Back in 2020, the Austrian heavy metal brigade Venator, impressed us with their 3-song EP Paradiser, which also secured them a label deal for a full-length album release. Echoes From The Gutter is coming out on February 25th and is everything we hoped for from this young band. The fundament of Venator’s style is built..

Challenger – Turned To Dust (Dying Victims Productions)
This EP features four great tracks of NWOBHM inspired hard rock very much of the type associated with Diamond Head, Praying Mantis and Tokyo Blade. Perfect hard and fast delivered vocals over piercing guitars and a wall of thunderous drums mean this could have been recorded anytime in the last 40 years or so and..