Thankfully, for the sake of this week’s edition of Metal Track of the Week, there has been no new material from Howard Jones. Last week just wasn’t fair when the aforementioned legendary vocalist is kicking ass once again. In his absence this week we have had some storming new tracks […]
Dystopian Syndrome is the debut album from San Francisco based Molten. The follow-up to their 2019 issued eponymous EP was released digitally by the band in January, spewing forth a scorching salvo of Bay Area thrash strewn with gory bits of death metal savagery. Blurring the lines between thrash and melodic death metal, […]
The new single off Perpetual Chaos – Genocidal Command (featuring Schmier of Destruction) gets official lyric video On the back of their critically acclaimed album Perpetual Chaos, Brazilian thrashers Nervosa release an official lyric video for Genocidal Command. The album secured the band their first chart positions at #18 in […]
Part of the thrash/groove metal establishment, Machine Head have had plenty of ups and downs throughout their lengthy career. The Oakland natives started off with a blockbuster debut album back when heavy metal was suppressed by the early 90s grunge boom. However things got very rocky for period before re-establishing […]
Who are the most important and influential bands to emerge from the groove metal scene? Groove metal is entrenched throughout the metal scene today. However, let’s head back to the 80s for a wee moment. Thrash metal has risen to become an underground force of nature. America produced the ‘Big […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is a new segment I am going to start. I am going to revisit a classic within the world of heavy metal. This could be an album, a memorable concert or event. Anything that qualifies under the commonly accepted criteria of a classic – with a healthy dose of […]
2020 has been a total disaster on many fronts. Stuck in lockdown, no live music. Nightmare. However what 2020 has produced is a heap of quality heavy metal albums. Narrowing it down to ten was pretty tough going. But such is the quality of albums this year they are all […]
