I really hope there’s no reader here who would need a clarification who these guys are and why they have nothing to do with German legends Destruction. If I am wrong, then, shame on you! Cleveland’s Destructor (named after an Exciter song) will celebrate their fortieth anniversary next year and most of you probably know..
Sadus – The Shadow Inside (Nuclear Blast)
Well, hell has frozen over and Sadus are back in action with a new album! I have honestly lost hope these death-thrash vets will release something new, but, The Shadow Inside, their first new material in 17 years, will be hitting shelves next Friday. Formed back in 1985 in Antioch, California, Sadus is a household..
Suffocation – Hymns From The Apocrypha (Nuclear Blast)
Long Island veterans Suffocation have been torturing our eardrums since 1988, and together with Immolation (from the same state and formed in the same year) are among the death metal bands that have persevered on their style and sound through all these years. Their ninth album, Hymns From The Apocrypha, however, marks a big change..
Kerrigan – Bloodmoon (High Roller Records)
Kerrigan (meaning “black” in Irish) is a new, trad-metal band, formed in Freiburg in 2019 by Bruno S. (guitars, bass) and Jonas W. (vocals, guitars), both of whom are also in the funeral doom band Lone Wanderer. After a demo, they inked a deal with High Roller records for the release of their first full-length..
U.D.O. – Touchdown (Atomic Fire Records)
Udo Dirkschneider – what an absolute legend! The name itself is a trademark and you just can’t mistake THAT voice for anybody else’s: my wife just cringed in agony when I played the album again while writing this review. The eighteenth album of the U.D.O. band is coming out less than two years after the..
Skinher – Heartstruck (Aural Music)
Greece has been a home for so many talented bands in all metal genres, that it becomes hard to follow the up and coming new albums. What caught my attention in this case was the totally old school cover artwork of Heartstruck, which happens to be the debut album of Skinher, a melodic heavy metal..
CENTURY – THE CONQUEST OF TIME (ELECTRIC ASSAULT RECORDS/ NO REMORSE RECORDS)
Back in December of 2020, the Swedish duo of Staffan Tengnér and Leo Ekström appeared out of nowhere with the cult cassette Demo MMXX, which boasted four songs of pure, classic, meat-and-potatoes heavy metal, of the right kind. Reissued and sold-out several times since, it proved the power of songcraft in metal, when a riff..
Extermination Order – The Siege Of Ascalon (War Anthem Records)
We all love Bolt Thrower. This is an axiom! Even Lee Vickers does, even if he doesn’t know it yet. In the case of multinational death metallers Extermination Order, this fact becomes obvious from the very first glance at the band logo. Yep. That’s right. The press release is lacking in information about who the..
Witchtower – Voyeur (Unsilent Tombs Records)
My favorite Spanish band is here once again with a new album, Voyeur, released on March 28th, through Unsilent Tombs Records. Three years after the excellent Witches’ Domain, keeping a steady line-up, the Andalusians offer another slab of pure old school heavy metal, with a strong NWOBHM flavor. Eight new tracks in just over 40..
New World Depression – Interment Of Sins (Fucking Kill Records)
New World Depression is a death metal band from North Rhine-Westphalia, which has released 5 full lengths and two EPs since their formation back in 2005. Interment Of Sins, their sixth album, carries on with the direction of war-themed death metal, with lots of melodic hooks and catchy riffs in the best tradition of Bolt..