Tag: Metallica

Review: “Iced Earth” by Iced Earth (30th Anniversary Edition)

Back in August 1990, Iced Earth entered Morrisound Studios to record their debut self titled album with producer Tom Morris in Tampa Florida. The studio had been around since 1980 and during the years that surround this very album, it was where bands like Cannibal Corpse, Death, Decide, Exhorder, Morbid Angel to name but a

Playthrough: “Battery” from Sepultura!

Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande pays homage to Bay Area Thrash Kings Metallica with this dedicated drum cam playthrough video for one of their fans favourites from, for us, an album which remains their finest work in “Master of Puppets“. No audio samples, no editing, no triggers, this is an as live performance with a slightly

NEWS: Kill The Lights cover Metallica classic!

Perhaps they’ll come back with a cover of “Hit The Lights” by Metallica at a later date to go with their band name but supergroup Kill The Lights (ex-Bullet For My Valentine, Throw The Fight, Threat Signal and Still Remains) have dropped another cover to add to their growing line in “Battery“. August 2020 saw

Review: “In The Absence of Fear” by Threering

Close to 10 months after their last album the partnership that is drum.er Phillip Howell alongside guitarist and vocalist Adam Doxtater which forms Las Vegas Nevada duo Threering have returned, not only with a new record but also finding time to take a detour with a stand alone single entitled “Pneumothorax“, which appeared in August.

Review: “New Dark World” by Force Of Mortality

Forged in the furnace that is Oxford in 2016 before releasing their debut EP “Reincarnate The Immortal” independently as a quartet in the spring of 2017, Force of Mortality laid the foundations of what would become their debut album across 5 hard and heavy tracks that had already been part of their live show for

Review: “Initiation” by Thanatopsis

Having released some demos independently between 1993 and 1997, Californian Thrash infused Death Metal quartet Thanatopsis have finally completed their magnum opus of a debut album in “Initiation”. their debut for Extreme Metal Music. Recorded at Trident Studios with renowned producer Juan Urteaga (Exodus, Testament, Machine Head) who also mixed and mastered the album, 3/4 of the

Review: “Reborn” by Netherblade

Rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of Milan Metallers Blindeath during 2016, Netherblade are an Italian Thrash quintet who mean business, launching themselves with their debut single “Thieves Den” via ETN Records at the end of that year. Their debut EP “Annihilation of Self” appeared in 2018, the band channeling their instincts and sharping

Review: “Last Rites” by Futurephobia

A Thrash Metal project with Death Metal inspirations, Futurephobia began life as Timeless in the summer of 2014 in Bosnia & Herzegovina and six years on they have finally been able to unleash their debut EP “Last Rites“. As a band they began to record with producer Dragan “Draba” Gnjatović back in 2017 and premiered their

Riff Police! Pull Over! #124: Metallica Vs Overkill!

1983 saw Metallica arrive on the Bay area Thrash scene with “Kill ‘Em All“, an album critically praised at the time of its release which has since been declared groundbreaking to the World of Thrash Metal because of its New Wave of British Heavy Metal riffs delivered at Hardcore Punk tempo with precise musicianship. As

Bootleg: Down at Hellfest!

Back on 23rd July 2013 when Clutch had a family emergency and had to abandon their set at Hellfest Open Air in France, Down stepped in at the last minute. Their set only actually saw them play a pair of their own songs, instead choosing to play an eclectic mix of EyeHateGod, Crowbar, Corrosion of