Erich’s Top 20 Metal Albums 2020 There is no way to talk about metal in 2020 without mentioning the pandemic. Bands delayed albums, were unable to tour, and for people the world over it has been a miserable year. For those bands that did release albums, these are the soundtracks…
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Best of 2020: Marko Syrjälä
1. AC/DC: Power Up Who could have believed that after all the changes and difficulties the band went through in recent years, we would still see a new AC / DC record? And what kind of record? POWER UP is simply the band’s best release since 1990’s RAZOR’S EDGE. The…
Supergroup ACT OF DENIAL Finish Recording New Album ‘Negative’, New Single ‘Down That Line’ Coming October 25th!
New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL – feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) – have…
Supergroup ACT OF DENIAL Issue Second Studio Update!
New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL – feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) – have…
Supergroup ACT OF DENIAL Unleash Second Single ‘Controlled’, Ft. By Special Guest DEATH’s Bobby Koelble!
New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL – feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) – have…
STEVE DI GIORGIO’s “Overactive Imagination” DEATH Playthrough Posted Online!
Darkglass Electronics have posted online TESTAMENT Bassist Steve Di Giorgio’s powerful playthrough for “Overactive Imagination” from DEATH’s classic album “Individual Thought Patterns”. In the video, Steve is using the Microtubes B7K V2. Watch the video here: Steve commented: “Thanks Darkglass Electronics! I went down to Haywerid CA to do a…
TESTAMENT’s STEVE DI GIORGIO Feat. On VIVALDI METAL PROJECT’s New Fan Made Lyric Video ‘Escape from Hell’!
After participating on the first album “The Four Seasons”, the Fretless Guru STEVE DI GIORGIO joined the all-stars VIVALDI METAL PROJECT again for the second upcoming album. Watch a new fan made lyric video for the song ‘Escape from Hell’, here: youtu.be/xaODJ1rBV_M ‘Escape from Hell’ line-up: Vocals: Ailyn, Rob Rock…
Testament,Exodus and Death Angel on The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020- leg 1 – Amager Bio Copenhagen,Denmark
Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
Testament – Titans of Creation
Reviewed: April 2020 Released: 2020, Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Bay Area thrash metal stalwarts Testament unleash their 13th full length studio album “Titans of Creation,” the follow-up to 2016’s excellent “Brotherhood of the Snake.” There’s a hunger, excitement and energy present across “Titans of Creation” that proves beyond…
Chuck Billy of Testament on New CD Titans of Creation – All The Songs Have Their Own Identity!
Interviewed by Robert Cavuoto Legendary San Francisco Bay area thrashers, Testament, will be releasing their thirteenth studio CD, Titans of Creation, on April 3rd, via Nuclear Blast Records. It is one of the band’s most brutal CDs to date. Right out of the gate Chuck Billy [vocals], Eric Peterson [guitar],…
Testament + Exodus + Death Angel @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
Testament + Exodus + Death Angel The Bay Strikes Back Tour @O2 Forum Kentish Town 6th March 2020 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Manu Volpina
THE BAY STRIKES BACK! Testament, Exodus, and Death Angel: live at the Circus, Helsinki
When three legendary Bay Area thrash metal groups embarked on the tour together, it is evident that the concert venues would be packed and sold out. This kind of tour has waited for years and decades in Finland until it became a reality in 2020. All the three bands, Death…
TESTAMENT Announces North American Tour with The Black Dahlia Murder, Municipal Waste and Meshiaak
Titans Of Creation Will Be Released April 3 Pre-Order Available Here: nuclearblast.com/testament-toc Legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT are proud to announce their North American 2020 tour. The 30-date trek will kick-off in Phoenix on April 20 and will make stops in Austin, Mexico and Toronto before concluding in Anaheim on May…
TESTAMENT Announces New Album Titans Of Creation & Release Music Video For “Night Of The Witch”
The time has arrived for legendary bay area thrash metal giants TESTAMENT to unleash new thunder to the masses and reveal their thirteenth studio album, Titans Of Creation, which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band releases the lyric video for the first single, “Night Of The Witch” here: youtu.be/cF2hIrXq2ss Chuck Billy comments, “It has…
Testament with support act FKU on Summer Europen Tour 2019 Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Testament – Summer European Tour 2019 FKU – support act Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden July 2, 2019 Live pictures and review by: Anders Sandvall The thrash metal legends Testament are pounding out their music across Europe. In Sweden the band only did two select shows, and I was really happy when…