It might not be an anniversary but with American Technical Death Metal act Nile preparing a new album and an extensive European tour trek for this summer it seems appropriate to delve into the archives for a classic from them. For the purpose we choose “Sacrifice Unto Sebek” from “Annihilation Of The Wicked“. A 2005
2003 might have been seen the rise of the Gothenburg sound inspired American Metalcore scene but it was also the year of “Viva Emptiness“, the sixth studio album by Swedish Heavy Metal masters Katatonia. Gothically tinged with keyboards to embellish the crushing guitars, as the title suggests, it runs on themes of loneliness, relationships, lying
Back in 1999 the magazine cover compilation compact disc was still King and Metal Hammer had a series called “Hammered” making a monthly appearance, featuring new material from the headline acts of the day. In March Volume 4 landed on our door mats with some gems from Cradle Of Filth, Fear Factory and Pist.On threatening
They may have only just released a new album in “Time” via Napalm Records but Moldova’s finest Alternative Metal export Infected Rain are also celebrating a decade of their sophomore album “Embrace Eternity“. Including classics like “Sweet, Sweet Lies” it opened the doors for a festival run that included FajtFest, Maraton Festival, Route68 Summerfest and
They may have only just released their eighth album “The Tide of Death and Fractured Dreams” via Metal Blade Records but when you’ve been of growing concern since 2006 you’re going to have anniversaries to celebrate on random dates. For Mancunian Death Metal purveyors Ingested, it just so happens that the sixth anniversary of 2018’s
It’s that time of the week again. Another stroll down memory lane and as it happens, the celebration of another album from the Golden Age of Roadrunner Records. Trademark patent pending. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again because it’s true, back in the 90’s if you were in a record store and
11th March 1997 saw the arrival of “Violent Demise: The Last Days“, the third studio album from Body Count, a controversial Rap Metal outfit fronted Ice-T. Produced by Howard Benson (Motorhead, Sepultura, In Flames), it found the band changing their guitar sound and embracing something more in keeping with the likes of Deftones, while continuing
35 years on, like Stonehenge, the Roman Colosseum or Pyramids of ancient Egypt, “Beneath The Remains” is a Death Thrash masterclass from Sepultura that has stood the test of time. Recorded in just 13 days at Nas Nuvens Studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in December 1988 with producer Scott Burns (Death, Obituary, Deicide) at the
They say that Easter is not about the Bunny but about the Lamb Of God and we say amen to that. However there is another celebration on the cards as two decades of Denver Colorado Thrash masterminded by David Sanchez has been chalked up by Havok and combined with the 13th anniversary of “Time Is
