Formed in 1985 as Forbidden Evil and laterly renamed Forbidden, a San Francisco Bay area Thrash Metal act was founded by Jim Pittman and guitarist Robb Flynn, who went on to join Vio-Lence and then Machine Head. They had numerous line up changes over the years they were active and have had both Slayer drummer Paul
Isn’t it great when a long established favourite band brings out a new album that defies the odds and is a step up? May 2019 saw Death Angel land “Humanicide” via Nuclear Blast and it probably earned them their place on The Bay Area Strikes Back Tour. From the Helsinki Finland stop on 10th February,
Filmed on 10th February 2020 at the Helsinki Finland stop of the Bay Area Strikes Back Tour, here’s “Fabulous Disaster” from Exodus. We know that after this European Tour trek, Testament will be dropping a new album, but with Gary Holt now firmly back in the fold after his run with Slayer, we’re hopeful that
Following our two part gambling man’s punt on potential headliners and underground acts at this year’s incarnation of Tech-Fest, it’s time to turn our attention to Bloodstock. The annual Catton Park, Walton on Trent Derbyshire Metal Festival will be taking place over the weekend of the 6th August and be celebrating its 20th Anniversary this
After yesterday’s shinny new single from Testament, Mark Osegueda from Death Angel and Zetro from Exodus sat down to talk about their upcoming “Bay Area Strikes Back” European Tour trek together. US fans are already demanding the trio from the Big Four subs bench bring this line-up stateside and with some new material from all three
Reportedly with a new album done and dusted and ready for a 3rd of April release, Big Ten Thrash Gods Testament will be joined by Exodus and Death Angel in the preceding “The Bay Area Strikes Back” Tour. That might mean that fans will get treated to a new song in the set list, though
The Bay Area Strikes Back Tour will be arriving in Europe on 6th February and see a trio of what we’d affectionately call the “Big Ten” of Thrash with Exodus joining Testament and Death Angel. It’s going to be huge. So here are a quartet of cuts from Exodus at the 70000 Tonnes of Metal
“American Thrash” from Crisix has been a regular on our Spotify playlist with the band taking on classics from the likes of Anthrax, Testament and Exodus to name but a few on what is essentially a very well put together history of the Metal genre recorded, mixed and mastered at Amplifier Studios and out now
Kansas City, Missouri natives Hellevate add the Tabasco to your Thrash equivalent of a Bloody Mary with Erik “Jager” Schmutzler (Vocals), Dan “Danowar” Whitmer (Guitar), Zack “the Ripper” Burke (Bass), RJ “Machine Gun” Whitmer (Drums) and Josh “the Boss” Cole (Guitar) joined by backing vocalists Christopher Smith, Kristen Alley and Elizabeth Saint for “Krampusnacht“. The
The seasons festivities are well under way with plenty of our favourite alcoholic beverages on the go. So here are five of our go to albums to soothe a savage hangover. After all, everyone loves beer O’clock but after you’ve been on the whiskey as well, the following day might be a bit harder to
