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Amen Corner – Written By The Devil (Hammerheart Records)

Even ‘If Paradise is (half as nice) don’t worry that is not where we are heading. Hell is a much more likely proposition and it is unlikely when forming over 30 years ago that this Brazilian cult had any idea… Continue Reading →

Vision Master – Sceptre (Gates of Hell)

This is a duo namely of Dan Munro (ex-Funerot) and Reuben Story (Christian Mistress). The PR material suggests blazing unconventional classic metal, which is the case. I’d pick on the unconventional as a key pointer. ‘Wolves in the Shadows’ starts… Continue Reading →

THEM – Fear City ( Steamhammer/SPV)

It’s 1981. Over 120 years ago the warlock K. K. Fossor and the witchfinder Peter Thompson did battle in the town of Hemmersmoor and we were left in a situation where Fossor had managed to resurrect his daughter but it… Continue Reading →

Witchery – Nightside (Century Media)

Can it really be way back in 2017 that Witchery had their last album? Well, Jensen’s Swedish dark blackened thrash crew are back with another album, along with another line-up change. Victor Brandt, who it turns out had actually toured… Continue Reading →

Evil – Book of Evil (From the Vault Records)

Denmark’s Evil are regarded as one of those classic bands, a 1999 re-issue of their ‘Evil Message’ EP with Sortilége helped their heritage, I am sure. Following a bumpy attempt of resurgence in 2015 with ‘Shoot the Messenger’, sole original… Continue Reading →

Friends of Hell – Friends of Hell (Rise Above)

Taz Danozoglou has a great pedigree and it surprised me that he seemed to be musically quiet for so long. Obviously he is known as a renowned tattooist and his time in Electric Wizard but I really really dug Satan’s Wrath whose “Galloping Blasphemy“… Continue Reading →

Midnight – Let There Be Witchery (Metal Blade)

Midnight is the dark offspring of one man – Athenar from Cleveland Ohio.  Over the last 19 years he has been combining speed metal, D-Beat and Black Metal into a hellish hybrid that has kept many a metal head and punk happy. Let There Be Witchery… Continue Reading →

Night Cobra – Dawn of the Serpent (High Roller)

This US band are relatively fresh of the blocks from Texas, their traditional metal approach has been well received of late, and I personally sport a lot of their merchandise. So with this, their debut, it’s quite a thrill to… Continue Reading →

Mortuary Drape – Wisdom Vibration Repent (Peaceville)

No shortage of “Wisdom” as far as Italian cultists Mortuary Drape are concerned. They have been ushering devotees through the musical veil to the other side of their rotten drape for the best part of 35 years now. Although still… Continue Reading →

Necrofier – Prophecies of Eternal Darkness (Season of Mist)

Picked from the review pile essentially because I thought the name sounded cool, I later learned that Necrofier are an American Black Metal band, from Houston, Texas no less. It is fair to say that I was surprised by this… Continue Reading →

Worm – Foreverglade (20 Buck Spin)

Heavy. Or as Neil from the Young Ones would say Heaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ! Doom/Death bands are not known for being prolific when it comes to output so the fact that this is the Florida bands third album in four years may have a… Continue Reading →

Wanton Attack – Wanton Attack (No Remorse)

Wanton Attack are a Swedish duo who personify the classic Swedish metal scene, a new force to be reckoned with indeed. The duo are Micael Zetterberg (vocals/drums) and Niklas Holm (guitars/bass). The album PR material cites early Mercyful Fate, this… Continue Reading →

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