Earache

Bonded by Blood - The Aftermath (Earache)

Thrash metal. Pure and simple - nothing added, nothing taken away.
Release Date: 
2 Jul 2012 - 11:30pm

You know me.

Woods of Ypres - Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light (Earache Records)

The Grey Skies are wet with tears; the last recording made with David Gold (RIP) takes on a new, powerful Romantic dimension while still retaining their bitter cynicism and expert musicianship.

There’s a particular twinge of grief that threads itself through this record – of course, the untimely passing of David Gold was as saddening as it was sudden.

Savage Messiah - Plague of Conscience (Earache)

Thunderously good stuff...
Release Date: 
5 Feb 2012 - 11:30pm

There may well be little point me telling you about this album – when Earache announced late last year that Plague… would be released – in full –

Cathedral's Lee Dorrian; a humble man's tale...

In the face of adversity, Cathedral have gone the distance...

Cathedral vocalist Lee Dorrian is lurking at home in Archway, North London, a week after the band played their final UK gig; metal fans everywhere thought that the

Evile @ Sub 89 (Reading, UK) 27 Oct 2011

The future of thrash shows its (Serpent’s) teeth.

There has been a lot of talk around Evile this year.

Akercocke: Choronzon/Words That Go Unspoken... Re-released This Week

Another chance to own two scorching albums...

Two previously out-of-print releases from British Satanic death metallers Akercocke are due to be re-released together in a value-packed 2-CD set.

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

Diamond Plate - Generation Why (Earache/Riot)

Uninspiring, if competent, neo thrash from the US.
Release Date: 
30 Aug 2011 - 11:30pm

Why? Indeed. Oh, the mundanity.

"Even Your Mum's Gonna Buy Our Album" - Twenty Questions with The Browning's Noah Robertson.

Badger mascots, Bigfoot in the van and Goat sacrifice - welcome to the world of The Browning's drummer Noah 'Shark' Robertson...

Who are you, and what do you do?
My name is Noah Robertson and I play the drums for The Browning.

Evile - Five Serpent’s Teeth (Earache/Riot)

I don’t know if it’s really fair, but I expect an awful lot from Evile. I reviewed their second album, Infected Nations, and lamented the fact that it didn’t have the raw excellence of their debut, Enter The Grave. So now we have their third offering and, much as we really shouldn’t, it’s hard not to hope for a Master Of Puppets moment from Evile.
Release Date: 
26 Sep 2011 - 10:30am

Their first was awesome, their second was good, but not better. The third is most definitely a return to their top form.