#review BAND MADHOUSE ALBUM BRAINDEAD LABEL IRON SHIELD OUT June 12th, 2020 OUR RATING 80/100 MADHOUSE was founded in 1987 by Carsten Krekow (GT/VC) and Thomas Gamlien (GT) in Hamburg/Germany, followed by Lars Rothbarth (BG) and Paul Slabiak (DR). With two demos out in last slice of 80’s, GOIN CRAZY (1988) and MADHOUSE (1989), they disbanded in 1991 and every musicians joyned other local metal bands. In winter 2014 was fixed the reunion and since 2016 MADHOUSE is working on o

#review BAND Pale Divine ALBUM CONSEQUENCE OF TIME LABEL CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC OUT May 26th, 2020 OUR RATING 90/100 Pale Divine celebrates first 25 years of their history with a new album entitled CONSEQUENCE OF TIME, out via CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC on May 26th, 2020. Let’s start from the end: this album is one of the best thing listened in the first slice of this mad 2020! For Pennsylvania classic metal veterans Pale Divine, the reinvention that takes place on their sixth full-lengt

#review BAND Ancient Curse ALBUM THE NEW PROPHECY LABEL PURE STEEL RECORDS OUT 29/5/20 OUR RATING 80/100 Founded in 1985, they are also not a typical band of the eighties because their storm and stress phase emerged in the mid-1990s with one mini and two full-length albums. Two and a half decades ago they played in this line-up: singer / guitarist Pepe Pierez (ex-Sons of Seasons), guitarist Gunnar Erxleben (ex-Riot Instinct), bassist Thorsten Penz (G.L.A.S.S.) and drummer Mat

#review BAND Solicitor ALBUM SPECTRAL DEVASTATION LABEL Gatesofhellrecords OUT 24/4/2020 OUR RATING 87/100 And finally on April 24th will be out the debut full-lenght by SÖLICITÖR, entitled SPECTRAL DEVASTATION. Yes..top level quality speed metal but not only because in this platter we can find many other things. Since their 2018 formation, the band from Seattle has been honing their speed/thrash hybrid to be dynamic and unpredictable. Recorded in late 2019 and early 2020 at

#review BAND CROSSON ALBUM ROCK N’ROLL LOVE AFFAIR LABEL GALAXY RECORDS OUT 27/3/2020 OUR RATING 81/100 Following the success of their appreciated 2018 album ‘Invincible’, CROSSON, from Australia, return with their new album Rock ‘N Roll Love Affair, out on Galaxy Records on March 27th. The album was once again mixed by U.S producer Duane Baron (Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, Poison), mastered by Dave Donnelly (Aerosmith, KISS, Whitesnake) and engineered by Russel

#review BAND TORCHIA ALBUM THE COVEN LABEL Rockshots Records OUT March 27th, 2020 OUR RATING 85/100 TORCHIA is a five-members metal band from Tampere, Finland. They released their first full-length album "Of Curses and Grief" in October 2017. The album was produced and mixed by renowned Finnish producer Hiili Hiilesmaa who is known for his work with bands like HIM, Amorphis, Ensiferum and Apocalyptica. The album was picked 7th best Finnish album of 2017 by Inferno Magazine, t

#review BAND Winternius ALBUM OPEN THE PORTAL LABEL BLACK TEARS OUT March 2nd, 2020 OUR RATING 80/100 Born in the last slice of 2016,as a ROBY GRINDER, aka WINTERNIUS, project, it involved from the beginning ELIGOR, former member of the same band SACRADIS. GRINDER switched from bass to guitar and ELIGOR from guitar to drums. In 2019 the line up was completed with JOHN KILLERBOB on bass, ALEX TRIVEX on guitar, and new vocalist ÜLFE. OPEN THE PORTAL is the first fatigue, out on

#review BAND Road Warrior ALBUM MACH II LABEL GATES OF HELL RECORDS OUT 24/4/2020 OUR RATING 84/100 Well-known on our pages, ROAD WARRIOR from Australia are ready to unleash their new fatigue entitled MACH II, out on April 24th on Gates of Hell Records. Firstly we can say that Mach II is surely more sophisticated than its predecessor. Recorded at Against the Grain Studios in Adelaide, South Australia with producer Andy Kite, Mach II provides a sound more mature, proud of thei

#review BAND Dark Forest (UK) ALBUM OAK, ASH & THORN LABEL CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC OUT 24/4/2020 OUR RATING 86/100 DARK FOREST from Uk are ready to unleash their 5th full lenght entitled OAK, ASH &THORN out on April 24th on CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC. They able to put together again a fancy mix of true metal, epic vibes with tales from the heart of England’s long and storied past. Dark Forest founding member, guitarist and songwriter Christian Horton was halfway through the creation of th

#review BAND NECRODEATH ALBUM NERAKA (EP) OUT BLACK TEARS LABEL April 2nd, 2020 OUR RATING 84/100 NECRODEATH, Italian legends worldwide appreciated in black/thrash scene, are ready to unleash new EP NERAKA, out on April 2nd, 2020 on Black Tears. NERAKA provides five tracks, three news such as INFERNO, PETRIFY and SUCCUBUS RISES, plus one live version of classic FLAME OF MALIGNANCE and one cover, CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES, by DEAD KENNEDYS. Recorded, mixed ad mastered in Rapallo

#review BAND Hellraiders ALBUM FIGHTING HARD LABEL Inferno records OUT 30/3/2020 OUR RATING 86/100 Sicilian band HELLRAIDERS started playin’ in local pubs in 2013 and, after years of intense hardworking rehearsals, the band was out in 2016 with its first release, called "Beat To Death", showing a great potential with six songs forged in the old-school HM style, Now 4 years later, HELLRAIDERS are ready to unleash their debut full-lenght entitled "Fighting Hard", out on INFERNO

BAND PINO SCOTTO ALBUM DOG EAT DOG LABEL NADIR MUSIC OUT 27/3/2020 OUR RATING 86/100 Pino Scotto in Italy is a real legend; well-known as the lead singer of Vanadium and Fire Trails, is known too as anchor man never slave of the masters. DOG EAT IS DOG is the platter out on March 27th with eleven new songs and a cover of Vanadium’s classic DON’T BE LOOKING BACK. With crushing riffs and solos, Pino provides with this platter a journey throughout his never ending history, both

#review BAND BLIZZEN ALBUM WORLD IN CHAINS LABEL PURE STEEL RECORDS OUT 24/4/2020 OUR RATING 83/100 Since their debut EP "Time Machine" out in 2015, NWOTHM German Band BLIZZEN is well-known of one of the more brilliant heir of classic & traditional HM scene. Four years after the High Roller release "Genesis Reversed", "World In Chains" is the second album and will be available on April 24th, 2020 on Pure Steel Records, This album was recorded by Markus Nöthen at the Airstream

#review BAND Thomas V Jäger ALBUM A SOLITARY PLAN LABEL RidingEasy Records OUT 8/5/2020 OUR RATING 80/100 Thomas V. Jäger is known as vocalist/guitarist of doom band Monolord. Now is ready to unleash, on May8th on RidingEasy Records, an intimate solo album of acoustic and synth based songs entitled A SOLITARY PLAN. An album with a deep personal energy with a 70’s flavour. The central lyrical theme to the album is a coming to terms with the likelihood of not becoming a parent

#review BAND CLOVEN HOOF ALBUM AGE OF STEEL LABEL PURE STEEL RECORDS OUT 24/4/2020 OUR RATING 87/100 All our readers are in waitin’, among others, for the return of CLOVEN HOOF; the band born in NWOBHM movement is ready to unleash a new album entitled AGE OF STEEL, out on April 24th, for the first time on Pure Steel Records. The target of the band is making the final leap, with more layering and texture next to blistering heavy guitars..goal achieved! Since first BATHORY, th

#review BAND TRAVELER ALBUM TERMINATION SHOCK LABEL GATES OF HELL RECORDS OUT April 24th, 2020 OUR RATING 90/100 Canadian Traditional HM band is ready to unleash new album TERMINATION SHOCK, available on April 24th on GATES OF HELL RECORDS. Just over a year after the release of their successful debut self-titled album, Calgary’s Traveler has returned with this awesome “Termination Shock”. Tracked during the latter months of 2019 and early 2020 by producer Jan Loncick, Termina

#review BAND MORTICIAN ALBUM TITANS LABEL PURE UNDERGROUND RECORDS OUT 17/4/2020 OUR RATING 84/100 MORTICIAN, classic metal band from Austria, is ready to unleash their third full-lenght album called "Titans", out on April 17th on Pure Underground Records. The sound of this album is heavier than the predecessors, enhanced by a powerful production. Since first INMATES they provide a long classic gallop, squared with high intensity, roaring bass and a linear drums, is enriched

BAND Rämlord ALBUM From Dark Waters LABEL INVERSE RECORDS OUT March 27th, 2020 OUR RATING 86/100 Rämlord was formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 2010 by Jarno Anttila (ex-Impaled Nazarene, ex-Belial), Janne Mannonen (YUP), Niko Karppinen (ex-Legenda, ex-Bloodride, National Napalm Syndicate) and Tommi Kanerva (Kostajat, Murheenlaakso, Vaasankatu SS, Terveyskeskus, Utö, Maho Neitsyt). The idea to put up the band came from Anttila's and Mannonen's need to put up a project that would

#review BAND Caskets Open ALBUM CONCRETE REALMS OF PAIN LABEL NINE RECORDS OUT 20/3/2020 OUR RATING 80/100 Caskets Open, doom trio band from Finland, will release its fourth album “Concrete Realms of Pain”, on March 20th on Nine Records. Suicide plans in a nocturnal ski-jump tower, existential anxiety in a bleak sports bar, long walks in the shadows of the Central Park, Concrete Realms of Pain is a journey into experiences of loss and human suffering. Yes..doom but not only;

#review BAND Trauma ALBUM Ominous Black LABEL Selfmadegod Records OUT March 6th, 2020 OUR RATING 80/100 Classic death metal band from Poland, Trauma, are ready to unleash their new album OMINOUS BLACK on March 6th via SELFMADEGOD RECORDS. FIrstly under the moniker THANATOS, they recorded two demo tapes; In December 1992, they changed the name to Trauma, and a few months later recorded their debut full-length, Invisible Reality. 2020 sees Trauma delivering their 8th album, ab