Tag: Trivium

Review: “Of Truth And Sacrifice” by Heaven Shall Burn

After taking a break, German Melodic Death Metallers Heaven Shall Burn decided to take a different creative route with their ninth studio album, the follow up to 2016’s critically acclaimed “Wanderer“. Bringing in composer Sven Helbig (Rammstein, Pet Shop Boys) and renowned conductor Wilhelm Keitel, they sought to add a string section to their sound

Review: “Guardian Of The Fire” by Raider

Formed in 2017, Waterloo Ontario Canadian Death Metal tinged Thrash act Raider found their sound and unleashed their debut EP “Urge To Kill” a year later with the help of Producer and Engineer Jonah Kay at HM Studios and Zach Gerber at Skytrack Studios who handled the Mastering. Lead Guitarist Kyle Edissi exited the group

Review: “Desecration” EP by Ifreann

Appearing 13 months after debut EP “Unearthly” sophomore EP “Desecration” from Edinburgh based Thrash Metal quintet Ifreann sees then looking to combine old school Thrash aesthetics with modern edge and techniques to formulate their potion for World domination. Formed in 2015 they took the name ‘Ifreann‘ translated from the Irish for ‘Hell‘ as their own and

Playthrough: “Catastrophist” by Trivium!

Having done the unthinkable and kept a drummer on board for two consecutive albums for the first time in six years, Trivium announced 24th April for their next offering to the Metal Gods in “What The Dead Men Say” via Roadrunner records. That news appeared with single “Catastrophist” just 5 days ago and already guitarist and vocalist

Review: “Dread Within” EP by Vault

Recorded at Ladyleusa Studios, in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil in 2019 and Produced by Rafael Guedes, “Dread Within” marks the first Metal endeavour for Brazilian quartet Vault. Having started out as a Grunge act in 2015 and releasing a demo, single and split with Sadartha, Bruno Romero (bass, vocals), Henrique Pereira (guitars)  Davi Romero (drums) and Breno

Review: “So Repeat This Line” by Raze

When a band come out with a statement like “we combined the elements of thrash metal, nu-metal, heavy metal, modern metal with contemporary classical and minimal music” eyebrows get raised. The first question is “what do they actually sound like then?” and then the second thought might be to give it a miss because on

Review: “Cycle Of Suffering” by Sylosis

There were some who doubted the return of Sylosis would ever happen with frontman and guitarist Josh Middleton now firmly in Architects following the tragic passing of Tom Searle. It’s been five years since their last album “Dormant Heart” and in truth the bands World turned upside down when they showed the now former Heart

NEWS: Christina Rotondo throws a coin to her Witcher!

While we wait for the Trivium full band version of “Toss A Coin To Your Witcher“, Christina Rotondo has put her hat in the ring with a a beautiful Alt Rock version of the song. It could have been an Adelyn (formerly known as DAY) track but maybe next time. If you’re a fan of

Review: “Self Titled” by Soul Dragger

Italians Soul Dragger have joined forces with Time To Kill Records for the release of their self-titled debut album which was produced by Marco Mastrobuono at Kick Recording Studios in Rome (Hour Of Penance, Fleshgod Apocalypse, 5Rand). It follows their 2018 debut EP “Before Chaos” with the hand being put together in 2017 in Rome