Tag USA
Blue Oyster Cult? On Ave Noctum, home of all heavy, dark and nasty? That ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’ lot? Shurely shome mishtake…. Nope. Not in the slightest. To be blunt if you don’t get it take a look at your… Continue Reading →
When my esteemed editor sent me the download for pan-American band Somnus Throne’s eponymous debut out of the blue, it was an act I’d never heard of. Bizarrely however, within minutes of that email arriving, the name suddenly started popping… Continue Reading →
Six Feet Under need no introduction, so here is an introduction that is both pointless, overlong, and lacking in brevity. Formed as side project by then Cannibal Corpse singer Chris Barnes and Obituary guitarist Allen West in 1993, Barnes’ sudden… Continue Reading →
Black Metal, the genre that’s so ‘trve’ it’s false. I jest but really on reflection as you get older you realise just how pathetic the Norwegian scene was. Of course I love the music but the individuals within, just a… Continue Reading →
There is a Gloomy, eerie and ominous start to ‘Dealing With Demons’ before Dez kicks in with a raspy raucous scream and then it all kicks up a notch, I won’t dissect the album track by track as the majority… Continue Reading →
There are some bands who I view as too trve for your average festival line up and Morta Skuld are one of them. They’re the sort of artist you’d find on a Maryland Deathfest or OEF line up and those… Continue Reading →
This is a follow up to their comeback record ‘Wrath of the Reaper’. Traditionally Hexx are SF Bay Area Power Metal and delved into technical thrash/death with 91’s ‘Morbid Reality’. Their ‘Wrath of the Reaper’ comeback back more traditional US… Continue Reading →
Apparently they used to be called Wytch Hazel. Or Witch Hazel. But even though I’m a bit hazy I think there is at least one other so here we are with SpellBook. From York. No not the UK home of… Continue Reading →
This shall be the third release of Oceans Of Slumber I’m reviewing, and this self-titled album is definitely far more extreme, on both ends of the spectrum, to what they have released before. Opening track “The Soundtrack To My Last… Continue Reading →
Blasting out of Rhode Island in 1991, Dropdead started off playing sick short blasts of crusty hardcore that belied their love of bands like Icons of Filth, Siege, Crass and Conflict. Always championing the underdog and sticking a middle finger up at oppressors… 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 →
The Rise Above label, and their off-shoot Rise Above Relics, is one that I have spent one heck of a lot of money on since it was founded by one time Napalm Death unintelligible noise belcher and erstwhile Cathedral Huggy… Continue Reading →