Posted on May 29, 2013 |
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With only a year-and-a-half gap since their previous album “Th1rt3en” it would seem that Megadeth are on something of a creative roll, which isn’t really that unusual as frontman Dave Mustaine is a man with a lot to say. Having brought back the intensity for...
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Posted on May 8, 2013 |
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Thrash is a division of metal that is near and dear to my heart. Growing up in the 80’s I was lucky enough to be exposed to the big eight; Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, and Overkill from the beginning. While the...
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Posted on April 9, 2013 |
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Sodom has a new record, so that basically means that almost all the amazing thrash bands from Germany have released new albums. You might be reading this and thinking “Sodom…they have been around for ages” and you’d be correct. Sodom has been a band for...
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Posted on March 29, 2013 |
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I read a quote the other day that said, “Music is what feelings sound like”. How true! Music can transport you to another world or take you on a stroll down memory lane. Music can invoke certain feelings in you when you listen to it...
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Posted on March 28, 2013 |
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Norway’s Kvelertak created quite a storm when they released their debut back in 2010, and not just sonically. They were feted by the press for their refreshing and startling combination of black metal and punk elements. And they were slated by those genres purists for...
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Posted on March 25, 2013 |
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Reading four piece Ancient Ascendant have followed up their debut album “The Grim Awakening” with the “Into The Dark” EP. Five tracks combining old school thrash with elements of classic and blackened death metal brought to life by producer Dan Swanö. Opening up with the...
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Posted on March 19, 2013 |
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For my love of Portuguese metal I have these five lads to thank. Around 2010 or early 2011 I got their self-titled release and was blown away. It took about 10 seconds into the riff of ‘Concrete Walls’ to hook me and make me a...
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Posted on March 2, 2013 |
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With his spiky, bleached-blonde barnet, ever-present leather jacket and Flying V, Joel Grind resembles the archetypal old-school metal warrior. Either that or a bad guy from Robocop. As frontman for nuclear war obsessed thrashers Toxic Holocaust for the past few years, Grind’s creativity has been...
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Posted on February 24, 2013 |
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Within the rather restricted sub genre that is black/thrash metal, it’s hard to stand out from the ravenous, Satan-praising hordes, but an eye-catching name won’t do you any harm and that’s undoubtedly something that LA’s Lightning Swords of Death are in possession of. Of course,...
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Posted on February 19, 2013 |
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Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza. The man who started as lead singer for the band Legacy (which we all know later became Testament after his departure), took over for the late great Paul Baloff in Exodus and had a huge run with them, contributing to the golden...
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Posted on February 19, 2013 |
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News has just reached us that will whet the appetite of thrashers across the land. None other than Bay Area thrashers Heathen have announced their first UK date in over two years at London’s Camden Underworld on 23rd June later this year. Founded in 1984 by Lee Altus...
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Posted on February 14, 2013 |
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First off let me get this off my chest – have we run out of cool names for rock bands? I know calling yourself anything is fraught with potential dangers, but really, is Waking Theo the best we can do? Well I guess if you’re...
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Posted on February 13, 2013 |
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Eurgh! Can you hear that? It’s the sound of something so foul and disgusting; it shouldn’t be allowed to share the planet with us, despite the earth being in a pretty sorry state of affairs as it is. It’s the sound of three ageing metalheads...
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Posted on February 12, 2013 |
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Massacre Records is set to unleash the debut album from American thrash outfit Hatriot, celebrating the comeback of the infamous original vocalist for Bay Area legends Exodus, Testament and others, Steve “Zetro” Souza! Having recently signed a deal with Germany’s Massacre Records, the band are...
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Posted on February 6, 2013 |
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Hailing from Belgium, Evil Shepherd is a five piece, blackened doom/thrash metal band that unleashes all things demonic and unholy through the music on their latest album entitled “Evil Through Darkness… And Darkness Through Death,” released via Empire Records. Made up of 12 crusty, dirty...
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Posted on January 22, 2013 |
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When Master Luke Appleton left Manchester based metal heroes Fury UK to venture into the big league and join the thrash/power metal gods Iced Earth as their new bass player – brother, guitarist and singer, Chris Appleton and drummer, Martin McNee found themselves going down...
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Posted on January 21, 2013 |
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During my three years at university studying history, one of the modules I studied was about the Cold War; a rivalry and in some part a conflict, yet stalemate between the Western power of the USA and Soviet Russia. One major theme in this period...
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Posted on January 19, 2013 |
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After the release of Beholder’s debut album, “The Awakening;” no one thought that Beholder could get any better on their next release and that they had “hit the nail on the head” so to speak with the sound they went for on that astounding debut...
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Posted on January 15, 2013 |
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The story of Canada’s Voïvod has long been a convoluted tale of personnel changes and, more recently, personal tragedy. Here’s an abridged version to help place “Target Earth” in context. The death of guitarist and main composer, Piggy (Denis D’Amour), during the recording of the...
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Posted on January 9, 2013 |
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Good old fashioned thrash metal. Chunky riffs. Hard driving drums. This is Suicidal Angels. Rather than re-invent the wheel, Suicidal Angels go about perfecting what is good and pure in thrash metal. Don’t look for anything new and different here. “Eternal Domination” is all about...
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