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Witch Cross – Axe To Grind (Hells Headbangers )

It’s been, quite literally, a lifetime since the last Witch Cross album. Back in 1984 metal was just metal and you wore long hair, jeans (most likely blue, I’m afraid), trainers and it was all about vinyl or maybe a… Continue Reading →

Brutus – Behind The Mountains (Svart)

The population of Scandinavia is not huge, with about 20 million folks spread between Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and yet as well as a high degree of self-sufficiency in terms of heavy industry, electronics, and the like, the region seems… Continue Reading →

Anvil – Hope In Hell (SPV)

Everyone who knows metal knows Anvil, and after their 2009 documentary, quite a few folks who know nothing of metal do too.  First time I saw the band after the film came out was when they were supporting the mighty… Continue Reading →

Vanderbuyst – Flying Dutchmen (Van Records)

I caught this band live in London a while back, and I have to say what they produce on record no way matches the adrenaline rush you get form their live set, especially the raw guitar sound. I was in… Continue Reading →

I Am I – Event Horizon (Self Released)

 ZP Theart has taken a brave move by leaving power metal virtuosos Dragonforce to go it alone and caused by the clichéd musical differences rationale. The danger with prominent vocalists going it alone is that the bands they form can… Continue Reading →

Driver – Countdown (Metal Heaven Records)

Returning after their triumphant 2008 release ‘Sons of Thunder’, Driver is a hard rocking, melodic metal band featuring the “voice of melodic metal” Rob Rock. Formed out of the ashes of the M.A.R.S. Project Driver super group from the 1980’s,… Continue Reading →

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