Tag: Century Media

The Artwork That Should Not Be #8: Self-titled from Wolf!

Fusing Power and Speed Metal subgenres and hailing from Orebro, Sweden are Wolf. Touring the globe since 1995 with everyone from Saxon to Trivium, their self-titled album dropped in April 1999 via Prosthestic Records after a trio of demos and a pair of singles. It was an all Swedish affair, recorded and mixed at The Abyss

Playthrough: “Celeste” from Monuments!

Monuments guitarist Olly Steele demonstrates his skills as he continues to be part of the Gear Gods weekly riff series, breaking down “Celeste” in the latest episode. The bands new album “Phronesis” is out now via Century Media. Check out our review! They will be returning to our shores on 2nd November for a run

Bootleg: Butcher Babies in Moscow!

Filmed at the ZIL Arena in Moscow Russia on 24th October, here’s a full set from Butcher Babies! Including their ZZ Top and Napoleon XIV covers in a near 90 minute set alongside cuts from all three of their albums, it’s an excellent watch! The band are currently touring “Lilith” which was released last year

Documentary: “Ivory” with Monuments on The Weekly Riff!

Gear Gods have gone in deep with Olly Steele from Monuments to look at “Ivory” from their recently released and reviewed album “Phronesis” which is out now via Century Media. The band are currently on a huge European tour that will return to the UK for a run of dates starting in Worthing on 2nd

Bootleg: “A.W.O.L.” from Monuments at Euroblast!

Another band who will shortly be upon our shores are our very own Monuments. New album “Phronesis” is out now via Century Media, check out our review! To get you warmed up for the shows, here’s high quality fan filmed footage of the band performing “A.W.O.L.” at Euroblast Festival. Their November UK dates will see

Documentary: Riffs from Scales with Monuments!

Gear Gods previously released a video from Monuments guitarist Olly Steele on making riffs from chords. Well having kicked off their massive European Tour with Vola and Kadinja they’ve released a follow up. This time out Steele demonstrates how to make riffs from scales. Impressive stuff. The DJentlemen’s new album “Phronesis” is out now via

Review: “Phronesis” by Monuments

Having taken a break, London based DJent Metal heroes Monuments announced their return with “Phronesis”, released via Century Media on Friday 5th October. The band had given hints that they were recording via Social Media and even announced the completion of the record in July. Fast forwarding a few months and the band are now

NEWS: Kadinja build their “Empire”!

Having announced their joining Monuments on the European “Phronesis” Tour, Parisian natives Kadinja have finally released the first music video for their new album. A 1st December released date has been pencilled in with the title announced as “Super 90”. The new album has been a long time in the works and in “Empire” the