Tag: Hellripper

NEWS: Hellripper rattle the cages!

“Sounding the death knell, This is your funeral, Let the pipes ring out, Let them squeal, ‘Fore the coronach… Rattle the death bell, We bid you farewell, Let the quines cry out, Let them wail, For the coronach”

NEWS: Testament make it a European Summer!

Those titans of creation Testament have confirmed their summer will be spent in Europe this year with their new album “Para Bellum” earning them a Festival run with a few off date club shows. Joining them on selected dates will be Hellripper, Death Angel, Metal Church and Armored Saint so check your local listings to see who will

NEWS: Hellripper premier “Hunderprest”!

Filmed at Damnation Festival 2025, a music video for “Hunderprest“, the opening cut of the fourth studio album “Coronach” by Scottish Blackened Speed Metal masters Hellripper has surfaced. The album drops on 27th March via Century Media with mastermind James McBain credited with performing all instruments and vocals in the studio. Live he handles guitars and

Bootleg: Hellripper at Dynamo Metal Fest 2025!

Including such classics as “The Hanging Tree“, “All Hail The Goat” and “Headless Angels” a pro-shot full set from Blackened Speed Metal masters Hellripper at Dynamo Metal Fest 2025 has surfaced online. They’ve been announced as playing Motorcultor Festival in August with a European tour preceding that in April. That will take them from Aalst

Live Review: A Bloodstock 2024 Experience (Thursday)

In the absence of Tech-Fest this summer we decided to head to Bloodstock Open Air Festival for our summer Metal fix and having never partaken previously we have to say it didn’t disappoint. Scan your QR code for car park entry to Catton Park after some interesting narrow lanes, hanging up the pass on the

NEWS: VHS read like an open book…

When you’ve got four guest vocal appearances on your album do you risk it for a biscuit and include a cover song? Well if you’re Canadian Death Punks VHS you do. They put their version of “The Never Ending Story” on the cassette edition of their recently deceased album “Quest For The Mighty Riff” and

Review: “Monokrator” by The Bleeding

Following the exploits of 2021 EP “Rise To Nothing” which served to introduce new bassist Jordan Muscatello as well as serve up a guest appearance from James McBain of Hellripper on the title track you might think that London Death Thrash masters The Bleeding would rest on their laurels for a moment. They had other ideas and

NEWS: The Bleeding envision a chainsaw apocalypse!

Having given us a collaboration with James McBain of Hellripper on the title track from their 2021 EP “Rise Into Nothing“, the return of London born Death Thrash champions The Bleeding is an intriguing one. They have announced their third album “Monokrator” will drop on 9th June with dropped a second single in “Chainsaw Deathcult”

Review: “Quest For The Mighty Riff” by VHS

Plundering the World of 80s sword and sorcery flicks like Conan the Barbarian, Masters of the Universe and The Highlander for inspiration, Canadian trio VHS continue their Death Metal conceptual odes to blood-soaked niche genres with “Quest For The Mighty Riff“. Mastered by Topon Das (They Grieve, Holy Grinder, Expunged) at Apartment 2 Recording, the follow

NEWS: VHS unveil “Adventurers, Heroes, Brothers”!

When you’ve got no less than a sweet sixteen to pick from, why not unleash another pre-release single from your upcoming new album “Quest for the Mighty Riff”? Canadian barbarians VHS have done exactly that and are premiering a classic 8-bit video game style music video for their new single “Adventurers, Heroes, Brothers” that has