Nice to see that life has basically returned to normal and so many quality releases came across my desk this year. Out of the few hundred I got a chance to listen to, the following 10 were the ones played the most. Albums #6-10 here. Check out this Spotify playlist...
2018 was an amazing year across all sub genres and after listening to roughly 300 releases it was very difficult to narrow down my favourite 10 albums. Here are my top suggestions for what you should check out if you haven’t already. #10 Blasphamagoatachrist – Black Metal Warfare (Black/Death from...
First up for NecroNovember is Necroholocaust, out of Vancouver, Canada. They recently played the inaugural Never Surrender Festival in Germany, being one of the three representatives from the great white north. After watching clips of their performance it’s safe to say the trio channeled all the evil and violence from...
Third on the altar is Witchgöat, hailing from El Salvador (not to be mixed up with the now defunct band from India) with their demo Umbra Regit released through Morbid Skull Records. The most thrashy album this month, they contrast traditionally speedy solos and drums with reverberated death vocals. The solos...
Fast fast fast. That’s the first impression of the debut album from Calgary, Canada’s Hazzerd. Misleading Evil is nothing short of what is expected of a thrash band but there is something a bit different about this album. While there is the throwback to old school thrash metal complete with...
I finally got my hands on one of the few Shrapnal demos that were released in June 2014, appropriately named DEMOlition. One of the newest (and youngest) bands in Calgary right now, Shrapnal brings a new but recognizable take on traditional thrash metal. Skyler Mills’ clear classical thrash vocals are...