Moldovan metal icon Lena Scissorhands has released her new single Borderlines, featuring L.A. power metal outfit Death Dealer Union. Embracing the full force of groovy hard rock/arena metal punch, Borderlines packs gnarly riffs and showcases Lena‘s clean vocal prowess. There is still time for a spitting dirty vocal chorus in […]
Volbeat – the band that showed rockabilly can be brought into the 21st Century with a mighty metal twist. Back now with their eighth studio album Servant Of The Mind, they continue as one of the worlds most foremost rock powers. Consistency has been a staple of Volbeat for two […]
Covering a track by another band has occurred for as long as music has existed. Many blues legends have injected their own textbook style onto the work of previous generations to magnificent effect. Metal covers have been something that has emerged in the modern era. Metal covers can exist for […]
Canadian crossover rockers Sumo Cyco announced that their latest release Initiation is titled as an invite to fans to enter their world. An interesting world it is. Mixing up the world of reality with a comic book inspired world called Cyco City, it takes a little while to wrap your […]
Is djent still used as a colloquial term, or do we now recognise this as a genuine genre? Often rather than using potentially a dirty word in djent, progressive metalcore is common the word of choice. I find that a little weird, how progressive metalcore can be a genre. The […]
Trends are a funny thing, how they come and go, how something hailed at the height of popularity can be derided at the turn of a hat. Was that even a phrase? Anyway, let us take the shortened nu-metal case study. Largely unrecognised in the underground scene during the late […]
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 […]
