Interview by Robert Cavuoto Heavy Metal Hitchhiker is an action-packed comedy series on YouTube that follows a day in the life of Mitch, a heavy metal-loving gas station attendant who stumbles upon an abandoned guitar that belongs to his favorite band RÄGR. In a moment of happenstance, Mitch realizes that…
Charlie Benante of Anthrax on New CD Silver Linings – I Wanted These Songs To Sound As Authentic As Possible!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Charlie Benante of Anthrax has released a brand new album, Silver Linings, that features an all-star cast of “who’s who” in the thrash, metal, and rock worlds earlier this month on Megaforce Records. Silver Linings consists of 14 eclectic and diverse cover songs from Charlie’s acclaimed…
Interview with Ken Mary of Flotsam and Jetsam
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Flotsam and Jetsam have a ferocious new CD, Blood in the Water, coming out on June 4th via AFM Records! With a musical legacy that goes back well over 35 years. It’s hard to believe that their debut album release, Doomsday for The Deceiver, came out…
Interview with Misfire
Interviewed by Dennis Eikenkötter I was lucky enough to sit down with Sean Coogan (vox/guitars) and James Nicademus (Drums) to talk about their band MISFIRE’s new record “Sympathy for the ignorant”. Turned out they are nice blokes and we share a common passion for Thrash Fucking Metal!!! Physical copies can…
Jarvis Leatherby of Cirith Ungol – Discusses Significance of Recreating Old Demos for New EP, Half Past Human!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Cirith Ungol will release their new EP, Half Past Human, via Metal Blade Records on May 28th, 2021. The pandemic ravaged the globe in the wake of the release of Cirith Ungol’s reunion album, Forever Black, back in April 2020. As time stood still, the band…
David Ellefson On New Ellefson-Soto Band – The Fun Of This Record Is That There Are No Boundaries!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto David Ellefson is one of the most recognizable names across the world as the bassist for Megadeth. With a career spanning 38 years, David has recorded scores of albums and toured the globe countless times. He is one of the hardest working musicians of our time,…
Ronnie Atkins Discusses The Importance Of Making His Solo CD – One Shot!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Danish vocalist Ronnie Atkins of Pretty Maids and Nordic Union will be releasing his new solo album, One Shot, on March 12, 2021, via Frontiers Music. After being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer which was incurable, Ronnie decided not to let his unfulfilled goals slip away.…
Åge Sten Nilsen and Trond Holter of Wig Wam on New CD Never Say Die – We Made Rock & Roll Fun Again!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Norway’s Wig Wam have reunited and released the perfect hard rock CD, Never Say Die, via Frontier Music s.r.l. Wig Wam formed in 2001 and released their debut album, 667 … The Neighbour Of The Beast in 2004 and never looked back. That same year they…
Best of 2020
Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020 As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2020. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined top 20 you will find links…
Wings of Destiny – Ballads
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WormHoleDeath Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Wings of Destiny is, to me, the most amazing power metal band you could ever hear. They come from Costa Rica and since 2015 it has released four studio albums, BALLADS (2020) is the latest one. We can say…
1945 – Live in Pandemia
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres 1945 is a band from Salamanca, Spain born in 2016. In mid-September the group presented Live In Pandemia, a concert recorded at the Center for Performing Arts and Music in their city, taking advantage of the fact that the local…
Wail – Civilization Maximus
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, WormHoleDeath Rating: 4.5 of 5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Wail is not only some kind of a hard rock band but also a very hard working band from Lillehammer, Norway; released its debut album called RESILIENT back in 2018 and a couple weeks ago presented its…
Arduinna’s Dawn – Saturnine Moon
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Arduinna’s Dawn is a Luxembourg band born in 2016, after dealing with some changes in their line-up, finally in 2018 they achieved a good enough stability to make themselves known on the scene of their country; they came to participate…
Veritas – Threads of Fatality
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Veritas Rocks LLC Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Veritas is a band from Kansas led by Greg Wenk, who since the distant year of 2012 has been breaking stone to achieve what he finally presented at the end of August, his debut album entitled: THREADS…
Angeles – Celebrate (Single)
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: 2020, Dark Star Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Cristóbal Torres Angeles is a cult band from Los Angeles, California. In more than 35 years of career, the group has released a staggering twelve albums. It is surprising that none of them have had enough transcendence to reach…