuring vocalist Evan Seinfeld (ex-Biohazard) and lead guitarist Rusty Coones (famed motorcycle builder) have announced their new line up just in time for the release of their debut album, “Blood of My Enemies,” out July 30th, 2012 via Ninetone/Membran in Europe and Rocket...

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It is fair to say you generally know what you are going to get from New York hardcore giants Madball but that familiarity is always brought with honesty and an inspiring heart to fully satisfy. Their new release the “Rebellion” EP is no different. It...

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Attika 7 is a supergroup of sorts consisting of Evan Seinfeld (ex Biohazard), Tony Campos (Ministry, Static X, Prong) and Sons Of Anarchy motor builder and main composer Rusty Coones. The band promises us “evil sounding riffs, melodic vocal lines with old school guitar solos...

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Following on from their acclaimed 2007 debut, “Serpents”, Columbus Ohio’s Struck By Lightning return with an album more direct and ferocious, but ultimately less satisfying. The band features Greg Lahm on guitar/vocals and sludge fans will know him from revered noiseniks Mouth Of The Architect...

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Because we, as consumers, love to put everything into neat little descriptive boxes it often throws us off kilter when an album is released that can’t be neatly categorised.  And “Sons of Asena”, by Australian metal royalty Double Dragon – named after the 80’s beat-‘em-up video...

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Biohazard, Heights, Lionheart & Dripback Club Academy, Manchester – Tuesday January 31st 2012 The long awaited return of Biohazard was one of the first big tours I had marked down for the year. A new singer, new fire on the back the excellent “Reborn In...

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Biohazard‘s “Reborn in Defiance” was released by Nuclear Blast on 20 January 2012. It was a shot heard around the world! I can not tell a lie, I am a long time Biohazard fan, I’ve even braved the New York subway system to see them...

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A Pale Horse Named Death, the new band formed and lead by Sal Abruscato, who released their debut album ‘And Hell Will Follow Me’, on Steamhammer / SPV, in June 2011, have confirmed the following UK and Irish shows next month:- January 20th – DUBLIN...

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As a group Romeo Must Die has had a relatively short life span being formed around or at least starting to write around 2009, out of the ashes of brutal UK hardcore legends of Stampin’ Ground. Their debut full length album “Harships in Season” sets...

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To celebrate twenty years of NYHC godfathers Pro-Pain, AFM Records have released this bumper collection of nearly three hours which cover nearly most of the history of the band. What you have here is a CD / DVD collection with studio and live recordings, former...

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Co-authored by Mark Wrigley. OK, so after a day of pleasure and debauchery, there has got to be some payback, right? Yep… definitely… and at Download, the Sunday payback comes in the form of hangovers pushing the upper limits of the Richter Scale, and just...

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Quality, and plenty of it, is definitely a good basis for value for money and this is exactly what Liverpool’s SSS have delivered with their third album “Problems To The Answer”; every corner and space within it is jammed tight with 25 punk/metal/thrash crossover slices...

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Jagermeister has announced it will be hosting Hammerfest’s 2nd stage during next years event as more bands are announced including Sylosis, Godsized, Lower than Atlantis, The Treatment, Turbowolf, Idiom, Bleed From Within, Feed The Rhino, Never Means Maybe, The Mercy House, Abadden and Diamanthian. Also...

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