Due to the overwhelming number of monthly metal releases that go uncovered, we would like to up our coverage with more album reviews and interviews with bands! Requirements: Decent English writing skills. Knowledge about heavy metal and an appreciation for many styles of metal. Willingness to be assigned albums to…
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High Spirits – Interview with Chris Black
High Spirits – Interview with Chris Black Interview by Jack Merry 29th June 2020 www.hrrecords.de/high_roller/start.html highspiritsmetal.bandcamp.com/ business.facebook.com/highenergyrock/ Heavy metal and hard rock outfit High Spirits are set to release their fourth full-length studio album Hard To Stop on the 31st July 2020 and we got to talk with the man…
Demons & Wizards – Demons & Wizards
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Demons & Wizards actually represents a reboot of one of heavy metal’s more tantalising collaborations. Originally released in 1999, the album was the result a project put together by members of Iced Earth and Blind Guardian. Namely, Jon…
Comatose Vigil A.K. – Evangelium Nihil
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Non Serviam Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog Evangelium Nihil represents something of a triumph over adversity for Russian doom band, Comatose Vigil A.K. Recorded with the help of David Unsaved from Ennui and John Devos of Mesmur, this current version of the band has taken the…
Blodskam – Là-Bas
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2019, Suicide Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Brothers Aghora and Dödfödd consider themselves to be bonded by more than just blood. Sharing a mutual interest in the dark workings of the human mind, they have described Là-Bas as “a desperate cry from the subconscious.” It is…
Blood Feast – Chopped, Diced And Sliced
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Hells Headbangers Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog The press release accompanying Chopped, Sliced And Diced describes it as a four track mini album (six if you buy the CD or cassette release) intended to maintain the “fast and furious” momentum between Blood Feast‘s 2017 comeback record…
Old Man Lizard – True Misery
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2018 – Wasted State Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Old Man Lizard have been belting out their particular brand of stoner and sludge since 2011. Inspired by the rural surroundings of their native Suffolk, the UK based power trio have certainly made their mark on the heavy…
The Three Tremors – The Three Tremors
Reviewed: February 2019 Released: 2019, Steel Cartel Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog “Three times louder than a sonic boom. Three fingers on the hand of doom!” This is the description used on the press release to describe the brand new collaboration from three of heavy metal’s more formidable vocalists: Tim “Ripper”…
Third Storm – The Grand Manifestation
Reviewed: November 2018 Released: 2018 – Dark Descent Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Beandog The Grand Manifestation is the Swedish band Third Storm‘s first full length album. Preceded in 2015 by an E.P. called Taritiya Me (also released on Dark Descent records), I am surprised to learn that the origins of the…
Vader + Entombed A.D. + Hellavista + The Drowning @ The Dome – London
Vader + Entombed A.D. + Hellavista + The Drowning @ The Dome – London 5th November 2018 Review by: Beandog Photography by: Inty Malcolm Considering the rising price of beer in many London venues, it comes as no surprise to hear a group of metal fans outside The Dome tonight…
Possessor Sign To APF Records – New Album Due In 2019
South London, horror obsessed – sludge thrashers, Possessor have signed a brand new record deal with APF Records. Preparations for their fourth full-length album are well underway. UK, Salford-based, independent label APF – who’s roster also includes, Ba’al, Barbarian Hermit, Battalions, Blind Haze, BongCauldron, Desert Storm, Diesel King, Mastiff, Nomad,…
Primitai – Interview with Guy Miller & Srdjan Bilić
The Metal Rules UK team recently met up with Guy Miller and Srdjan Bilić from London-based, heavy metal band Primitai, just moments before they took to the stage at the Black Heart in Camden. Currently riding a wave of activity, the band have recently signed to Dissonance Productions, been playing some…
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…
Cauldron – Interview with Ian Chains & Jason Decay
During a boozy night of New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal behaviour, the Metal Rules UK Team caught up with Toronto three-piece, Cauldron at their recent London gig – which also happened to be the first show on their current European tour. You can read a review of the show…
Pandemoniac Wolf March – Calgary Alberta – March 9, 2018
Watain + Deströyer 666 + Revenge The Palace Theater Calgary, Alberta March 9, 2018 Photos & Review by Monika Deviat Watain has been touring across North America since February on the Pandemoniac Wolf March tour supporting their newest release Trident Wolf Eclipse [Century Media Records, 2018]. Joining the Swedish death metal…