There’s just 41 days to BLOODSTOCK 2021! We’re counting down the hours before Catton Park opens the gates to the biggest – and longest, at 5 days – metal party of the year! First we have some bad, but also, good news! A few more international bands are experiencing issues…
Assault – In Aevum Et IIustrata
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, Eastbreath Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith Assault seems to be a popular name for a rock band. There are 10 different versions spanning the globe from Chile, to 3 versions in America to this one from Singapore. I’m unclear why that name is so…
Girlschool – Demolition (Vinyl)
Girlschool Demolition (Vinyl) 2021, Renaissance Records Rating: 4.5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob The 1980 debut album from Girlschool finally gets the reissue treatment it deserves. Renaissance Records have done a great job with this release from it’s glossy gatefold jacket to the heavyweight vinyl inside. The big question is…How does it…
Flotsam And Jetsam – Blood in the Water
Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 4, 2021, AFM Records Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead I am not sure why I did not give Flotsam and Jetsam as much attention when they debuted in 1986. Their first two albums are considered thrash classics and, while they did not achieve the…
Motörhead – No Sleep ’til Hammersmith (Boxed Set)
Motörhead – No Sleep ’Til Hammersmith 2021, BMG Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Celtic Bob A 4CD boxed set of Motörhead’s infamous NO SLEEP ’TIL HAMMERSMITH live album was just released. What could be any better for such an iconic records (apart from a deluxe 7LP version)? NOTHING!!! This four disc set…
Duskmourn – Fallen Kings and Rusted Crowns
Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 19, 2021 Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead My favorite epic folk metal band from this side of the pond is quite assuredly Duskmourn. Both gentlemen involved with the project live in the Pocono Mountains on the Eastern PA/Western NJ border. My review of their…
Quick Jabs for July 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Anaal Nathrakh – Total Fucking Necro June 11th,…
Crocker, Chris-Metallica: The Frayed Ends Of Metal (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 1993, St. Martin’s Press Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP There are many, many books about Metallica and this is one of the very first. It might even be the second one ever published. Eddie McSquare (if that is his real name) wrote, I believe, the first book…
Stolz, Nolan-Experiencing Black Sabbath (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2019, Rowman & Littlefield Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is the second of two books I reviewed this month that look at the Black Sabbath catalogue and go song-by-song through the band’s discography, the other being Elliot’s book BLACK SABBATH AND OZZY:THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS. …
Switchblade Jesus – Death Hymns
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, Hybrid Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes Death Hymns, the sophomore album of Texans Switchblade Jesus (cool name points +1), was actually released late 2020, but is now out in cassette format. Let’s see what it’s all about. Clocking in at just 27 minutes for…
Stanley, Paul-Backstage Pass (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2019, HarperOne Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP When it was first published I reviewed Paul Stanley’s 2014 autobiography, FACE THE MUSIC. In that review, I made a comparison to the other three previously published autobiographies by the original members of Kiss (Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter…
Helloween – Helloween (Staff Review)
Due to the historic nature of this release, we have combined our thoughts on the album into one collective review…… Reviewed: July 1, 2021 Overall Rating: 4.8/5.0 Review by: Metal-Rules Staff Reviewed: July, 2021 Released: June 18, 2021, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead So here we are…
Clerk, Carol & Elliot, Paul -Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne (Book Review)
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2019, Carlton Books Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: JP I suppose I should not be surprised by the commercial, profit-driven nature of the publishing industry, but at times it still catches me off guard. This is one of those times. When I first discovered this book I…
Bossk – Migration
Reviewed: [July 2021] Released [2021 Deathwish Inc.] Rating [4/5] Reviewer: Peter Atkinson If you’re looking for some light, good-time party anthems to rock out to this summer after being stuck in relative isolation for the last fucking year, you should probably steer clear of the second full length from English…
Redimoni – On The Brink of Existence
Reviewed: July 2021 Released: 2021, self-released Rating: 1/5 Reviewer: Graeme Smith Redimoni have been around for a nearly 20 years, though I’ve never heard of them. Seemingly they split from their previous label in 2014 and this is the first thing they have done since then. They have the best…