Tag: thrash
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First-rate Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein is back and at the top of his game on the pulverizing new album DOYLE: Abominator. Joining him are dynamic vocalist Alex Story (Cancerslug), masterly bassist “Left-Hand” Graham and the consummate, latter day Misfits drummer Dr. Chud. Like Newsted or Slash, Doyle is a band, but at the…
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I bought Skeletonwitch’s second album, Beyond The Permafrost, on a whim one day back in 2007 when I was browsing the metal section at Newbury Comics. I was intrigued by their logo, which looked like what a death metal band’s logo might look like if it was actually readable. Normally, most metal bands — and…
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Warbringer are considered re-thrash, otherwise known as retro thrash, a genre that’s been hated as much as it’s been loved. You see, some fans feel that re-thrash is too much like old school thrash from the ’80’s and/or that it basically plagiarizes those bands, like Slayer, Testament, Exodus and Metallica. Personally, I haven’t come across…
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I recently gave a rave #albumoftheday review to The Poet and the Parrot by Bombus, a mind-blowingly good, red hot metal band hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden. Unlike most Swedish metal bands, Bombus are not a death metal band, sounding more like a cross between Metallica’s first few records and Motorhead at their prime. It always…
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Once in a while an album drops into your life unexpectedly, blows your mind and immediately becomes a favorite because it’s so damn good. Such is the case with myself and the new Bombus album, The Poet and the Parrot. I’d never even heard of these guys before I checked this out. I literally knew…
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The awe-inspiring, thrashing mad Century Media debut of Gothenburg’s metal warriors BOMBUS will hit stores, iTunes and Amazon on Tuesday! THE POET AND THE PARROT is the band’s sophomore album and has already wowed critics and metal fans alike throughout Europe. To celebrate the North American release, the band is streaming the album this weekend…
