Triggerfinger
“All This Dancing Around”
(Excelsior Recordings)
Apparently known as “The Loudest band in Antwerp”, these 3 Belgians certainly look old enough to have been to the far end of the galaxy (and back) playing their brand of stoner jazz rock n roll. Continue reading
No Sky Today
“No Sky Today”
(Capital City Music Factory)
Whooaah – kick ass US hard rock and rolling groove! Fronted by Wayne Findlay (MSG) and Paul Jones (Robot Lords Of Tokyo), NST have a trippy but heavy groove added which kinda reminded me of Trouble back when they were on Def Jam. Continue reading
Djerv
“Djerv”
(Indie Recordings)
Fronted by Dimmu Borgir guest vocalist Agnete Kjølsrud, Djerv are Norway’s answer to screeching burlesque femme goth metal. Continue reading
Evile
“Five Serpent’s Teeth”
(Earache)
These lads from Yorkshire have already made quite a reputation for themselves with their high octane thrash metal essentially mixing elements of Slayer and Metallica into a contemporary sound. Continue reading
Hornet
“Hornet” EP
(www.hornetrock.com)
This lot look like 3 cloned headbangers and Butt – Head for a vocalist LOL. Just as well cos they are as annoying as their insect namesake: loud, pesky and with a great big sting in its tail! Continue reading
Stala & So
“It Is So”
(So Music Finland / Music Buy Mail)
More commonly associated with their roles as Lordi’s drummer (Kita) and bassist respectively, vocalist Stala and bassist Nick Gore’s glam rock band has been on hold while these guys took Lordi onto greater heights, the culmination has to be the winning of Eurovision 2006! Continue reading
Voodoo Highway
“Broken Uncle’s Inn”
(Voodoo Highway/Rock N Growl)
With so many bands trying their hand at rejuvenating classic rock sounds, it doesn’t come as any surprise that Italy’s Voodoo Highway go the whole hog in amalgamating the legendary sounds of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Led Zeppelin, Continue reading
Denial Fiend
“Horror Holocaust”
(Ibex Moon Records)
DF are an old school crossover super group made up of: Terry Butler (Massacre, Death, Six Feet Under, Obituary) – Bass; Sam Williams (Down By Law, the Spears) – Guitar; Blaine Cook (the Accused, the Fartz) – Vocals; and Rob Rampy (DRI, the Spears) – Drums. Continue reading
Undead Creep
“The Ever-Burning Torch”
(Dark Descent)
These guys might hail from the Mafia capital of the world – Palermo – but they are clearly worshipers of early death metal whether it’s the US or Swe-death variety! Continue reading
I Am Abomination
“Passion Of The Heist” EP
(Good Fight Music)
Continuing on from the concept based on the last track of their debut “To Our Forefathers”, this EP opens with some crazy shit Continue reading
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