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Lay It On The Line – A Candle In Hell

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For fans of Hatebreed, Converge, The Dillinger Escape Plan


Released 29/9/20 Lay It On The Line is a melodic hardcore band from South London , formed of ex-current members of In Evil Hour, Hang The Bastard, Phinius Gage, River Jumpers and others. Their second full length, ‘ A Candle In Hell ‘, is out on Sept 29th. Going self-released this time, the band have released an 11 song album that takes melodic dual female/male vocals and mixes it with harsh metallic, often fast paced hardcore punk. The album is out now as a digital only release – for free/donation on the band’s BandCamp ( https://layitontheline.bandcamp.com) and on all major digital platforms. 

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/album/39y925EEQIWEQ3CXyuftig?si=IB_WqgmMQdeiwKgdAPzbJQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/layitontheline
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/layitonthelinehc

Originally posted on metal Devastation Radio

Abandoned Souls – Blinding Darkness

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Canada’s Abandoned Souls released their powerful and emotional single “Blinding Darkness” on October 9, 2020 and now to complement it they are releasing a music video for it.

While most of the band’s music comes from a personal place, “Blinding Darkness” is especially meaningful to the band. It was written shortly after vocalist James Todd went through the heartbreaking experience of losing his mother. This is the first new music they have released since the last EP in 2017.

The band explains the writing process for the single in their own words:

“We started tracking for Blinding Darkness towards the end of 2019. Then in early 2020 as we are all aware, the world changed. That put a huge wrench in our plans so, like everyone we had to adapt. We already had drums and bass tracked for Blinding Darkness. Derek recorded all his guitars at his home and sent me the tracks to re-amp thru his amp here at the studio. I also recorded all the vocals during the pandemic shutdown. Luckily, I own the studio and had lots of time to mix and refine the song during this time. It is the first release from the new Foundation Studio and we are super excited for everyone to hear it!”

Heavy and aggressive but not sacrificing melody, Abandoned Souls have been honing their craft since they started jamming as friends over a decade ago. Staying true to their sound, the video is uplifting and heavy and puts a positive spin on the dark subject matter.

Citing that it has been a long road to get to the point where they are at, Abandoned Souls is hoping the release of this single will tide fans over until the world gets back to a sense of normalcy and shows can begin again.

Hard rock n’ roll fans will take a liking to Abandoned Souls, especially fans of Godsmack, Three Days Grace, and Alice in Chains.

Reproduced with permission from Asher Media Relations

Until The Sky Dies – Forgotten Pact – (Death Doom Metal)

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For Fans of Melvins, Swans, Bolt Thrower, Faith No More, Devin Townsend

Crushing Post Doom Meets Avant Death Metal from this Adventurous Duo. Until The Sky Dies loves to add odd synths and electronics through out as well as Post Hardcore movements. The Year Zero Blueprint (2017) on Cimmerian Shade Records, PR was done by Earsplit.

Clint Listing- Vocals , Guitar, Bass

Ryan Michalski- Lead Guitar, Synth, Drums


Out November 13th 2020

Track List:
1.Chose to Die 2.Destructive Voice 3.Hope, Sorrow, Release 4.Never Wanting, Never Lost 5.I the Victor 6.Dear Mother, Not Forgotten 7.Zeppelins are not made for Flying 8.Experimental Vision
http://www.deadgamesrecords.com/

Originally posted on Metal Devastation Radio

Stormchild – Lightning Never Strikes Twice (2020)

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Here is The Metal Asylum’s review of Stormchild’s latest album “Lightning Never Strikes Twice”

Chris Mitchell, from Bolton band Stormchild, first approached me after I had made a Facebook page about links to band’s merchandise and kindly sent me one of the band’s t-shirts, which I promised I would take a photo of me wearing which I have, as yet, still not done. Chris, that’s next on my list!!!

The conversation got round to the band’s new album and I promised them a review, which, after a bit of time (again, sorry Chris!) is finally here.

But let us start at the beginning!

Stormchild was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1979 when a group of talented teenagers decided to form a hard rock band and after winning a national rock talent competition against 1800 other competitors, they should have been well on their way. The prize was a record deal with Kilo Records, managed by Paradise Promotions, an all-paid for flat in the West End, musical equipment, a press launch and a support slot in America with Bob Seger!! However, the night before they were due to leave for London, the promotion company went into liquidation!

Kilo Records released a demo single ‘Rockin Steady’ and the late, great Chris Tsangarides (Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Yngwie Malmsteen) agreed to produce them but the band split up in 1982 before they had the chance to work with him.

Fast forward to 2015 and, after discovering the band actually had quite a large following despite splitting up so early, the original members of the band met up again in Bolton and plans were made to record a new album with songs from 1979 – 1981, with Chris Tsangarides as producer!

And “Lightning Never Strikes Twice” which is title of one of the band’s early tracks, was born.

So, what sort of sound do Stormchild have? Originating in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal era, they don’t really have the typical NWOBHM sound. As many of you might remember from previous reviews from me, I am not the biggest fan of NWOBHM, but Stormchild has a totally unique sound that could fit well in a number of different genres. The band’s promo material states, “these songs are over 30 years old, but still sound so fresh and different” and I couldn’t agree more!

This album has a bit of everything, rocky little numbers that make you bop away in your chair (or around the living room if you are feeling a little bit more energetic!) and slower tracks that almost border on ballads (and who doesn’t love a good rock ballad?), all brought together with great musicianship.

They got together in 1979 as talented teenagers and they have brought that talent together in this album, with fantastic guitar solos, a tight rhythm section and vocals which are ideally suited to the type of music being played.

Maybe if this band had carried on in the 80’s I might have been a bigger fan of NWOBHM (although retrospectively as I am FAR too young to have lived through the original NWOBHM era!!) The more I listen to this album the more I like it and coming from a thrash girl that really is a good thing!

I hope when the world gets back to normal, or as close to it as we can, I will catch these guys at a gig somewhere. I want to see that great live show with all the pyrotechnics that they have a gained a reputation for.

Great job Stormchild, keep up the good work and looking forward to the next offering!

Track Listing

No Chances

Riders On The Rain

Lights, Camera, Action

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

When The Lights Go Down

Dreamer

Rockin Steady

Can’t Stand The Heat

Stay With Me

Sands Of Time

What To Try

Halloween

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/stormchilduk/

The Metal Asylum – Halloween Special – 01/11/2020

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Here is the podcast for our spoooooooky Halloween special that aired on Sunday 1st November 2020!

https://www.mixcloud.com/themetalpriestess/the-metal-asylum-halloween-special/

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio

The Metal Asylum – Halloween Special – 01/11/2020

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This week we had three hours of the spookiest metal tunes from over the years, with even a surprise few thrown in. Did we play your favourite one?

  • John Carpenter – Theme from Hallween
  • Bobby “Boris” Pickett – The Monster Mash
  • Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein (Hey Stoopid! – 1991)
  • Rob Zombie – Dragula (Hellbilly Deluxe – 1998)
  • Acid Witch – Sabbath of The Undead (Stoned – 2010)
  • Dokken – Dream Warriors (Back For The Attack – 1987)
  • Fastway – Trick or Treat (Trick or Treat – 1986)
  • Stormchild – Halloween (Lightning Never Strikes Twice – 2020)
  • Angel Witch – White Witch (Give It Some Tickle – 1981)
  • Arch Enemy – Tears of The Dead (Stigmata – 1998)
  • Mercyful Fate – Into The Coven (Melissa – 1983)
  • Motley Crue – Shout At The Devil (Shout At The Devil – 1983)
  • Iced Earth – Dracula (Horror Show – 2001)
  • Cradle Of Filth – Her Ghost In The Fog (Midian – 2000)
  • Blue Oyster Cult – Nosferatu (Spectres – 1977)
  • Avantasia – Ghostlights (Ghostlights – 2016)
  • Bronx Casket Company – Little Dead Girl (Hellectric – 2016)
  • Iron Maiden – The Number of The Beast (The Number of The Beast – 1982)
  • Metallica – Of Wolf And Man (Metallica – 1991)
  • Sonata Artica – Full Moon (Ecliptica – 1999)
  • Candlemass – Witches (Essential Doom – 2004)
  • Hot Blood – Soul Dracula
  • Savatage – Ghost In The Ruins (Streets – A Rock Opera – 1991)
  • Lordi – Night of The Loving Dead (Arockalypse – 2006)
  • Demon – Night of The Demon (Night of The Demon – 1981)
  • St Madness – Vampire In The Church (Vampires In The Church – 2006)
  • Entombed – Night of The Vampire (Entombed – 1997)
  • Ghost – Ritual (Opus Eponymous – 2010)
  • Kiss – Unholy (Revenge – 1992)
  • Slayer – Dead Skin Mask (Seasons In The Abyss – 1990)
  • AC/DC – Nightprowler (Highway To Hell – 1979)
  • Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath – 1970)
  • Avenged Sevenfold – Bat County (City of Evil – 2005)
  • Dimmu Borgir – Spellbound (By The Devil) (All For Tid – 1994)
  • Xentrix – Ghostbusters

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio

The Metal Asylum – 90’s Special – 25/10/2020

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Deciding to put together a 90’s special show meant we had a TON of music to choose from. Here is what we put together!

  • Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
  • Pantera – I’m Broken (For Beyond Driven – 1994)
  • Guns n Roses – Civil War (Use Your Illusion II – 1991)
  • Strapping Young Lad – Detox (City – 1997)
  • Monster Magnet – Space Lord (Powertrip – 1998)
  • Slayer – Dittohead (Seasons In The Abyss – 1990)
  • Metallica – Sad But True (Metallica – 1991)
  • Soundgarden – Jesus Christ Pose (Bad Motor Finger – 1991)
  • Mr Bungle – Carousel (Mr Bungle – 1991)
  • Pearl Jam – Jeremy (Ten – 1991)
  • Faith No More – Midlife Crisis (Angel Dust – 1992)
  • The Offspring – Self Esteem (S.M.A.S.H – 1994)
  • Queensryche – Empire (Empire – 1990)
  • Type O Negative – Be My Druidess (October Rust – 1996)
  • Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction (Countdown To Extinction – 1992)
  • Paradise Lost – Embers Fire (Ocon – 1993)
  • Mountain – Mississippi Queen (NOT 1990’s but for Leslie West who was 75 on 22/10/20)
  • Judas Priest – Metal Meltdown (Painkiller – 1990) Glenn Tipton’s birthday was 25/10/20
  • Cannibal Corpse – Stripped, Raped and Strangled (The Bleeding – 1994) Alex Webster was 51 on 25/10/20
  • Skid Row – Slave To The Grind (Slave To The Grind – 1991)
  • Annihilator – Phantasmogoria (Never, Never Land – 1990)
  • Carcass – Carnal Forge (Heartwork – 1993)
  • Machine Head – Davidian (Burn My Eyes – 1994)
  • Nevermore – Beyond Within (Dreaming Neon Black – 1990)
  • Rush – Stick It Out (Counterparts – 1993)
  • Testament – Riding The Snake (The Gathering – 1999)
  • Vicious Rumors – On The Edge (Vicious Rumors – 1990)
  • Black Sabbath – Immaculate Deception (Cross Purposes – 1994)
  • Helloween – We Burn (Time Of The Oath – 1996)
  • Death – Trapped In A Corner (Individual Thought Patterns – 1993)
  • Ministry – Jesus Built My Hotrod (Psalm 69 – The Way To Succeed and The Way To Suck Eggs – 1992)
  • Korn – Blind (Korn – 1994)
  • Entombed – Wolverine Blues (Wolverine Blues – 1993)
  • Iron Maiden – Fear Of The Dark (Fear Of The Dark – 1992)
  • Sepultura – Arise (Arise – 1991)
  • The Prodigy – Firestarter (something a bit different for us but we feel The Prodigy were a great contributor to 90’s music!)

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on 18/10/2020

The Metal Asylum – 90’s Special – 25/10/2020

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For this week we decided to do a 90’s special. Many people think the 90’s was a rubbish decade for metal music but we found, while compiling the playlist for this show, that this is NOT the case. There was so much music and such diversity too, there was literally something for everyone. Hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed doing it

https://www.mixcloud.com/themetalpriestess/the-metal-asylum-90s-special/

Aired on Metal Devastation radio on Sunday 25th October 2020

The Metal Asylum – 18/10/2020

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I should have posted this WAAAAAY before now but here is the playlist for the show that was aired on Sunday 18th October 2020! Hopefully there is something here for everyone!

  • Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
  • Savatage – Gutter Ballet (Gutter Ballet – 1989) In memory of Criss Oliva who passed away in car crash on 17th October 1993
  • 44 Fires – Corporate Lies (The False Flag Agenda – 2013)
  • WASP – Who Slayed Baby Jane (Unholy Terror – 2001)
  • Ancient Empire – Prophecy Revealed (When Empires Fall – 2013)
  • Iced Earth – Curse The Sky (Iced Earth – 1990)
  • Fateful Finality – Misfits (Battery – 2015)
  • Paul Stanley – It’s Alright (Paul Stanley – 1978)
  • Slipknot – Snuff (All Hope Is Gone – 2008)
  • Fozzy – Grail (Chasing The Grail – 2010)
  • Odin – Modern Day King (Odin: The Metal Years – 1983)
  • Raven – Mind Over Metal (All For One – 1983)
  • Anthrax – Among The Living (Among The Living – 1987)
  • Agent Steel – Agents Of Steel (Skeptics Apocalypse – 1985)
  • Stormchild – Lights, Camera, Action (Lightning Never Strikes Twice – 2020)
  • Molly Hatchet – Bounty Hunter (Molly Hatchet – 1978)
  • Saxon – Conquistador (Metalhead – 1999)
  • Hellyeah – Live Or Die (Undeniable – 2016)
  • Syr Daria – Slaves (Voices – 2015)
  • Attic – Satan’s Bride (The Invocation – 2012)
  • Rage Against The Machine – Know Your Enemy (Rage Against The Machine – 1992)
  • Corrosion Of Conformity – Painted Smiling Face (Blind – 1991)
  • Incinery – Falling Into The Sky (Hollow Earth Theory – 2020)
  • Nightmare – Downfall Of A Tyrant (Aeternam – 2020)
  • Mortal Sin – Wasted Days (Every Dog Has Its Day – 1991)
  • Bad Company – Rock Of America (Dangerous Age – 1988)
  • Alice Cooper – Gail (Raise Your Fist And Yell – 1987)
  • Angelus Apatrida – At The Gates Of Hell (The Call – 2012)
  • Fear Factory – Virus Of Faith (The Industrialist – 2012)
  • Nazareth – All The Kings Horses (Expect No Mercy – 1977)
  • Judas Priest – Hellrider (Angel Of Retribution – 2005)
  • Toxic Ruin – mental Atrophy (Mortal Insolence – 2018)
  • Onslaught – Pain (Killing Peace – 2007)
  • Faith No More – Ashes To Ashes (Album Of The Year – 1997)
  • Dragonforce – Land Of Shattered Dreams (Reaching Into Infinity – 2017)
  • Primal Fear – Angel In Black (Nuclear Fire – 2001)
  • Tygers Of Pan Tang – Suzie Smiled (Wild Cat – 1980)
  • Slayer – Skeletons Of Society (Seasons In The Abyss – 1990)

Aired on Metal Devastation Radio on 18th October 2020

The Metal Asylum – 18/10/2020

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I am a bit late with posting this, but here is the podcast for the show that aired on Sunday 18th October 2020! Enjoy!

https://www.mixcloud.com/themetalpriestess/the-metal-asylum-18102020/

Originally aired on Metal Devastation Radio