Inspired by the thrash masters Exodus and their debut record Bonded by Blood, Bonded By Blood is yet another newcomer to the thrash revival that we have been seeing in the last few years. Hailing from California along with fellow thrashmongers Warbringer and Fueled by Fire, Bonded By Blood is not only one of the [...]
Featuring horrific cover art and perhaps even more horrific, a malignant sound combining brutal thrash, grindcore and black metal that was rarely heard, Holocausto made it’s way through the tape trading circuit in 1987 with their debut Campo de Exterminio which still stands as one of Brazil’s most violent and controversial albums to date. This [...]
Album: Year of Desolation
Label: Prosthetic Records
Year: 2007
Yes, there are 1349, Gorgoroth, Carpathan Forest, Marduk, Behemoth and other such extreme bands that push the boundaries of black and death metal, but for me, there remains only one band that lights it up like no other, and that is Absu. Containing the drummer Proscriptor who was painfully left off my top 10 metal [...]
1. The Acacia Strain - Continent (2008)
You know how I spend a lot of time discussing my distaste for many a deathcore band? Well, consider this band one of those outlaws who contend for the title of most distasteful. Continent is full of uninspired, monotone growls on top of a bit more crunchy metalcore [...]
Holy blindsided fuck! What do you get when you combine the best of Absu, Skeletonwitch and Toxic Holocaust? You get sheer madness known as The Day of the Beast, that’s what you fucking get! Hailing from Virginia, The Day of the Beast is, simply put, some of the best blackened thrash I have EVER heard. [...]
Here are some albums from the last few months that we’ve missed…
1. All Shall Perish - Awaken The Dreamers
Oakland, CA Deathcore stars, All Shall Perish, have released their third album in 2008 and it follows right in the footsteps of their previous release, The Price Of Existance. Awaken The Dreamers takes the style of [...]
Classic Era
1. Metal Magic (1983)
Pantera’s first, and definitely chalk full of classic heavy metal. “Ride My Rocket” is clearly very KISS influenced, but still has a bunch of NWOBHM backbone. “I’ll Be Alright” is a perfect classic heavy metal track with NO glam influences.. Realistically, back then, this would have been viewed as a [...]
So I finally got around to viewing the much anticipated documentary about the origins and life of thrash metal. Since I am a huge fan of thrash, this documentary quickly became a must in my Netflix queue, so when I acquired it today in the mail, I must say I was quite excited to finally [...]
1. Norma Jean - The Anti Mother (2008)
I have heard many bad things about this album, in fact, after initially listening to a couple of songs, I wrote this album off as another melodic metalcore assraping. However, for this review, sitting down at my computer and thoroughly listening to the Anti Mother, I have [...]
