IMMORTAL - WAR AGAINST ALL

 

While the sun starts taking hold of the summer months, one man charges ahead with an icy reality check in the form of Immortal. After more legal disputes following 2018’s Northern Chaos Gods, Demonaz emerged from the rubble as the solitary figure taking the frostbitten throne. 5 years later and War Against All shows this blizzard beast still rages.

Taking cues from past efforts and a beefier, yet still cold production effort – Demonaz roars forth with cackled vocals of a murderous toad; he lacks the charisma of Abbath, but his harsh characteristics mesh with the music. With Enslaved’s Ice Dale on bass and additional guitars and Gaahl’s Wyrd’s drummer Kevin Kvåle on as session musicians, War Against All mashes the bitter frost of blast-beat induced black metal and the epic blackened heavy metal of Sons Of Northern Darkness.

“Wargod” radiates the latter with that fist-pumping, sublime mid-tempo groove that is basically arena black metal. The title tracks blasts the opening of the record with Demonaz on the warpath and following cut “Thunders Of Darkness” utilizes intriguing bass lines and continues an avalanche of punishment with hammering rhythms and rapid guitars. “No Sun” crushes with ferocious, dissonant guitars – Immortal really hitting their hasty groove on this one.

PAUL STANLEY: SOBRE O MÊS DO ORGULHO LGBTQIA+, “TODO MUNDO TEM O DIREITO DE SER QUEM É

 

No início desta semana, o TMZ conversou com o vocalista/ guitarrista e co-fundador do KISS, Paul Stanley, no bairro de Beverly Glen, em Los Angeles, Califórnia, e perguntou a ele sobre a proclamação do governador Gavin Newsom declarando junho de 2023 como o “mês do orgulho LGBTQ+” no estado da Califórnia. Este mês – e todos os meses – a Califórnia está com a comunidade de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, transgêneros e queer (LGBTQ +), pois eles se orgulham de quem são e de quem amam. Paul disse:
"Todo mundo tem o direito de ser quem é. A vida é muito curta para ser qualquer outra pessoa ... Todos devem celebrar quem são. Tenha orgulho de quem você é, desde que seja algo de que valha a pena se orgulhar ... Qual é o critério para ser orgulho é ser uma boa pessoa, não transgênero ou qualquer outro gênero.

HELLOWEEN / HAMMERFALL - UNITED FORCES IN BIG APPLE

Have seen both, numerous times, on some of the biggest festival stages (as well as headlining solo artists) but there's something special about the current touring package. In large part, that's down to the way Helloween have sown seven divergent cloth samples into a stunningly coherent piece of high fashion. Both acts joke around and have fun with one another onstage, which (sadly) is a bit of a forgotten art.

BRIAN SLAGEL - SWING OF THE BLADE: MORE STORIES FROM METAL BLADE RECORDs

 

A quick, easy read, these 192 pages (although Slagel's collection of modern, aka non-vintage, selfies, featuring "famous" music and non-musical folks, account for eight pages) are a follow-up to the label head's initial, pre-pandemic tome. Delivered in a folksy, pint-around-the-bar narrative, he delves further into his relationship and dealings with various bands on the roster. 15 pages are devoted to his lifelong history with Lars Ulrich (and by default, Metallica). It kind of serves as a clearing house for his "reviews" of their latest albums, favorite gigs and anecdotes, that he's forever getting asked about, by fans.

One chapter touches on a few of the artists on various Metal Massacre compilations, some well-known, others lesser so. Somewhere between a few paragraphs, up to several pages, are donated to Cirith Ungol, Fates Warning, Lizzy Borden, Armored Saint, Mercyful Fate, Ghost, Flotsam & Jetsam, Gwar and Amon Amarth. Slagel claims that he holds no animosity in not being able to sign Metallica (and later, post-glam Pantera) as he was not financially solvent enough. He also admits he missed much of the initial death metal craze because he didn't like the music. Lest people think he's endlessly hob-nobbling with bands, it's evident, from his commentary, that unlike the early days, now the label head might not even interact with the band, post-signing (nor hear any music), until the recording is done.

Chapter 7: You Win Some, You Lose Some, concentrates on the nu-metal era of the Nineties, as well as the metalcore boom in the new millennium. Wouldn't have inked Slipknot, only signs music he likes. But would have tried Tool, Nine Inch Nails and/or Korn, until the big label money boys priced them out of Metal Blade's budget. Having moved to Vegas, Brian admits there's really no live (unsigned) music scene and that recently he's signed bands that have NEVER played live, before joining Metal Blade. Scary! There's also a fanboy chapter dedicated to his Iron maiden obsession.

TANKARD LIVE AT ROCK HARD FESTIVAL 2023; PRO-SHOT VIDEO OF FULL SET STREAMING

 

German metal legends Tankard performed at Rock Hard Festival 2023 in Gelsenkirchenm, Germany on May 28th. Check out the pro-shot livestream below.

The setlist was as follows:

"Rectifier"
"The Morning After"
"Ex-Fluencer"
"Rapid Fire (A Tyrant's Elegy)"
"Rules for Fools"
"One Foot in the Grave"
"Octane Warriors"
"Chemical Invasion"
"Zombie Attack"
"Beerbarians"
"A Girl Called Cerveza"
"(Empty) Tankard"

NASGUN HAIL LUCIFER

 NASGUN é o  projeto mais satânico que a humanidade já viu ,o musico lançou seu primeiro single Hail Lucifer  uma previa do que será seu ep,dando continuidade a  ordem misantrópica luciferiana ,no brasil com planos para montar a 1 igreja satânica em solo brasileiro o musico pretende difundir a ordem ao redor do globo e continuar o legado de Jon Nödtveidt. decidiu terminar com a sua vida por suas próprias mãos. Como um verdadeiro Satanista 

confiram o novo single abaixo :

https://nasgun.bandcamp.com/track/hail-lucifer

METAL CHURCH - CONGREGATION OF ANNIHILATION

 

Dawn of a new era, with Marc Lopes on vocals, a gritty, forceful vocal brawler, in the vein of original singer David Wayne. Mainstay Kurdt Vanderhoof is already on record, claiming the forthcoming live shows will be built around the initial pair of releases, most of which (the late) Mike Howe was uncomfortable/unwilling to perform. "Another Judgment Day" kicks and punches out of the gate, including the shrieks, screams and off kilter intonations declaring this ain't the same attitude/band fronted by Howe.

In all honestly, there hasn't been a Metal Church album like this since the debut. Apologies to BraveWords honcho “Metal" Tim (who loves the album), but apart from "Ton Of Bricks", The Dark was something of a disappointment, all those years ago. The lovable rough edges (mostly attributable to Wayne's sometimes caustic voice) had been filed down. Little wonder he'd soon depart. Well those days are back! Just listen to Lopes' final, vicious intonations on "Children Of The Lie", leading into the subdued, jazzy bass led instrumental, that rounds out the number.

More than a little unhinged, in all the best aspects of Wayne and/or kindred spirit (pun intended) Paul Baloff (Exodus). That said, the rapid fire, staccato thrash delivery of the bass/guitar driven title track almost tries too hard. Love the tasty guitar break though.