Forty years since Slayer dropped one of the most important records in the history of heavy metal, and Metal Blade Records have absolutely done it justice with this 40th anniversary edition of Hell Awaits.
Elegant Weapons sophomore release does that and then some! It is titled “Evolution” as a nod to the progress the band has made in songwriting, lyrics and direction, plus a change in rhythm section personnel.
With their name bizarrely inspired by a brand of insecticide, Atlanta heavy hitters Sevendust are one of the few bands on the scene to manage to keep a stable line up for over thirty years, the band of brothers bonded by music and blood.
Four years. That's how long I have been eagerly waiting for Cage Fight to follow up their 2022 self-titled debut, and if you think that's an eternity in the world of hardcore, you'd be absolutely right.
Next year will be the 25th Anniversary of Hardline's incredible debut Double Eclipse and although they have released six albums since then they have not hit the heights of that original release but as a fan right from the off I can confirm Shout is the closest the band have come to that crown.
Since 1978, Venom have been the architects of extreme metal chaos, and with their sixteenth studio album Into Oblivion, the Newcastle titans prove they are still capable of conjuring sonic hellfire that would make lesser bands weep.
Dan Byrne released his debut solo EP to critical acclaim and with his first full length album he has blown the doors off. This is instantly my favourite album of the year.
Can anyone else ‘see’ the Foo Fighters music? Before you think my Sunday morning has been influenced by the night before, hear me out.
As visitor of Metal Planet Music, I’m assuming you’ve heard of The Dead Daisies? And I assume you’ve heard of Stone-Dead festival?
Five-times Grammy Award nominee Robben Ford has been recording music for over 50 years now. Throughout those years Ford has turned to many musical genres.
Britain's genre dynamic fun loving Enter Shikari, just dropped their eighth studio album out of absolutely nowhere.
The Welsh wizards and the best festival band in the world return with album number nine....nine, can you believe that.
Spanish Rock and Metal has struggled to break through to worldwide domination the way other European acts have but with Pheonix the band Xtasy are going to seriously challenge that perception.
Corrosion of Conformity releasing an album on Easter weekend feels like the most CoC thing imaginable. Forget chocolate eggs. This is fourteen tracks of resurrection level riff worship.
At the tender age of 75, the rock n roll queen that is Suzi Quatro has released her seventeenth studio album.
A huge favourite on the social media chat pages of 2000 Trees and Arctangent, I will happily admit to knowing nothing about this band. Sure, I’d seen their name around, but not even a toe had been dipped into their musical waters.