Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Pagan Records Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: Rossy Maguire Ragehammer formed in 2011 in Kraków, inspired by the Gods from Venom, Sodom, Bathory, and Impaled Nazarene, aimed at everyone and everything holy and correct. From their first demo “War Hawks” (Mythrone Promotion, 2012), through the full-length debut…
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Interview with REVERBER
Interview by Jack Merry Italian thrash metal band REVERBER returned earlier this year with their third full-length album entitled Sect of Faceless, and I was able to chat with the band about the new album, the ongoing global pandemic, and everything in-between. Check out my review of the album HERE! Please follow…
Manticora – To Live To Kill To Live
September 2020 August 28th, 2020 / ViciSolum Productions Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine The mighty Manticora are back with their second conceptual installment of Lars F. Larsen’s horror novel to which is the title of the band’s last effort, TO KILL TO LIVE TO KILL. I do believe…
Demolizer – Thrashmageddon
September 2020 September 11th, 2020 / Mighty Music Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine DEMOLIZER, formed in 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, plays a gut-crushing, hard-hitting, and unfiltered style of thrash metal that will have you “picking up your teeth with crushed fingers after barely surviving the pit.” There are…
Angelic Desolation – Quorum of Unspeakable Curses
Reviewed: September 2020 Released: 2020, Self-released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kira Levine Denver, Colorado death/grind/thrash metal quartet Angelic Desolation bring their latest EP in the shape of Quorum of Unspeakable Curses, due for release September 25th. It follows their 2018 debut album Rumpus Time Is Over. The band states: “Angelic Desolation…
Interview with Bear Mace
Bear Mace – Interview with Chris Scearce & Mark Sugar Interview by: Beandog Bandcamp / Facebook / YouTube Metal Rules recently had the pleasure of speaking to Chicago death metal band Bear Mace about the release of their densely heavy new album, Charred Field Of Slaughter. We gave the album…
Onslaught – Nige Rockett
INTERVIEW WITH NIGE ROCKETT OF ONSLAUGHT The British thrash metal icon Onslaught finally released the seventh long waited album called GENERATION ANTICHRIST. The seven-year gap between albums is a long era, but the British thrashers have been touring but also undergone changes in the line-up. GENERATION ANTICHRIST is one hell…
Evilcult – At The Darkest Night
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…
Elmsfire – Wings of Reckoning
Reviewed: August, 2020 Released: 2020, Recordjet Rating: 2.5/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Elmsfire have been about since 1999 and have had two full lengths and a few demos up until this point. The band from Düsseldorf have been in a bit of a transition again as they shake up the lineup…
Sanity Control – War on Life
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020, Selfmadegod Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry Sanity Control is a crossover thrash metal band hailing from Warsaw, Poland who pay homage to the classic metal sounds while combining it with a distorted hardcore punk assault and shoving the whole thing through a blender repeatedly. I…
Dubin, Adam-Murder In The Front Row (DVD Review)
Reviewed: August, 2020 Published: 2019, MVD Visual Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Back in 2011 a pair of gentlemen by the names of Brian Lew and Harold Oimen released a book called MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW. These guys were fans and members of the bay area thrash scene in the…
Bear Mace – Charred Field Of Slaughter
Reviewed: August 2020 Released: 2020 – Self released Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Beandog Since forming in 2012, Chicago death metal quintet Bear Mace have, by their own account, mostly operated in the shadows. Influenced by classic bands such as Death, Bolt Thrower and Massacre, the band initially made their presence known…
Testament Vocalist Chuck Billy Lends Voice to Megaforce Records Founder Jon Zazula’s Audible Release of “Heavy Tales” Book
Listen to Chuck Billy’s Exclusive Excerpt Today via Consequence of Sound’s Heavy Consequence Audible Edition of “Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived by Jon Zazula,” Read by the Author Himself, Set for Release July 21 Iconic Testament vocalist Chuck Billy, who graciously penned the foreword to Megaforce Records founder Jon Zazula’s Heavy…
Devastator – Baptised in Blasphemy
Reviewed: July 2020 Released: 2020, Clobber Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Metal is a forever evolving phenomenon, and that is not done just by bands taking the old sound and adding new things, but also by the kids who keep the old school alive. By that, I am referring…
Vampire – Interview with Black String (guitars, songwriting)
Interview with Black String – guitarist and songwriter Interview by Kira Levine Vampire links: Facebook Bandcamp Hey and thank you for your time. Please state your name and position in the band. – Black String, guitarist Vampire formed almost a decade ago. How did you guys all meet? –…