Indianapolis thrash quartet, Graveripper, started life as a solo project of Corey Parks (vocalist/guitarist) under the name of Death Ensemble. They changed to their present moniker in 2019 and released…
Tag: blackened thrash metal
English black metal unit, Deitus, are the type of band Terrorizer magazine would have liked. Unfortunately, they released their debut album in the year of the magazine’s demise (2016), but…
Evil Brain Taste will not win any plaudits in high art circles, but the English duo could not give a shit what people think. As self-proclaimed purveyors of ‘puerile toilet…
Hellripper’s James McBain stormed the blackened speed metal scene with his 2021 Peaceville debut, The Affair of the Poisons. We enthused in our review that ‘metal is a rebellious counterculture…
You can often tell the quality of a band by the t-shirts they wear. A promo picture of Last Legion shows them sporting Mgła, Morbid Angel and Black Sabbath merchandise.…
Deströyer 666 – Never Surrender
Deströyer 666 released their debut album twenty-five years ago and have had an eventful stop-start career ever since. The decision of frontman, K.K. Warslut, to relocate the group from Australia…
There’s something about Goatwhore that’s so metal you wonder if they’re a serious band, a bit like Danny Dyer being too Cockney for London’s East End. Sammy Duet (guitar/vocals) is…
Mike Hill’s New York metal collective, Tombs, released one of the best albums of 2020 with Under Sullen Skies. Their abundance of critical accolades since 2009’s Winter Hours is as…
Maryland trio, Yatra, are one of the most productive bands in metal. Formed in 2018, Born into Chaos is their fourth album in as many years and their first for…