ETALLICA's debut album, Kill 'Em All, is turning 30 years in 2013. Metal Hammer Germany calls for a celebration! The album, A Tribute To Kill 'Em All, features all songs of the original Metallica album performed by a different artist. Among them: MOTÖRHEAD, ANTHRAX, CANNIBAL CORPSE and PRIMAL FEAR. A Tribute To Kill 'Em All also premieres two exclusive tracks, being ‘(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth’ performed by EISREGEN and THE VISION BLEAK, and ‘Jump In The Fire’ performed by German thrashers DUST BOLT.
Ektomorf's new release came out March 20. Ektomorf is a Hungarian band, known more for their agressive music and powerful lyrics than they are for their creativity. They have recently gotten popular among the European "scene" scene because of this aggression. The Hungarian Thrashcore band released their first new album in three years, and I must say, I am not entirely surprised with what I have gotten. Mostly consistent from their other albums. One thing missing from this album that has been present in older albums has been a clear gypsy orientation in songs on the album. This isn't present here, which really surprised me. But one thing they did have in this album which threw me for a real loop is a song with a piano parts over rapping by with Lord Nelson from Stuck Mojo in the song Sick of it All. Ektomorf is still a very heavy and agressive band, but if you can get over how agressive their sound is, you can almost certainly find the meaning of their lyrics. A lot of their songs deal with power in oneself that does not come off as satanic, because it also brings forth a level of equality (Examples of this would be Show Your Fist (Instinct), It's Up To You and I Can See You (both from the album What Doesn't Kill Me…), I know Them (Destroy)), to song's dealing with racism (Sick of It All (What Doesn't Kill Me…), Ambush In The Night and I'm Against (both from Outcast)), very emotional songs (I Miss You, which Zoltan wrote abouth his son's death (I Scream Up To The Sky).
But, Ektomorf is also a lot about having some fun. Don't believe me? Go listen to their cover of Feul My Fire (L7) and Hard Day's Night (If you don't know who this is by go play in traffic).
Review by Decadere.corvo
Dudu Pukwana grew up studying piano in his family but in 1956, he switched to alto sax after meeting tenor sax player Nick Moyake. In 1962, he won first prize at the Johannesburg Jazz Festival with Moyake's Jazz Giants (1962 Gallo/Teal). Chris McGregor then invited him to join the Blue Notes; the interracial sextet, increasingly harassed by authorities, went into exile in 1964, playing in France, Zurich, and London.