Ahdy Khairat has continued his fine work with a remix and remaster job on “The Thing That Should Not Be” by Metallica. The song is taken from the Metal Masters stone wall classic “Master of Puppets” and sees Khairat bring the song into the present day using modern techniques. It’s rare that we would carry
It might not seem possible but Athens, Ohio extreme metallers Skeletonwitch have been on the scene for 15 years, though only guitar duo Nate Garnette & Scott Hedrick remain from the original incarnation of the band. The latest set of changes has seen the vocal position filled by Adam Clemans, who while perhaps is best known
How often has it been said that Avenged Sevenfold have ripped off Metallica, Pantera or Guns n’ Roses at various points over the last 19 years? The Orange County band may have started out Metalcore but have evolved over that time and with latest offering “The Stage” have shown a far more progressive side, thanks
Keeping with this week’s general Thrash Metal vibe, it’s time to bring some Metallica to the table. If anyone asked us “What’s Metal?” the answer is simple. A copy of Metallica’s 1986 album “Master of Puppets” would be passed over fairly quickly. It’s a stone wall classic album, highly influential and full of great Thrash
There are more than a few albums out there in the big wide world with God awful production value, poor quality mastering or just plain muddy mixing quality. “The Crusade” by Trivium being a fine example. Fortunately with the appliance of science and technology in the internet age means we can go back and fix
Returning to the classics for this week’s head to head, we have “Die Die My Darling” by Misfits. The sixth single from Glenn Danzig’s horror punk legends, the song was actually released after the band had split up. Recorded during the sessions for “Walk Among Us” in 1981 but not included on the album, it instead
So in this new feature for a Thursday, we’re going to put together a head to head whereby one bands song is clearly *ahem* influenced by another to the point of plagiarism. That’s right folks. “This is the Riff Police. Pull over to the side of the road and remain in your vehicle”. Some old,
Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios in Norway has this week covered “Enter Sandman” by Metallica. That’s right folks. The Man, The Myth, The Legend that 95% of the time drops Metal covers of Pop songs… Has covered some Metal!
So it’s not actually called the “Golden Gods” awards outside of the UK but… it sounds better. The Metal Hammer Award Winners were announced as follows, with videos below; Metal Anthem Award: Ghost – “Square Hammer” Up & Coming Award: Night Demon Best Debut Album Award: Dool – “Here Now, There Then” Best German Band Award: Sodom Best Album Award: Heaven
