Not familiar with Temple of Blood you say? Who?? Well my friend, step right up to one of the lost gems of old school power/speed metal with a Christian point of view. Temple of Blood deliver on so many levels it’s pretty amazing. Filling in the same musical arena as Agent Steel, Helstar or Liege Lord; Temple of Blood have the chops and the musical muscle to demand your attention. Overlord the album in discussion here was released back in 2008 and it did generate interest. Ho

IS OUT NOW! Ritual Servant - Metallum Evangelii Have you been longing for some true old school thrash in the vein of Slayer or early Metallica? Have you wanted to hear that with Christ centered lyrics? The time has come and Ritual Servant's debut album is out today! The band has described their music as Scripture based - Christ Exalted - Metal Gospel. This bands sole purpose is to spread God's word through music and reach as many people as possible giving all the glory to God

Primal is an LA band that may be of interest to our readers due to the involvement of Vengeance/ Deliverance shredder Glenn Rogers. They play straight ahead classic heavy metal, no apologies, occasionally straying into speed metal or thrash, due to the dual guitarists spontaneously bursting into fiery solos. Drummer Jorge Iacobellis used to play with Rogers in Hirax. (V8, Logos) Argentinian singer Alberto Zamarbide's melodic, almost hoarse vocals fall somewhere between Swiss

The Past Behind came at a pivotal time in the history of metal music. In the mid 80's pop metal was on the rise, and thanks to MTV, would soon peak in popularity, but there was a small and growing segment of the headbanging population that craved harder and faster tuneage. Christian bands like One Bad Pig, and later Lust Control would take up the punk ethos, but it took The Lead to marry the hard, chaotic attitude of punk with the blindingly fast riffage of speed metal, and c

Tourniquet fans are obsessive. When a band comes out of the box with 2 classics like Stop the Bleeding and Psycho Surgery, fans are going to pore over every detail of each album and development with a magnifying glass. Many were upset when original singer Guy Ritter left. Now the Tourniquet sound has been typeset for many years by Luke Easter's vocals, so his departure was met with much anticipation. Who would the new singer be, and how would that change the band's sound? Th

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

Famed axeman Chris Impellitteri reports that the new IMPELLITTERI record titled "The Nature Of The Beast" is half way completed and sounding great!. We have some big surprises on this new record for our friends around the world! Chris Impellitteri facebook link #Impellitteri #RobRock #ChrisImpellitteri #guitaraxeman #GuitarMagazine #speedmetal #SteveVai #JoeSatriani #Stryper #YngwieMalmsteen #Narnia

Thrash metal act Deliverance have released their first new single in nearly five years “The Black Hand”. Check out a lyric video below courtesy of Lux Studios. Deliverance will release their new album The Subversive Kind in early 2018 on Roxx Records / 3 Frogz Records. Earlier this year the band launched a very successful campaign to help with funding the new album. All contributors to that campaign will be receiving their campaign items this December and vinyl contributors w