Album review Enforced-A Leap Into The Dark
Enforced fill in the gap with A Leap Into The Dark, a six track EP that serves to tide fans still suffering whiplash from the band's 2023 sophomore release, War Remains. The Virginia quintet get to business on opening salvo, “Betting On The End.” The ...
Album Review: “Asylum” by Atrophy
Arizona thrash metal quintet Atrophy unleash some metal madness with its first record in 34 years, Asylum. Vocalist Brian Zimmerman is the sole original member and he has brought on four younger guys that breathe new life in to the band. The band gets ...
Album Review: “Sound & Fury” by Dust Bolt
Dust Bolt's fourth album, Trapped in Chaos, showed the German thrash band experimenting with its sound while retaining an aggressive edge. That edge is severely blunted on its newest release, Sound & Fury. Dust Bolt slow it down this time, opting ...
Album Review: “Blackened Heartbeat” by Secret Sphere
Italian power metal sextet Secret Sphere get technical and heavy on its tenth release, Blackened Heartbeat. The album is devoid of garish overtures, as the band prefers dynamic compositions with heavy riffs and percussion. “The Crossing Toll” is a two ...
Album Review: “The Gates Beyond Mortality” by Eternal Evil
The Swedish metal band Eternal Evil conjure the spirit of Old School Metal on its sophomore effort, The Gates Beyond Mortality. The haunting opening chords of “Depths of a New Eternity” set a dark tone, but offer merely a glimpse of the impending meta ...
Album Review: “State Of Emergency” by Prong
Seminal New York metal trio Prong return with its newest proper album in six years. State of Emergency shifts from the thrash attack of the band's two previous albums, 2017's Zero Days and 2016's X-No Absolutes, in favor of the groove laden rhythms an ...
Book Review: Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment and Anthrax
Fathers, Brothers, and Sons is the autobiography of Anthrax bassist, Frank Bello. This is the second autobiography from an Anthrax band member following Scott Ian's 2014 book, I'm The Man. Fathers is a short read, with Bello discussing his family life ...
Album Review: “Primal Future: 2019” by Toxic Holocaust
Joel Grind's one man thrashing project Toxic Holocaust has returned to lay waste to the band with devastating d-beat and bellicose, thrashing riffs on album six, Primal Future: 2019. Album opener “Chemical Warlords” is a vicious track that is equal parts ...
Album Review: “Death Becomes My Voice” by Ringworm
Ringworm's eighth release, Death Becomes My Voice, continues the band's vicious hardcore metal assault over the past three decades. The title track is a pugnacious combination of hardcore drumming and thrashing guitar riffs that grip your jugular for five ...
CD Review: “Slaves Of The Shadow Realm” by Legion Of The Damned
Dutch metal quartet Legion Of The Damned have unleashed its unholy seventh record, Slaves Of The Shadow Realm. Album opener “The Widow's Breed” is a blistering track with chainsaw guitar slicing through thrashing drum beats. The lyrical imagery of Africa ...