Traditional Metal / Hardrock fronted by a woman. And from Italy. Taking in consideration one of my all time Metal goddess is actually Italian (Federica de Boni from the mighty WHITE SKULL) and that I have been lately listening to many 80s MTV videos, this album fits quite well in the mood. There is nothing […]
Let’s go back in time a little bit… In the mid of the 1980s, when I was a teenager heavily into Metal, there was a band, whose name wandered like a ghost through the pages of the magazines. This name was JAG PANZER, who must have performed some real prodigies. The "Tyrants" EP and especially […]
One look at the cover art of this album back in 1988 or so was enough for me to get it at any cost. The logo, the demonic masked cover art and the title. “Possessed By Fire”. It got stuck in my mind for what seemed for ages. But then that was just the beginning. […]
Another good example of traditional Heavy Metal, from this American band. VOLTURE reminds me of those obscure Heavy Metal bands released on smaller labels back in the 80s. They have at times a semi Speed Metal approach à la early ANTHRAX, but the music has more roots on traditional Rock. I like the vocals as […]
This is the second part of the remastered re-releases of the classic 1980s JAG PANZER recordings. "Ample Destruction" marks both the bands first full-length and the final album with vocal god Harry ‘The Tyrant’ Conklin, before he left the band for nearly a whole decade to join SATAN’S HOST, RIOT and later TITAN FORCE. Always […]
Wow, I can see High Roller Records is never giving up when it comes to support traditional Metal. American Metal band BORROWED TIME is a band that really recalls the voice of more obscure Metal bands than your average MAIDEN, PRIEST, SABBATH worshippers. They do recall a band that has always been a fave of […]
Yet another band with the name TORMENT. Formed in Belgium in 1999, this group is pretty outstanding, however. What we have here is some brutal blasting Death with ultra-polished digital production and triggered drums. The performances (most notably the drummer, of course) are quite strong. The vibe they put out is interesting at times and […]
Old school Thrash Metal will never die! That’s a fact. This style has never lost its magic since its origin in the glorious 80s when acts like SLAYER, EXODUS, DESTRUCTION, KREATOR and countless more made their first footsteps in order to conquer the whole planet. Since then new armies of bands followed their idols and […]
PROTECTOR once ruled the earth, I’m convinced. There’s no way such a talented, ferocious band could have escaped global notice; yet – alas! – they were doomed to obscurity. As it often happens, the underground knew perfectly well who they were, but for the casual browsers in record stores, PROTECTOR didn’t exist – and that’s […]
The monicker PROTECTOR definitely must raise some heads among our readers (and not only the older ones)! After a few welcome and well done compilations and some shared features on vinyl in the meantime, it took almost twenty years to come up with a follow up to their last studio album, "The Heritage". You probably […]