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. As you will see below, a few of these are from earlier this year. It…
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Killing – Face The Madness
Reviewed: September, 2021 Released: August 13, 2021, Mighty Music Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Thrash metal is one of my favorite genres and I have loved it since the 80s. The energy as well as some of the fiercest riffs in metal; it’s the fret work that makes it…
Rage-Resurrection Day
Reviewed: September, 2021 Released: 2021, SPV/Steamhammer Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP Rage has had pretty extensive coverage here over the years and it is always an exciting time for us when a new Rage album comes out. Thankfully this happens quite often as one of the world’s most prolific Metal bands…
Bloodstock Open Air 2021
Bloodstock Open Air Festival 2021 Catton Park, Derbyshire 11th – 15th August 2021 Review by Jack Merry Photography by Rebecca Bush
Quick Jabs for August 2021
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”. Helgrind – Return To Motherland September 1st, 2019…
Satlan Interview
Interview with Vocalist Soozi Chameleone Interview by Jo Blackened Photography by Altercarnated Photography Bands Social Media sites: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Angelus Apatrida – Angelus Apatrida
Reviewed: May, 2021 Released: February 5, 2021, Century Media Records Rating: 4.5/5.0 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead Modern thrash can sometimes be a polarizing subject. Sometime around late 2014 and early 2015, I somehow started discovering bands that carried the thrash torch loud and proud. What I found a lot of…
Solanum – Ruled By The Cruel
Solanum – Ruled By The Cruel Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, HPGD Productions Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Aaron Yurkiewicz As I’ve previously recounted, I’m kind of ambivalent to the whole crossover scene, but when it’s good, it can be really good. Take the first No Mercy album, anything from late 80’s…
Millstone – Isle
Reviewed: May 2021 Released: 2021, self-release Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Kat Knite Isle is the newest release from Siberian metal collective Millstone, each song on the album winding and moving to the beat of its own drum while existing cohesively and potently within the groove/death-metal universe. Written by Ivan Scherbakov and produced by…
ARTILLERY Release Second Single/Video from Upcoming album X
Album artwork by: Martin Helgren On May 7th, Artillery will release their tenth full-length, X, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of X, a video for the new single, “Turn up the Rage” (produced by Terkel Christensen // Aggressive Artwork), can be viewed at: The previously released single, “In…
Valdaudr-Drapsdalen
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Soulseller Records Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Dod is one prolific artist. The Norwegian guitarist boasts an impressive resume in many genres of metal from the melodic Scorpions influenced Big City to the fierce Scariot and of course his long-running main band, the old school Death Metal…
Sea of Snakes – World of Fire
Reviewed: April 2021 Released: 2021, Metal Assault Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Jack Merry The debut EP from Californian riff-rockers Sea of Snakes entitled World of Fire (pretty apt under the current global circumstances, wouldn’t you say?) is a generously sized portion of heavy metal, mixed with elements of sludge metal and punk. Comprising…
Necronomicon-The Final Chapter
Reviewed: March, 2021 Released: 2021, El Puerto Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Remember back in 2010 when Iron Maiden named their album THE FINAL CHAPTER and people got worried it was the last Maiden album? Do we have a similar situation here? While that is not my preferred scenario…
Nervosa – Perpetual Chaos
March 2021 January 22nd, 2021 / Napalm Records Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Reviewer: John Haseltine Brazil’s thrash metal titans Nervosa are back with a bludgeoning new album titled PERPETUAL CHAOS. 2021 is already shaping up to be a stellar year for us metalheads, from what I have heard so…
Desfosses, Felix – No Speed Limit:Quebec Metal (1964-1989) (Book review)
Reviewed: March 2021 Published: 2021, Quartz Publications Rating: 4.5/5 Reviewer: JP This book has been in the works for what seems like years and it finally available. It is no secret that the largely French-speaking province of Quebec is undisputedly the most ‘Metal’ province of Canada. They have had the…