Reviews
\r\nTHE SECOND BLAST\r\n
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\r\nU.S. Sludge/Thrash band - Black Tusk - are back with their second full length. After their debut album the band released three split albums and now they are ready for the second hit!!\r\n
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\r\nThe album has the title - Taste the Sin - and its another album full of Black Tusk madness! This band combines Sludge and Stone Metal with a lot of power and Thrashy attitude. The whole album has great sound and the production is great!! Great Sludge/Stone Metal riffs, heavy bass, nice drumming and a very nice shouting Death voice.\r\n
\r\nHOWL ARE BACK \r\n
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\r\nU.S. Death/Doom Metal band, -Howl- are back with their debut album. After releasing a mini CD now they are ready for their first full length. Two years after, they are back with an album full of Labyrinth Metal. A mix of Death Metal/Doom Metal/Sludge and Stone Metal with a lot of atmospheric passages. \r\n
\r\nThom Mathews begun his musical journey back on 2006. He was a member of the extreme/ technical death band QUINTA ESSENTIA and their debut album, “Neutrality Defined Chaos” seemed to be very promising for the future.
\r\nA bit later he signed with BLACK FLAME RECORDS. On 2007, his personal album,“Mindcraft”, was released and the feedback was very positive; Good inspiration and nice arrangements apart from his great performance and skills.
\r\n“Hell or Highwater” is a 2009 release, but on the 4th of May it’ s going to be released in the US too, as the band recently signed with WORLDSOUND.
\r\nTEXAS SCREAMS\r\n
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\r\n-Before There Was Rosalyn - is band from Texas, U.S., that plays a mix of modern Metalcore with Post-Hardcore and emotional feeling. Their debut full length is ready and already released via Victory Records.\r\n
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\r\nThe album is called - The Führer : An Allegory Of A History Of Deception - and it’s a nice album with great riffs, very good bass and drumming and nice vocals that combines raging Metalcore screams with clear emotional singing. The production is very good and so is the album cover.\r\n
Although I can say that I am into Bay Area Thrash scene pretty much, I’ve never heard of these guys from San Francisco. When I read in the info sheet that they are around since 1990 having toured with some of the biggest names of Bay Area, my excitement grew.
\r\nListening to “The Pits Of Existence” things became clear. Basically it’s all about a mediocre Thrash metal release where everything seems to be as it should but something is missing.
\r\nEven though there’s a very nice intro in the beginning of the album, then the whole thing changes. Apparently, it takes more than one nice song to get a picture about a new album, before getting enthusiast.
\r\nIt’s like one of those winter afternoons when you don’t feel like going out or listening to music (that’s rare but it happens) only thing you want is to relax on your couch with the good company of a book and a cup of hot coffee. The pages keep turning and your journey to the land of fantasy begins…
\r\nI’ve always considered that the art of storytelling (either by writing or speaking) and the art of creating music have one basic thing in common: The ability to trigger your imagination and carry you away to dreamscapes beyond any boundaries.
When I first listened to this German outfit, Hellish Crossfire and their first album “Slaves of the Burning Pentagram” I felt like the good old speed / thrash metal isn’t dead despite the fact that many records labels want it dead, so they put many bands that has nothing to do with the genre under the label “Thrash Metal”
\r\nTHE FOURTH ALBUM IS HERE\r\n
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\r\nU.S. Deathsters, -Misery Index- are ready with their fourth full length album and their fans are going to love it. The band has returned with another killer album that combines Death Metal and Grindcore in perfect sound.\r\n