Tag Archives: metal

EP review: IMPAVIDUS – s/t

Posted on March 25, 2016 by jason

www.impavidus.bandcamp.com/releases [Release date 27.1.16] Manchester born Impavidus are currently tearing venues all around the UK apart and their newly released EP is the damning evidence. Formed from members of both My Wooden Pillow and Driven Apart, Impavidus provide a cutting … Continue reading →

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News: 7 Bands to Watch – Download 2016

Posted on March 19, 2016 by jason
Atreyu

Here GRTR!’s Dillon Grant casts his expert eyes and ears over seven of the ‘must see’ bands at this year’s Download Festival. You can read the full article here including some who just missed the cut. Download 2015 reviews 7. … Continue reading →

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Album review: FORBIDDEN PLANET – From Bedroom To Oblivion

Posted on March 18, 2016 by petefeenstra
FORBIDDEN PLANET – From Bedroom To Oblivion

CD Baby  [Release date 11.10.15] Not to be confused with anything pertaining to science fiction, save for some obtuse voice-over snippets, Forbidden Planet is a Singapore based instrumental prog rock outfit with an open ended style that finds them truly … Continue reading →

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Gig review: HARD ROCK HELL AOR – Pwllheli, Wales, 10-11 March 2016 (Joe Lynn Turner, Tyketto)

Posted on March 18, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
HARD ROCK HELL AOR, Pwllheli, Wales, 10-13 March 2016

Thursday 10 March With a mass of indoor festivals throughout the year mainly at holiday camps out of season, Hard Rock Hell and it’s offshoots – AOR, Hammerfest,  Prog and  Blues – are fast becoming favourites, selling out in ridiculously … Continue reading →

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Album review: METAL CHURCH – XI

Posted on March 17, 2016 by jason
METAL CHURCH - XI

Nuclear Blast [Release date 25.03.16] Metal Church are back and they bring the incredibly impressive XI. This is your typical thrash release from Metal Church, and that’s not a bad thing. Formed in what is known as Thrash’s golden era … Continue reading →

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Gig review: TYKETTO/DAN REED NETWORK – Manchester Academy, 13 March 2016

Posted on March 14, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
TYKETTO - Manchester Academy, 13 March 2016

It seems that we all gain from an event like HRH AOR: it means that some of the bands tag a few gigs either side.  In this case, Tyketto and Dan Reed Network teamed up together for a unique pairing, … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SABATON – Glasgow Barrowlands, 3 March 2016

Posted on March 10, 2016 by jason

Pirates, tanks and a night to remember! Scotland’s very own Alestorm stopped over in Glasgow and with them came Sweden’s Sabaton and Bloodbound. The Barrowlands was, on the night a venue filled with a mix of Sabaton’s trademark bulletproof vests … Continue reading →

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Album review: VAN CANTO – Voices Of Fire

Posted on March 8, 2016 by jason
VAN CANTO - Voices Of Fire

earMusic [Release date 11.03.16] Van Canto are back and this time they have come up with a vocal metal opera. They have teamed up with German author Christoph Hardebusch, who has come up with the story line based on his … Continue reading →

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Interview: EXUMER

Posted on February 27, 2016 by jason

Dillon Grant put some questions to Exumer’s founding member singer/bassist Mem V. Stein. The band has just released a new album, ‘The Raging Tides’, on Metal Blade Records. The new album, “The Raging Tides” is your fourth studio album and potentially … Continue reading →

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Album review: HEAT OF DAMAGE – Open Fire

Posted on February 26, 2016 by david.wilson
HEAT OF DAMAGE – Open Fire

Self Release (Release date 01.10.15) Heat Of Damage hail from the Johnny Cash-endorsed Folsom in California, although not from the penitentiary as far as I know. The band have been together for a few years and this is their debut … Continue reading →

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Album review: MYRATH – Legacy

Posted on February 25, 2016 by jason
MYRATH - Legacy

earMUSIC [Release date 29.04.16] As a fan of multi-cultural bands, in particular within the metal world, anything that is even remotely ethnic sounding is going to get a good word from me. So few bands will dare wear their roots … Continue reading →

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EP review: SPREADING THE DISEASE – Viral

Posted on February 23, 2016 by jason
SPREADING THE DISEASE - Viral

https://www.facebook.com/spreadingthedisease.official Spreading The Disease hail from Kent and the five piece consist of Adam May (vocals), Julien Riquelme (lead guitar), Martin Osborne (vocals/rhytmn guitar), Steve Saunders (bass) and Edd Saunders (drums). This is the band’s debut EP ahead of a … Continue reading →

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Gig review: ENTER SHIKARI – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016 by jason
The King Blues – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, 19 February 2016

Enter Shikari, a band renowned for their live performances, be it in the living room of bassist Chris Batten’s parent’s house (see video for ‘Sorry You’re Not a Winner’), the summer festival fields or in this instance, Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange. … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: RAZORBATS, RAGE, SAGA, STAR CRYSTAL

Posted on February 17, 2016 by jason
RAZORBATS - Camp Rock

RAZORBATS – Camp Rock www.razorbats.com [Release date 15.09.15] Razorbats hail from Norway and they like their 70′s rock that’s for sure, as you can hear bits of Alice Cooper, Kiss and on ‘Getaway’ you could be listening to a long-lost … Continue reading →

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Album review: ANTHRAX – For All Kings

Posted on February 16, 2016 by jason
ANTHRAX - For All Kings

Nuclear Blast [Release date 26.02.16] I will admit it has been awhile since I heard an Anthrax album right through, although I was a big fan back in their 80′s period when thrash metal was at its commercial peak. This … Continue reading →

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Album review: SOTO – Divak

Posted on February 16, 2016 by GRTR! HQ
SOTO - Divak

earMUSIC [Release date 01.04.16] Soto’s debut album ‘Inside The Vertigo’  came and went early last year, and judging by the critical reaction perhaps splitting some of the core JSS fanbase as it marked a return to the more hard-hitting metal … Continue reading →

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Quick plays: TREETOP FLYERS, SERENITY

Posted on February 10, 2016 by jason
TREETOP FLYERS - Palomino

TREETOP FLYERS – Palomino [Release date 11.03.16] This is the second album from this London five piece and listening to the album you would think you were back in the 1970′s and the West Coast sound of artists like Crosby, … Continue reading →

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Album review: AVANTASIA – Ghostlights

Posted on February 10, 2016 by jason
AVANTASIA - Ghostlights

Nuclear Blast [Release date 29.01.16] Tobias Sammet is back with another instalment of his Avantasia project. This one follows on thematically from ‘The Mystery Of Time’ album, with the lead character, a young scientist, unwittingly drawing the attention of a … Continue reading →

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Album review: TYGERS OF PAN TANG – Noises From The Cathouse

Posted on February 10, 2016 by jason
TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Noises From The Cathouse

Angel Air Records [Release date 05.02.16] Remember the days when any self-respecting rock band had to have a “Y” replacing the “I” in its name, at least one umlaut over a vowel and the kind of curly-locked barnets which would … Continue reading →

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DVD review: BLACK VEIL BRIDES – Alive and Burning

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jason
BLACK VEIL BRIDES - Alive and Burning

Eagle Vision [Release date 25.09.15] There is no doubt about it, Black Veil Brides are a great live band, heavy as you like yet melodic throughout. Formed in 2006, and having released 4 acclaimed albums, the band are part Motley, … Continue reading →

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DVD review: TWISTED SISTER – We Are Twisted F***ing Sister

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jason
TWISTED SISTER - We Are Twisted F***ing Sister

Monduo Films [Release date 11.03.16] Twisted Sister – part cartoon, part waxwork, 100% rock n’ roll. This DVD release of Andrew Horn’s 2014 film charts the history of the band from their earliest incarnation back in 1972 up to the … Continue reading →

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Album review: RHINE – An Outsider

Posted on February 8, 2016 by jason

[Released 05.02.16] To mix Thrash with Death Metal is asking for elitists to come crawling from the walls. However different the two genres may be, it is hard to pick the differences out in Rhine’s music. This is a good … Continue reading →

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Album review: DREAM THEATER – The Astonishing

Posted on February 1, 2016 by jason
DREAM THEATER - The Astonishing

Roadrunner Records [Release date 29.01.16] Epic. Sprawling. Career defining? Perhaps. Dream Theater have unleashed upon its adoring fans an album of such substantial girth that it makes the job of reviewing it reasonably tough. DT are known for super long … Continue reading →

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Album review: ESCAPE THE FATE – Hate Me

Posted on January 31, 2016 by jason
ESCAPE THE FATE - Hate Me

[Release date 30.10.15] “Hate Me” is the 5th studio album from the Las Vegas formed band. Escape the Fate (ETF) are most notable for being the first band of outspoken Falling in Reverse frontman, Ronnie Radke. They also have worked … Continue reading →

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Album review: PRIMAL FEAR – Rulebreaker

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Phil Berisford
PRIMAL FEAR – Rulebreaker

Frontiers Records [Release date 22.11.15] Teutonic metal merchants Primal Fear return with their 11th studio album “Rulebreaker” which follows a similar path to 2014’s well received “Delivering The Black” opus. Primal Fear were founded way back in 1997 when bassist … Continue reading →

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