Inspired by bands like Pantera, Biohazard and Machine Head and cutting Groove Metal with Sludge Metal and Hardcore punk, Stonedrift hail from Reggio Emilia, Italy. Forming in 2007 they have been through several line up changes and now comprise Emiliano Dalcomune (Vocals), Enrico Ascari (Lead Guitar), Luca Cigarini (Rhythm Guitar), Valerio Larcier (Bass, formerly Coffee
Recorded over the course of a couple of weeks in home studios in Indianapolis and Franklin, Indiana, “Orbital Decay” marks the debut EP from Alternative Metallers Solarhead, who launched themselves on an unsuspecting World in July 2020. The band consist of the duo of Jason Emry (vocals) and Bob Hamilton (guitars) who are have been
Arguably the Cowboy’s from Hell’s darkest release lyrically was 1994’s “Far Beyond Driven” with vocalist Philip H Anselmo suffering from a pair of ruptured discs in has back and degenerative disc disease and numbing the pain with alcohol, heroin and prescription medication and perhaps the cover art which depicts the act of trephination is a
When will anything from Tura Satana appear on Spotify? We can’t answer that one. The Los Angeles based band who released a pair of records in 1996’s “All Is Not Well” and 1997’s “Relief Through Release” are ironically just as well known posthumously as they were when they were active due to vocalist Tairrie B
It has been a long and winding road for Finnish Death Thrash group Curimus. Formed in 2004 and calling the small town of Loimaa their home, they churned out four demos before making waves with the debut album which finally arrived in 2012 entitled “Realization” which was swiftly followed by 2014’s “Artificial Revolution” before things
A band of legend centered around the work of Kirk Windstein as the only member who has been in the revolving door of the band over the last 32 odd years, Crowbar are the undisputed Kings of Louisiana Sludge Metal that takes the slow, brooding style of Doom Metal and Injects it with a lethal
When we reviewed “From Filth To Filth” from Filthy Crook, one thing came to mind. Headbanging. Their EP is so groove laden that it will have even the hardest of Metal Heads cracking a smile as they listen to it. So we asked them about the influences behind it and this is what they said… “After
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
This year marks 25 years of “NOLA” from supergroup Down and a couple of weeks back, the band got together and played a live streamed set to an online audience. Essentially the bands debut album was written over a five year period by Pantera vocalist Philip H Anselmo and Pepper Keenan from Corrosion of Conformity before
“Bones in traction, Hands break to hone raw energy, Bold and disastrous, My ears can’t hear what you say to me, Hold your mouth for the war, Use it for what it’s for, Speak the truth about me, Determined” There can be little doubt that Pantera have been a band to have influenced Metal in
