GOATWHORE takes to the seas this week on the 2018 edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise alongside Cannibal Corpse, Exhumed, Enslaved, Meshuggah and so many more. The voyage comes in advance of the band’s month-long European tour with Sepultura, Obscura, and Fit For An Autopsy. See all confirmed…
Septicflesh @ The Underworld, London
Septicflesh @ The Underworld, London 22nd January 2018 Review by Demitri Levantis Photos by Jo Blackened
VENOM INC. – Mantas, Abaddon and Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Venom is an English metal band formed originally in 1978 in New Castle, England. The band’s first two albums, WELCOME TO HELL and BLACK METAL, are considered a significant influence on thrash and black metal genres in general. The classic line-up of guitarist…
SUSPERIA Release Music Video for “The Lyricist”
Norway’s blackened thrash/heavy metal band SUSPERIA (feat. former Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and Old Man’s Child members) premiere music video for the title track from their upcoming album “The Lyricist”, due out on March 16th via Agonia Records. “The Lyricist” will arrive nearly nine years to the day its predecessor (“Attitude”, 2009) came out. Its release has been scheduled for the 16th of March, 2018, onAgonia…
Warrel Dane Memorial Service
On Sunday, January 7th, friends and family gathered at at Studio Seven in Seattle, Washington to pay tribute to Warrel Dane. TopLeft TV filmed and live video-streamed the memorial, and the full video can now be seen below. Nevermore / Sanctuary vocalist Warrel Dane, died on December 13th, 2017 in…
Spectacularly Majestic! Heavy Metal Collectors: An interview series. Part 6 Jeff Browned (America)
Spectacularly Majestic! Heavy Metal Collectors: An interview series. Part 6 Jeff Brownell (America) by JP Inspiration can come from a number of unique sources. The concept behind this interview series was developed over time but recently crystallized in my mind. As the owner of a large library I’ve often…
Best of 2017 – Aaron Yurkiewicz
Top 20 Albums of 2017 Immolation – Atonement 2017 was undoubtedly THE year of OG death metal, and Immolation took the lead early and earnestly with ATONEMENT. A patient and calculating release from one of the old guard’s most revered names, ATONEMENT is a slow burn that gets under your…
John Haseltine – Best of 2017
Top 20 Kreator – Gods of Violence Iced Earth – Incorruptible Panzer – Fatal Command Vhaldemar – Against all Kings Body Count – Bloodlust Stormhammer – Welcome To The End Accept – The Rise of Chaos Arch Enemy – Will to Power Warbringer – Woe to the Vanquished Savage Messiah…
Anders Sandvall – Best of 2017
Best of year list 2017 1. Astral Doors “Black Eyed Children” Singer Nils Patrik Johansson and the band gives us well executed 70’s influenced heavy metal tunes. The entire album contains nothing but well played music and the band got something most bands don’t have in the singer Nils Patrik…
Erich: Best of 2017
Erich’s Top 20 Metal Albums 2017 Erich’s Top 20 Metal Albums 2017 1. Kreator – Gods Of Violence I recently mentioned to some fellow metal friends that Kreator, in my opinion, has been the most consistent metal band of the last five years. GODS OF VIOLENCE is proof that Kreator…
Best of 2017: Robert Williams
Hello friends, can you believe another year has gone by already? Shit, I cant. That was way too fast! OK so let me break it down for ya’ll. I did not buy a lot of new releases in 2017. I purchased and acquired plenty of CD’s but the majority of…
EvilG – Best of 2017
Top 20 In 2017 I found myself listening to more Black Metal. I can safely thank both Borknagar and Vintersorg whose albums I have been playing in heavy rotation all throughout 2017. Bands like Enslaved, Fen, Satyricon, and Taake grabbed my ear this year as I continue to develop a…
Destruction drummer leaves the band in March
Drummer VAAVER to leave DESTRUCTION in March – here is his statement! After joining the band back in 2010, drummer Vaaver announces that he will be parting ways with the group in March after 8 years. His departure from the band is due to family reasons. Here is his explanation:…
Led Zeppelin Live Album How The West Was Won To Be Reissued With New Remastering Supervised By Jimmy Page
On September 7, 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant first took the stage together in Gladsaxe, Denmark. Then billed as “The New Yardbirds,” the band would assemble in the studio for the first time later that month to start recording their debut album as Led…
Metal Superhero THOR Uncovers A Magical Relic From His Past
The immortal legend of heavy metal, THOR, continues his reign among the gods of the music world, releasing brand new albums in both 2016 and 2017 that have earned him some of the highest praise of his career and featuring guest stars such as Henry Rollins, Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay…