DEATH ANGEL Release Seventh Album ‘The Dream Calls For Blood’ October 11th, 2013 San Francisco, California-based thrash metal group Death Angel issued seventh full-length album The Dream Calls For Blood in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) on October 11th, 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records. The label also scheduled release in the United Kingdom on October […]
DEATH ANGELThe Dream Calls For Blood Nuclear Blast (2013)Rating: 8.5/10 Now this is some serious thrash metal. Any self-confessed fan of real thrash metal will no doubt know who Death Angel is; a band responsible for some of the greatest ever thrash releases, namely The Ultra-Violence (1987), Frolic Through The Park (1988) and Act III […]
DESYREGlamtron GLAMnation (2013)Rating: 7.5/10 There seems to be not only a trend in revival thrash and stoner / doom metal at the moment, but the glam metal scene is also offering up a few re-lacquered bands too. One such act is Finnish glamsters Desyre who, despite their rather annoying video for the song ‘Party Song’, […]
WITHEMThe Point Of You Sensory (2013)Rating: 9/10 Progressive metal has only a handful of bands who can truly claim to be heroes of the genre. Sure, bands come and go, but only a few bring something new to the table that leaves an indelible mark on prog yet to come. Dream Theater brought the genre […]
KING’S CALLLion’s Den Mausoleum (2013)Rating: 8/10 There seems to be some really good, straightforward, melody-tinged hard rock and metal bands doing the rounds today. So far in 2013 I’ve been most impressed with records from the likes of Reds’Cool and Lawless, and now I’m equally awestruck by the driving harmony of King’s Call, especially those […]
SPIRALARMSFreedom Steamhammer (2013)Rating: 5/10 SpiralArms are a band I was interested in as soon as I heard that their guitarist, Craig Locicero, used to feature for San Francisco thrashers Forbidden. However, SpiralArms’ second record is far removed from Bay Area thrash, but it’s still an opus that should please all fans of old fashioned rock […]
STELLAR MASTER ELITEII: Destructive Interference Generator Exciter (2013)Rating: 6/10 Welcome to Weirdsville! The uniquely named Stellar Master Elite – named after a track by Norwegian band Thorns – are a fearsome German duo who have a penchant for the old school, though can’t help but inject an unhealthy dose of modern dynamics in order to […]
ASOMVELKnuckle Duster Bad Omen (2013)Rating: 8/10 Considering these Brit-based metallers formed in 1993, I’m stunned that Knuckle Duster is only the second album by this bunch, emerging some four years after their 2009 Kamikaze debut. Even so, these guys have an ungodly given right to be heard, because they’ve quite literally hit the rusty nail […]
BLACK SOUL HORDETales Of The Ancient Ones No Remorse (2013)Rating: 8/10 There’s nothing like a dose of old fashioned metal played by a band who in the modern day clearly understand what it takes to make a record that can bridge the gap between nostalgia and the current. Tales Of The Ancient Ones, from its […]
EDEN’S CURSESymphony Of Sin AFM (2013)Rating: 8/10 Eden’s Curse is an experienced outfit who have achieved a hell of a lot since their inception in 2006. Symphony Of Sin is the fourth opus from this multinational quartet who, for this record, has a new frontman in Serbian scorcher Nikola Mijić (who replaces original vocalist Michael […]
