You might suggest there are more unique proposals coming forth this year but there will be very few encounters which ignite and incite the passions as The New Standard. The six track roar from Norwegian metallers Shotgun Rodeo is as… Read More ›
Thrash
Carnage Inc. – Fury Incarnate
Nagging away at the senses and imagination like a thrash powered buzz saw, Fury Incarnate, the new EP from India hailing Carnage Inc. is an encounter which only excites. Part of the press release for the band’s ear gripping proposition… Read More ›
The Passion and the Roar: Talking Rising Dark
Formed in 2005, Italian metallers Rising Dark have just began their second decade as one of the underground’s striking and rousing thrash metal propositions. Earlier this year they released second album A World In Ruin via White Tower Records; a… Read More ›
Skox – Years of Legions
If you have a sweet tooth for raw thrash metal or a soft spot for ravenous death metal, Years of Legions has plenty to eagerly embrace. To be honest, the new album from French band Skox has much for fierce… Read More ›
Lody Kong – Dreams and Visions
Let us get the most publicised aspect about Lody Kong out of the way first. The Arizona based band is the creation of Zyon and Igor Cavalera, the sons of Sepultura/Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy famed Max Cavalera and brother of Incite frontman… Read More ›
Law 18 – Self Titled
There is little we can tell you about Italians Law 18 beyond that they come from Milan, were formed in 2011, and are a quintet playing “hardcore groove /crossover stoner”. Actually there is one more thing, and that is that… Read More ›
Sixth Dimension – Trauma
The successor to their well-received EP, Přežít! in 2013, Sixth Dimension unleash another mighty slab of attention provoking thrash metal this month, in the fierce shape of Trauma. Building upon the irritable ferocity and raw sound of the Czech Republic… Read More ›
Turbocharged/Ragehammer Split – Enlightenment by Bloodletting
There is something about a split release which has the appetite licking its lips even before a sound is heard. It is hard to define why but when you are on the end of the kind of fiercely enjoyable proposition… Read More ›
Mangled – Involuntary Organ Donor
Something gory this way comes and it is in the insatiable shape of Involuntary Organ Donor, the new EP from US gore thrash metallers Mangled. Offering three uncompromising slices of barbarous brutality spawned in a vat of caustic thrash and… Read More ›
Huron – The Dead Stay Dead
It will not be the first time that UK metallers Huron will have majorly stirred up acclaim and attention with a release but their stunning new album, The Dead Stay Dead is surely going to ensure that the band is… Read More ›
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