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“Fuck the world!” Robb Flynn belts out to us. The Bay Area Neo Thrashers' latest work begins with these pithy words and Flynn seems to be serious about it, because "Catharsis" is an album that you wouldn't have expected from the band. A 15 song volcanic eruption full of pain and anger, hope

“Sunterra” dare to do something new with their rebirth and when guitars start heavy riffs, the synths squeak and growls are accompanied by bouncy beats. The Austrian gothic metal band makes music under the sign of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis and combines metal with scratching and mixes a good pinch of industrial and dubstep (!) into the compositions.

The Finnish thrash metal band “Rajalla” from Helsinki was founded in 2011. According to the label, this debut album “Diktatori” offers intense, straightforward and aggressive Thrash Metal. What may sound like any other thrash metal act sounds carefree and passionately fresh in the Finnish form of these bullies. This may also be due to the

Finally they are flying again! On September 23rd, the new album by the fun punk band “Abrutschende Brieftauben” was released, “Doofgesaid live longer”. Fun punk? The term was more than just frowned upon by the strict and orthodox punks back then. Even Michael “Olga” Algar, singer of the Toy Dolls, who are internationally regarded as the inventors of the genre, still rejects the term today

With his new album “The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser” Rob Zombie builds on old strengths. Rob Zombie was once very popular, at least for me, because “Hellbilly Deluxe” was simply great back in 1998. After that, unfortunately no album by the wild industrial creator really captivated me anymore

The doom metallers “Phased” have been rocking stages around the world for almost a decade. The trio from beautiful Basel in Switzerland, originally founded as a stoner rock band, is releasing their fourth album “Aeon” after a creative break. So the three musicians turned the sound screw and played the well-known doom

The Finnish punk rockers “The Backstabbers” recently released their EP “High Speed Rock'n'Roll” and it's going crazy like Schmitz Katze. If you like bands like Ramones, Peter Pan Speedrock, The Hellacopters, Chrome Division, The Cumshots, AC/DC and Motörhead, you should definitely check out this EP. The guys from “The Backstabbers” leave it alone on this EP

According to the Bible, the “Seraphim” are a higher race of angels. Seraphim, the word meaning "burning ones" in Hebrew, are fiery, six-winged angels who hover around God's throne and continually proclaim "Holy, holy, holy." At the same time, “Seraphim” is also the title of the debut of the German black/death metal duo “Nýr Gata,” which was released at the end of August

MHX's Chronicles are a quartet from São Paulo that released their debut album "Infinite Ocean" this year. The band's sound can be described as epic melodic death metal. Lyrically and musically it's a lot about travel and longing. The album has a particularly intense atmosphere with samples of short sea sounds

The debut album “Love in Black” by “Child Of Caesar” with its low-pitched guitars and dark melodies turns back the time to when gothic rock was at its peak. You might not really believe that this band largely comes from Germany. The style is goth rock/metal with elements from the dark metal genre. Influences

It's not without reason that “The Other” is considered one of the most famous horror punk bands in Europe. The mixture of punk, horror and goth has been in the ears of fans of harder music since the Misfits or Danzig. Mixing punk music with sounds from other subgenres and garnishing it with a (horror) image is not per se

“Pro-Pain” are simply tireless and somehow the band has a lot in common with “Motörhead” or “AC/DC”. Not musically, but also with “Pro-Pain”, you know exactly what to expect from every album before you listen to it for the first time. Evil tongues like to claim that, in principle, one New Yorker album in your collection is completely sufficient

Who invented it? Exactly, the Swiss. At “Expenzer” Thrash Metal of the more contemporary variety is popular; the Swiss were not only produced by their compatriot VO Pulver, but were also significantly influenced by his work with “GurD”. But various Swedish acts that have a penchant for the Bay Area also appear on the five's turntables

“Cyrence” comes from the beer capital of Munich and is at least as tangy, delicious and (over)foamingly imaginative as the blonde drink. The guys make melodic Thrash Metal in the style of greats like Metallica, Megadeth and Trivium. “The Hospital” is the name of her new EP, which contains seven strong songs with catchy melodies. Anyone who tries out the lively song material for the first time


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Album Review: Phased - Aeon

Album Review: The Backstabbers - High Speed Rock'n'Roll

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Album Review: MHX's Chronicles - Infinite Ocean

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