EP REVIEW: Artillery – Made In Hell


Danish diehards Artillery surely had to be one of the most overlooked thrash acts of the eighties. With the metal music press more concerned with covering every Tom, Dick, and Kerry on the American scene, bands across the rest of the globe were left jostling for position. Up against the likes of Germany and the UK, Denmark was left somewhat out in the cold, despite having given the world the wonderfully evil Mercyful Fate. Even Canada, Brazil, and Switzerland ended up making more of a dent in the scene.

Continue reading


EP REVIEW: Sepultura – The Cloud Of Unknowing


 

So this is it then. After more than forty years of crushing skulls with Brazilian riffs, the legendary Sepultura is heading off into the sunset. Only bassist Paulo Xisto and guitarist Andreas Kisser remain from the original line-up these days, but vocalist Derrick Green – to many still the new boy – has been present for nigh on thirty years himself. More than twice the length of his predecessor, in fact. Making his one and (presumably) only studio appearance with the band, fresh-faced twenty-three-year-old drummer Greyson Nekrutman is the real newbie here. Continue reading


EP REVIEW: Mothica – Somewhere In Between


Mothica’s Somewhere in Between (Sharptone Records) steps away from the darker synth pop of her previous full-length, Kissing Death. Her sound has now evolved into something closer to the sonic zip code of artists leaning toward the version of modern metal that blends the genre with pop, like Poppy and Spiritbox. Heavier guitars are just being pushed more to the forefront, so it’s not a huge leap from her previous sound, and it does not feel like she is jumping on a bandwagon. The pop sound she toyed with on her last album is being refined and brought to a larger-than-life, cinematic scale. Lyrically, conceptual, but it deals with themes of inner struggle.

Continue reading