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The Metal Asylum – Metal From Around The Globe Special – 15/11/2020

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Here is the playlist from our “Metal From Around The Globe” Special. We hope you find a band here that you may have never heard before! It’s always good to spread the metal \m/ Around the world in 180 minutes! Enjoy!

  • Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
  • Belphegor – Impaled Upon The Tongue of Sathan (Blood Magick Necromance – 2011) Adrian Marsden’s birthday request
  • Danzig – Devil’s Plaything (Danzig II: Lucifuge – 1990) Marietta Moonshine’s birthday request
  • Orbit Culture – The Shadowing (Nija – 2020) Sweden
  • Nine Treasures – Wisdom Eyes (Wisdom Eyes – 2017) China
  • Eternal Madness – The Truth Of Imagination (single released in 2011) Indonesia
  • Lords Of Black – Sacrifice (Alchemy Of Souls – Pt 2 – 2020) Spain
  • Harmonize – Warriors In The Night (Warriors In The Night – 2020) Cyprus
  • Arka’n Asrafokor – Tears Of The Dead (Fangs – 2020) Africa
  • Shepherds Reign – Le Manu (Le Manu – 2020) New Zealand
  • Girish And The Chronicles – Rock n Roll Is Here To Stay (Rock The Highway – 2020) India
  • Abandoned Elysium – Wild Flower (Bloom – 2017) Estonia
  • Tyr – Hold The Heathen Hammer High (Black Sails Over Europe – 2009) Faroe Islands
  • Pink Cream 69 – Walls Come Down (Headstrong – 2017) Germany
  • Cult Of Lilith – Purple Tide (Purple Tide – 2020) Iceland
  • Grenouer – Blood On The Face (Blood On The Face – 2013) Russia
  • Demonlord – Let The Demon Out (Only The Dead Are Safe – 2011) Hungary
  • Alien Weaponry – Holding My Breath (TU – 2018) New Zealand
  • Scars – Sad Darkness Of The Soul (Predatory – 2020) Brazil
  • Behemoth – No Sympathy For Fools (Zos Kia Cultus (Here And Beyond) – 2002) Poland
  • Blind Savior – Freedom Call (The Master Plan – 2016) Malta
  • Steel Tormentor – Armageddon (Return Of A King – 2010) Ireland
  • Knightmare – Dawning Of An Eternal Life – 2019) Turkey
  • Scarlet Anger – The Abominable Master Gruesome (Freak Show – 2016) Luxembourg
  • Toxikull – Nightraiser (The Nightraiser – 2018) Portugal
  • Earsplit – Biohazardous Disease (Earsplit – 2011) Kuwait
  • Mercyful Fate – A Dangerous Meeting (Don’t Break The Oath – 1984) Denmark
  • Black Crown Initiate – Holy Silence (Holy Silence – 2020) USA
  • Coven – Wings Of Glory (The Advent – 2017) Japan
  • Acid Reign – Sense Of Independence (The Age Of Entitlement – 2019) UK
  • Demoniac – The Trap (So It Goes – 2021) Chile
  • Witchtrap – Return To Hell (Evil Strikes Again – 2020) Columbia
  • Strident – Face To Face (March Of Plague – 2019) Israel
  • Terror Activator – Demise Of Disgrace (Moshing Is Available – 2019) Latvia
  • Leverage – Superstition (Tides – 2006) Finland
  • 3 Inches Of Blood – Metal Woman (Long Live Heavy Metal – 2012) Canada

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The Metal Asylum – Metal From Around The Globe Special – 15/11/2020

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So this week, we decided to do a Metal From Around The Globe Special. Three hours of tunage from the most far flung corners of the world. Around the world in 180 minutes. We hope you enjoy it!

https://www.mixcloud.com/themetalpriestess/the-metal-asylum-metal-from-around-the-world/

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Incinery – Hollow Earth Theory (2020)

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After being out of the reviewing loop for a while, I decided to take on a few new albums to review, and one that appeared on the list was “Hollow Earth Theory” by Incinery.

Incinery are a five-piece thrash metal band based in Nottingham. Formed in 2009 (why have I only just heard of these guys?!) they have built themselves a reputation for intense, energetic live performances, combining tight rhythms, blistering leads and aggressive vocals and this has earned them spots at major events throughout the UK and Europe.

After winning the Metal To The Masses competition, leading to their breakthrough performance on The New Blood Stage at Bloodstock in 2012, the band have also performed at Metaldays in Slovenia, Download, A Night of Salvation (Damnation pre-show) and Hard Rock Hell, sharing the stage with acclaimed acts such as Exodus, Onslaught, Lawnmower Deth, Hirax, Xentrix and Savage Messiah.

They have released two EP’s, “Dawn Of War” in 2011 and “Nothing Left” in 2013 and there debut album “Dead, Bound and Buried”, which was produced by the legendary Chris Tsangarides, was released in 2013.

2018 saw the start of the writing for their sophomore album and the result “Hollow Earth Theory” was released on 30th October 2020.

Mixed and recorded by Chris Kenny, the band’s guitarist, with the drums recorded and produced by Sam Bloor of Lower Lane Studios and the album mixed and mastered by Peter Dowsett (lecturer at the Abbey Road Institute), the band have taken inspiration from a bleak mix of occultism, conspiracy theories and science fiction to produce a “whiplash nightmare tour of the titular hollow earth.”

As Metal Hammer describes it, its “like front row seats to a cage fight between Pantera and Testament!”

For fans of the aforementioned Pantera and Testament as well as Lamb of God and a whole host of other thrash bands, you can hear the influences that these bands have had on Incinery. With meaty sounds, crunching riffs and a modern, aggressive take on traditional thrash metal, they have sealed their place as one of the UK’s most fierce thrash metal bands. And rightly deserved too.

Described as having “the speed and ferocity of 80’s thrash but injecting a relentless, modern edge and brutality with influences from the metal spectrum” I wish I had discovered this band a lot earlier than I have done and at just under an hour in length, this album is unrelenting and takes you on a thrash metal journey that is full of energy and aggression from start to finish….and that is by no means a bad thing!

2020 may have been a crazy, messed up year for us all but, at least, we had awesome new albums like this to listen to. I am very much looking forward to what these guys offer us in the coming years, and I am already a big fan!

Keep up the great work, Incinery and will see you at a gig real soon

Track Listing

Hollow Earth

Savage Lands

The Less Dead

Forgotten One

Carrion King

Ellison

Falling Into The Sky

As Above, So Below

The Sorrow Of The Last

Beyond The Dawn

Terminal Singularity

Social Media

www.incinery.com

www.facebook.com/incinery

/www.incinery.bandcamp.com

https://twitter.com/incineryuk

The Metal Asylum – Lockdown Request Show – 08/11/2020

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Here is the playlist for the Lockdown Request Show aired on Sunday 8th November 2020. Three hours of awesome tunes as chosen by YOU, our listeners and boy did you pick some crackers!

  • Seven Witches – Metal Asylum
  • Uriah Heep – Gyspy (in memory of Ken Hensley, keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist who died on 4/11/2020 aged 75)
  • Saxon – Sea Of Life (Metalhead – 1999)
  • Warrant – Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Cherry Pie – 1990)
  • Pantera – Like Fire (Projects In The Jungle – 1984)
  • Mystic Prophecy – Killhammer (Killhammer – 2013)
  • Clawfinger – The Truth (Deaf Dumb Blind – 1993)
  • Incinery – Ellison (Hollow Earth Theory – 2020)
  • Sammy Hagar – This Planet’s On Fire (Street Machine – 1979)
  • Judas Priest – Dreamer Deceiver (Sad Wings of Destiny – 1976)
  • Styx – Crystal Ball (Crystal Ball – 1976)
  • Dream Evil – Save Us (Dragonslayer – 2002)
  • Pegazus – Metal Forever (Breaking The Chains – 1999)
  • Sacrilege – In Hell
  • The Deep – Premonition (Demo – 2013)
  • Accept – Pandemic (Blood Of The Nations – 2010)
  • Benediction – Stormcrow (Scriptures – 2020)
  • The Poodles – Night of Passion (Metal Will Stand Tall – 2006)
  • Five Finger Death Punch – Burn MF (The Wrong Side of Heaven, The Righteous Side of Hell – 2013)
  • Morbid Angel – Maze Of Torment (Altars of Madness – 1989)
  • Counting The Killers – Head Above Water
  • Armored Saint – Mutiny On The World (March of The Saint – 1984)
  • Usurper – Warriors of Iron and Rust (Necronemesis – 2000)
  • Riot – Sign of The Crimson Storm (Thundersteel – 1988)
  • Gravehuffer – Ghostdance (Ghostdance – 2020)
  • Angel Dust – Come Into Resistance (Enlighten The Darkness – 2000)
  • Anvil – Blood On The Ice (Pound For Pound – 1988)
  • Gravehill – Ravager (Rites of The Pentagram/Metal of Death – 2009)
  • Autopsy – Charred Remains (Severed Survival – 1989)
  • Death Dealer – Triumph and Victory (Warmaster – 2013)
  • Volbeat – The Hangman’s Body Count (Outlaw Gentlemen and Shady Ladies – 2013)
  • Facebreaker – Zombie Flesh Cult (Dedicated To The Flesh – 2013)
  • Magnum – Soldier of The Line (Chase The Dragon – 1982)
  • Def Leppard – Gods of War (Hysteria – 1987)
  • ToJa – Take Me Home (Sad Songs of Hope – 2013)
  • Scar The Martyr – Mind’s Eye (Scar The Marttyr – 2013)

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The Metal Asylum – Lockdown Request Show – 08/11/2020

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Here is the podcast from the show aired on Sunday 8th November 2020. 3 hours of awesome tunes as chosen by YOU, The Metal Asylum listeners, with a few thrown in from us for good measure! Enjoy!

https://www.mixcloud.com/themetalpriestess/the-metal-asylum-lockdown-request-special-08112020/

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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/

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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

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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!)

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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