

SLAVES WAGE- Heaven or Hell
If you are a fan of classic metal, you need to check out these underdogs from Arlington, Texas. Slaves Wage has been honing its craft since 2004 and it really shows on their latest album Heaven or Hell. As a teen, I loved experimenting with the speed on my record player, noticing that my favorite Saint vinyl still sounded great sped up on 45 rpm mode (other than the chipmunk vocals!) In the same way, if you took a Place of Skulls record and sped it up, you would still get all


GUARDIAN + WHITECROSS - Revival
The idea is sound. Both Guardian and Whitecross enjoyed popularity in the 80's and 90's. Some of the members would like to gig out, while others are no longer interested in hitting the road. So why not combine those willing members into one super-group and play from the repertoire of both bands? And thus this project, consisting of Jamie Rowe (G/ Tempest/ Adrian Gale) on vocals), Rex Carroll (WC/ King James/ Rex Carroll Band) on the axe, David Bach (G) on bass, and Michael Fe