Category: Review

  • It’s always a risk throwing our managed bands into our reviewers angry claws, but the self titled debut from War Grave landed in the cage of the Dark Cookie… and we think he quite liked it!! In case you’ve not…

    Review – War Grave – War Grave (EP)
  • Beer based Party Thrash from West Yorkshire…. well this is going to be entertaining at the least!! Beer Cannon herald from the mean streets of Yorkshire, and this is their debut EP, as they have only been around since early…

    Review – Beer Cannon – The Last Of Hops (EP)
  • The Dark Cookie continue to explore the new releases from War Grave, this time with their second release from their upcoming EP, here’s what he thinks… Them Metal Thrashing maniacs from London are at it again. WAR GRAVE‘s Second from their soon…

    Review – War Grave – War Graves (single)
  • In Gareth’s second visit to Germany this week, he checks out the latest outfit for the riffmasters in Battlecreek!! German thrashers Battlecreek return with their 3rd album ‘Maze of the Mind’, combining both Teutonic and Bay area influences, together with a hardcore punk…

    Review – Battlecreek – Maze of the Mind
  • Gareth checks out the latest release from German Thrashers Vulture…. let’s hope these guys haven’t headed down the ‘modern metal’ direction like some of their other countrymen!! Sometimes just the sheer, unbridled enthusiasm of a band brings a smile to…

    Review – Vulture – Sentinels
  • We have been living and breathing this EP for the last few months, as War Grave are both booking and PR clients for ‘business’ side of UK Thrashers… but you know, we always throw our managed bands output into our…

    Review – War Grave – Witch (Single)
  • They may be one of our managed bands, but that doesn’t cut them any slack as we throw them into the reviewers pits for them to get their teeth into…. Frank Holby devours the new EP from Fracture Point… here’s…

    Review – Fracture Point – Act OF Malice (EP)
  • We love a legacy return, and Atrophy are firm favourites from back in the day… we crossed our fingers and hoped this was a comeback to be enjoyed… let’s see if Gareth gives us good news or bad… I have…

    Review – Atrophy – Asylum
  • Hutch straps on his bullet belt, pentagram necklace and executioners hood and blasts some blasphemic anthems from Midnight as he reviews their new album… Hellish Expectations!! Ahhh, blackened thrash metal! If you don’t love this hybrid genre, then get your…

    Review – Midnight – Hellish Expectations
  • Hutch heads back to Germany to see what lock down did to promising new wave thrashers Dust Bolt…. but maybe they need locking down for another 2 years!! Mention the name Dust Bolt to thrash connoisseurs and one would usually…

    Review – Dust Bolt – Sound & Fury