Tag Heavy Metal
After a 30-year break and resurgence in the live circuit 10-12 years ago, North East England’s NWoBHM legends Tysondog returned with their 2015 ‘Cry Havoc’ album. Fast forward and we have another album in the form of ‘Midnight’. “hoy your… Continue Reading →
Although “Road To Perdition” is this Croatian Metal band’s third album, founding guitarist Bruno Mičetić seems to have spent the past five years rebuilding Keops into his own vision to become the snarling, unyielding beast it now is. This is… Continue Reading →
Dear reader, let me take you back in time for a little lesson in Metal history. The year is 1980, and the scene is dominated by the young upstarts of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, and your humble… Continue Reading →
2022 welcomes the debut release from five-piece Swedish Metal band Signs Of Truth. Expanding on the tag a little, they are nearer a Melodic Heavy Metal Band, with Hard Rock moments, but delivered with a Swedish tradition that goes back… Continue Reading →
Bob Katsionis, the Athenian of many talents; vocalist, guitarist, keyboard player, producer and director to name several, is a long-standing figure in the mainland European metal scene. From his involvement in the supergroup project Serious Black to his work with… Continue Reading →
German band Luzifer are a side project of thrashers Vulture, I’ve had the pleasure of purchasing their ‘Rise’ EP and ‘Black Knight’ 7 inch single, ‘Iron Shackles’ is their debut album. As time has progressed, Luzifer has. The band has… Continue Reading →
What time is it Mr. Wolf? Can it really be 20 years since I was majorly impressed by Wolf’s second album “Black Wings”? Released at the time on No Fashion Records, it was an absolute bugger to get hold of… Continue Reading →
This is actually the debut by curiously named Catalonia/Barcelona heavy/speed metal band Redshark. They formed in around 2012 and have a couple of EPs behind them but it looks like they had a couple of major line-up upheavals in 2016… Continue Reading →
As the world of gigs and tours slowly returns to something approaching normality after two years in suspended animation, where only the merest glimmer of life was to be seen via online shows from locked down studios, and so many… Continue Reading →
Californian epic/traditional metal band formed in 2019 and came to my attention with loose association to Keep It True festival forums (the album was mastered by Bart Gabriel). So hence, you rather expect what is coming from this release. As… Continue Reading →
What’s the nerdiest influence on a metal band you’ve ever heard of? I always thought that Slough Feg had got the winner there, what with their album based on the classic pen and paper RPG, “Traveller”. Achelous have ripped the… Continue Reading →
Theandric are a three piece from Detroit, Michigan and they play a blend of Progressive Metal which is loaded with traditional metal influences and vibes. With such a compact line up, the power trio formula and progressive music works rather… Continue Reading →