The musically punishing horde named Doomsday Outlaw, which hails from the UK, blew yours truly the fuck away by means of this 15-track effort appropriately entitled "Suffer More". These talented dudes offer raw and pounding hard rock with a thick Southern vibe to it, and it sounds absolutely massive. There are parts and aspects of…
Interview with Doggie White of COME TASTE THE BAND
SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX OG OBITUARY LIVE 06.12.2018 I OSLO SPEKTRUM (det var ikke tillatt å ta bilder av andre band enn Slayer under denne konserten) SLAYER live at Oslo SpektrumPhoto by Anine Desire Litt uventa fikk jeg plutselig muligheten til å se Slayer en tredje og siste gang,de skulle plutselig gi…
GEHENNA live at Folken, StavangerPhoto by Irmina Lunnøy Army Of The North Star Tour 2018: Enslaved, Gaahls Wyrd, Vreid, supp. Gehenna, Folken Stavanger Gjennom sine sju år som festival har Beyond The Gates klart å oppnå betydelig annerkjennelse i metaluniverset, ikke bare i Norge, men over hele verden. For to år siden…
The living legend that is Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter chronicled and documented their tour of the US back in 1972 and as it turned out, his diary notes eventually turned into a literary classic that remains unsurpassed to this very day. I cannot thank the ever-awesome Omnibus Press in the UK enough for reissuing…
New bands announced for Brutal Assault festival 2019
Husmanskost release new EP
The hugely talented Norwegian outfit that is Come Taste the Band are perhaps primarily known as a Deep Purple tribute act (and a VERY good one at that!), but this marvelous collection of songs entitled "REIGNITION" consists of original material. As if that is not exciting in and of itself, seven of the compositions feature…
A chat with the Norwegian death metal act OBLITERATION
The legendary Alcatrazz featuring the marvelous Graham Bonnet (vocals) performed in Japan back in 1984 and luckily for all of us, one of their most tremendous and powerful gigs was captured on tape at the Nakano Sunplaza in Tokyo. We are of course talking about the renowned late-January 1984 shows at the aforementioned venue and…
The Danish/Swedish combo that is Nordic Union recently released this expertly crafted opus of theirs entitled "Second Coming" and this is unarguably one of the year’s coolest and most memorable records regardless of style. It even surpasses the duo’s debut offering. Melodic hard rock with plenty of power and finesse to it is essentially what…
MEGADETH Announce Iconic Albums ‘The World Needs A Hero’ & ‘The System Has Failed’ Reissue With BMG
COME TASTE THE BAND to release new album in January
Cape Town based folk punk collective The Shabs reveal details for new album “Can You Hear us at the Back”
MONSTER TRUCK Announce April-May 2019 Headline European Tour
Interview with Damon Johnson – ThinLizzy, Black Star Riders
Following the rather succesful and critically praised debut album entitled "Dracula: Swing of Death" (2015), the skilled guitarist that is Trond Holter (ex-Jorn) decided to write and record a follow-up and so here we are in 2018 and the brand new offering is called "Vlad the Impaler". As with the former album, we are talking…
WACKEN METAL BATTLE 2019 SØKNADSINFO
According to their bandcamp page, the progressive avantgarde/art rock project Ghostbound was formed by musician/actor Alec A. Head, the guitarist of blackened doom metal outfit Kosmodemonic, while he was still a teenager, but Ghostbound begun to function as a band, also comprised of Noah Shaul (bass), Talha Alvie (guitars, keyboards) and David E. Richman (drums)…
New single from Norwegian act SPIDERGAWD out today
