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BIGELF - Into The Maelstrom (2014) Inside Out Music -- Running Time 61:12
SCORE 10/10 |
Fisthammer - Infallible (2014) Self-Released/Clawhammer PR -- Running Time 45:22
SCORE 8/10 |
Born Of Fire - Demo (2014) Self-Released -- Running Time 17:35
SCORE 7/10 |
Garagedays - Passion Of Dirt (2014) Rocksector Records -- Running Time 41:50
SCORE 9/10 |
Absolva - Anthems To The Dead (2014) Rocksector Records -- Running Time 50:09
SCORE 9.5/10 |
Wizz Acoustic - Rock Lives On EP (2014) Rocksector Records -- Running Time 19:03
SCORE 8/10 |
Vermithrax - Vol.1 EP (2013) Revoltage Media Group / Innervenus Music Collective -- Running Time 25.00
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Wardrum - Messenger (2013) Steel Gallery Records -- Running Time 63:48
Score 10/10 |
Vicious Nature - Salvation EP (2014) Self Released -- Running Time 13:56
Score 8.5/10 |
Toxic Holocaust - From The Ashes Of Nuclear Destruction (2013) Relapse Records -- Running Time 59.00
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SinHeresY - Paint The World (2013) Bakerteam Records -- Running Time 48:01
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Iron Knights - Iron Knights (2014) Metalbox Recordings -- Running Time 44.31
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Exorcism - I Am God (2014) GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music/Rock N Growl Promotion -- Running Time 48:26
Score: 9.5/10 |
Miracle Master - Tattooed Woman (2014) GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music/Rock N Growl Promotion -- Running Time 41:36
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Silent Jack - Snakebite (2013) Self-Released -- Running Time 34:17
Score: 7/10
I had never... |
Toledo Steel - Toledo Steel EP (2013) Self-Released -- Running Time 13:32
Score 8.5/10 |
Arrayan Path - IV: Stigmata (2013) Pitch Black Records --Running Time 62:02
Score 9.5/10 |
Huntress - Starbound Beast (2013) Napalm Records -- Running Time 43:35
Score 5/10 |
Armageddon Rev 16:16 - Sundown On Humanity (2014) Pitch Black Records -- Running Time 57:19
Score 6.5/10 |
Captain Horizon - The Lights Of Distorted Science, Digital Bonus Edition (2014) Rocksector Records -- Running Time 67:39
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Kirk - Masquerade (2014) Mausoleum Records / Rock 'N' Growl Promotion -- Running Time 53:56
Score 8/10 |
Cypher16 - Determine EP (2013) Self-Released -- Running Time 22:13
Score 7.5/10 |
R.I.P.SAW - An Evening In Chaos... (2014) No Remorse Records -- Running Time 52:10
Score 8/10 |
Triverse Massacre - With Bared Teeth And Truths EP (2014) Self-Released -- Running Time 15:32
Score 7.5/10 |
Arcane Militia - Arcane Militia EP (2013) Self Released -- Running Time 26:14
Score 7/10 |
Kill Or Cure - Kill Or Cure (2014) Self-Released / Tunecore Records -- Running Time 39:02
9/10
Sometimes you receive an album and after playing it sit there, silently, with a big smile on your face because you just weren't expecting something that good, even though you have actually heard of the band. Then you press the play button again for round two! That's exactly what happened... |
BlackWolf - The Hunt (2014) Self-Released / Stampede Press -- Running Time 51:48
Score: 6.5/10
Back in October 2013 I was asked, by the other site I write for, to review the first single, 'Mr. Maker' from BlackWolf's debut album 'The Hunt' and I gave it a 6.5/10 saying that for a very new band this was good stuff but that there were a couple of things that grated just a little.... |
Neverworld - Visions Of Another World (2014) DreamDemon Recordings/Self Released -- Running Time 57:27
Score: 9/10
I am honoured to be one of the first people to listen to and review the debut album 'Visions Of Another World' from Progressive NWOTHM Metal band Neverworld. I know there are a lot of people who have been pulling their hair out waiting for this so I'll not beat around... |
The Deep - Demo (2013) Self-Released -- Running Time 21:20
Score 9/10
Facebook can be a pain sometimes,... |
The Mariana Hollow - Coma Heart (2010) Self Released -- Running Time 37:10
Score 8.5/10
Alternative Metal... |
Jizzy Pearl - Crucified EP (2014) Self-Released/Stampede Press -- Running Time 21:40
Score 6/10
'Crucified',... |
Seven Witches - Rebirth (2013) E1/Frostbyte Media -- Running Time 39:00
Score 8/10
Seven Witches are... |
Izegrim - Congress Of The Insane (2013) Listenable Records / Clawhammer PR -- Running Time 43:16
Score 7/10
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Amok - Somewhere In The West (2013) Witches Brew -- Running Time 52:06
Score: 8/10
I've always enjoyed regularly seeking out new bands and music but that practice has pretty much become a full time job now that I write and review! Considering I have a huge love of Thrash something tells me that I really should have picked up on Scottish band Amok before now and I'm a bit annoyed... |
James LaBrie - I Will Not Break EP (2014) Inside Out Music -- Running Time 37:05
Score: 7/10
EP releases seem to be becoming a much more regular occurrence these days. They offer smaller and unsigned bands the chance to release something more financially viable and also to keep their name in the spotlight more regularly. For more established artists it also gives them the chance... |
Kill All The Gentlemen - Self Titled EP (2013) Self Released/Stampede Press -- Running Time 30:46
Score: 7/10
This self-titled EP is the debut from Exeter, UK based Kill All The Gentlemen, but you might well know them from their previous name Vanadium. Probably best described as Modern Melodic Death Metal, but with a huge array of influences that should appeal to a wide audience,... |
Def-Con-One - II (2014) Scarlet Records Running Time 46:05
Score: 9.5/10
If over the last fifteen months, you've read either of my previous Def-Con-One Album/EP reviews, my live review or indeed the interview I did with drummer Antton Lant then you'll know I'm a huge fan of this Newcastle based battering ram of a band and I'm starting to run out of good things to say about... |
Onslaught - "VI" (2013) AFM Records -- Running Time 39:30
Score: 10/10
I have been a big fan of Onslaught since their debut album 'Power From Hell' hit the streets in 1985. They were at the forefront of the UK Thrash movement back then and a perfect counterpart to the Bay Area and German scenes. I was also lucky enough to be part of the crowd who witnessed one of Sy Keeler's very... |
Seven Deadly - Obliviation (2014) Self-Released/Stampede Press -- Running Time 50:02
Score: 8/10
I first stumbled upon UK band Seven Deadly, last September, when they played at the inaugural Rock & Metal Circus Festival. I mentioned in my review that their take on modern metal, with harsh and clean vocals wasn't a genre that always ticked boxes for me but I was suitably impressed... |
The Answer - New Horizon (2013) Napalm Records -- Running Time 36:56
Score: 9/10
I'm going to ask a question before I start this review! Why are Northern Ireland's The Answer not bigger? If anyone can help I would be more than appreciative, because there name should be on everyone's lips. They've been around for over thirteen years, already have three universally praised albums... |
Adrenaline Mob - Men Of Honor (2014) Century Media Records -- Running Time 49:04
Score: 9.5/10
Almost without a break to draw breath Adrenaline Mob are back with their second full length album 'Men Of Honor' and if you thought the departure of drummer Mike Portnoy from the fold (he never seems to hang around in anything for long these days) might cause a blip in proceedings then... |
Ram-Page - The Depths Of Rage (2013) Metal Scrap Records Running Time 34:33
Score: 4/10
No waffling, I'm getting straight to the point on this one!
Ram-Page are four piece band from Russia and were formed in 2010. 'The Depths Of Rage' was released in Russia a couple of months back but has only just got a worldwide release! They are called a Thrash/Death band on... |
Defy All Reason - Every Second Counts (2013) Self - Released -- Running Time 17:34
Score: 7/10
If you haven't heard of Defy All Reason before you might well look at their name and think they are another entry into the overcrowded genre of young metalcore bands. You would be well wide of the mark though because these Welsh Rockers, a four piece who are based in Wrexham, inhabit a... |
Headbangers Balls - The Live Album (2014) Self Released -- Running Time 313:14 (5 Hours 21 Minutes) Score: 8/10 Now bear with me because this isn't your average album review, it's more of a review/article/awareness piece but at the root you will still get incredible music and yes it really does say... |
Dave Evans - Nothing To Prove EP (2014) Rocksector Records -- Running Time 17:16
Score: 8/10
You may or may not know that Dave Evans was in actual fact the original vocalist, and one of the founder members of AC/DC. As much as I love DC they've sort of forgotten that fact over the years which is a shame, but the connection should give you a great idea of what Dave Evans sounds like!... |
DevilDriver - Winter Kills (2013) Napalm Records -- Running Time 49:00
Score: 7/10
I'm going to admit straight away that I've never been a huge fan of DevilDriver, they are a band that very much polarises opinion. Of course in this heightened era of image coming first, a lot of that has to do with vocalist 'Dez Fafara's' previous (and recently revived) band Coal Chamber. Loved by... |
A Thousand Enemies - Stand As One (2014) Self-Released -- Running Time 36:23
Score: 9.5/10
"The greatest bands are not defined by their influences but use them to springboard to something truly unique, something truly their own"
That quote appears on the Facebook page of Midlands, UK based metal band A Thousand Enemies and to prove it is in fact a true statement they... |
Nuclear Omnicide - Bringers Of Disease EP (2014) Violent Journey Records -- Running Time 21:28
Score: 7.5/10
Nuclear Omnicide are an Old School 'Brutal' Thrash/Death band from Finland and 'Bringers Of Disease' is their brand new six track EP released through Violent Journey Records. This is my first taste of Nuclear Omnicide and after listening to this then I'm lucky my innards... |
Cambion - Virus EP (2012) Bored Stiff Records -- Running Time 29:08
Now, this EP is another, slightly older one, that I have been asked to check out. Cambion aren't a new name to me but this is my first time listening to the 'Virus' EP, from 2012, in its entirety and all I can say is if this is the future of Modern Technical/Progressive Metal then I want lots more of it please! A four piece,... |
Toby Jepson - Raising My Own Hell EP (2013) Townsend Records/Stampede Press -- Running Time 22:35
Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's Little Angels were on my radar a lot. I loved there brand of hard rock and it has always remained a mystery to me as to why they never broke through because they should have been absolutely huge. One of the main reasons for that were the superior vocal... |
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