Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2021, Memento Mori Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Five years after their self-titled debut, Canadian old-school death metal duo Altered Dead have Returned To Life with their sophomore full-length, which will see its initial physical release through label Memento Mori. A doom-esque introduction announces “Mental Suicide”…
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Possessed Steel -Aedris
Reviewed: October, 2020 Released: 2020, Temple Of Mystery Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Erich Gotta love the band name, so metal and so expected. AEDRIS is the debut full-length album for Toronto, Canada’s Possessed Steel. The band formed and have been playing since 2010 but did not finally release their debut EP…
Torrefy – Life is Bad
Reviewed: June, 2020 Released: Year, torrefy.bandcamp.com/ Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa Life Is Bad is the third full length album released by Canadian thrash metal group Torrefy, which could possible be any thrasher’s new collection piece. The production consists of fiery rhythms and elevating pieces. This will be there first…
Backstabber – Conspiracy Theorist
Reviewed: August, 2019 Released: 2019, Self-released Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa I must admit, I had a very bad first impression on this release due to the artwork as I am personally not a fan of space and alien imagery. However, I was not ready for the fascination about to…
Ottawa Thrashers INFRARED Premiere EP Full Stream “Back To The Warehouse” via Metal-Rules.com
Ottawa’s INFRARED is releasing their forthcoming EP “Back To The Warehouse” on June 14th. The EP is a collection of some of the older material that INFRARED deems worthy to unleash unto the public ahead of their next full studio album anticipated for 2020 release. Before the EP is officially…
ALLAGASH – Interview with “The Sumerian”
Interview by EvilG ALLAGASH is a five-peice Canadian metal band, from the province of Newfoundland, Canada. Established in 2015, three friends (Mooncrawler, Hawk Emblem, and The Sumerian) got together for a side-project based on alien encounters and old “unsolved mysteries” episodes. The idea was to create an album about the…
TEMPLE OF MYSTERY to release compilation of exciting new Canadian heavy metal bands – video trailer online now
Today, Temple of Mystery Records sets January 25th, 2019 as the international release date for Trapped Under Ice Vol. 1, a compilation accurately subtitled “The New Face of Canadian Heavy Metal.” It shall be released on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. Canada is an often-misunderstood place. Beyond friendly smiles…
Hexenklad – Spirit of the Stone
Reviewed: October 2018 Released: 2017, CDN Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rebekah Ann This is the first offering from the Canadian band Hexenklad. Since the release of their album ‘Spirit of Stone’ in 2017 it has gained some amazing reviews and the band appear to have been gigging their way across Canada’s…
Cauldron & Primitai @ The Black Heart, Camden
Cauldron & Primitai @ The Black Heart, Camden 20th September 2018 Review By Beandog Photography By Jo Blackened Perhaps more than any other London borough, Camden is the metalhead pub-crawlers wet dream. While nearly every town will have a rock-friendly pub somewhere on their streets – Perhaps a barman who doesn’t…
Ex Deo – Interview with Maurizio Iacono
Ex Deo – Interview with Maurizio Iacono @ O2 Islington Academy 1st May 2018 Interview by Thomas James Henry Saunders
Ottawa Thrashers INFRARED Are “All In Favour” With Metal-Rules Track Premiere “New Album “Saviours” Due Out May 25th Post Teaser + Launch Pre-Order
Set to unleash their new album “Saviours” on May 25th, Ottawa thrashers INFRARED are “All In Favour” of premiering their first single with us at Metal Rules.com. “Anyone who likes a more classic thrash sound, and longs for those days, just like we do, will dig this album. Since we are from that era, we are not trying…
TITANS EVE Interview with Guitarist Kyle Gamblin
Titans Eve Interview with Guitarist Kyle Gamblin www.titanseve.com/ Interview by Kirsty Birkett-Stubbs Although their local climate may get down to temperatures that could freeze your bits off, Canadian metallers Titans Eve’s fingers certainly aren’t getting cold in cracking out wave after wave of serious modern thrash. Unleashed only a few…