September 19, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: death metal, grindcore, Heavy Metal, Micawber, Viral • 0 Comments
31 minutes and 51 seconds of ghoulish, brutish nasty Death Metal. It is loud, played and produced well and clearly. Micawber hail from the West of the U.S.A. The band has made 3 excellent EPs before debuting with “Viral”. I have no idea what their band name means nor exactly how to pronounce it. Nor […]
September 18, 2013 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal News Tags: brooklyn, gig, Heavy Metal, metal, NEW SONG live bootleg, NWOBHM, performance, Raven, Saint Vitus Bar, show, tour • 0 Comments
RAVEN Play Brooklyn, New York City – Wednesday, 9/18/2013 – Prelude To The Arrival onstage of the NWOBHM stalwarts. Wikipedia defines Raven, and rightfully – may I add – as an English heavy metal band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy metal movement. The band has been active as of 1974 with singles […]
September 12, 2013 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Heavy Metal, Rush, Secret Weapons • 0 Comments
1. RUSH – 1974’s Before & After 2. Fly By Night – 1975’s Rivendell 3. Caress Of Steel – 1975’s ‘The Fountain Of Lamneth 4. 2112 – 1976’s The Oracle 5. A Farewell To Kings – 1977’s A Farewell To Kings 6. Hemispheres – 1978’s Circumstances 7. Permanent Waves – 1980’s Entre Nous (translation from […]
September 11, 2013 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: BILL WARD, Black Sabbath, Doom, Doom Metal, Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne, Terrence Geezer Butler, The Legacy, TONY IOMMI • 0 Comments
A quick look at Tony Iommi and Black Sabbath’s legacy: Heavy Metal’s true progenitors have created a monster! Sometimes someone is so great we wish to bring to fruition and duplicate what they have done; emulating them – maybe even perhaps surpassing them. This is what is going on with the emergent subcategory in Heavy […]
SLAYER – “Implode” – The exclusive new Slayer track for 2014
November 17, 2014 by Rich Castle • Heavy Metal Reviews Tags: Heavy Metal, IMPLODE, Reviews, Slayer • 0 Comments
“I’m pretty sure God still hates us all”: This line stood out in the new song that is available to anyone that clicks on the download link. Just give ’em your email . Sure! The reason that line stands out is because Slayer’s “God Hates Us All” studio album was released on September 11th, 2001. […]
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