December 17, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Clockwork, Prog, Rush, Signals, Tom Sawyer, Tribute band • 0 Comments
“Rich Castle Presents… Don Tomlinson”, says our trusty editor on the phone with Don Tomlinson, of Distant Signals, who plays keyboards for this most awesome RUSH tribute band. What is the most striking thing about this Pittsburgh-based band is how top-caliber their musicianship is; the keyboardist is the brainchild of this long-running project. The band […]
December 16, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Acranius, Blood, brutality, Coprocephalic, Fleshcrawll, Ingested, MORGOTH, SUFFOCATION • 0 Comments
The Brutal Death Metal of Acranius, from Germany — Rostock, Mecklenburg–Vorpommern, is back! Following up, “When Mutilation Becomes Homicidal”, from 2013, “Dishonor” is the sophomore full-length studio LP from these Deathsters, who formed in 2009. The artwork by Daemorph Evil Art is suitable for the genre, and actually quite stunning. Coprocephalic, Ingested, Epicardiectomy, and […]
December 8, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Jorn Lande, Kiss, Progressive Metal, Radio, Running Wild • 0 Comments
1. Death. FM: NECROPHOBIC — ‘Rimthurson”, title track from the Swedish Blackened Death veterans’ 2006 LP. Necrophobic have stepped up their game from earlier works mired in, that bit touch too much of, thickened darkness. Yet Necrophobic were always great. They set out originally to appeal completely to an Underground hardcore Blackened Death Metal […]
December 6, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: AC/DC, Heavy Metal Reviews, Rock Or Bust • 0 Comments
AC/DC: “Rock Or Bust” — Deathscream.net Spotlights the Aussie Superband “Rock Or Bust” is AC/DC’s late 2014, new powerhouse studio album. This is the kick in the arse that Metal/Hard Rock/Classic Rock/and-whatever-else, needed. 2015 is off and running. I have talked with enough people, and seen and heard, quite enough to know that 2015 […]
December 3, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal Reviews, Metal Evolution, The Lost Episode • 0 Comments
The Metal Evolution series shows the evolution of Heavy Metal. The series is based on a premise that dissects the entire Heavy Metal genre, at least according to the producers, into 26 sub-genres. This lost segment is on YouTube. This lost segment is called Extreme Metal. The lost segment, “released to crowdsourcing contributions”, as Wikipedia states, […]
December 3, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Heavy Metal Reviews, Midnight Priest, Midnight Steel • 0 Comments
Midnight Priest‘s Lex Thunder is going to shock the crap out of you. Have you viewed their “Hellbreaker” video on YouTube, (check out the video at the bottom of this page) yet, from the band’s 2nd LP “Midnight Steel”? The lead vocalist impresses mightily, with a voice that begins the song like it’s Witchfinder General. […]
December 2, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: Heavy Metal News, Metal Singers • 0 Comments
Metal Singers in Bogota, Colombia, South America, as it is billed, will feature Udo Dirkschneider, Mike Viscera, Blaze Bayley and Tim “Ripper” Owens. These vocal legends, collectively, are most famously known for the following bands (in the order of the names above): ACCEPT/U.D.O./UDO, LOUDNESS/YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, IRON MAIDEN, and JUDAS PRIEST/ICED EARTH. This will surely be […]
November 30, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Belphegor, Conjuring The Dead, Heavy Metal Reviews • 0 Comments
The sounds of suffering and the glory of vampyric horror are all part and parcel to the experience of Death Metal/Black Metal outfit, Belphegor. Just the mere thought of Jesus Christ is repulsive to these guys. They have made a career out of it. Some songs like “Lucifer, Take Her” on the new LP don’t […]
November 30, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Ellen, Heavy Metal Reviews, interview, JIMMY PAGE, LED ZEPPELIN • 0 Comments
“It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled It’s been a long time since I did the Stroll Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back Let me get it back, baby, where I come from It’s been a long time, been a long time Been a long lonely, lonely, […]
Global Radio Report — 12/19/2014, Rock/Metal And More
December 19, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Dark Tranquillity, Folk Jazz, metal, Radio, Rock, Tiamat, Tune-In, Voices of Destiny • 0 Comments
The Editor of Deathscream.net listens to the airwaves! 5:54pm EST USA start: 12/19/2014 — What is rockin’ and shakin’ the airwaves, right now?!? Let’s travel the world, and find out. 1. Russia: Radio Caprice Thrash Metal Infernal Majesty, “Night of the Living Dead” from “None Shall Defy” 1987 LP. One of the most ostentatious […]