Author Paul Maddison
Germany to me has been the lifeblood of traditional heavy metal in historical difficult times, i.e. the 1990’s. Some massive bands have graced us with their presence over the years, but a little over 3 years ago, Germany produced Gravety,… Continue Reading →
This Bilbao band cite influences as far reaching as Soundgarden, Bolt Thrower and Autopsy, I kid you not, and throughout my numerous listening experiences with ‘Grengus’, I can honestly say, this is no bullshit. Each and every track is a… Continue Reading →
These Norwegian’s took my breath away a while back when they performed at the first Live Evil festival in London. Yes ok, it can be said that they first shot into the limelight living off a Fenriz (Darkthrone) band of… Continue Reading →
M-Pire of Evil are a legendary heavy metal force. Containing some of the founding fathers of black/speed/thrash metal, whatever the hell you want to call it, some of these guys have been there, done it, burned the t-shirt and yet… Continue Reading →
Overkill have always been a thrash band that presents a no nonsense approach to their recorded output, ‘The Electric Age’ sits perfectly alongside their last release ‘Ironbound’ and also many a classic Overkill album like ‘Horroscope’, and even relatively recent… Continue Reading →
20 years after their initial recording spree,US metal titans Sleepy Hollow are back with Bob Mitchell (ex-Attacker) in tow on vocals. I have listened to this album a number of times prior to writing down these thoughts, and also before… Continue Reading →
Anyone who has looked up the personnel involved in this group would probably be expecting something like a Venom record. Well, you would duly be mistaken, whilst the group is Jeff Mantas, Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan and drummer Antton, musically… Continue Reading →
The story of Trappazat starts in Telford, England, somewhere in the 1980’s. Following the demise of Scarab, Paul Britton had a varied career in music, and eventually got to record these tracks you have on offer here. Now, after recent… Continue Reading →
Having a few releases behind them and once featuring James Rivera (Helstar/Malice) on vocals, New Eden return after a massive 9 year break between releases, a band originally formed in 1993 by Steel Prophet guitarist Horacio Colmenares. ‘Solving for X’… Continue Reading →
On Top are a US“ power trio” who will apparently be suitable for fans of Motley Crue, Dokken, Queensryche, WASP and Dio? A sweeping statement, and to my ears rather inaccurate! This is dirty rock n roll, something that has… Continue Reading →
With the demise of a couple of big bands Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Dio, Ozzy) and Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) have teamed up with a killer Vocalist Dew Bragg and guitarist Mark Savon, both of whom have… Continue Reading →
RAM are a traditional heavy metal behemoth from Sweden, a country containing many of the most promising prospects of the heavy metal genre of late. RAM have had a very healthy underground following with two studio albums behind them, ‘Forced… Continue Reading →