Author Paul Maddison
Swedish death metal titans featuring none other than Rogga Johansson (a man who awakes each morning and writes a stunning death metal album – it appears that way anyway!) and are inspired by 80’s horror movies, you only need to… Continue Reading →
With most of the press stuck outside until just before Sonne Adam came on stage, one assumes that the two previous bands were suitably supported, but in any case, I was only really interested in a couple of the bands… Continue Reading →
Hailing from the Ukraine, this is a thrash/groove band that has a notable guest musician (Jeff Waters – Annihilator) playing on one of the tracks, so does that spell a good thrash album? In the early part of the release,… Continue Reading →
The Full Moon Dog Festival will grace The Cockpit in Leeds on Saturday October 13th. Bands so far announced include Mercenary, Stiletto Farm, Eliminator, Stuka Squadron, Dark Forest, Asomvel, Solstice and Orange Goblin plus one headliner. But this is more… Continue Reading →
Black Magic Six are labelled as garage punk, but it has something that little bit extra, don’t be fooled by the brutal blues title, it has no connection whatsoever. Formed way back in 2006, and beginning this album proper with… Continue Reading →
I really enjoyed this bands second album ‘The Ark of Gemini’, but this latest effort, their third, takes India’s Kryptos to a completely different level. By this I mean that the bar has been raised significantly since switching to AFM… Continue Reading →
Following ‘The World Is Ours – Vol 1 – Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else’ released last year, Motörhead, a British institution in Metal and Hard Rock, will release a second DVD on multiple formats documenting their successful ‘The World Is… Continue Reading →
This is a split release between death metal barbarians Deception and the evil black metal horde Demonic Slaughter, both fromPoland. Presented in a real nice fold out digipack, the two bands have a fair bit of history behind them, the… Continue Reading →
I have to admit, I have been waiting for this album to be released ever since finding this band through their demo and internet coverage on a social media website. Fetus Stench play death metal and this is hard, heavy… Continue Reading →
Starting originally as a crust punk band, Swedish Death metal bruisers Bombs of Hades have ‘The Serpents Redemption’, their second full length effort after a few split releases ready for your entertainment. The band features Jonas Stalhammer, whom is notable… Continue Reading →
This is a landmark tenth full length album from Sweden’s “Masters of Death” who are now joined by Tobias Cristiansson from the ashes of Dismember (whom are sadly missed I might add). Ola Lindgren survives as the founder member in… Continue Reading →
These Oxfordshire natives are playing some fuzzed out, trip-tastic doom, like a cross between UK contemporaries Slabdragger and Trippy Wicked engaging in bong related incidents whilst making noises. These noises are over 30 minutes and there are only four tracks… Continue Reading →