Tag Heavy Load
German Heavy Metal styled band Kerrigan came to my attention during times of lockdown and an online music platform. Their demo was released as vinyl and cassette versions through another record label. Kerrigan are two musicians, Bruno Schotten handles the… Continue Reading →
I think this band are great; having recently completed a short tour is America, Century are coming at you with their debut album. The band play awesome heavy metal, there’s a lot of influence of the NWoBHM, current US scene… Continue Reading →
This is Italian Traditional Metal and follow up to the well-received debut ‘The Night Goes On’. ‘Relativity’ is the opener and you’re treated to a cavalcade of galloping guitars, an easy reference would be classic Maiden mode. One thing, its… Continue Reading →
Germany’s Tension came out with their debut EP some 5 years ago. They are a heavy metal band that sound very classic Swedish metal (Jonah Quizz, Heavy Load, Parasite etc.) mixed with The Scorpions and flourishes of the original NWoBHM… Continue Reading →
This is a debut album from a band from Finland who have been active for some five years now. They play barbaric traditional metal in some quarters, old Swedish metal and NWOBHM in other places. Laden with galloping riffs associated… Continue Reading →
Another year arrives bring the arrival of another metal scene being hastily revived from the past like some tattered denim wearing corpse. With the possible exception of the 60s psychedelic doom of Jex Thoth and Blood Ceremony, I’ve yet to… Continue Reading →
Armory are part of the recent collection of new Swedish bands and they are a self-proclaimed Speed Metal band, however I find more straight up Maiden-isms in the majority of tracks than pure speed alone. If you take ‘Cosmic War’… Continue Reading →
Seeking high adventure on the internet last year I stepped into the aimless void that is the world wide web with an unusual clarity of purpose. Long had it been since my soul had been stirred… No, this is not… Continue Reading →
Sweden’s fashion of going back to the early 80’s in both musical style and dress code couldn’t be more suited to this band. Night went back to the future to reinvent their self-proclaimed 80’s heavy metal before ’81 attitude as… Continue Reading →
Black Magic (Norway) may have already split up but this release takes in all their material recorded to date including their second demo ‘Reap of Evil’. Whilst live I wasn’t actually impressed at the Live Evil festival a couple of… Continue Reading →
Japan’s Blaze and their ‘Rock Dinosaur’ is their follow up EP to the stunning self-titled debut that landed this way a while back. This band may hark back to the glory days of hard rock and metal and the EP… Continue Reading →
Enforcer really hit the limelight with their last release ‘Diamonds’ and this was a little change from their debut release ‘Into the Night’. Whilst I enjoyed ‘Diamonds’ I felt a little cheated as the speed that made ‘Into the Night’… Continue Reading →