Album Review : Destruction – Under Attack

A staple of Thrash, war has been one of the most consistent elements within the genre. Moving with the ages since the Judgement Day style Cold War prophecies to the modern day technology dominant drone warfare. Turning this idea of weaponry on its head German thrash pioneers Destruction instead point the finger at humanity to show Earth is in fact Under Attack from us. 

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Album Review : Grand Magus – Sword Songs

Despite what lead guitarists might say the almighty power behind Heavy Metal lies within the power of the riff. Master of headbangers, wielder of rhythm creating a truly brilliant riff can be difficult to master. Keeping the spirit of Heavy Metal alive we see Grand Magus once again at the vanguard of Metal with their latest release Sword Songs. Raising their banners we meet head on to see what the band’s latest battle cry sounds like. On my signal…

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An Interview With: Nicolas Delestrade (Novelists)

French metal has been on the exponential rise over the past few years. It’s a country that has not typically been associated with metal music, and it’s been a bit of a mystery as to why all of a sudden there has been such an increase of fantastic bands. At the forefront of those are Novelists, releasing their fantastic debut ‘Souvenirs‘ late last year that has been receiving quite acclaim worldwide. We catch up with bassist Nicolas Delestrade to answer some of our questions about the rise of French metal…

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