Tag Manowar
Has it really been three years since the last Darkthrone album? They normally shat them out like a tramp does mouldy brown water after a night foraging in bins behind the back of the local kebab shop. You may well… Continue Reading →
Fresh from the immediate and miserable impact of the latest Manowar effort I found myself in dire need of something, anything, to bolster my belief that traditional heavy metal is not going to forever torture me with disappointment. I held… Continue Reading →
Grand Magus are fast becoming one of the best metal bands anywhere. Following a big money (or not–drummer Sebastian Sippola left before recording started due to work and family commitments) transfer from the deceased Roadrunner Records to the relative big-time… Continue Reading →
Well, it’s been six long years since Witchtrap’s previous strike, 2006’s much-praised No Anesthesia, and now finally this lot of English-grammar-loathers have returned. For those unfamiliar with Witchtrap, they’re a Medellínese (Colombian) black/thrash outfit, leaning further away from the ‘black’… Continue Reading →
With a yo ho ho and a bottle of Schnapps the ORIGINAL pirate band are BACK for their fourteenth studio album ‘Shadowmaker’ – and they’re GERMAN! Jaaaaarrrr….. Little known in the UK they may be, but Running Wild have been… Continue Reading →
They cannot be serious. “Long Live Heavy Metal” has to be the most trite album title I’ve ever seen. Is it a wind-up, a 1970s K-Tel re-release or a genuine belief, I asked myself. I had to find out so… Continue Reading →
1988 was a very interesting year for yours truly as it contained some blinding albums and also my turning point from thrash to death/grind/crust in that order. Why am I saying this, well France’s Lonewolf are a band stuck in… Continue Reading →