Album Review: Anthrax, "The Sound of White Noise"

"This is a journey into sound" runs the intro into ANTHRAX's latest album, and the statement doesn't lie. With ex-ARMOURE...

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Album Review: Coroner "Grin"

Very heavy. Very hard, precise rhythms. Very gut-wrenching vocals, as if singer-bassist Ron Boyce is spewing out Satan. The lyrics, if you...

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Interview: Martin Walkyier & Dave Pugh, Skyclad

ARKEOLOGY The grey, wind-soaked hills of the Monmouth countryside are an ideal setting for SKYCLAD and their pagan, folk-instilled...

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Interview: Jeff Waters, Annihilator

LIGHTNING STRIKES "We're definitely known as a band which changes its line-ups, I guess too frequently," begins ANNIHILATOR ma...

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BOOK REVIEW: "CONFESS" – ROB HALFORD

Rob Halford’s new autobiography shouldn’t be called Confess. The stuff that Halford allegedly “confesses” is nothing anyone will find sh...

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Album Review: Black Sun Ωmega, "The Sum Of All Fears"

Thrash is the Western equivalent of pachinko , which, for those who don't know it, is a Japanese pastime where you sit on a tiny sto...

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Live Review: Motorhead, Leeds University, 9th March, 1990

Photo: John Mather Motorhead  are are firmly established as UK Legends, and have been for many years. The pioneers of British thrash, ...

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Album Review: Airship, "Stuck in this Ocean"

The first few seconds of the first track on this album tell you everything you need to know about this young English band and, much more...

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INTERVIEW: DOUG WATTS, NAKED TRUTH

Having only seen the whirling dervish stage persona of NAKED TRUTH's demented vocalist Doug Watts, I was rather taken aback on meeti...

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Interview: Scott Ian & John Bush, Anthrax

A THOUSAND POINTS OF NOISE Anthrax have been through a turbulent time lately, what with the departure of singer Joey Belladonna....

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Album Review: Galactic Cowboys "Space in Your Face"

In the future, according to Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure , a band with a name as refreshingly dumb as the "Wyld Stallyons...

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Live Review: Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Edwards No.8, Birmingham, 24th April 1990

Just what do you call this stuff? thrash? Hardcore? Speedcore? Crossover? Personally I favour the Crossover monicker, after the first D...

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Interview: Joey Belladonna, Anthrax

Currently touring the US on the ambitious 'Clash of the Titans' tour, ANTHRAX and co-headliners SLAYER and MEGADETH, along w...

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Album Review, Prong, "Prove You Wrong"

Prove You Wrong is New York trio PRONG's second offering on a major label. In all honesty, I know nothing of their previous work eit...

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Live Review: Metallica, Yoyogi Pool, Tokyo, 13th May, 1989

Metallica: ’80s punk metal the primeval way Maybe the Ayatollah was right; perhaps the creators of artistic creations that are b...

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Live Review: Metallica, Marquee, 11th May 1990

AWESOME A dream come true for any serious minded metal fan, yet tonight's gig was kept such a secret that punters remained mil...

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