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Overkill: The Untold Story of Motorhead By Joel McIver
By Steve Earles Back in 2002, Lemmy published his excellent autobiography White Line Fever; Joel McIver’s Overkill book is the perfect companion to that tome, for while Lemmy’s book was the story of...
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White Wizzard—Flying Tigers
By Craig Haze LA based metal revisionists White Wizzard come storming back on their new album, Flying Tigers. A big step up from 2010’s Over The Top, the band’s new release confirms that their...
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Biff Byford: The Hellbound Interview
By Sean Palmerston Early last week NWOBHM legends Saxon made their first stop in Toronto for a show in over twenty-five years. As astonishing as it seems, the last time the venerable British metal...
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Christian Mistress – Possession
By Chris Dyck The words “retro” and “throwback” get used a lot when describing music, especially in the rock and metal realm. In the case of Christian Mistress it goes way beyond that, sonically...
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A Metal Blade quartet
By Craig Haze Metal Blade celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2012. While the label has already released a plethora of classic and genre-defining albums, and fostered and supported our dearly loved...
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Three Inches of Blood – Long Live Heavy Metal album review and interview
By Jason Wellwood Canada’s traditional metal stalwarts, Three Inches of Blood, return with their fifth album of sword slashing, fist pounding music. There is no doubt that the band’s sound has changed...
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Black Moor – Lethal Waters
By Matt Hinch Canada’s Maritime provinces have long been known for a thriving music scene. However, that music is (at least to my knowledge) largely “Maritime” sounding. You know, fiddles, acoustic...
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Holy Grail – Ride The Void
By Matt Hinch The whole “trad metal” thing doesn’t seem to be slowing down does it? I don’t imagine it’s likely to when quality bands like Holy Grail put out albums those with an old school affinity...
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Satan – Life Sentence
By Gruesome Greg Hey wait, is this the same Court in the Act Satan from ’83? Not only the same band, but all of the musicians who recorded said cult classic some 30 years ago, to boot! Though they had...
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Enforcer – Death By Fire
By Jason Wellwood Enforcer, Sweden’s NWOBHM contenders have returned with their third album, Death By Fire. Enforcer have moved out of the hard rock/glam feel of the previous albums into speed metal,...
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Motorhead’s Phil Campbell reunites with Persian Risk (video)
Just thought I would mention this cool new video that has shown up on YouTube: earlier this month Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell was back in his native Wales playing with his pre-Motorhead NWOBHM...
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SATAN TOUR DIARY Part One
By Steve Ramsey (Guitar) [as somewhat told to Kevin Stewart-Panko] The parade of vintage-wine NWOBHM bands reconvening for a bit more than weekend tea and a jam ’round Clive’s house before repairing to...
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By Steve Ramsey [as not-very-told-to Kevin Stewart-Panko] By the time you read this, the last show of Satan’s 2014 North American tour will be over and done and the band will be on their way to Japan...
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SATAN TOUR DIARY – Final Instalment
By Steve Ramsey [as emailed to and edited by Kevin Stewart-Panko] SATAN in America By the time you read this, original NWOBHM death-cheaters, Satan will have had North America in their rear view...
View ArticleLaugh At The Fakes – Dethrone The Crown
Just looking at the publicity for the splendidly named Laugh At The Fakes, I see them being recommended for fans of such bands as Opeth (no, Opeth sound like Goblin these days, and that works well for...
View ArticleDawnbringer – Night of the Hammer
One might wonder if music fans rejoice more than the classic metal underground crowd when Chris Black releases a new album. You can almost hear the “hey, hey“ chants, headbanging and devil horns going...
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Satan – Atom by Atom
Usually each year we’re faced with much uncertainty when hearing new metal music, especially a band with veterans such as Satan. But we have been lucky this year to listen to lots of new material from...
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BOOK REVIEW – The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM
Wheels of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM by Martin Popoff (Power Chord Press) It’s now over 20 years since Riff Kills Man! hit the shelves, and, amazingly, Martin Popoff’s output...
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Diamond Head – self-titled
Does the world really need a new Diamond Head album in 2016? Don’t get me wrong, their early 80’s contributions to the NWOBHM cannon are classics—particularly their 1980 debut, Lightning to the...
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Diamond Head – Diamond Head
Diamond Head has been around for the better part of 40 years. They’ve been there since the beginning, when heavy metal as a genre was being created. Their influence is well-documented; their importance...
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