Tag Dew Scented
I was pleased when I read that this, the third album release from Enforced, was “an aggressive, no frills thrash record”. The previous album “Kill Grid” (2021) was exactly that, and I loved it. On the basis of that album… Continue Reading →
Here goes the second album release from US thrash metal crossover band Enforced. My expectation was of something lively. There really aren’t any secrets here. It’s hard-hitting thrash metal with strong riffs, hardcore influences, flamboyant solos, breakneck drumming and of… Continue Reading →
Far from just being an anagram of a market town in Lancashire famous for gingerbread, Ormskrik from Norway promise a “fusion of Bay Area thrash, Norwegian black metal and Swedish death metal”. The whirlwind gets going, there is a piercing… Continue Reading →
The last time I heard music of Native American heritage and influence was in the early 1970s, when Redbone released a number of pop gems, among them “Witch Queen from New Orleans”, “Wovoka”, “Come and Get Your Love” and the… Continue Reading →
Another good ‘un from FDA Records here with the third full length from Germany thrashy death machine Weak Aside. I wasn’t familiar with the lads prior to receiving this but a bit of a blast through in the car on… Continue Reading →
Hands up those who want a spot of hardcore-infused black metal crust. Well, it’s perpetually gloomy outside so why not? “Ghosts of the Timeless Void” is Ancst’s second full album, supplemented by a number of Eps and split works over… Continue Reading →
Four years after their very well received debut ‘The Human Repellent’ I Chaos are back with ‘Masterbleeder’. Ten tracks of furious thrashing death metal featuring new vocalist, Tobias Borra (ex-Cypher) replacing Harry Van Breda (now in Body Farm). Bearing in… Continue Reading →
A solo album by Dew Scented’s drummer Koen Herfst – a solo album by a Metal Drummer! Yes indeed – Prepare yourselves readers for a review full of Flams and Paradiddles (or indeed standard Diddles!). We can analyse Rim Shots,… Continue Reading →
Dew-Scented are one of the many staples of the continental thrash scene. Big riffs, killer grooves and a cutting sound has made them one of the first choices for many European shows, especially on the thrash and death metal touring… Continue Reading →
Part of the process of this review was to refresh myself on where Earth Crisis came from to get to where they are. I duly bludgeoned myself my listening to their 2011 oeuvre “Neutralize the Threat”. Puffing my cheeks out… Continue Reading →
Wandering towards the door of The Underworld I began to wonder whether I’d got the night wrong. There wasn’t a single person milling about outside and certainly no queue. As I got to the ticket booth however, a dreadlockless Mark… Continue Reading →
Yankee Thrash metal titans; Warbringer have probably not been on the scene as long as you think. Hailing from California and forming in 2004 and releasing their first demo’s in 2004 and then 2005. In 2006 their first EP was… Continue Reading →