Year: 2013

1982 in Essen, Germany when friends Millie Petrozza and Jürgen “Ventor” Reil decided to put a band together who would have known that 31 years later that band originally called Tormentor would be 13 studio […]

Forged In Flame is the latest album released by Claim The Throne. Every now and then an album comes along that is so good it is hard to put into words adequately, and one could […]

It seems like 100 years ago since Max Cavalera departed from Brazilian masters Sepultura to pursue and carve out his own thing on the metal scene with his tribal thrash gang Soulfly, and 15 years […]

This has to be the most anticipated albums of the year, agree/disagree?? It’s been a bloody long time in between drinks for avid Carcass lovers since the 1996 release “Swansong”, where they left listeners with […]

Taberah opens with the rhythm section simmering over the first track “2012”, before some scorching guitar work, and then gives you a taste of the huge anthemic chorus, you start to realize what you are […]

Those who even have a small interest in the Australian metal scene have heard the echoes of the band known as King Parrot. This is pure extreme metal but you don’t have to be a […]

Imagine if I could take you back musically to the hay day of the bay area thrash metal scene and roll it into one neat package? Well, I believe I can – in the form […]

Incarnate is the name of the five-track EP from Perth’s death metal band Animistic. First up let me tell you that if you like death metal you are in for a real treat. The opening […]

For the uninitiated of you playing along at home, this is the debut album from up-and-coming Gold Coast titans ROME. Featuring former members of late 90’s technical metal giants “Devolved” and Techno/Death merchants. “The Berzerker” […]

Fenrir and their album of power/battle metal focusing on Norse Mythology. The album starts with military-style booming drums and sets the tone for a rather dramatic and epic-sounding release. There is the traditional power/speed metal […]

Anyone who is of the opinion that Metallica’s last decent album was “…And justice for all” is going to love this EP by Inslain. The vocals especially sound very Hetfield-esque while the rhythm guitar work […]

5 piece death metal band from Wollongong, signed to Grindhead records in 2008 and look to have landed the Nile support coming up in Sydney Nov 15 – should be quite a show. The opening […]

Think of all the superlatives that you can and times by 5. Or instead, think of it this way, I listened to this album 10 times in 3 days, such was its impression on me. […]

Ne Obliviscaris’ Portal of I is their debut album. They are a band hailing from Melbourne, Australia influenced by many different sorts of music not only metal. They are mainly a progressive metal band featuring […]

A plague the size of London’s great pestilence has hit Melbourne and the people are happy. There are a plethora of angry young dudes in this city, who are channelling that anger into some pretty […]

“KON NICHI WA”! Well, that’s where my skills with regards to the Japanese language end, apart from the fine products they’ve given us over the years, and another fine product for which I’ve just discovered […]

Metal is a genre of which it can be said; there is not much else that can be done that hasn’t already been done. That being said I’m a firm believer that if your influences […]

14 September 2013 at Hermann’s BarAppropriately, the metal show was opened by the band called Metal. The four old-school-metal-like long-haired guys who are just back from Japan were proving their metal. For the song "Heavy […]

7 September 2013 at Valve at AgincourtMetal Thrashing Productions first festival in the dark caves of the freshly established Valve Underground in Central's Agincourt Hotel was opened by some bluesy groovy metal – Blacksmith. They […]

Tacit is the debut album of Victorian thrash metal band Septerrus. From the minute this album starts there is a boom and thunder delivered with a crisp and slick production that instantly excites you about […]

5 piece metal band from Perth and their JJJ unearthed page says they are influenced by Jack Daniels, VB, Winfield Blue, so I think I\’m a fan before I even load up the tracks. To […]

These guys have produced a 7 track album and are already starting to demonstrate quite a seasoned sound despite only having been together a few years. Regret opens with a moody, slow-building riff before it […]

“Old school thrash” is what this three-piece from the Netherlands, want to bring to the world (according to their Bio). This is their first independent release and judging by this short but sweet E/P “old […]

Hailing from Nowra, NSW, Temtris is an outfit that is giving us a genre-mixing delight with this 10 track album. Featuring snippets of Doom, Gothic, Rock, and Thrash, they’ve molded together tracks that will cater […]