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 Flame” has a melodic groove; [...]

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” (yes the song is actually [...]

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 thrash act Violator is 80’s [...]

Merciless Death at Myspace

Any album starting off and ending on with a musical homage to Death Angel’s “The Ultraviolence” by a band named after a Dark Angel song is enough to tell any thrash fan they are in for a good time. I would have expected a generic time too truth be told, but Merciless [...]

Exodus at Myspace

This is a strange review to do as this is basically if you’ve heard what “Bonded by Blood” sounds like, then you really aren’t doing this whole metal thing very well. “Bonded by Blood” is one of the cornerstones of heavy metal as we know it and although re-recording ones early works using [...]