Year: 2013

Norwegian punk/metal hybrid 5 piece outfit. “Is this where we are” opens the album with authority, and it’s a good choice. Anders makes his statement with authority and it’s a song that gets your attention. […]

The newest addition to Epica’s music catalog isn’t really new at all. Retrospect is a tenth-anniversary live album, which was recorded in Eindhoven (Netherlands), and it showcases some of the best music the band has […]

Binkery is an experimental hardcore band from Tasmania and by experimental, they basically mean, you’ve probably never heard anything like this before. To start off with the positives: musically the band sounds really great (minus […]

5 piece Paraguay thrash/death metal An instrumental intro opens this album, with some athletic playing, and you get an idea of what you are in for. Black leaf comes next starting with a blast beat, […]

Great guitar work but the Vocals is where it all falls apart for me with this release. This EP is made up of the title track plus 3 extra songs recorded live at the Bloodstock […]

Out of Munich, Germany is this little-known band going by the name of Amplified Memory, formed in the summer of 2008. This is their first release “The Ever Spinning Wheel”. The opening track “The Inception” […]

The Eagle Has Landed is the debut EP from Western Sydney groove metal band Whiskey Smile. The five members of this band have created an extremely professional and fantastic-sounding EP that for the first four […]

Sudden State has released their first EP Another Time, Another Place and it is an absolute ripper. This four-piece heavy metal band from Melbourne has absolutely nailed this five-track EP from start to finish. Falling […]

Thrashback is a crossover (thrash mixed with hardcore punk) band hailing from France. Their debut album is Possessed. This band really nailed the intensity and chaos which thrash is known for and at the same […]

In Arkadia are a French Deathcore band. Being around for 6 years they have released 3 studio albums and have been pretty successful. Their last release was Eyes of Archetype. The opening track is Behold […]

Eclipsed is the rather short 3 track demo by the band Infernal Outcry. I found it difficult to get an overall reading and flavor of this release due to the shortness of it, as it […]

Profanity and Innuendo is the name of the album by hard rock outfit, Roadkill. A title that comes easily because that is pretty much what you get on this recording. Generally throughout this is basically […]

Before Ciada is an NSW band who tell us in their bio that their EP ‘Birth to Burial’ would be a ‘brutal thought choking and soul crunching album’ and they were not wrong! ‘Birth to […]

It’s been 30 years since Brazil’s much-loved metal gods Sepultura graced us and took over the world with their South American thrash attack. Born out of the urban jungle of Sao Paulo, they have consistently […]

Ashes of Ares seem to be a bit of a supergroup of sorts made up of former members of the bands Iced Earth and Nevermore. Their riffs immediately bring to mind 80’s bay area thrash […]

I would like to start this review by paying my respects to Cryptic Scorn’s fallen bass player Jay Ramirez who suddenly passed away on the 10th of March this year! This Sydney-based band has been […]

Right off the bat, there are two things that strike you about Sydney based thrash band Head In A Jar’s 2013 release Downtown Meltdown: The first thing being the artwork on the cover – very […]

In a time of slick production, tricks, gimmicks, and pro tools it is a breath of fresh air to hear Sydney-based band Disintegrator with their 2013 effort “No life til crossover”. This album should come […]

Where The Desert Meets The Sea is the first full-length album by the band Domino who is self-described as Arabesque hard rock/progressive metal. That is a very accurate description of this very exotic and unique-sounding […]

Assignment is a German Progression metal band, recently releasing their third album, Inside Of the Machine. The album is a 15 track with a duration of over 70 minutes so there is plenty to listen […]

The world tour was in full swing and would encompass 3 continents. There had been three-band members’ leave and three new arrivals and the release of their latest LP Carolos Rex. But listening to their […]

Malakyte is a heavy metal band from Australia, formed in 2010 who released their debut album in 2013. They have played the same stage as legendary thrash bands Kreator, Anthrax and Death Angel. The album […]

Hailing from America, Sweden, and France, the members of Blues Pills are from a veritable melting pot of young talent and youth. Drawing inspiration from the psychedelic sounds of the ’60s and ’70s, vocalist Elin […]

Rezume is a brutal death metal band out of Denpasar Bali and has just released their first full-length album Fragment of Blessedness Spermicide. Before you even listen to one note from the album the graphic […]