Tag Arch Enemy
A debut full length release for this Swedish quintet who have a couple of demos and an EP available to date with the demos free to download if you choose to. Melodic death metal is a difficult genre to break… Continue Reading →
Although very much more of a modern metal proposition Canadian band The Agonist have always been a pretty solid affair and one that I have fairly enjoyed what I have heard of their output to date. After three albums there… Continue Reading →
This Greek bunch released this album digitally back in 2013 with a physical release materialising during 2014 but it seems it is getting a second push and has landed on my review pile this month. With an album already out… Continue Reading →
With the number of bands that are called or have been called Armageddon over the years then yours had better be something damn fine that sticks out from the pack. This Armageddon hails from Sweden and is the now rejuvenated… Continue Reading →
It was a dark and funnily enough, not too cold night for autumn, so I’m certain people in the queue around the corner, with the rather strange police presence, weren’t hypothermic by the time they got to enter the venue… Continue Reading →
When I saw ‘German Thrash’ in the brief description of the band, I knew I had to review this album. Having reviewed the promising Dust Bolt earlier this year, tackling the slightly more established Cripper was something I looked forwards… Continue Reading →
“Starkill Starkill shining bright, is this band a bag of shite?” Well, no, actually far from it, I was just wondering if the band’s Press Release would be more entertaining if that was all it said. But that aside, if… Continue Reading →
Well here’s something to upset anyone who quickly read the words ‘Symphonic’ and ‘Female-fronted’ and were hoping for another Nightwish! It’s not happening here kiddies, this is Symphonic Extreme Metal where Luna Mortis singer Mary Zimmer handles ALL vocal styles… Continue Reading →
There’s no denying the amazing impact and legacy Angela Gossow gave to the Metal world by rising to the challenge and seizing with angry clenched fists the opportunity to front Arch Enemy. She is and was a testament to… Continue Reading →
American Speed Metal (fast and furious, usually with some form of sporadic high pitched vocal, double-kick drums flying all over the place, frenetic riffing, but stopping just short of Thrash) was one of the 80’s Metal styles that never… Continue Reading →
Who said that heavy metal has to be downtrodden and miserable? Well, no-one did, but these guys from Finland with the Swedish sound manage to bring cheeriness to a totally dark and extreme experience. From the vocalist’s “Welcome to Rottendam”… Continue Reading →
The stereotypical view of Australia as a very sunny, laid-back country will surely be dispelled after one listen to `The Saviours Slain’, for this album contains 100% pure rage. This is the fifth studio album from prolific death/thrash/metalcore crew Truth… Continue Reading →