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Hell:On – Age of Oblivion (Total Metal Records)

Hailing from the Ukraine, this is a thrash/groove band that has a notable guest musician (Jeff Waters – Annihilator) playing on one of the tracks, so does that spell a good thrash album? In the early part of the release,… Continue Reading →

Undercroft – Ruins of Gomorrah (Season of Mist)

Chile’s Undercroft have led a long and distinguished career supporting bands like Morbid Angel, Therion and Suffocation but have remained firmly in the underground despite relocating first to Sweden and now Germany. It sounds like more bad luck than bad… Continue Reading →

Bloodstock Open Air Friday 10th August 2012

The way the bands were set up today was going to involve a lot of running backwards and forwards between stages to see the bands we wanted to. I also had fun shooting from the main arena rather than having… Continue Reading →

Dust Bolt – Violent Demolition (Napalm Records)

NWOWTM an acronym I’ve made up for New Wave Of Worldwide Thrash Metal, more or less sums up what has happened to the thrash metal genre in recent years, well I’d say from about 2004ish with an exponential explosion of… Continue Reading →

Stillborn – Los Asesinos Del Sur (Pagan Records)

Twas the year 1997 and two Polish gents decided to make a band… fast forward to 1999 and they record their first demo ‘Mirrormaze’. In 2001 the second demo ‘Die in Torment 666’. Then in 2002 a split CD called… Continue Reading →

Flayed Disciple – Death Hammer (Grind Scene Records)

I was genuinely surprised to discover that `Death Hammer’ is actually Flayed Disciple’s first full length album. For a debut, it is incredibly professional, accomplished and polished, as well as visceral and intense. It is also a genuinely authentic-sounding slab… Continue Reading →

Thornafire – Eclipse Nox Coagula (Ibex Moon Records)

Although active since 1998, this is just the third full-length effort from these Chilean death metallers. Boasting the drummer who is now playing with the legendary Pentagram (Chile),  Thornafire appears to be a three-piece steeped in the tradition of classic… Continue Reading →

Ektomorf – The Acoustic

Artist: Ektomorf Title: The Acoustic Type: Album Label: AFM Records Having reviewed their first couple of Nuclear Blast offerings, I wasn’t too certain if this album was going to work, but I’m glad to say that it actually does. Now… Continue Reading →

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