Reviewed: January 2021 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Connecticut, metalcore and hardcore punk outfit Hatebreed have unleashed their ninth studio album Weight of the False Self unto the world, and it arrives on the heels of the band’s sold-out 2019 anniversary shows and the unprecedented…
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Graham Bonnet-Solo albums 1974-1992 (box-set)
Reviewed: January, 2021 Released: 2020, Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I think this may be my first ‘non-Metal’ review for Metal-Rules.com in almost 20 years! That is why you are seeing this review in our Let’s Get Rocked section. I was sent a copy of this cool new box-set, GRAHAM BONNET:…
CORROSIUM Interview
Interview with Olli Laine (Drummer) and Teppo Tirkkonen (Vocalist) of CORROSIUM Interview by Kat Knite Official Website – Facebook – Instagram – Spotify Listen to Undertow here: Spotify – Amazon Music Bombastic metal band Corrosium from Kytäjä, Finland, have recently released their new EP Undertow through Inverse Records. Check out what they had to…
When Frames Collide – Quattro (EP)
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, X-Ray Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry WHEN FRAMES COLLIDE is a short-lived Melbourne rock band featuring Andy McLean from AUSTRALIAN ROCK ROYALTY on vocals who graced the stages of a number of intimate venues in 2019, playing to loving crowds before disappearing to record, never to…
Fates Warning – Long Day Good Night
Reviewed: December, 2020 Released: 2020, Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite I don’t even know where to start with this one. An impressive force in progressive metal for over 35 years, Fates Warning return to the scene with their longest and most epic album yet: Long Day Good Night. Compared…
Time Rift – Eternal Rock
Reviewed: December 2020 Released: 2020, Dying Victims Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Portland, Oregon, TIME RIFT stay true to their name, break the space-time continuum, and manage to deliver a debut album in 2020 that would be right at home in the annals of hard rock history; sometime around 1973-1974,…
AceFrehley Origins Vol 2. Album Review
Reviewed: October 2020 Released: 2020, Entertainment 1 Rating: 4 / 5 Reviewer: James Cheney Mr. Frehley being the Rock God as it is surely doesn’t disappoint. This album has a lot of energy with different genres of the former metal genre, such as; Blues Rock, Hard Rock, rock and Beatles…
Anthea – Illusion
Reviewed: October 2020 Released: 2020, Rockshots Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Lee Carter If you have even a passing interest in rock or metal, it’s quite likely you will have heard some form of either that weaves in symphonic/orchestral elements. Done well, the grand aural spectacle that unfolds can pack the…
The Hawkins – Silence is a Bomb
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, The Sign Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Lisa Nash The Hawkins started out in a small Swedish town back in 2013, building their reputation on live gigs and e.p’s culminating in a huge chance to tour Russia in 2016. Mixing elements of rock, pop, punk and…
Sonic Circus – Everything
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, self-released Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rebecca Bush Sonic Circus released their debut single ‘Princess Blues’ and made their live debut to a sold out show at the Cherry Bar, back in 2018. Now the Australian rock trio make their return with their debut album, ‘Everything‘, produced…
VEONITY Interview
Interview with Samuel Lundström (Lead Guitarist of VEONITY) Interview by Jack Merry www.veonity.com/ www.facebook.com/veonity/ twitter.com/veonity?lang=en
MESSIAH – Fatal Grotesque Symbols – Darken Universe
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, High Roller Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry 26 years after their last studio album, extreme metallers Messiah are about to unleash the successor to their “Underground” record from 1994, entitled “Fracmont” on High Roller Records later this year. For now, however, the band are sweetening…
PERSEKUTOR Interview
Interview with PERSEKUTOR – Vlad the Inhaler (vocals) Interview by Jack Merry totalpersekution.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/persekutor/ svartrecords.com/product/persekutor-permanent-winter/ We sat down with Ice Metal band PERSEKUTOR to discuss the upcoming debut album and more!
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…
Northern Crown – In A Pallid Shadow
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, epic doom metallers Northern Crown are about to release their third full-length album, entitled In A Pallid Shadow, on July 3rd, 2020. After forming in 2013 and releasing their debut EP In The Hands of The…