Browsing all articles tagged with Testament.

Flotsam & Jetsam – Kelly David Smith Interview

Monday, April 15, 2013

Life is funny old thing. It twists and turns, you never quite know what’s around the corner. One minute you’re sixteen, you’re in your bedroom listening to The Friday Night Rock Show with Tommy Vance and he’s playing something from a band you’ve only ever read about in Kerrang! They’re called Flotsam & Jetsam. The [...]

Nuclear Blast – Built to Blast vol. 1 – Sampler Album

Friday, March 8, 2013

German label Nuclear Blast, one of the world’s leading heavy metal labels, have released a free 15 track sampler album, featuring the best of their label. Founded in 1987 the label has witnessed multiple genres develop over the years, such as hardcore, black metal, and power metal. The sampler, Built to Blast vol. 1, includes [...]

Bonded By Blood – The Aftermath – Album Review

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Bonded By Blood have never been more than a blip on my radar: it’s not that they are bad, they just haven’t produced anything which has knocked me for six. I have the albums, but I only really listen to them when my iTunes random function puts them on rather than because I feel the [...]

Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth – Album Review

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

“Winds of change keep you searching for the truth…” Chuck Billy delivers this insightful line halfway through Testament’s blazing new album Dark Roots Of Earth – and at no time in this band’s storied past has it been more appropriate. Testament is no stranger to forces of change, be it lineups, musical direction or what [...]

TESTAMENT – Dark Roots Of Earth – Album Details

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Get excited – Here are the details of yet another potential Album of the Year Bay Area thrash titans, TESTAMENT, have revealed the cover art and details for their upcoming “Dark Roots of Earth” release! Artwork was painted by Eliran Kantor who has worked with such bands as SODOM, ATHEIST, SIGH. “Dark Roots of Earth” [...]

Kreator – Phantom Antichrist – Album Review

Monday, May 14, 2012

Doing anything for 30 years is an accomplishment. Doing it at a high level for the majority of those years is astounding. For Kreator, their latest album Phantom Antichrist does the impossible by combining the best of thrash metal’s past and present, while pointing an inverted cross directly into the future! Founding members Millie Petrozza [...]

Overkill – The Electric Age – Album Review

Monday, May 14, 2012

Now into their fourth decade, Overkill have been through their fair share of turmoil over the years. With Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth and D.D. Verni the only remaining members from the original 1980 line up, this New Jersey thrash band have now released their sixteenth studio album. This is one of the bands I grew up [...]