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Tom G. Warrior returns to Roadburn to perform Celtic Frost/Triptykon Requiem in full
Triptykon will return to Roadburn Festival in 2019 to perform the complete Celtic Frost/ Triptykon three part Requiem, complete with orchestral accompaniment. Having previously performed at the festival in 2010 and 2014 with Triptykon, and taken on curatorship duties for the former (selecting bands such as Sarke and Thorr’s Hammer to…
Metal-Rules Video Premiere: TROLLWAR ‘Into Shadows’
New Album “Oath of The Storm” Out Nov 16th Quebec’s TROLLWAR prepare to march on the warpath once again with their new album “Oath of The Storm” set for release on November 16th. Maintaining the folk metal roots that the band has garnered acclaim for with previous releases ‘Bloodshed Forges’ EP (2011); ‘Earthdawn Groves’ LP (2013);…
Berkers, Pauwke & Schaap, Julian – Gender Inequality In Metal Music Production (Book review)
Authors: Pauwke Berkers & Julian Schapp Title: Gender Inequality In Metal Music Production Year: 2018 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Reviewed: November 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewed by : JP A number of years ago I was approached by a Masters student at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, who was doing…
Witches Hammer – Canadian Speed Metal
Reviewed: November 2018 Released: 2018, Nuclear War Now! Productions Rating: 2/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Canadian Speed Metal (not the most imaginatively-titled release, but for something like this it works) is a re-release from 2003, which is itself a compilation of Witches Hammer’s first two demos from 1985 and 1986. The…
Valdur – Goat of Iniquity
Valdur – Goat of Inquity Reviewed: November, 2018 Released: 2018, Bloody Mountain Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz You have to admire a band that gives absolutely zero f@#k$ and still delivers an album as intense as GOAT OF INIQUITY. Based out of the devilishly spooky Eastern Sierra region of…
Winegarner, Beth – Tenacity: Heavy Metal In The Middle East and Africa (Book Review)
Author: Beth Winegarner Title: Tenacity: Heavy Metal In The Middle-East And Africa Year: 2018 Label: Indie Reviewed: November 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewed by : JP As Metal continues it’s slow but gradual campaign to become the dominant form of all musical entertainment across the planet, Metal continues to conquer the…
Paranoid – Heavy Mental Fuck-Up!
November 2018 Released: September 28th, 2018 / The Sign Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine At first listen of Sweden’s own Paranoid, I was taken back a bit. I was taken back to a day when punk bands were crossing over to a more metal sound. A sound…
Domkraft – Flood
November 2018 Released: October 19th, 2018 / Blues Funeral Recording Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine One thing I have been noticing over the past year in my search for new music to listen to is that there seems to be a bunch of newer psych/doom metal bands coming…
Negativa – 03
Negativa – 03 Reviewed: November, 2018 Released: 2018, Sentient Ruin Laboratories Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz The aptly titled 03 is the third full length from Spanish Depressive Black Metal mysterios Negativa, and as you might expect from such an optimistic moniker, this album is like an emotional black hole.…
Pyrexia – Unholy Requiem
Pyrexia – Unholy Requiem Reviewed: November, 2018 Released: 2018, Unique Leader Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz The phrase “Return to Form” is one of the most hacky statements you can make when reviewing a record, but then again, I’ve never be mistaken for an English Lit major. But instead…
Helsott – Slaves and Gods
November 2018 Released: October 12th, 2018 / M-Theory Audio Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Helsott is one of those bands that those in the metal community need to keep on their radar. Hailing from California, Helsott have just released their 2nd full-length SLAVES AND GODS via M-Theory Audio.…
Icarus Witch – Goodbye Cruel World
November 2018 Released: October 26th, 2018 / Cleopatra Records Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine I remember the day I first put in the debut full-length by Icarus Witch, CAPTURE THE MAGIC. I thought to myself, wow, these guys rock! That was 2005. Did I keep up with them?…
Bruce, Michael – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Book Review)
Author: Bruce, Michael Title: No More Mr. Nice Guy Year: 2018 Publisher: Independent Reviewed: November 2018 Rating: 3/5 Reviewed by : JP There has been a lot of activity in the Alice Cooper camp lately. There was a well-received album in 2017, a couple of big tours in Europe and North…
Dissentience – Mask Of Pretense
November 2018 Released: October 26th, 2018 / Self-Release Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Hailing from Pennsylvania here in the U.S.A. is the up and coming Dissentience. This is a band that, and I know I have said a time or two before, are a band to keep an…