MANOWAR
Introduction Manowar is one of the most iconic bands in heavy metal history. Also one of the most polarising bands in History. I’ve never met anyone that says “Yeah, they’re…
NASTY SAVAGE
I’m not going to go so far as to say Nasty Savage is a Death Metal band, but when you look at this release from 1985 I can definitely see…
BATHORY
Bathory has long been an enigma of the Heavy Metal world. His “one man” approach to making heavy metal music was unique at the time, recording virtually everything on his…
TWISTED SISTER
Formation and Early Years (1972-1976) Twisted Sister was formed in 1972 in New Jersey by guitarist Jay Jay French. Originally, the band was heavily influenced by the glam rock scene,…
POSSESSED Seven Churches
Possessed formed in 1982 and this was their first real album release and what a cracker it was too! This one was released late 1985 and is betweeen this and…
SODOM Outbreak of Evil
From the outset of this review, I’ll have to say that Sodom are one of my all time faves. I’ve always admired how they stuck to their thrash metal guns,…
NAPALM DEATH
Napalm Death is one of the most influential bands in extreme music, credited with pioneering grindcore—a genre that fuses hardcore punk and death metal with aggressive speed and politically charged…
HELLHAMMER APOCALYPTIC RAIDS
This was an interesting one. Hellhammer existed from 1982-1984 and their only official release was this, Apocalyptic Raids (There were some demo’s too which got released later) was released in…
SADISTIC INTENT Resurrection
Well, dammit. This is one of the darkest slabs of death metal I’ve ever heard. Sadistic Intent hail from California USA having formed in 1987 they’ve not had a huge…
MEGADETH
Dave Mustaine’s Departure from Metallica Again I’m sure we all know the back story of Dave Mustaine getting kicked out of Metallica. Megadeth’s story begins with Dave Mustaine, a guitarist…