Bass player Jason Newsted has been off the grid from the music world since his work with Voivod ended after 2009’s “Infini.” Other than contributing to the supergroup WhoCares and an appearance during one of Metallica’s 30th anniversary shows, the man seemed to be missing from the scene (or even the world).
Originally known as Dungeon, the band began in the arid desert of the Australian Outback, home of Mad Max- The Road Warrior, and hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest major city. This isolation proved to be no obstacle, however, and the band recorded a demo that received glowing reviews in music magazines across the country.
Fatal Impact’s humble birth was around a decade ago. The band hit stages all around Norway with their forceful, pounding, dark yet illuminating music. The band released their self-debut album “Law Of Repulsion” in 2008.
The album begins mid-tempo numbers like “Where the Alders Grow” and “Silent December” are slightly boring. “End Time Theater” includes bright shredding solos, “The Blind Man’s Eye” is very heavy and aggressive song.
The band that will never make the same record twice are the Chicago-based punk legends Alkaline Trio. They have been around since 1996 and after having released eight full length studio albums, they're back with number nine, called My Shame Is True.
First discussion: full length or mini? Nearly thirty minutes, not fully.
Second discussion, and much more important: what to think about this material? The band consists of highly experienced musicians (Mark Riddick, Brian Forman and Matt Pike), so the expectations are high. Is it satisfying, does it fulfil one’s morbid nightmares?
With Pretenders, Brussels based Tommigun returns with a new batch of their “heartbreak hangover tunes”!
Incredible, that this French Post-Hardcore Noise band has been around for almost 25 years! Indeed, the band formed during 1989 in the village of Jonzac, but moved South some 80 km to put up homebase in Bordeaux in 1991. Since then, the band went through enough antics, and still this is the first time I heard from 'em! What follows below, is a free translation of the band's biography, as can be found on their Wikipedia page, and the info sheet we got along with the promo copy of the album (both in French).
What band could be better suited to make a record where they are paying tribute to other great (Southern) rock bands, like Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top and others, all bands that in one way or another have influenced Molly Hatchet’s sound. The album starts of with a fantastic cover of ZZ Top’s ‘Sharp Dressed Man’, and is followed by an equally impressive version of Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’. Follows a slow, almost – but not really acoustical version of ‘Desperado’ a song by The Eagles
Svart Records holds especially Finnish acts on its roster, yet there are a couple of exceptions. This goes, for example, for High Priest Of Saturn. This band hails from Trondheim, Norway, and consists of three permanent members: Merethe Heggset, Martin Sivertsen and Andreas Hagen.
The original version of this album was released back in 1996 in Japan by Hypnotic Records, and reached Europe the next year. As you can guess the original album has long been out of print, and if you had the chance to find a copy on Ebay, the price was usually rather high.
But Prosthetic Records have had the ingenious idea to rerelease this album, but with re-worked artwork, as well as have it re-mastered by Jens Bogren.
