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From Long Island, New York, To The Pain are a five piece thrash outfit with a love for all things old school thrash. With heads, minds and sound all firmly rooted in the late 80’s, the ‘golden era’ of thrash… Continue Reading →
Day 2 Underestimating the time taken to get to the amphitheatre arena meant only catching Czech band Stroy’s last song though we could hear them whilst walking down the hill to the festival in baking sunshine. Distinctly modern in flavour… Continue Reading →
German four piece thrash act, winner of a Wacken metal battle, releasing their second full length album? If this sounds familiar you would be correct in thinking that – I have covered a band with similar circumstances (Dust Bolt) and… Continue Reading →
To say that this album pulls no punches is a bit like saying `shooting yourself in the head isn’t very good for you’. To the uninitiated, this is the fourth raging opus from Spain’s very own thrash metal fanatics, Angelus… Continue Reading →
Some `retro’ style releases are more convincing than others; with some bands you get the impression that they missed the point of the original genre of yesteryear that they are trying to emulate. Not so with Gdansk-based Repulsor, who absolutely… Continue Reading →
When I saw ‘German Thrash’ in the brief description of the band, I knew I had to review this album. Having reviewed the promising Dust Bolt earlier this year, tackling the slightly more established Cripper was something I looked forwards… Continue Reading →
The weak guitar sound fights its way through white noise for the first minute and a half of “Black 13”, but once it breaks out… the magic begins. I later read that the intro was created by Dan the Automator… Continue Reading →
Striker’s third release ‘City of Gold’ is quite a catchy traditional metal release and as a band they have upped their game and are now on the brink of a couple of major tours which will no doubt enhance their… Continue Reading →
Never Awake are a progressive metal band from Portland, Oregon who have been slinging their complicated and highly technical musical styling’s in the north west of America since 2011. They’ve already got one EP out (self titled) and they have… Continue Reading →
I reckon Nuclear Blast think they’ve found a band who have inhabited a small gap in the Metal market – it is their job after all, but they might just be right. It’s probably a sound that only a… Continue Reading →
The fourth release from this London Thrash 4 piece is a meaty affair, helped in no small part to the production of Scott Atkins at Grindstone studios. When I say meaty I am talking full on Brazilian barbecue gut buster… Continue Reading →
Roarback! A name you’d best get familiar with. These Danish thrashers are only just out of their teens and have released a total banger of a debut album with ‘Echoes Of Pain’. Ave Noctum caught up with vocalist Dennis Ullehus… Continue Reading →