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(review) Agent Steel – No Other Godz Before Me

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It took several delays, but new seventh album by Agent Steel is out finally! Although of the founding members only singer Johnny Cyriis is left in the band, this is no matter for the ferocity and intensity of the music. New record contains 11 songs one being kinda intro. Music of Agent Steel is power/speed metal with fast and aggressive guitar work, melodic hooks and epic solos, fast drumming and trademark vocals courtesy of Johnny Cyriis. Thematically band delves in the lyrics about space, extraterrestrial life, conspiracies in the deep state and similar merry topics. Some of the songs will really make you pump fist in the air like awesome Crypts Of Galactic Damnation or The Devil´s Greatest Trick being my personal favorites. This one is an awesome album and it was worth waiting so many years since the last full length album. Welcome back legends!

8/10

Members of Napalm Death and Megadeth have a new band…

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Mission Two Entertainment is thrilled to announce the signing of BRAVE THE COLD to its already powerful lineage of artists. Fronted by longtime Napalm Death member Mitch Harris and Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, BRAVE THE COLD is a two-piece formed in 2018 as the two metal conglomerates focus their energies into a new level of aggression. The culmination is Scarcity, an eleven track collection of ferociousness breathing much-needed life into the heavy metal scene of 2020. Produced by the legendary Logan Mader (Machine Head, Soulfly), Scarcity is set for release on October 2nd, 2020.

Harris adds, “Mission Two Entertainment progressed to their next phase in the music world and they have been the most inspiring team I’ve ever worked with! They truly believe with heart and soul to push this to the highest level possible as we forge ahead in our forever altered civilization.”

BRAVE THE COLD’s glitchy, byzantine death metal doesn’t just shift gears – it whips, stutters and jumps sideways into heavyweight dimensions. The entire Scarcity theme is a well-researched, scenic debate combining Dystopian views ranging from Anti-Elite, Anti-Media, Anti-Division, Anti-Oppression, End of Days Philosophies, Post-Apocalyptic Poetry, Mind Control, Economic Instability, Educational Infiltration and Global Political Deceit that compromises our spirituality of ONE COLLECTIVE VOICE. This is a global agenda that was a long time coming. It’s a reflection on how government can create urgency out of necessity.

Scarcity hits the world on October 2, 2020.

(review) Distance Or Die-Tracksuit Metal

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Time for another Croatian band to be on the pages of this zine, namely Distance Or Die. They are hailing from Zagreb and I know couple of guys from this band by their work with Lord Drunkalot and Mrtvi Petak, both awesome bands. These guys are purveyors of so called tracksuit metal hehe. But, be it joke or not the music speaks for itself. On this record you can find nine songs and one cover of (in)famous Croatian singer Vuco. The music is perfect mixture of melodic and brutal thrash metal, sounding harsh and also melodic at times, with aggressive riffs, melodic solos and excellent vocalist whose voice covers everything from higher octaves and ranges, to thrash metal shouting. The musicianship is great and with songs like Witchhammer, Day Of The Beast or the title song you can`t go wrong. This is great thrash metal record, just made for drinking in front of your local liquor store wearing tracksuit heheh.

8,5/10

https://distanceordie.bandcamp.com/