Cloven Hoof are inevitably and quite rightly associated with the early days of NWOBHM. In 2024, the band is still active and releases their new studio album Heathen Cross, on which Jag Panzer singer Harry Conklin makes his Cloven Hoof debut.
Cloven Hoof are inevitably and quite rightly associated with the early days of NWOBHM. In 2024, the band is still active and releases their new studio album Heathen Cross, on which Jag Panzer singer Harry Conklin makes his Cloven Hoof debut.
Cloven Hoof are inevitably and quite rightly associated with the early days of NWOBHM. In 2024, the band is still active and releases their new studio album Heathen Cross, on which Jag Panzer singer Harry Conklin makes his Cloven Hoof debut.
Get your leathers on and your head banging for this superlative collection of 'New Wave Of British Heavy Metal' anthems. The heavy, heavy sound of 1979 onwards into the 80s was incredibly influential, inspiring the biggest metal bands in the world - to play loud and fast. Heads down, see you in the pit!
After more than 35 years, ten studio albums, and eight Grammy Awards, Metallica has more than proven its staying power as rock's preeminent metal group. They are one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the '80s and '90s, inspiring generations of rockers with their early thrash and later hard rock sounds before settling into their roles as a popular legacy act in the 2000s. Responsible for bringing the metal genre back to earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rock star games of metal musicians during the mid-'80s pop-metal renaissance. In The Many Faces of Metallica, we will review their catalog via tribute performances by bands that have been heavily influenced by the quartet from Los Angeles, California.
World Funeral is the eighth studio album by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss between September and November 2002 and was released on March 25 the next year by Regain Records. The track listing of the album is organized as to create a dynamic change of paces and atmospheres, the tracks generally alternating between a fast, slow, fast, etc. pattern. Balancing fast tracks with mid-paced tracks, it was a disappointment for fans expecting another head-to-toe fast album a la Panzer Division Marduk. Many fans suggested the band was going for a more commercial "mainstream" approach while others complimented their attempt to broaden their sound. World Funeral is the first Marduk album to feature Emil Draguntinovic on drums, the last to feature Legion on vocals and B. War on bass, and the last to feature mixing by Peter Tägtgren.