Category: Review

  • Asphyx are a band that need no introduction. If you’re an avid Death Metal fan, then you’ve probably listened to them at some point, and most definitely have heard of them unless you’ve been living under a rock. Having formed…

    Asphyx – Necroceros
  • Back in 2017 I reviewed Trial’s third album, Motherless for another publication. I was less than complimentary about the Swedes, describing the vocals of Linus Johansson as ‘nails down a blackboard’. Well, I’m pleased to say that Mr Johansson is no longer singing for Trial,…

    Trial –Sisters of the Moon
  • Covering a remarkable amount of ground within the death-metal spectrum, Pennsylvanian death- thrashers Truth Devoid close 2020 with their initial release ‘Lair of Pestilence’. Initially, the sight of 3 tracks that all span within 10 seconds of each other’s running…

    Truth Devoid – Lair of Pestilence
  • I had never heard of Hungarian Mettalers ‘Ektomorf’ before the press release and promo link dropped in my mailbox this morning, and a quick check out the always 101.3% accurate Wikipedia tells me that this is their 15th album since…

    Ektomorf – Reborn
  • Euan doesn’t need to wait for a full moon to release this review! Werewolves Aussie extreme metallers, Werewolves, blast their way into 2021 with their sophomore album, ‘What A Time To Be Alive’. The album doesn’t even tickle the listener…

    Werewolves – What A Time To Be Alive
  • Blackened Thrash Metal has become one of Thrash’s more popular hybrids over recent years. With bands such as Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch, Aura Noir and Witchery bringing it to prominence in the 2000’s, it has slowly influenced many bands to carry on…

    Green Mantis – Kill The Plague
  • Here’s a great way to start 2021, a brand-new UK Thrash album, Trapped in Purgatory’s “Damned Nation”, is a fine slab of prime metal and just the way to shrug off those January blues. As I mentioned in my review…

    Trapped in Purgatory – Damned Nation
  • Euan unleashes BioWarfare…. will he succeed in wiping out (the) Human Race with these Chilean Thrashers? The albums wastes no time getting to the good stuff. ‘Human Waste’ fires in with the timeless method of one guitar riffing while the…

    BioWarfare – Wiping Out Human Race
  • Paul Hutchings takes on some Teutonic thrash from an old school German Thrash Band you may not of heard of! Founded in Hann, Germany in 1986, Mortal Terror are one of the lesser-known German thrash bands. They have released five…

    Mortal Terror – Bite Of The Underdog
  • Chris Cleo takes a delve into the latest Anaxagor album – Within the realm of extreme metal, there are various bands that borrow elements from both subgenres, but are still seen as belonging solely to one.  The existence of ‘thrashy’…

    Anaxagor – Anaxagor