Almost a decade after Pierre Mousquet from IMOV studios created an animated video for “You’re Cut Off“, Richmond Virginia Party Thrash overlords Municipal Waste have returned to the legend to create a video for “Grave Dive” from their new album “Electrified Brain“. An absolute classic, the video has more cameos than you can shake a
Ahead of the release of their upcoming new album “Electrified Brain” and extensive tour plans with Anthrax, it’s time to take two minutes to look back with rose tinted spectacles at an album that has reached its fifteenth anniversary. Recorded at Planet Z Studios with Chris Zeuss Harris (Soulfly, Chimaira, Hatebreed), 2007 saw Richmond Virginia
Nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums, one other platinum studio album, one platinum live double album, a million-selling single and sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. That’s the stellar career of American Rock band Kansas summed up in a sentence. They’ve been strutting their stuff since 1970 and show little sign
There are supergroups and then there is Living Wreckage, a band comprised of vocalist Jeff Gard (Death Ray Vision), guitarists Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall) and Matt LeBreton (Downpour), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance) and drummer Jon Morency (Let Us Prey). After a debut 3 track EP saw physical editions vanish like
“Guilty as charged, But damn it, it ain’t right, There is someone else controlling me, Death in the air, Strapped in the electric chair, This can’t be happening to me, Who made you God to say, I’ll take your life from you, Flash before my eyes, Now it’s time to die, Burning in my brain,
In many ways the whole concept of the Big Four of Thrash seems fundamentally flawed if for no other reason than the huge variety of sound that comprise the output of Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. It just seems too broad a brush. However the concept served its purpose and a lucky few got to
The final Vs Tuesday of 2021 sees us head all the way back to 1993 and “Sound of White Noise” by Anthrax, a record which saw them get serious while incorporating more Grunge influence into their sound with the help of producer Dave Jerden (Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Armored Saint). The first album of
The longest running feature at Metal Noise is our weekly cover head to head, the gift that keeps giving and there are just so many up and coming bands putting their own spin on classic and not so classic cuts by established acts we all know and love and it’s a thing of beauty. If
Sat beside a firepit sharing a bottle of Wild Turkey, the question that we ask is would today’s thriving Avant-garde Metal scene at the moment with Azusa, Rivers Of Nihil and Imperial Triumphant all cutting their way through the undergrowth exist if it wasn’t for bands like Celtic Frost? The Zurich Switzerland formed act began
There are all star supergroups and there is Living Wreckage, a new Modern Metal powerhouse comprised of vocalist Jeff Gard (Death Ray Vision), guitarists Jon Donais (Anthrax, Shadows Fall) and Matt LeBreton (Downpour), bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall, Act of Defiance) and drummer Jon Morency (Let Us Prey). They have and as-yet-untitled debut album produced