Hostilia “All The Blood Spilt EP – The Top Floor Live Sessions”
A raised middle finger from Sweden’s best thrash metal band.
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Reviews
Seven Spires in Tokyo
Adrienne Cowan’s fabulous voice and Seven Spires’ technical, heavy-yet-melodic metal gave us a night to remember in Tokyo.
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French post-metal band Celeste in Tokyo
France’s blackened sludge/post-hardcore outfit Celeste made a triumphant return to Japan.
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Lucifer’s panic attack in Tokyo
Johanna Platow of Lucifer: “All the songs are about dead people. Something’s wrong with me!”
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Yeti Valhalla in Tokyo
Yeti Valhalla has earned a cult following in Japan through relentless touring.
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Raven rocked Tokyo until it dropped
Raven proved that NWOBHM is still alive and kicking as their 50th-anniversary tour crushed Tokyo.
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Arallu “Battleground”
Israeli extreme metal band Arallu returns with a new version of the track “Battleground”.
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Video premiere: Steel Inferno “Electrocuter”
Today, Danish heavy metal band Steel Inferno premieres the third single and music video from the new album.
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Golgothan Remains “Bearer of Light, Matriarch of Death”
While you can find descriptions of this band as blackened dissonant death or even avant-garde something-or-other, the truth is that no matter which direction a humble extreme metal wordsmith may choose to wank-off in, fans of death metal will dig this hard. When it comes to narrative, let Sydney-siders Golgothan Remains do the storytelling.
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Jimmy Sakurai at Bauhaus in Roppongi
Jimmy Sakurai brought his Led Zep wizardry to Roppongi before the Bonham tour.
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A Scar for the Wicked “Acolythus”
Canadian deathcore group A Scar for the Wicked’s album “Acolythus” is tight, well-written and consistent.
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Rise to Fall in Tokyo
Rise to Fall performed catchy metalcore and melodic death metal overflowing with energy in Tokyo.
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Rvkkvs “Antithesis of Prosperity”
Rvkkvs serves up Kiwi death grind on the band’s debut album. This is extreme metal, and the tracks are short, but it’s anything but one-dimensional. It’s glorious stuff.
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