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I guess the easy starting point for this review would be to call the band a “super-group” owing to the accomplishments of all the members, as most have been doing this for forty odd years. To be honest the only… Continue Reading →
It’s been 12 years since we have heard from Germany’s Cruel Force. They are back with a new logo and a new bassist, all the previous members are back and firing on all blackened cylinders. ‘At the Dawn of the… Continue Reading →
If, like me, you are of a certain age then you will have experienced the great pleasure of trawling record racks for underground gems in the vinyl sections of independent music stores looking for albums to add to your collection… Continue Reading →
New Jersey Thrash Veterans Overkill have been a band of consistency throughout their career. They never shied away like many others during the 90’s (considered a difficult period for Thrash – I remember it well unfortunately). Overkill 100%. What I… Continue Reading →
‘Eternal Nightmare’ and ‘Frolic Through The Park’ were my first foray into Bay Area thrash and still easily in my favourite albums list. Perhaps owing to nostalgia, but also because I really enjoyed them. I could bore or regale you… Continue Reading →
Thrash/Speed Metal band Paradox are no strangers to the scene, and as the “II” by the title above may suggest, they are out to further cement that statement by revisiting what is possibly their best known release from way back… Continue Reading →
Redimoni are a couple of things. They are a 4-piece thrash act from Barcelona, the heart of the Catalonian region of Spain, an area which is rife with unrest and simmering tensions, something which seems to help create a good… Continue Reading →
Albacete Thrash titans Angelus Apatrida are back. Having celebrated their 20th anniversary as a musical entity in the midst of a global pandemic and a spell of collective societal insanity, the four-piece have had plenty of material to act as… Continue Reading →
“Be Pure. Be Vigilant. BEHAVE!” the words of 2000AD’s Torquemada the nemesis of well, Nemesis the Warlock. Ol’ pointy hat was based on the Inquisitor of the same name and it is back to the times of Spanish Inquisition that we travel with… Continue Reading →
Colorado thrasher’s Havok are back with their 5th studio release, the appropriately named ‘V’. After “Conformicide”, their 2017 release which was greeted with a mixed reception but delivered with a high intensity touring schedule, ‘V’ sees the band pushing onwards… Continue Reading →
FRRAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHH! There’s not a huge amount of great new thrash metal bands out there. Sure we had the thrash revival a few years back with bands like Evile & Municipal Waste waving the flag for those of us that used… Continue Reading →
Owing to the venue’s policy to take a donation for an animal shelter for guest access, and only accepting cash in this digital age, I had to queue twice after being instructed to find the nearest ATM and come back… Continue Reading →