One fascinating aspect that made many thrash metal bands great was their ability to evolve within a style that clearly has its limits. Sodom started with their outbreak ...
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Generally, bands go through their classic phase as they often release a series of goodies before changing style or watering down by becoming shadows of their former selves. ...
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Comments Off on Review: Kreator “Extreme Aggression” [Noise Records]
Here’s a pretty catchy album that has some good things going for it but rarely rises above being a nice but rather ordinary album. We begin with the ...
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There’s no denying that Brazil had a huge impact on the development of extreme metal and today’s topic Holocausto are yet another reminder of such. Their evolution may ...
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This new Machine Head album has a pretty good dark groove. There are some heavy tracks, and some complex, odd ones, but they both work because of the ...
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This year is a true blessing for all thrash metal lovers, the mighty legends Kreator have returned after five years of yearning, presenting their latest full-length album Hate ...
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Thrash metal/crossover band Municipal Waste from Virginia is a well-known bunch of motherfuckers with pure desire to revive good old days, when metalheads were skinny and with fluffy ...
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Where to begin with this one. I think it’s safe to say that after the untimely death of lead vocalist, Dave Brockie, GWAR didn’t have to continue. They ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE releases their new track and music video for “Forest”, off their upcoming album, Digital Noise Alliance, which is set for release on October 7th. Watch the music ...
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Today, MEGADETH premiered “Night Stalkers: Chapter II”, the next installment of a multi-part short film being released alongside MEGADETH’s next single “Night Stalkers” from their new studio album ...
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Since 1988, New York’s finest death metal majesty Immolation had granted us an impressive track record of distinctive quality albums. Very recognizable thankfully first to bands founder/guitar player ...
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War Party is quite a difficult album to pin down in my opinion. I find this ironic considering GWAR is at their most consistent style of playing, with ...
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There was only three-year gap between the previous LP of Pyrexia and their new creation Gravitas Maximus, which will be released in December by deathcore/death metal label Unique ...
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If there was ever a band that needed a comeback, it was GWAR. After the bloated Carnival of Chaos and the horrid disaster of We Kill Everything, GWAR’s ...
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Comments Off on Review: Gwar “Violence Has Arrived” [Metal Blade Records]
After the destructive Pleasure to Kill, Kreator decided to take a step back in terms of intensity and while they wouldn’t be the only band that had this in ...
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Comments Off on Review: Kreator “Terrible Certainty” [Noise Records]
While I’m certainly not a huge technical thrash metal fan to begin with, certain albums remain wonderful to me and as far as I’m concerned, you can’t get ...
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There are two things you can be certain about when it comes down to Metal Church. For one, they retained a sense of integrity over the decades. Second ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metal Church “Hanging in the Balance” [Rising Sun Productions]
I’m not sure why, but I can’t help but think that Metal Church’s later period has been rather overlooked. A shame, really, as I’ve recently dived into the ...
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Comments Off on Review: Metal Church “Masterpeace” [Nuclear Blast America]
Fast, furious, fun – that’s Straight Outta Smogtown in 3 words. Carrying the carefree thrash/punk flame of the likes of Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies, Poland’s Terrordome address the current political climate with their usual ...
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Interview video with Evil Drive – Melodic Death Metal band from Finland. On their 3rd upcoming album they present themselves more powerful and with major musical and technical ...
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