thrash metal

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: December 4, 2020Production: PersuaderAlbum length: 44.04 minGenre: Power Metal/Thrash MetalRating: 8.5/10 Persuader are a Swedish heavy metal outfit that formed way back in 1997 in Umeå.…

Label: Roadrunner RecordsRelease date: September 24, 2020Production: Josh WilburAlbum length: 46:31 Over the past decade, Florida's Trivium have become one of the most talked-about bands on the metal scene. And nothing here is left to…

"No beating around the bush: this is an album we can instantly tag as the "Victims Of Deception of the 21st century." That alone means "The Evolution Of Chaos" is one of the finest releases the metal scene gave us in 2010."

»On "Titans Of Creation" you'll look in vain for anything you haven't already heard from Testament, or for anything especially fresh, since it sounds very much like its predecessors "Brotherhood of the Snake" and "Dark Roots Of Earth". At…

As I Lay Dying are back with Shaped By Fire, and they came back in style. The rich production, with its powerful sound, only backs that up. It's an album made for the fans, no doubt. Whether AILD can keep up this quality going forward, only…

With Quadra, Sepultura have proven once again that they're far from done. Quadra surprises with its punch, its variety and even its pomp. Definitely another album that will win Sepultura plenty of new fans.

“Ballistic, Sadistic” grabs you in a thoroughly “Annihilator” way, no doubt about it, it just doesn't ignite quite the way a longtime fan of the band might have wished or expected."

Location: Roncade (Treviso) / New Age Club / ItalyDate: Tuesday, 26 November 2019 Sepultura! We all get there in the end. Every single one of us. Even those of you who don't know them. Even to the band that brothers Max and Igor…

Venue: Ljubljana / Orto bar / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 16 November 2019 A rainy Saturday is the perfect excuse to lounge around and binge something good — and there's no shortage of options these days — but not last Saturday! Last…

"Annihilator remain a utterly insane old-school thrash metal live institution! Jeff Waters proved once again in Graz, alongside his crew, that he is still a sensational guitar genius and sorcerer! A show for the crazy by the crazy — exactly…

Location: Gasometer, Vienna, AustriaWhen: Wednesday, 16 October 2019 2018 was a rough year for Machine Head. Robb Flynn was left almost on his own when long-standing members Phil Demmel and Dave McClain walked out. Sure, neither was an…

"Old-school thrash metal strikes back!"

When Death Angel are anywhere nearby, it's a "you know the drill" situation. And when they're playing Ljubljana, on a Friday no less, showing up is mandatory. For at least the last decade, Death Angel have been synonymous with how thrash…

"While in every way a worthy successor to the last four Overkill albums, “The Wings Of War” isn't among the hardest, sonically sharpest and most possessed Overkill releases that remain burned into the minds of the band's longtime devotees.…

In front of a packed Wiener Stadthalle, which holds 16,000 people, cult thrash metallers Slayer rolled in on their farewell tour with Lamb of God, Anthrax and Obituary in tow, playing their career highlights one last time.

release date: September 28, 2018 label: El Pueblo Records production: Necronomicon rating: 8.5 / 10 Not the krautrockers of the same name. This Necronomicon are an old-school Teutonic thrash metal outfit from the German town of Lörrach.…

Performing: Havok / Warbringer / Gorod / ExmortusLocation: Ljubljana / Orto bar / SloveniaDate: Thursday, April 20, 2017 Anyone who claims thrash is dead and played out should have been at Thursday's show (mainly for Warbringer,…

"That night, Helstar were greeted at Orto bar once again by all the people whose hearts beat for metal. Decked out in proper metal outfits, with proper metal attitude. That feeling when you walk into a gig and know you're in the right place…

"In many ways it's an even more aggressive and faster version of its excellent predecessor "Dark Roots of Earth", packed with some seriously fun surprises, and it keeps its pissed-off, totally vampiric nature from start to finish, so it's…

"Riding the wings of the untamed, phenomenal Bobby "Blitz," whom the years simply refuse to touch and who once again stunned with an unbelievable vocal performance, the band saved one more surprise: Elimination from the album "The Years of…

"The album has just one flaw. It's at least fifteen minutes too long. Still, you can't ignore the delightful fact that (immodestly put) "Nosferatu" has been reborn after 27 years!"

"Paradox don't surprise anymore with 'Pangea', but it's an immense pleasure to see Steinhauer sticking to the proven artistry of his own metal-craft specifics in his musical vision, exploring, nurturing and deepening them, all while deftly…

Performers: Megadeth, Gamma RayLocation: Bologna / Estragon / ItalyConcert date: Friday, 03.06.2016 The day after the notorious Gods of Metal festival, Bologna, Italy, got a mini reprise of it. Megadeth and Gamma Ray, who had shared…

"Helstar said goodnight after an hour and a half with the legendary classic Run With the Pack, and even though this gig never came close to the unforgettable madness of Helstar's first visit to Bazen in Kranj, you know you can count on…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 14. 12. 2012Production: V. SanturaAlbum length: 54.58 minGenre: Thrash MetalRating: 9.0/10 Charly Steinhauer is without a doubt one of the most tenacious figures on the German metal scene. In 1986…

"Dark Roots of the Earth is without a doubt one of the strongest contenders for album of the year, and there's no way anything thrash-wise is topping this beast this year. Forget the Big Four (Dave Mustaine can go cry in Lars Ulrich's lap),…

"Helstar remain a powerhouse on stage, one of a kind. Jerry's absence showed, "peeking through" especially in the mid-tempo stretches of the songs, but still. "Glory To Chaos" got a fantastic introduction in Ljubljana, and everyone who…

"With "Riot Squad," Paradox don't just prove that their defiance more than paid off. They also prove that you can still squeeze out a thrash metal album today that comes close to perfection in musical expression"

"There's no need to stress that Helstar are masters of their craft. Bazen came alive again with them in that old-school 80s vibe, and Helstar played, without a doubt, one of the best gigs on our soil in recent memory."