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Textures - Dualism (Nuclear Blast/Riot)

Is it prog metal? Is it groove? Is it djent?
Release Date: 
23 Sep 2011 - 9:36am

A number of folk pondered the future of Textures when singer Erik Kalsbeek and keyboardist Richard Rietdijk left the band last year but they&rsquo

Generation Kill - Red, White and Blood (Season of Mist)

Not quite the thrashfest they'd have you believe
Release Date: 
15 Sep 2011 - 11:30pm

Generation Kill is a strange beast; Touted ostensibly as a crossover act (possibly because of the presence of former Pro-Pain/M.O.D.

Rwake - Rest (Relapse Records)

Rest evokes colour and darkness, despair and longing, crushing brutality that is tearfully beautiful.
Release Date: 
27 Sep 2011 - 11:50pm

Arkansas. Other than Bill Clinton, USA President, I don't know much about this state. When I read that Rwake was a metal band hailing from Arkansas, I was leery and dubious.

Anthrax - Worship Music (Nuclear Blast/Riot)

The most hyped release of the year justifies all the fuss
Release Date: 
15 Sep 2011 - 11:30pm

Anthrax.

White Wizzard - Flying Tigers (Earache/Riot)

Jon Leon's men continue building on the good work started by last year's Over the Top...
Release Date: 
18 Sep 2011 - 11:30pm

White Wizzard is a band doing its damndest to be identified with something as intangible as an era; The US metal outfit is so determined to bring back the eighties it sometimes let

"The Internet has taken the mystique away for fans!" - Anthrax's Scott Ian talks to Metal as Fuck

The legendary metal personage gets to grips with English slang and also tells us about the band's excellent new album, Worship Music.

“How’s the sprog?”

The question is followed by an awkward, though mercifully short silence. “The what?”.

"I know everyone says this - but this is the best album I've ever done!" - Metal as Fuck talks to the one, the only, Sebastian Bach

He's one of hair metal's iconic frontmen. And he's talking to MaF about his excellent new album, Kicking & Screaming.

Before we are connected over the pan-national communications device, I make an executive decision; I’m not going to ask Sebastian Bach about his house being reduced to so muc

Victorian Halls - Charlatan (Victory)

If you're offended by catchy pop songs and singalong emo tunes, stop reading immediately.

 

Sebastian Bach - Kicking & Screaming (Frontiers/Riot)

Better than we could have hoped for...
Release Date: 
22 Sep 2011 - 11:30pm

Where to begin with our man Bach?