WhiteMetalMan

Background I grew up on my parent's farm in Lincolnshire,England where we raised cattle for beef. In 1986 I went to study Accountancy in the Steel City (Sheffield) and have stayed there ever since. Sheffield is the fourth largest city in the UK. I am married with two children. Music I like heavy metal, thrash, hard rock and punk. I grew up listening to Saxon, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Sex Pistols, The Clash and Judas Priest. I can also be found listening to U2, John Lee Hooker and Iona (celtic). My favourite christian bands are Demon Hunter, Barren Cross, Bloodgood, Saint, Stryper and Rob Rock. One of my favourite albums is Demon Hunter "The Tryptych". Hobbies Going to gigs, taking video and putting it on youtube. Going to the park with my kids. UK scene I am involved in doing reviews and articles for Detonation webzine (run by Meltdown Music) and I am friends with the UK band, Back Pocket Prophet. I was delighted when they gave me a customised BPP t-shirt with my online name on the back, White Metal Man VII VII VII at the Meltdown conference in 2008. UK tours Also my friend, Dougle McMysteron (Doog) helps to organise DIY tours for punk and metal bands coming to the UK. Dave Williams and Brian Bass at Meltdown also manage metal and rock bands, organise gigs and help book bands for Greenbelt festival. My web pages http://www.myspace.com/white_metal_man_777 http://uk.youtube.com/WhiteMetalMan http://twitter.com/PJW_reviews Also you can find me on Facebook. Just send me a message saying that you saw me on The Metal Resource.

Shadowside – Inner Monster Out

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on May 12, 2012 at 12:18 No Responses »

May 122012

Shadowside are a female-fronted band from Santos, Brazil. They released a demo EP in 2001, Theatre Of Shadows (2005), Dare To Dream (2009) and Inner Monster Out (2011). Their second album (Dare To Dream) became one of the best selling metal albums in Brazil and appearing on several “Best of the year” lists. In late 2010, they embarked on a long European tour as support to W.A.S.P. and in early 2011 they supported Iron Maiden in Rio de Janeiro.

The current line-up is Dani Nolden (vocals & keyboards), Raphael Mattos (guitar), Ricardo Piccoli (bass) and Fabio Buitvidas (drums). ‘Inner Monster Out’ was mixed and mastered at Studio Fredman [Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates, In Flames], with the artwork by Felipe Machado Franco [Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Iced Earth]. The style is power metal with some thrash influences and could be compared to Sevendust and Halestorm.

The Old-timers – Punk’s Not Dead, Nor Are We!

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on April 29, 2012 at 17:46 No Responses »

Apr 292012

In the true spirit of DIY punk, The Old-timers are not restrained by mere geographical challenges. Don De Necker and Dave Emmerson are both in South Africa, but live on opposite sides of the country. Whilst their drummer, Matt Lagusis from False Idle, is on another continent altogether! Dave and Don put the vocals and music together, then forwarded it over to America for Matt to add the drums. Then it was sent back to South Africa for mixing and mastering. This is their first release.

Dave is originally from Scotland and moved to South Africa to work as a full time missionary near Cape Town. He works with the needy and underprivileged in prisons, on the streets, in schools and anywhere else that God leads him. Dave has previously played in Dragged Out with former members of The Exploited & Voice Of The Mysterons. Continue reading »

Boarders – R-Existence

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on April 23, 2012 at 00:02 No Responses »

Apr 232012

Who would have thought that Boarders would put out such an amazing album! This Italian thrash metal band started life doing Megadeth covers, before eventually branching out into their own material. They originally released ‘The World Hates Me’ in 2007 and it was re-released by Retroactive Records in 2009. Their new album ‘R-Existence’ (2012) is available as a free download from the band’s website www.boarders.it/.

The band members are Egidio Casati (vocals & rhythm guitars), Luigi “Gigi” Civardi (lead guitar), Oskar Sasso (bass) and Roberto Agnelli (drums). The album title comes from merging Resistance and Existence. The band states “We strongly believe that nothing is more important than to live your only life in perfect freedom of thought. Nowadays, our Existence deserves a firm will of Resistance, in order to be lived at its fullness”. They are influenced by the thrash era and can be compared to Megadeth, Metallica, Testament and Annihilator.

Betraying The Martyrs – Breathe In Life

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on April 15, 2012 at 13:17 1 Response »

Apr 152012

Betraying The Martyrs is a punishing symphonic deathcore band (with metalcore influences) from Paris, France. The band formed in December 2008, with their first EP “The Hurt, The Divine, The Light” being released in November 2009. It sold 2,000 units of the EP in France alone. The band’s name is a reference to betraying those people who try to make this world a better place. It is about kicking them in the teeth whenever they get something wrong.

There were some big changes in 2010 when the singer and a guitarist left the band. In a bold move, they brought in Aaron Matts (vocals) from England. The band signed with Sumerian Records in North America and Listenable Records for worldwide distribution of their full-length album ‘Breathe In Life’ (September 2011). Continue reading »

Methusalem – Unite And Conquer

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on March 31, 2012 at 23:55 No Responses »

Mar 312012

First impressions can be deceiving, as Methusalem are a metal band from the Netherlands that formed at the turn of the millennium. The members had previously been involved in death and gothic metal bands, yet decided on a radical move into eighties metal (at a time when it wasn’t fashionable). Notably, they supported Blaze Bayley on his 2005 European tour. They have released a self-titled promo EP (2004), the mini-album ‘Sentenced To Rock’ (2005) and the full length ‘Unite And Conquer’ (2010).

Their sound embraces the NWOBHM style whilst also adding more recent influences. They stated that they “threw overboard all biases about how heavy metal should sound and listened very carefully to what producer Arno Krabman from Graveland Studios had to say”. The album was professionally mastered by Darius van Helfteren, who had also previously worked with Judas Priest and the Scorpions. The cover art was done by the Finnish graphic designer, Jan Yrlund. Continue reading »

Coriolis – The Endless Funeral

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on March 30, 2012 at 15:46 No Responses »

Mar 302012

Coriolis started out as a one-man project by Jonathan P. Stamets. The band name was derived from the colossal storms in the book, Dune. The 2004 self-titled debut gained a fan base in the underground industrial and goth scenes in America. When a second pressing became necessary, Coriolis partnered with Youngside Records and released a special edition with the bonus track “Cry Wolf”. The line-up evolved into Jonathan P. Stamets (vocals, guitar & keyboard), Dan Schultz (lead guitar) and Jim Yanus (drums & programming) for the release of their concept album “The Endless Funeral” (2010).

The Coriolis debut album was heavily influenced by Rammstein and Rob Zombie. However, their sophomore release has a more industrial/electronic hard rock and gothic feel likened to Nine Inch Nails and chock full of dark emotions. In fact, it is so dark and despondent in places that it ought to come with a health warning! Continue reading »

Neizbezhnost – Would It Be Reasonable

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on March 17, 2012 at 23:35 1 Response »

Mar 172012

Neizbezhnost are a melodic unblack metal band from the Ukraine. The band members are Andrii Magas (guitars, vocals & synths), Dmytro Soroka (bass) and Andrii Vynnychenko (drums). They released their debut EP ‘Inevitability’ (2008) and then went on to a full-length album ‘Would it be Reasonable…’ (2010) in Russian. This independent release was only available in very limited quantities and became highly sought after. This lead to them being signed to Metal For A Dark World Records in 2011, with the lyrics being translated to English for the re-packaged release of ‘Would it be Reasonable…’

The album contains ten tracks with a running time of almost sixty minutes. It has been described as “blistering black metal fury that transports the listener back to the dark days of early 1990′s harsh melodic black metal that is haunting in breath, yet chilling in scope!” Comparisons are made with Drautran, Gothmog, Dying Blaze, Evroklidon, Usynlig Tulmult, Imperial Crystalline Entombment, and old Darkthrone. The album has been professionally engineered and mastered for a quality release.

Rodent Emporium – Kigo

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on February 25, 2012 at 16:00 No Responses »

Feb 252012

Rodent Emporium is an alternative punk band from Scotland that often uses comedy or parodies as a way of making light of cultural excesses and those with too much self importance. Their pop punk could be the result of Half Man Half Biscuit having a night out with Weird Al Yankovic. The band formed in 2005 and released their debut ‘Music Without Fear Of Reprimand’ in 2008 and followed it up with ‘Sports’ (2009) and ‘Kigo’ (2011). Besides performing on their home turf in Edinburgh and Glasgow, they have also made several appearances at the Cornerstone Festival in Bushnell, Illinois.

Whereas ‘Sports’ had a slick style, they have kicked back into a raw high-energy punk in ‘Let’s Go Mental’ led by Stuart Gilmour, a man who sounds like he has just drunk twelve redbulls in a row. Then there is the frantic ‘Japanese Girl’.

Megadeth – Th1rt3en

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on February 18, 2012 at 19:28 No Responses »

Feb 182012

Medageth are recognised as one of the ‘Big Four’ thrash metal bands, which includes Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax. Whilst in rehab in January 2002, Dave Mustaine fell asleep with his left arm over the back of a chair, caused compression of the radial ulnar nerve. This resulted in him being unable to grasp anything with his left hand and he disbanded Megadeth. The band reformed in 2004, but there had been an acrimonious split with long-time bassist, Dave Ellefson, and he did not play on ‘The System Has Failed’ (2004), ‘United Abominations’ (2007) and ‘Endgame’ (2009).

Mustaine and Ellefson both became committed Christians and finally managed to leave their issues in the past and resume their friendship. The line-up became Dave Mustaine (lead vocals & guitar), Dave Ellefson (bass & backing vocals), Chris Broderick (guitar & backing vocals) and Shawn Drover (drums) for the release of ‘Th1rt3en’ (2011). Mustaine stated “I started playing guitar at 13 and this is our 13th record and I was born on the 13th. As soon as I said I was going to call it ‘Thirteen’, I started noticing 13 everywhere. They never used to have 13th floors in hotels but now they have them again.” The album was produced by “Johnny K” Karkazis (Disturbed, Sevendust, Soil).

Blessed By A Broken Heart – Feel The Power

Posted by WhiteMetalMan on January 26, 2012 at 23:33 No Responses »

Jan 262012

Blessed By A Broken Heart formed in Montreal, Canada in 2003 as a metalcore outfit and released ‘All Is Fair In Love And War’ in 2004. Following the addition of Shred Sean (guitar) and Tony Gambino (vocals) they moved towards eighties metal on ‘Pedal To The Metal’ (2008) with Century Media Records. After some serious touring, they got picked up by Tooth & Nail for their third album ‘Feel The Power’ (2012).

The band now comprises Tony Gambino (vocals), Shred Sean (guitar), Tyler Hoare (bass), Sam Ryder (guitar) and Slater (drums). Gambino stated “We’ve definitely matured as a band. We really wrote this album collectively, and it just naturally had this progression of where we all wanted to go. The whole band is still obsessed with the ’80s, and that’s bled into our lifestyles. It’s not just when we’re on tour: We all kind of dress ’80s; we still have mullets. It’s become part of our lives. On the last album, we used more of the cheesy side of the ’80s, and this album we used a little more of the mature side. It’s a little less fluff, a lot less cheese, a little more serious. We’ve kind of gone a little more classic metal and heavy rock ‘n’ roll.”

Older Entries

WhiteMetalMan

Shadowside – Inner Monster Out

The Old-timers – Punk’s Not Dead, Nor Are We!

Boarders – R-Existence

Betraying The Martyrs – Breathe In Life

Methusalem – Unite And Conquer

Coriolis – The Endless Funeral

Neizbezhnost – Would It Be Reasonable

Rodent Emporium – Kigo

Megadeth – Th1rt3en

Blessed By A Broken Heart – Feel The Power

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