Grave Decay is a relatively new band hailing from The Netherlands, but made up of two guys that have racked up some miles in various metal bands. Roger Koedoot is on guitars and vocals and Maurice "Mauce" LeFeu deftly handles the lead guitar. The two friends work well together, and what was intended to be a short demo, quickly turned into a full length debut From Dust to Dust, which was self-released in October. Listen in to my transatlantic communication with the guys about

Roxx Records is very excited to bring you another absolutely amazing release in 2019. Hailing from SC / NC, we bring you Ritual Servant ! Ritual Servant may be one of the boldest bands for God we have ever brought you. Bold and in your face Scriptural lyrics and one of the most beautiful album covers designed by Noel Puente from Granada, Spain. When we started to work on logos and titles for this cover, the band quickly stopped us and said they wanted this art to stand on its

Supresion is an Argentinian metal band formed in 2007 that have been thrashing it up like it's the end of the 80's. The sonic resemblance to Deliverance's debut album is uncanny, topped by hard hitting semi-decipherable vocals somewhere between Roger Martinez (ex- Vengeance Rising) and Scott Waters (Ultimatum). Emerging Extermination, Supresion's full length debut, was first released in Spanish in 2013, and later in English in 2015. This is a reissue of the English version. T

The Blessed is something of an anomaly. Russia has plenty of heavy metal bands, but few Christian metal bands (that we're aware of, anyway.) Their music is a throwback to the early 90's when thrash was giving way to the burgeoning death metal movement. Remember sounds similar to Believer or Living Sacrifice from that time frame, with the occasional Aaron Guerra era Tourniquet guitar tone. Vocals are delivered in a deliciously raspy, throaty howl in discernable English, not un

The LEAD - The Past Behind + 30 Roxx Records in conjunction with The Lead are very proud to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the classic seminal Christian punk album ‘The Past Behind’ 1988 was a pivotal year for Christian music. The first major wave of metal and punk bands became established, with major label releases from Believer and Vengeance and with the Crucified making their debut at Cornerstone Festival. In the nascent Christian underground music scene, 1988 w

Once Dead is scheduled for the recording studio in late October of this year. Jim Settle (Hand of Fire) on vocals and Roger Sampson (Precious Death) on drums. Doug Thieme, Larry Farkas and yours truly (Roger Dale Martin) back in full force once again. The new material is overwhelmingly good. Downright scary... Once Dead Facebook page #OnceDead #VengeanceRising #DieHappy #HandofFire #PreciousDeath #DougThieme #LarryFarkas #RogerDaleMartin #Emerald #HolySoldier #christianmetal

This is one of the coolest collector's items of all time. Like most albums, a first mix is made that rarely sees the light of day. Musicians with O.C.D. and perfectionist ears pore over each note, making sure what comes out to the public is exactly how they hope it to sound. Notes are taken, opinions are shared and an engineer goes back into the control room with the producer and cranks out a final version. This was an all-important, epic and genre-bending release - at least

Among the several claims made about the musical universe, one of those that almost finds no rebuttal is that the magical '80s were the best time for metal music. Most of the bastions of the scene either began or were consolidated in this period that was intensely prolific, speaking of heavy music. And it was in 1986 in South Bay, CA that it began to breed what would later become Vengeance. Some changes in the line-up, a cult demo released the following year and blazing shows

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I must confess that Att Livitunn was an unknown band to me prior to Vision of God Records distributing Kinto in the US, but I picked up the cd and wondered what I'd been missing. Att Livitunn is Guatemala's native thrash metal band and has been grinding out the metal since 1998. The album name Kinto simply refers to this being the band's fifth CD. The cover art is intriguing to say the least. The scene is a jungle with a Mayan ruin in the background and a strong man at the fo