August 2020 June 6th, 2020 / Awakening Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Evilcult metal! With a name like this and a cover like that, only one thing comes to mind. Pure thrash metal, right? For the most part, yes. But of course, these days, we must…
speed metal
Ice War – Defender, Destroyer
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Fighter Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry ICE WAR is a speed metal project formed solely by Jo Capitalicide shortly after his previous group IRON DOGS disbanded in 2015. Since then, he’s been releasing demos, EP’s and albums at a relentless pace! Now, ICE WAR…
Stallion – Slaves Of Time
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: February 28th, 2020 / High Roller Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine We have another blast from the past for your metal hearts. That statement is about as played out as any these days. With the surge of traditional or classic metal sounds by…
Sölicitör – Spectral Devastation
Reviewed: May 2020 Released: 2020, Gates of Hell Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes “If it ain’t broke…” Oftentimes, the classics are classics for a reason, and that goes for styles as much as specific bands or albums. Traditional, classic heavy metal worked and captured so many people’s imaginations for…
Interview with Amy Lee Carlson of Sölicitör
Interview by Kieron Hayes Interview with Amy Lee Carlson of Sölicitör www.facebook.com/solicitor.speedmetal solicitor-speedmetal.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/gatesofhellrecords www.gatesofhellrecords.com Hey and thank you for your time! Please state your name and position in the band. ALC: Hey! This is Amy Lee Carlson, and I am the vocalist and front woman of Sölicitör. Okay, so…
Road Warrior / Gravebreaker – Death Promise / Death In Heels On Wheels (7″ Split)
April 2020 February 21st, 2020 / Gates Of Hell Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine I was a bit indifferent to the 2018 release of Road Warrior’s POWER when I first listened to it. One thing that happens from time to time is I will continue to listen…
Midnight – Rebirth By Blasphemy
March 2020 January 24th, 2020 / Metal Blade Records Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine My first introduction to the Cleveland Ohio based cult hero Midnight was 2017’s SWEET DEATH AND ECSTACY. I was blown away by what this one-man band had to offer up, and that led me…
Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
Reviewed: February, 2020 Released: 2020, Osmose Productions Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry BÜTCHER is quite an apt name for this Belgian four-piece. Wearing their influences on their sleeves, they have created a satanic speed metal monster on sophomore album “666 Goats Carry My Chariot“, as they rip and tear riffs, solos…
Mefisto – Octagram
Reviewed: January, 2020 Released: 2019, GMR Music Group Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Ambra Chilenwa The second I began streaming this release from Swedish Blackened thrash group Mefisto, I was already grasped by its melodic opening dancing with the acoustic, atmospheric rhythms. It opens with such an uplifting first track, providing hair-raising…
Vulture – Interview with Stefan “Genözider” of Vulture
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Vulture – Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves
Reviewed: July 2019 Released: 2019, Metal Blade Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Kieron Hayes When Vulture go old-school thrash, they really go old-school thrash. And they stick to their guns (or blades, as the case may be). Germany’s Vulture have released their second full-length album via Metal Blade Records, and the…
Paladin – Ascension
Paladin – Ascension Reviewed: May 2019 Release: 17 May 2019, Prosthetic Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Dimitris Karagkounis Ascension is the first album of U.S. Atlanta based power/thrash metallers Paladin. Even though they are American they sound mostly European. Something that’s natural if you think about it, because power metal reigns…
Pounder – Uncivilized
Reviewed: March 2019 Released: 2019 – Hells Headbangers Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Beandog Spearheaded by Matt Harvey (of Exhumed, Gruesome and Expulsion), Pounder is the result of three passionate musicians coming together to celebrate their love of classic rock and heavy metal. Harvey takes on both guitar and vocals, and is…
Seax – Fallout Rituals
Seax – Fallout Rituals March 2019 Released: April 5th, 2019 / Shadow Kingdom Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Hailing from the great state of Massachusetts here in the U.S. are no strangers to the metal scene. Forming in 2009, FALLOUT RITUALS is the fourth installment by what…
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”…