http://metal-jerks.com Metal-Jerks.com - Metal Reviews by Jerks, for Jerks Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:15:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The user known as 'deathmike' has been removed from this site. Not on account of his poor music taste, but as a result of his behaviour in the real world and my reluctance to be associated with real-life knobheads. Back in November of 2007, the North West UK was treated to ... http://metal-jerks.com/2009/01/07/an-announcement-re-deathmike/ Manilla Road at Myspace Manilla Road's latest release, Voyager, is a decent effort, if not quite up to the level of some of the band's previous work. Mark Shelton's voice isn't what it used to be; while his nasal delivery was somewhat hard to get into before, I enjoyed it because ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/31/manilla-road-voyager/ Tyrant at myspace Welcome to the early 1980’s as Tyrant (not to be confused with the band who would eventually evolve into The Legion) take us on a magical mystery tour through the best that Black/Thrash has to offer. Taking influence from Bathory, Venom, Motorhead, Darkthrone and Celtic Frost, “Reclaim the ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/28/tyrant-reclaim-the-flame/ Hyades at myspace Italians Hyades are another band who are bringing the thrash back to the metal scene. The first comparisons on the looking at the cover art and track listing would be Anthrax and Municipal Waste, with the irreverent Ed Repka artwork and track titles such as “wops still thrash” ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/28/hyades-the-worst-is-yet-to-come/ Violator at myspace Originally released on Kill Again records in 2006, “Chemical Assault” was reissued by Earache records in Europe in 2008, this debut album from Originally released on Kill Again records in 2006, “Chemical Assault” was reissued by Earache records in Europe in 2008, this debut album from Brasília based ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/28/violator-chemical-assault/ Villains play mid 80’s esque death metal with plenty of influence from the first wave of black metal that sounds like it came straight from a teenager’s basement in 1980’s. I can almost picture it now, the poodle haircuts, the homemade Venom T shirts and the disused ALF merchandise in ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/28/villains-drenched-in-the-poisons/ Katalepsy at myspace If a bunch of sissy hardcore boys make a facsimile of death metal with breakdowns and shitty gimmick vocals then it is deathcore and thus bad but if a bunch of guys singing about gore and death and whatever with long hair do the same its “slam death ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/27/katalepsy-musick-brings-injuries/ Porkfarm at myspace Playing a style of Death Metal very similar to Dying Fetus, Brain Drill, Necrophagist, and Beneath the Massacre, Young English Death Metal act Porkfarm display an apt control over both the brutal and technical sides of the genre. They keep the technical wizardly and the “slam” side of ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/26/porkfarm-blood-harvest/ Gnaw Their Tongues at Myspace “An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood” is a horrific album but in the best possible way. Mixing Doom Drone, Black Metal, Industrial, Noise and Ambient influences to make what is a very good contender for most disturbing album of the year. This Dutch one man project is ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/25/gnaw-their-tongues-an-epiphanic-vomiting-of-blood/ Jaldaboath at Myspace When I heard that Jaldaboath (real name James Fogarty) was recording a solo EP, I was anxious to hear the results. He was a founding member of one of my favorite metal bands, The Meads of Asphodel. However, when I actually got around to hearing this EP, it ... http://metal-jerks.com/2008/12/25/jaldaboath-hark-the-herald/