Tag Destroyer 666
Back in 2014 I was introduced to this US band’s debut “Abomination Underground” which was more or less a compilation of an EP and demo tunes and offered a slice of retro deathrash authenticity that I really enjoyed and tugged… Continue Reading →
Don’t be tricked by the cover. Or maybe I’d better say don’t be put off by the cover. Despite appearances, Eerie is no Toxic Avenger worshipping, zombie-obsessed, disposable thrash metal band. Maybe it works with the music on some level… Continue Reading →
Crikey, was it really 2009 since the last Destroyer 666 album? It seems much more recent than that, and yet here we are again with the fifth full length album from the Australian metal crew. The band relocated to Europe… Continue Reading →
Any band called Bulletbelt is going to have me clamouring for their album to review immediately as I expect stripped down metal that sweats and bleeds steel. Residing in the Southern Hemisphere, namely New Zealand, this second album of raw… Continue Reading →
Oof you’re kind of asking for ‘harsh criticism’ calling your album Opprobrium but luckily we all like a bit of cranium wrecking barbarism from labels like Hell’s Headbangers especially when it’s shat out by an underground war machine like Australian… Continue Reading →
Seemingly at rest for the past eight years, Australia’s satanic warmongers Abominator rise again. ‘Evil Proclaimed’ is their fifth album in a career which began way back in 1994. My only previous encounter with them was the second disc ‘Subversives… Continue Reading →
As a kid, I was pretty pleased to have my birthday on St George’s Day. The slayer of dragons is a pretty cool guy to share a day with when you are eight years old. Of course, I have since… Continue Reading →
Ah, yes. Thrash done properly. Nose-bleedingly fast, guitar solos with a life of their own, slowing down every now and then but only momentarily and only really to prevent anyone in the mosh pit having a seizure. Nocturnal Graves are… Continue Reading →
Such a charming name for a musical collective! This is Ronseal music. You get exactly what it says on the tin. Raw rage filled thrashing loveliness. The version I was sent of this cd was mistagged and I had to… Continue Reading →
Pest. Such a good name for a black metal band they used it (at least) twice. This is the long running Swedish band, now on their fourth full length but regretfully my first proper acquaintance with them. After the obligatory… Continue Reading →
Having the head honcho from I Hate Records should create something special within an extreme metal band and this Swedish group’s third album certainly does that and more. Entitling it “Genocide” is probably the most worthy album to be given… Continue Reading →
Shit week, shit job (but , yeah, at least it is a job I know) and Vesen seem just the ticket: This is some unleashed rage and then some. Short opener ‘The Threat’ is an oddly muffled bit of bestial… Continue Reading →