Nations Divide – Scars of Atrophy Art: Gabriel Turner Byrne I was raised Catholic, and it was probably the best thing to educate myself about what happens behind the scenes. I am a full-on atheist now. I use a lot of what I grew up with to fuel the lyrics and point out the commonly…
Kreated In Blood – Zarraza Art: Vladimir Chebakov Bio: Zarraza started to annoy the metal community of Kazakhstan in 2018 when our debut album, Necroshiva, came out. The music and support from local metalheads helped us get opening slots for Sepultura, Ektomork, Rotting Christ, Katalepsy, and Arkona. The second release, Rotten Remains, caught more attention…
Exiled to the Surface – Traitor Art: Pär Olofsson The lyrical themes are different in ‘Traitor’. Some deal with historical events, others with current events, but we have also written songs about various movie and video game classics. Also, some children’s cartoons have a very evil, sometimes even twisted, context, which can be wonderfully integrated…
Dis Morta – Josh Christian Art: Alcides Burn The cover elements have been around for a while, but the actual cover art is much more severe and dark. The original had a flyer feel, whereas this is a full-blown work and creates the proper atmosphere for the album. Toxik is and has always been a…
Weapons of Tomorrow – John Kevill Art: Andreas Marschall I’m a rationalist type, so I thought and planned. Just getting the idea or the riffs into my head and chewing on it for a while, messing with a bunch of different versions, and seeing what sticks. I only write a little down- the idea is,…
The Art Of A Maniac – Tymo Art: Andrei Bouzikov Tymo is a Canadian Thrash Metal band from Edmonton, Alberta. Formed in 2015, the band was initially intended to promote frontman Tim Tymo’s solo project; however, as the band’s current lineup came together, the band took on a life of its own as they gravitated…
Bestia Immundis by Jürgen “Scholli” Scholz In 1973 I bought my first single, Alice Cooper ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’ and in 1976, my first LP, Kiss ‘Destroyer’. For me, the beginning of the 80s was the best time of real Heavy Metal. It was the time when NWOBHM was born, and the best albums…
Divide and Devour by Destroyed In Seconds Destroyed in Seconds has always had an organic “riff it up” process for writing songs, so nothing changed in the creation of ‘Divide and Devour’. Some of the lyrics were changed over time and our lineup, but we stick to our formula, and it works well. We released…
Wings Of Rage by Peter “Peavy” Wagner We chose the name Rage long ago in 1985. Two years before we started under the name Avenger. Unfortunately, there was a British band under the same name, so when we signed to Noise Records in ‘85, we were asked to change the band´s name. Our drummer back…
Genesis XIX by Tom Angelripper I can still remember when my mom walked into my room and said it was like Sodom and Gomorrah because it was dirty and not very tidy. I didn’t forget that until the band was founded. I later saw many films, including the ‘120 Days of Sodom’. The film impressed…
666 Goats Carry My Chariot by R. Hellshrieker & KK Ripper R. Hellshrieker: Hi Alex, this is R. Hellshrieker, nice to meet you. I am the vocalist in the band and the only original member. I am joined by KK Ripper, our lead guitarist and main songwriter. He will answer most of your questions today.…
Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge by Jey Deflagratör Hexecutor name came from the idea to find a name that stands in one word. Short, simple, efficient. It’s a mix of two words, since the “H” is from Hexe, for witchcraft, but it still maintains the goal as mentioned above. It means what it means,…
Spectre of Devastation by Kris Wallström We wanted a name that didn’t sound like anything anyone had heard before on a band. I remember Fredrik wanted the word “war” to be included, but I’m not sure if it was the word “effect” that was combined, but it might have been. We started pitching words we…
For Dread Shall Reign by Marco Stebich The band’s name Deathstorm popped up sporadically in my head when I Hate Records reached out to us after having heard our demo. Said demo was released in 2009 under the old band name Damage. Peter from I Hate suggested that we probably should change our name before…
Accuser by Frank Thomas The Accuser always has something to do with justice and law. The paragraph character symbolises that. The band name with the paragraph is our logo. We started looking for the name at ‘A’ in the alphabet and didn’t get far. All songs represent unity. Some elements might fit into the early…
Detritus of the Final Age by Andrew Hudson The band name Harlott, it means very little. It was just a word that sounded cool phonetically when I was a teenage boy and the extra T is alleviate issues we used to have with pronunciation as people kept coming at us with ‘Harlow”… which was weird.…
Evolution By Übergang Our music is for sure a crossover. We like to play metal in a modern way with a lot of hardcore and rock influence in it. Our lead guitarist Andor composed and recorded the music and our singer Sebastian wrote all the lyrics. We recorded the whole album at the end of…
I Am Part of That Power Which Eternally Wills Evil and Eternally Works Wrong by Rambo Bloodthirst, a Polish black/thrash metal act coming from the Goat City – Poznań. Formed over a two-decade ago, after a couple of demos & split releases have signed to highly acclaimed Pagan Records and released the four full-length albums:…
The Vile Manifesto by Bruni Silva We describe our music as a mixture of different types of Metal. We love to play Death, Thrash, Progressive and Black metal. There are no limitations to our sound. If it sounds good, we incorporate it on our music. What we wanted to achieve with this new album “The…
Into the Armageddon By Okan Özden Thrashfire emerged in 2006, releasing their first demo in 2007, a promo EP in 2010 and their debut album ‘Thrash Burned the Hell’ in 2011. In 2015, the band signed to Xtreem Music and released a new EP entitled ‘Vengeance of Fire’. Thrashfire have played with bands such as…