Category: Review

  • The second of our reviewer tryouts, Frank Holby turns his attention to the new album from Exalter, The Thrashing beast from the east… I will start by saying it never ceases to amaze me, the hidden gems of thrash metal…

    Exalter – Persecution Automated
  • 2020 has been an incredible year for music. There’s been so many different flavours of riff-based excellence this year that you’re almost spoilt for choice. For smaller bands, this means that it can be hard to get noticed unless you have…

    Zebadiah Crowe – The Cloven Hand
  • What with the (seemingly) deluge of Black Thrash Acts coming out recently, Hellfeckted, Hellripper and Devastator, to name but three. I was interested to check out the debut of Canadian metal band Ysgaroth. Hailing from Vancouver this 3-piece are certainly…

    Ysgaroth – Storm Over a Black Sea
  • WARNING: MAY CAUSE EXTREME NECK ACHE. Amid the strange times of 2020, new-wave Italian Thrash metal band, Rawfoil, kick and scream their way through the commotion, truly making their voices heard. Starting off their latest release “Tales From the Four…

    Rawfoil – Tales From The Four Tower
  • We took the new single from Beyond Salvation into the thrashcave for a spin, so we could let you guys know what the Manchester Thrashers have in store! Firstly, as always due to in-band artist Jon, the artwork and associated…

    Beyond Salvation – Aftermath
  • So we don’t really know much about Leeds based Crossover Thrashers ‘Pest Control’ only finding their 2020 Demo on BandCamp by accident… seeing a cool bit of cover art was the way I chose vinyl back in the 80’s and…

    Pest Control – Demo 2020
  • German Thrashers Skeleton Pit are back with their second album ‘Lust To Lynch’ being released on October the 23rd on MDD Records. With a five year gap between releases it’s always interesting to see how a band have developed, matured and how…

    Skeleton Pit – Lust To Lynch
  • Merseyside Thrashers Reaper originally planned ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ as an EP, but as a benefit of lockdown expanded their new release into full album status. It also gave them the opportunity to improve the production values of the release over…

    Reaper – Stranger Than Fiction
  • Nottingham Thrashers Incinery join us in Episode 18 of our podcast (released 16th October). Reviewer Gareth takes a listen to the new album.. here’s what he thinks! Shhh. Before I start, this could be one of the shortest reviews ever.…

    Incinery – Hollow Earth Theory
  • Whilst 2020 is a flop in so many ways, you cannot complain about the amount of top drawer thrash that is assaulting our ears! Gareth takes a listen to the latest slab of metal to hit our inbox and reviews…

    Solitary – The Truth Behind the Lies