ANVIL Hard N Heavy
As far as debut albums go, this one was pretty cool. I’m not going to say it was as good as the product that Judas Priest and Maiden were putting…
SODOM Obsessed by Cruelty
Ok, here we go with Sodom’s next effort. Sodom Obsessed by Cruelty is more of the same after the release of their first EP “In the Sign of Evil“. However…
ROTTING CHRIST Passage to Arcturo
Rotting Christ Passage to Arcturo (released 1991) is the first release from this mighty Greek band. This is kind of their first EP before releasing an album proper and is…
LIK Necro
Here’s a band that I stumbled onto by accident, and what a pleasant surprise it was too! I knew nothing about this band before but hey, If Metal Blade Records…
SAXON
In the late 1970s, a new wave of heavy metal began rising in the UK, reshaping the rock landscape. At the heart of this movement was the band Saxon, one…
CARCASS Reek of Putrefaction
CARCASS Reek of Putrefaction from 1988 is the first album from the British Grind / Death Metal band. A lot of people consider this album to be a little undercooked.…
CANNABIS CORPSE – The Weeding
Cannabis Corpse the Weeding is the latest EP from these Virginia based smokers. As the more astute amongst you may have realised the name is a parody of well respected…
ANTHRAX Fistful of Metal
After Metallica came screaming out of the gates with their new brand of thrash, Anthrax obviously thought it it was time to “one up” them and put out this one.…
PENTAGRAM Lightning in a Bottle
I was actually pretty excited to see that Pentagram got a new album out. Old mate Bobby Leibling as become the subject of a bit of exposure following the wave…
MORBID ANGEL
Among the earliest bands to start playing the music that would be known as Death Metal were Flordians Morbid Angel—a band that would go on to set new standards for…