Reviewed: December, 2021 Released: 2021, Dissonance Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP Tokyo Blade is the epitome of underground survivors. Theirs is a classic tale and very similar pattern of many other bands of the time. Coming hot out the gates during the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal the band…
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Newhouse, Steve-Loopyworld:The Iron Maiden Years (Book Review)
Reviewed: December, 2021 Released:2016,Indie Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: JP There has been a considerable amount of ink spilled talking about the early days of Iron Maiden. Obsessive Maiden fans have documented to the best of their abilities the early days and yet somehow it still seems to be a bit…
Quick Jabs for December 2021
Welcome to another installment of “Quick Jabs.” This is the section where we post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on in previous months. So we’ve made through another year. And another crazy one at that! There have been…
Iron Maiden – Senjutsu
Reviewed: October, 2021 Released: 2021, Parlaphone Average Rating: 4 /5 Reviewer: The Metal-Rules.com team Once in a while an album comes out that is so anticipated we here at Metal-Rules.com join forces to write a collective review. Naturally, Iron Maiden falls into this category. Please enjoy what our various staff…
Bewitcher – Cursed Be Thy Kingdom
Bongzilla – Weedsconsin Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, Century Media Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz In 1983, Motorhead, Venom, and Mercyful Fate had a heavy metal threeway whilst Angel Witch’s self titled LP provided the most romantic of soundtracks. Some say that it happened either in a greenroom at…
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Majors & Minors
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021 Mighty Music, SPV, Believe Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Shäman Cröwe The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) has left its mark on the face of metal in such an indelible way that it is impossible to ignore. Of the many bands that were associated with the musical movement out…
Viral – Viral
Review Date: February 2021 Released: 2021, Independent Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: RC2000 Hailing from Sweden, heavy metallers Viral have released their first album entitled VIRAL. They describe themselves as being ‘heavily rooted in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, with influences from thrash and power metal’. I’d say that’s a…
Quick Jabs for December 2020
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”. Salem’s Childe – The Sin That Saves You…
Raven – Metal City
October 2020 September 18th, 2020 / Steamhammer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine There is no denying the influence and impact Raven’s early albums had on the hard rock and metal community in the ’80s. Early ’80’s that is. Raven was right up there as one of my…
Various Artists-NWOBHM Thunder (Box-set)
Reviewed: September, 2020 Released: 2020, Cherry Red / Hear No Evil Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This is really cool. Have you ever wanted to dig a little deeper into the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal but can’t afford the outrageous prices for rare, out-of-print vinyl that is now already 35-40…
Interview with Biff Byford of Saxon
Interview with Biff Byford of Saxon by Robert Cavuoto Biff Byford on His Solo CD School of Hard Knocks– If Something Inspires Me To Write, I’ll Write To It! Saxon was one of the purveyors of the “New Wave of British Heavy Metal” movement in the 80s. Not many bands…
Popoff, Martin-Denim And Leather (Book Review)
Reviewed: June, 2020 Published: 2020, PowerChord Press Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP This book is long, long overdue. The band has been going 40 years now and finally someone took it upon themselves to write a book about them, and it is not much surprise that it is Canadian Metal, not-so-madman,…
Torpedo – Mechanic Tyrants
April 2020 February 21st, 2020 / Gates Of Hell Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine In 2018, the German band Torpedo formed out of the ashes of an old-school metal covers band. Using the name Torpedo from a group Alex Starbreaker had established years prior, the collective here…
Angel Witch – Angel of Light
Reviewed: January 2020 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Angel Witch are a British heavy metal band which formed in London in 1976, and they became a part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement alongside the likes of Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Venom. The group recorded…
Robb Weir of Tygers of Pan Tang on New CD, Ritual – It’s All About Riff-Driven Rock!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Tygers of Pan Tang are set to release their new CD, Ritual, in November via Mighty Music. It’s their second album with the current line-up and the label. This CD is a creative highpoint for Robb Weir [guitar], Jacopo Meille [vocals], Micky McCrystal [guitars], Gav Gray…