Tag Speed Metal
Drama and dazzle are at the centre of this, the third album from hyper-speed metal band Armory out of Gothenburg, Sweden. I do believe one or two bands may have come from Gothenburg over the years. There’s a retro feel… Continue Reading →
Australian metal punks come at you with their debut release. Expect a nod to Hellhammer, China’s Military Shadow and primitive early noise in general from both Germany and the UK. The PR material states “hellhammering speedmetalpunk”, which is very accurate…. Continue Reading →
Nominative determinism is not only a bastard to spell (two spellchecks and counting), but when the name of the band you’re attempting to unpick and make sense of is called Skumstrike (they must be fans of the previously excellent but… Continue Reading →
This is actually the debut by curiously named Catalonia/Barcelona heavy/speed metal band Redshark. They formed in around 2012 and have a couple of EPs behind them but it looks like they had a couple of major line-up upheavals in 2016… Continue Reading →
Midnight is the dark offspring of one man – Athenar from Cleveland Ohio. Over the last 19 years he has been combining speed metal, D-Beat and Black Metal into a hellish hybrid that has kept many a metal head and punk happy. Let There Be Witchery… Continue Reading →
Umlauts! Right there above the ‘o’ of Firewölfe! I don’t think it takes a genius to work out that Firewölfe are a Heavy Metal band. A serious, no nonsense, time honoured classic Heavy Metal band. Those two little dots above… Continue Reading →
This is a debut release from Finland (there are other bands of the band name), that’s raw and heralds the early North East England NWoBHM scene in approach and production. Take a pinch of Avenger (perhaps a nod to the… Continue Reading →
Thrash/Speed Metal band Paradox are no strangers to the scene, and as the “II” by the title above may suggest, they are out to further cement that statement by revisiting what is possibly their best known release from way back… Continue Reading →
This is a debut release from SpeedSlayerVenom worshipping Hellcrash from Italy. Originally this came out on another label in February, Dying Victims bring you the vinyl and digital assault. Of course, evil is everywhere, its natural based on the name,… Continue Reading →
I knew of this Finnish band mostly down to a couple of very positive reviews on Ave Noctum for previous releases. This, their fourth full length happily fell to me this time as with a name like Bonehunter on Hells… Continue Reading →
Blacksword’s debut came out back in 2010 and not a lot has been heard from the band until now. I was actually totally unaware of said personally, so if like me you are new to the band – who and… Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to be put onto this US act some years ago by one of our fellow scribes, Paul Maddison, when I heard one of the band’s early demos. Since then the band has gone from strength to… Continue Reading →