Are you still searching for your current heavy rock album for summer 2011? If so, I would thoroughly recommend the new ROADSAW, released by Small Stone Records in 2011. This record almost seems to have been recorded specifically for long nights, but it also works fine in cars, preferably those having more than 6 cylinders...
Everyone who's interested in obscure Italian heavy metal should pay close attention to this luxuriously equipped digipack, which has been released by BloodRock Records last year. And if you're a fan of The Black than it is an essential purchase, because their guitarist/vocalist Mario Di Donate was also the founder of REQUIEM...
It is always a pleasure to receive a vinyl copy. This time, ROMERO were kind enough to send me their new 7" which has been released by Triceratrax Records in 2010...
Basically I think that it is completely unnecessary to introduce Baltimore's REVELATION to the regular Cosmic Lava reader, because anyone who is interested in doom metal should be aware of the fact that they are one of the most influential doom bands. Hence, I will spare you the details of their history...
It's now five years since the release of RED GIANT's last album 'Devil Child Blues', but they have not forgotten how to write ass-kickin songs. Quite the opposite in fact...
There are two poppy capsules on the backside of RANCHO RELAXO's debut album 'New Kind Of Orchide', released by Merlins Nose Records in 2010, and it should therefore be clear that this Norwegian band is interested in mind-altering substances. And, if not, they were still able to record an album that sounds as if it has been recorded in an opium den in China...
The music and artwork here look and sound "authentic", and I seriously thought REALMBUILDER were some lost early-1980's metal band until I looked at the press info. This is a pretty new band from New York and 'Summon The Stone Throwers' is their debut album, released through I Hate Records in 2010...
Somewhere else I had already mentioned that I have an ambivalent relationship to the music of Czechoslovak black/thrash metal pinoeers ROOT. I particularly enjoy the early albums because of their raw and aggressive sound...
Well, actually Australia is a known country because of its ass-kickin' rock 'n' rolls bands. The first thing that people recall about Oz' rock/metal are popular bands such as AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, and Radio Birdman...
Very often, the return of a so-called cult band is a double-edged sword. Mostly those bands do not manage to revive the old spirit so that they try to keep pace with the current musical trends...
