Tag Iron Maiden
Wolfgang’s history goes back a fair way despite “Castle In The Woods” being only their second album. Having released their first work in 1998 –“Welcome To The Cactus Mountains”, the Norwegians have had numerous distractions to take them away from… Continue Reading →
Formed in 1994, Teutonic power metallers Mob Rules have been going strong for over twenty years. Up to their ninth studio album after one best of, making their album total at ten, the six piece have honed their chops over… Continue Reading →
Pete Woods (Editor) It’s been a real struggle just whittling this down to a mere 20 choices. Anyone that tells you that there has been no good music this year obviously is suffering from stupidity, serious wax in the ears… Continue Reading →
2015 is starting to draw to a close, my window is frosty, and the shops are now bedecked with assorted tacky plastic trees, reindeer, and an army of Santa dolls beckoning to you in the hope of getting you to… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s Ambush (from Växjö to be precise) are one of those bands you wait a long time to find. Since their demo days I have been in awe of their talent for writing stunning real metal tunes with some definitive… Continue Reading →
“Don’t mention the war. I did it a minute ago but I think I got away with it!”. Thus spake the Cleese Spirit down Torquay way. These days there are quite a few willing to get all “World at War”… Continue Reading →
Two men. From Belgium. Laying down riffs with a JCB Digger. No pesky vocals to get in the way of the thunderous groove. Jelle and Roel on Drums and guitars respectively have released their third full length imaginatively titled III… Continue Reading →
Any album named after, and inspired by a 17th Century Rabbi who claimed to be the messiah and started the Jewish Sabbatean movement, Sabbatai Zevi see’s Death SS alumni Thomas Hand Chaste’s Witchfield offering up a holy feast of atmosphere laden… Continue Reading →
Before we crack on with this, here’s an author’s note/disclaimer: I’ve never done a sit down, face to face interview for a website before, so putting it bluntly, I was shitting myself all day. From waking up until the… Continue Reading →
”Bliksem” is the Dutch word for lightning and once you hear this band, you can see why they are named this. The Belgian thrash outfit with a very gratuitous helping of classic 80’s heavy metal 5 piece have played with… Continue Reading →
From Long Island, New York, To The Pain are a five piece thrash outfit with a love for all things old school thrash. With heads, minds and sound all firmly rooted in the late 80’s, the ‘golden era’ of thrash… Continue Reading →
Horror punk. A strange sub-genre that owes everything to Glenn, Doyle, Jerry and assorted Fiends in the Misfits and has been kept alive by a myriad of chaps and chappesses with black hair dye and a penchant for 50’s style… Continue Reading →