Rockshots Records announce re-release of DUALITY on January 29th 2021 – plus new Video SELFEAR Belgium’s Cellar Twins formed in 2014 and debuted their self-titled EP in 2017, along with single My Shell. Following a crowd funding campaign they released their debut album Duality in December 2019. They have since […]
German metal legends Accept dish out their 16th studio album Too Mean to Die. Lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann is now the only remaining founding member, following the departure of bassist Peter Baltes in late 2018. Will this dampen any of the impact on this release? No chance. You don’t need […]
The purveyors of massive guitar tone. The mighty Gojira have very few rivals when it comes to chest pounding bass that can comfortably knock you off the road if you are crazy enough to listen to them through your car stereo. Ranking all Gojira albums is a tough task, but […]
Glorious power metal. The dragon riding, goblin slaying, snake charming beacon of hope in a sour world. We always need more power metal in our lives. My aim here? Introduce bands that you may have missed, but are entirely worthy of your attention. The band in question here is Sweden’s […]
Thrashened death metal, deathened thrash metal, thrashy death metal? I’m not sure the best way to describe Brazil’s Nervosa. But new album Perpetual Chaos does indeed contain the aforementioned death and thrash metal concoction. The result? An old school triumph. It’s odd to talk about a Brazilian metal band that […]
The sophomore slump. When a second offering is vastly inferior to a high quality initial offering. The Jaws 2 syndrome. Or RGIII. There aren’t many things in the world more disappointing then a terrible follow up effort. You know it very well in the music world. When an artist breaks […]
You know I often wonder to myself, “how can anyone dislike fantasy power metal?” Yes the cheese factor is higher than a family platter at the annual mouse of the year convention. But it just brings such epic joy. New release Viribus Unitis from Austria’s Dragony is a prime example […]
Horror punk power couple Anders and Davallia Manga release their new album Songs of Unspeakable Terror. Creatures of the night come take your place amongst the living. Mortal beings beware. Retro horror punk is the name of the game here from Bloody Hammers. With the return of the Swedish buzzsaw […]
In a previous article I looked at 5 notoriously criticised albums which deserved a second chance. I got thinking more about 2 of them. That being Load and Reload by thrash metal titans Metallica. One of the problems with these albums is that they are a bit jumbled in their […]
Ahoy there Scumbags and Wenches, I be presenting thee the sunken treasure that is the Essential Guide to Pirate Metal. Worry not, I shall reluctantly be using contemporary English to write this guide. Taking a Russian-doll approach to metal classification (a sub-genre within a sub-genre), Pirate Metal is a sub-segment […]
