Every Kreator album brings with it a great deal of expectation, more so than most other bands of the same ilk. I will admit right off the bat that on first listen Kreator’s 13th album seemed to fall victim to the apparent ill will that number carries with it. For someone who has weaned himself… Read More REVIEW: Kreator – Phantom Antichrist
Rage has always been one of those bands that, in spite of their undoubted talent, have never been able to really break into the big time. The band’s twenty first album, appropriately titled ‘21’ once again sees the German metal trio deliver a slick and technically flawless album of high caliber heavy metal but like… Read More REVIEW: Rage – 21
Bloody hell! If ever there was a case of the oldies showing the young ‘uns how it’s done this is it. Hot on the heels of 2010’s stellar ‘Blood of the Nations’, ‘Stalingrad’ shows the Teutonic metal masters firing on all cylinders lending further credence to the notion that their much awaited comeback was no… Read More REVIEW: Accept – Stalingrad
Old Head are a band that certainly pulls no punches and their album title says it all. Maximum fucking Rock. When I read that the music was a mix of 70’s rock and old Megadeth I was definitely skeptical. That seemed like an odd combination to say the least. But slap me sideways with a… Read More REVIEW: Old Head – Maximum Rock
What can possibly be said about one of the great institutions of death metal that hasn’t been said before? There are few bands that you can rely on to never waver from their chosen path while consistently churning out killer albums that just never disappoint. Asphyx are like the death metal version of AC/DC or… Read More REVIEW: Asphyx – Death hammer
Having spent a substantial part of my life in the Middle East I’ve always kept an eye out on the developing metal scene in that part of the world. Suffice to say I was quite intrigued by what Dubai’s first ever death metal band Nephelium had to offer. The band was formed by guitarist Alex… Read More REVIEW: Nephelium – Coils of Entropy