Tag No Remorse
Blacksword’s debut came out back in 2010 and not a lot has been heard from the band until now. I was actually totally unaware of said personally, so if like me you are new to the band – who and… Continue Reading →
In general, I hope to write reviews that contain the possibility that even someone who wouldn’t normally like the band I’m writing about might read something that intrigues them enough to check that band out. OK, it’s possible I fail… Continue Reading →
Aside from the cover art – yes, they did go there – the second thing that strikes me about Eternal Champion’s second platter is the confident stride we kick off with from get go. Not so much the lone warrior… Continue Reading →
Oh I have waited so long for this one! Glacier, from Portland, Oregon, dropped on of my favourite EP’s way back in 1985. There was a demo that appeared in 1988 but then nothing much. Three years ago, an incarnation… Continue Reading →
Now here’s an album that’s taken a while to get completed – about 20 years in fact! The majority of this release was demoed up back in 2001, but the band were put on hold and the members went off… Continue Reading →
Hittman are a US band very close to me. If fact their debut album from 1988 was a benchmark for my route into US power metal and led to the discovery of many bands I hold in high regard to… Continue Reading →
I saw the name and immediately requested this album for review. I still have my cassette tape of their second release ‘Steel and Starlight’ from way back in 1987, I remember these chaps as being part of the Cleveland metal… Continue Reading →
I have followed the development of this project via an online music platform; this is the debut full-length release by Indiana residents that originally was conceived as a solo project by Tucker Thomasson (vocals and guitar) the night after the… Continue Reading →
Class. I think it’s something you have to be born with at least in seed form. Like talent it has to be nurtured but there has to be something there in the beginning. Obama had it, Johnson couldn’t dig it… Continue Reading →
Look up the words ‘stalwarts’ and ‘diehards’ and the dictionary should say ‘see also Twisted Tower Dire’. With three of the five having been together since 1997 – Mark Stauffer (drums), Scott Waldrop (guitars and ultra marathons) and Dave Boyd… Continue Reading →