Tag: Anthrax

Review: “Hunter Gatherer” by Avatar

In 2019 Avatar reunited with producer Jay Ruston (Stone Sour, Slipknot, Anthrax) at Sphere Studios in Los Angeles, California, where the foundation for each song on Hunter Gatherer was laid with the band performing altogether, as they’d done only once before on 2014’s “Hail the Apocalypse“. Aimed at capturing the bands live energy by allowing

Review: “Into Chaos” by From The Ruins

Formed in Reno Nevada in 2016, From The Ruins are a Thrash Metal quintet of some repute. Having torn up the West Coast with a sound which is built around the machine gun riffing of Chuck Reyome and Scott Schlingheyde, they cite influences in Death Angel, Kreator and Slayer as well as some of the melody and progressive tendencies of early 

Review: “Ascend To The Throne” by Saints Of Death

Originally starting out as a Motorhead tribute band, Vancouver Canada quartet Saints of Death are an outfit with a unique selling point – they have two bassists in their ranks. Inspired by the Mexican folklore of Santa Muerte (Spanish for Holy Death), the band are fronted by vocalist and eight-string bassist Twan Holliday, a beast

Throwback: “Fueled” by Anthrax!

Being the only one of the “Big Four” of Thrash from the East Coast, Anthrax always seemed at odds with the composition of the quartet, especially given the strength of Exodus and Testament as pretenders to the thrown, not to mention Overkill. Back in 1995, after the success of the bands first album with Armored Saint

Interview: “Quadra” Q&A part #9 from Sepultura!

Introduced by vocalist Derrick Green, part #9 of the “Quadra” Q&A series from Brazilian Thrash Metallers Sepultura is once again in Portuguese with that being the native language of their guest, Silvio “BBK” Homes, the studio engineer from the recording of the bands 1993 album “Chaos A.D.“. Intriguingly, the band are joined by Anthrax guitarist

Bootleg: Kreator in Chile!

Sponsored by Liquid Death Mountain Water, the organizers of Knotfest have followed up Anthrax visit to Chile with one from German Thrash Metallers Kreator. Pro-shot at the Movistar Arena in Santiago Chile in 2018 and including “Hail to the Hordes“, “Civilization Collapse” and “Gods of Violence” it’s a powerhouse affair from a band 38 years

Documentary: Opposition Party discuss the Big Four!

Starting a podcast series seems like the thing to do these days and so Singapore Thrash Punks Opposition Party have done exactly that. The series is entitled “Everyday Born A Dog” with the first episode seeing the trio take apart the so called “Big Four” of Thrash Metal in a split screen chat. Their latest

Bootleg: Anthrax at Brutal Assault!

Last summer’s incarnation of Brutal Assault festival marked its 24th Anniversary so pulling out all the stops and got Big Four Thrash Kings Anthrax on the stage. Culled from their set, here are “Now It’s Dark” and “A.I.R.”, pro-shot all the way. If you don’t count the 30th Anniversary edition of “State Of Euphoria” and

NEWS: Let Us Prey wear the “Halo Crown”!

…talking about Anthrax, guitarist Jonathan Donias, who also features in Shadows Fall dropped a guest solo on “Halo Crown” from Boston Massachusetts Dark Thrash band Let Us Prey. That song appears on the bands upcoming “Virtues Of The Vicious“, due out 24th July via M-Theory Audio. You may recognise the vocalist, he’s Marc Lopes who