UK thrash pioneers Onslaught have become the latest of the original generation “old school” bands to prove that they can still kick the butts of young pretenders into the middle of next month with the release of the video for ‘A Perfect Day To Die’, the first track to be released from their forthcoming new album.
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Was there ever a marriage more mutually beneficial in metal than that of the symphonic and extreme metal canons? Possessing the epic grandiosity of the former and the sheer aggression and power of the latter, symphonic extreme metal is a subgenre that is truly coming into its own this decade, particularly as more bands appear to be adopting it as a tool in the creation of enormous-sounding records. Which brings us to Meadows End, a Swedish quintet who owe more to the likes of Dimmu Borgir and Amon Amarth than to the usual Nightwish/Within Temptation influences that overwhelm so many other symphonically inclined bands.
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It never ceases to surprise David O’Neill when bands he has seen at local small independent venues in south east Wales start to climb up the production ladder and make a name for themselves. This has happened with the likes of Florence Black, Buffalo Summer and Those Damn Crows lately. he doesn’t know if it’s the air or the venues, but we are very lucky to have some killer venues and promotors working in this area. At The Sun may not be from this area but they have played at the Doll’s House, promoted by our good friends at Rock N Roll Circus and are coming back on their album release tour. So once again or man in the valleys gets the chance to review a new album of a band I have seen live.
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The Stranglers are to take time out of their current UK tour to headline this year’s AEG Vive Le Rock Awards, which take place at the O2 Academy Islington on Wednesday 27 March.
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As for most of us, it started in 1977. That’s when two young sisters from Wandsworth in south London, Jody and Julie Turner decided to start what can justifiably be regarded as one of the first all-female heavy metal bands. I say they were young… they definitely were: Jody was only 13 and her younger sibling was nine when she started battering the shit out of a drumkit! They chose a very apt name for their pet project: Rock Goddess! Now, the original holders of that title are back on the attack with a new studio album…
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