Almost nine years ago in June 2012, Washington DC DJentlemen Periphery returned with their sophomore album, the cunningly sub titled “This Time It’s Personal“, a reference to the fact that vocalist Spencer Sotelo sung the lyrics inked by now ex-Monuments frontman Chris Barreto during his stint in the band on their first record. Mastered by
Taking their name from the ancient Mesopotamian Empire, Akkadian are a quintet who like to muse on themes of the ancient civilizations of the Sumerians and Egyptians while touching on Inter-dimensional travel and beings, something which runs deep within the mystery of both cultures. They formed in 2018 in Cambridge, releasing singles “Black Sand” and
Another dedicated drum cam video from the “Burn My Eyes” 25th Anniversary Tour sees Chris Kontos at The Corona Theatre in Montreal Canada playing “I’m Your God Now“. The run from Machine Head may have been cut short but Robb Flynn seems reinvigorated with the new material, including “Civil Unrest“. Will Kontos grace the Machine
Between them both Oakland’s Machine Head and Spain’s Angelus Apatrida have a lot of Metal to be celebrated. Some might say that Machine Head have had something of an on-off career with highs (“Burn My Eyes“) and lows (“Supercharger“) but every step of the way they’ve brought something new to the table and at least
In case you hadn’t guessed it, not only is this a freshly released pro-shot video of Trivium taking on “Creeping Death” by Metallica in the live arena, but it also sees the band joined by a pair of impressive guests in Corey Taylor from Slipknot and Robb Flynn from Machine Head. Flynn is no stranger
The last few dates including one at London’s Brixton Academy which we had tickets for may not have taken place, but the 25th Anniversary tour run for “Burn My Eyes” from Machine Head which saw original members Logan Mader and Chris Kontos join Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern certainly managed a decent amount of shows,
Formed at the turn of the century in Albacete, Spain, Angelus Apatrida are a Thrash quartet who have enjoyed sustained international recognition since their 2006 debut “Evil Unleashed” and have never looked back, inking a deal with their current label home Century Media in 2009. So in an era of Thrash resurgence with bands like
In an interview Dope frontman Edsel Dope infamously once said that major labels pick up bands, throw them against the wall and see what sticks and that with the majors there is no second chance or opportunity to mature with the knowledge gained if you don’t make your targets. One band that suffered such fate
That’s right, it’s that time of year folks! Spotify Wrapped has given us the top 20 tunes we listened to in 2020, so rather than share the full list, we’re going to do what we did in 2019 and hit you with 5 of those records which we listened to the most in 2020. Just
Taken from their debut full length “Connection Lost“, Dundee Thrash Metal outfit Catalysis have shared a music video for “Devils In The Panic Room“. The album is an absolute Monster, released back in the summer with a pair of six string legends in Phil Demmel of Vio-Lence and formerly Machine Head as well as Joey
