Shooting Guns: dealing some heavy instrumental magic
When it comes to the metal aesthetic many bands feel they need to choose the route of texture or torture. Bands decide whether to…
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The Shrine – Bless Off
I was pretty impressed with these guys when they opened for Red Fang last month. While they’re not reinventing the wheel, they sure know…
The Unsemble – The Unsemble
By Bill Adams The complicated thing about instrumental albums is that they’re really easy to make (getting a band to just jam is never…
Ministry – From Beer to Eternity
By Bill Adams For the last thirty-two years, Al Jourgensen and Ministry have been the purveyors of a fine form of subversive songwriting which…
Black Space Riders – D:REI
When I first reviewed this German band of Lars Ulrich lookalikes’ (seriously, the band photo in the press pack is uncanny) debut album, I…
Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon
By Jason Wellwood Apparently Dystopia was a hard act to follow for Jon Schaffer and company if the reviews I’ve seen are to be…
Band Brand Beer Battle: Iron Maiden’s “Trooper” vs AC/DC
Matt Hinch compares the new Iron Maiden “Trooper” beer to the recently released AC/DC brew in a Band Brand Beer Battle
GWAR – Battle Maximus
Hellbound Metal: “Battle Maximus is Gwar’s best album in years”.
Review by Bill Adams
Fatality – Psychonaut
Hellbound Metal: ”
From start to finish Fatality flat out rip on Psychonaut. One can practically taste the sweat being flung from the flying hair of band and fans alike. Catchy as hell riffs and oh-hell-yeah solos get thrown around like nobody’s business.”
Black Tusk – Tend No Wounds
Hellbound Metal: “Bottom line, if you enjoy the Georgia sludge sounds of Black Tusk, this’ll certainly whet your appetite.”