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Salem .. one of those names that might sound familiar with those metal heads who have a more than average interest in NWOBHM.

Long gone are  the days that  an Italian Metal album was a rarity,  these days not a week seems to go by without yet another Italian release. This time it’s Pleonaxia, if I look at the meaning of the word Pleonexia,  I am told it’s “the insatiable desire to have what rightfully belongs to others“…..

Oi no, this ain't a new album from the short-lived South Carolina band...too bad, by the way...but a long-due re-issue of the band's one and only full-length album!

The Hesperia-project is run by multi-instrumentalist Hesperus, once member of Sulphuria. He started this solo-outfit somewhere during the nineties, in order to pay tribute to the ancient, and mystical / mythological / mythical glory of a rich ‘pre-Italian’ past. At the beginning of this century, Hesperus and his Hesperia-project started working on a four-part conceptual masterwork, based on Virgilio’s Eneide aka Aeneidos.

Behind this solo project is one George Hirsch, singer for legendary Philadelphia based Hardcore outfit Blacklisted, which has been in existence since the early 2000s.

Exmortus are a very heavy formation from California. After some self-released EP’s, the band released two full lengths via Heavy Artillery Records, In Hatred’s Flame (2008) and Beyond The Fall Of Time (2011). Recently Exmortus signed to Prosthetic’s roster in order to release their third full studio album, Slave To The Sword, which lasts for fifty minutes.

Greek band Disharmony was originally formed in the capital city of Athens in 1997. They self-released two demos (Harmony Realms and When Purity Withers), but due to internal and personal issues, the band split up after the release of the second demo, in 2000.

French act Dirge is about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary (!). A first result of this upcoming party is the release of the band’s sixth album, Hyperion, which was recorded and mixed by original member Marc T., and mastered by Nicolas Dick (known as well from Kill The Thrill, and collaborating on this album as guest too, by the way, besides Lycia’s Tara Vanflower and Milena Rousseau of Miroda-fame).

Heavy hardcore noise-punk a la Unsane, Buzz-oven, Hammerhead and Jesus Lizard, from this French duo on this 10-song outing, as the majority of the music by Carne lies buried under a powerful onslaught of gritty vocals and a treacherous stomp of beats.

Butcher Babies is an American metal band from Los Angeles, California founded in 2010. Their linu-up is: Carla Harvey – vocals, Heidi Shepherd – vocals, Henry Flury – guitars, Jason Klein – bass and Chris Warner – drums. They making some horror metal but never less I think the two front girls are nice to see if you don’t know what I mean just google their name and you will see it. Some tape can hide the nipple but not the gate, I don’t know it hurts if pull it off.