MAYHEM De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Ok things had progressed, fallen apart, been rebuilt and sensationalised a lot by the time MAYHEM was able to put out their second album. The album had been written in…
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Suicidal Tendencies
This is an interesting one to review because it fits in both metal and punk territories. Suicidal Tendencies first album comes straight out of 1983 not far behind Metallica’s “Kill…
TESTAMENT The Legacy
Here we go with the second wave of thrash metal and genre leaders Testament with their album The Legacy. Released in 1987 by Nuclear Blast records, Testament quickly grew their…
IMPALED NAZARENE Tol Compt Norz Norz Norz
Here’s another classic of the Black Metal genre, Impaled Nazarene Tol Compt Norz Norz Norz (which translated means “All numbered 666”) was released by the Finnish group in 1993. By…
PILEDRIVER Metal Inquisition
This is not the greatest of metal albums by any stretch but it always makes me smile when I put it on. Piledriver Metal Inquisition was released in 1984 and…
IMMORTAL Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
Well Immortal Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism managed to come straight out of the gate with what was a very professional and quite well recorded debut. Bear in mind at round this…
VENOM Black Metal
VENOM BLACK METAL VENOM Black Metal from 1982 was next on the agenda for this Newcastle trio. After the cult success of their first album “Welcome to Hell” the band…
NILE Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
OK, NILE Amongst the Catacombs of the Nephren Ka is a breath of fresh air in what was starting to become a stale death metal scene in the late 90s.When…
GWAR Hell-o
Gwar Hell-o is the first release from Antartican nutters Gwar from 1988. Before we go to far into this record review I should make it clear I’ve been a long…
IRON MAIDEN Killers
OK, here we go with the second IRON MAIDEN album, Killers. Released in early 1981, the album opens up in fine form with the extremely catchy “Wrathchild” and from the…