Maxine : "Titania" US Hard Rock. First I must say I'm very pleased to hear the beautiful and sexy voice of this amazing musician and singer. This is an excellent album in which Maxine plays Bass as Guitar and sing, most drums are done by Roxy. Her brother plays bass on one track and some guest such as Billy Sheehan and Mike Pisculli play the bass too. She is an extreme very good guitarist as singer!!!The mix is perfect and you fall in love with that album and you just want this band to pursue and play live cos it's worth!!! The influences is wide (Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Vixen...) but the best is still buying this album and listen it loud!!! Can't wait to here more of it, I'm addicted to the Petrucci family!!! This album kicks some big male bands by far!!! The last solo track is just a proof...

Meldrum : "Blowin'up the Machine" Heavy Metal band from USA. This new album took a while to appear and since the DVD I wondered what it would sound like. This is much Heavier as the first album for sure and I was right when watching the DVD this band has taken a step further, Gene Hoglan is playing the drums on some songs, but most of them are played by Linda McDonald!!! Obviously there is not only the sound that has changed... somethin' I haven't heard for a while is a song featuring mister Lemmy Kilmister! This album sounds much like a fun between friends and I think Meldrum as taken a turn. THe sound is heavier and some song sound Hardcore and close to Pantera more than the first Meldrum album although the touch is still here and Michelle's solos can't be copied!!! Those girls kick and blow up your speakers - Gutts!!! A good album.

Detente : "Recognize no Authority" USA Thrash Metal. First I bought this CD cos there was a chance to get it signed by the band but with desappointement it wasn't . I have the original LP in my collection so that was really for the autograph since this will never happen again. For the one who don't know it yet, this band was one of the great bands in the Thrash bay area but never made it. They played with the bigs such as Dark Angel, Metallica, Slayer and else and no doubt they have those influences. This is pure 1986 Thrash Metal and it kicks most when you know Dawn was with Sabina the second only female singer in a Thrash Metal band at this time. This CD is rare and nearly impossible to find so get it while you can! go to www.MVDb2b.com order it and get it for the memory of Dawn as for this band.

Bonded by Blood : "Extinguish the weak" MCD This Thrash Metal band from USA is one of the best to come out from the underground, this is back to Exodus " Pleasure of the flesh" era!!!Pure fukin' Thrash Attack!!! They will kick ass and with The English excellent act Evile the world is gonna know what Thrash Metal is and was (when I was a kid) so this makes me so damn happy to hear such good bands cos they proove Thrash will never Die!!! Support this band and buy their merchandise now!

Overload : "The Dark Side of Ambition" Swedish Heavy Metal band. This is an excellent album made with heart! The creations as the lyrics tell it all, those guys love Metal and they play it well. Inspiration from Saxon, Dio, Judas Priest, Accept, Anthrax, Slayer , Metallica, .. well this is a Metal anthology as itself!!! They have only few Thrash passages but I guess each of the guys have their own influences giving a special touch to this band's musical inspirations. A good Heavy Metal band that will get high soon.

The Donnas : "Bitchin'" DBLP 7& CD. The girls are back!!! yeah this is good, after their last album Gold Medal which was too commercial and melting (Atlantic sound) I wondered what these rockin ladies would bring us and I'm more than Happy!!! first they have created their record label!!! Secondly even if they were born in the eighties they like me are into real music stuff such as LPs!!! yeah!!! THANK U!!! A double LP with a very eighties excellent painted cover artwork man I'm in Heaven! Thirstly their songs, this is true Donnas creations as it used to be a mix of 70/80's Rock, Hard Rock, Punk which has always been their sound!!! The Donnas are back yeah kick those fukin arse dudettes ;) and they will crack the billboard once again!!! For the ones who hesitate find great songs inspired by Joan Jett, The Scorpions or even Van Halen!!! really I love those girls!!! and of course the usual cover from a band I won't name but the donnas are just fun , they live breath and smell music and that's what matters!

First Aid : "Infection" Self produced CD from this German Thrash Metal band. This is an excellent album from these Moshers! Excellent sound, production and booklet artwork. This is a cool band with a unique sound and special compositions. Although we can hear the influences from the early eighties Thrash Metal bands such as Toranaga, Slayer, Forbidden, Heaven, Anthrax, Overkill ...etc the music is a pleasure to listen and you first hear about this brilliant band before checking for influences.

Nightmare : "Genetic Disorder" Heavy Metal from France. WOW!!! this is my first expression when listening to the first songs! A powerfull sound you normally hear from German or Norwegian bands, this is perfect! So perfect it doesn't help me to review it! This is by far the best French Heavy Metal band of all times since they don't sound like a French band at all...but for sure this shows that French bands can find out the way to kick ass in the Metal world!!! Their music will please everybody cos they have influences from diverse Metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Whitesnake, Arch enemy, Agent Steel, Iced earth, Grip Inc, Symphony X, Dio, Victory,Megadeth, Seven gates, Running Wild and so on. They have for sure the sound of today's powerfull bands and you just want to see them live cos this gonna rip u off and you will beg for more! A great album recorded in Sweden no doubt this band is brillant!!! Award 2008!

Inciter : "Burned out cells" Thrash Metal band from Croacia, a surprise sounding like Metallica's Reload mixed And Justice albums!!! It sounds also like Overkill or Megadeth late years...or Meliah Rage. Cool compositions with nice rythms and melodies, this is not a super production and this is great!!! this is true underground band with true sound! A good album to please everyone! Some songs have the real Thrash Metal attack like Atrophy or Testament and a bit of Slayer so it moves towards the album and keep your attention through the listening. Excellent solos kinda Exodus and Vio-lence!!! Keep an eye on these lads!

Cydocore : "Envenom" Thrash/Death Metal from Croacia. Very inspired by Obituary, this band has a good vibe with slow tempo and heavy riffs! I can hear a bit of Pestilence, Massacre and some Thrash metal tunes tuned down and slowed making it sounding different (Machine Head - Burn, Exodus - Tempo, Testament - Low..) But the true thing is listening to this great album with the idea of a good band! The influences will come after few listening for sure but what I like is the pleasure to listen this album without thinking of another band. Check them out!!!

Adrenicide : "Drunk with Power" Crossover from UK, this is a fukin' moshing album right in your face!!! you won't survive to it, no time to breath from the begining till the end you'll headbang like a maniac and its so good to hear this again.To give you just an idea of what you get is a powerfull attack with speed and gutts. A mix of 80's Thrash punk and else... Gang Green, DRI, Suicidal Tendencies, The exploited, Slayer, Metallica,Nuclear Assault, SOD...fuk man this is sooo good!!!

Toxik : "World Circus tour 1988 - Dynamo Open Air" DVD Holland 2008. I was on ebay when suddenly I had this idea to look for The open Air festival thinking I might find a Thrash Metal gig, when I came to this DVD! I couldn't believe it after so many years one of the 80's Thrash Metal legends has a DVD, I bought it straight away. This is what every fans should have in thier collection. Since I asked the band about it and nothing is legally determined I will advise you to chase the net for this ... This is pure hasard I got it and I'm so pleased although this is not special. I mean the DVD itself has nothing really big. The cover is from the first LP with just as you can see the Dynamo and tour written on it, the inside cover is like the flyer that was at that time of the show and the advert from Roadrunner when the album came out. As for the content it has two shows. The first one beeing the actual Dynamo open air gig which starts straight away in the middle of a song! and the second is like a pirate/bootleg live (bad sound etc...) the real fan home made video...the backside of the DVD has the title tracks with some mistakes( eg the scorpion song has the Black Sabbath 's title...) so it makes this DVD much more a fan made than professionnaly one!!! But since I found it on Ebay that makes sense. Two versions exist, one with the first live on CD and this one just a DVD which is enough to me. Good fishing ;)

Ratskates : "Born in the basement" DVD USA 2008. This is one of a Hell great DVD for any Thrash maniacs outhere!!! Original Overkill 's drummer member tells us all about his life in the music industry and how he made his band becoming the big one we all know today. That might sound obvious but after I watched it I just wanted to get back and watch it all over again!! this is entertaining and most it brings you back to our youth (mine for sure) and you will learn things you never heard of!!! This will teach you how you should act to become a rockstar and what might happen to you once you became one! for sure this is true passion and really this is what you feel all away that video. If you're feeling down this cool man will bring you hope back ;) Buy this DVD now and enjoy Thrash Metal forever! Check out his myspace and site space.

Thrashing like a Maniac LP + Speed Merchant fanzine 2008 : Earache 's new Thrash Metal "myspace" compilation with 16 bands of today's Thrash Metal invasion. When I heard about the release of that compilation I thought 'man I gotta have this in my record collection'!!! This reminds me my youth, the early eighties with all these compilations that came from the young labels Metal Blades, RoadRunner and else. Those compilations that helped us discover Thrash Metal bands such as Metallica, Dark Angel, Sodom and many that are legends today. So this compilation might be the one to help you discover the Thrash legends of tomorrow!!!! This is why it is so important to buy it. Earache had the best idea that could come this year. So many great bands are promoting for Free themselves on the internet website Myspace, another great invention that helps people getting heard and signed for some cos on this compilation you will find some lucky bastards who got contacted by Earache and got a contract!!! so I guess many of them here will find a label and will conquer your heart if not the Thrash Metal world in the futur months. what's more is with the free fanzine a great advertising space where each band got 4 to 5 questions and a link to their page!!! everything is brought to you on one release!!! this is killer, the idea by itself, the bands music, the fact Thrash Metal is back. What else do you need to convince you it is the next buy on your list?! act now! the LP has two version for the craziest ones an orange vinyl or black one and a CD (without the zine...) earache.com haven't u understood yet?!

Witches : "III II" Thrash Metal band from france . This is an excellent album and I'll give an award 2008 cos it's worth it!!! After so many years and line up troubles Sybille is back with power and great songs. This album can be called original first cos the lyrics for some songs are in French!!! yeah but don't worry if u don't understand cos it's sounds good, (the first time I like this language in a Thrash Metal album.) In fact there is a life, a story an atmosphere very special in this album, goes from quite to speed and classic with funny lyrics about cats Witches Evil thoughts or legends. It's enjoyable but in a mystic & Occult era (First Black Sabbath album & Opera IX second one). This a great Thrash Metal band in the vein of Holy Moses, Assassin, Slayer... excellent is the word!!! French bands this year are amazing me really.This album has no frontier and should reach every shelves!!! Get that album NOW!

Seventh Calling : Heavy /Thrash Metal from USA - Melissa records. This band has been running for years! That probably explains the songs influences and creations. This is a great Heavy Metal band for sure but with loads of Thrash Metal influences. I think the musicians have been influenced by many Metal bands in the eighties and went Heavier with time. The only problem I have here which really is not cool, the mix! I don't like the final mix sorry. The voice is too deep compare to the guitars that are really present so it sounds like a live album with the singer not very much put into the front... also the first 6 songs sound like Mp3 tracks and the rest has a different mix more powerfull so is it the pressing or the fact the band has recorded those songs through time?! by the way now we're in 2008 two years after they 've been signed and so one member is gone. I bought this album cos I saw a live video on their myspace page and I really loved it, but as we know (in my case) when I love a band live I can't love the album anylonger...I imagine they really kick ass on stage but passing that point this is a great band with great compositions so don't get scared by what I say I just describe what I feel about the sound. They have influences from Dark Angel, Meliah Rage, Metallica, Anthrax, Helloween, Mercyfull fate, Dementia, Testament, Judas Priest, Flotsam & Jetsam,Megadeth...... just listen by yourself and enjoy those great songs such as "Dark Angel" , "Faces of Deception" "Mercyless" etc. Award 2008!!! get that album !!!

Triton Enigma : "Black lies" Death/Black Metal band from Sweden. This album has been released by an American label Open Grave and this is good thing, but it has the quality of the production from great labels such as Nuclear Blast. This album is excellent for the fans of extreme music, the sound and compositions very inspired by Norway and Swedish Death n Black metal bands (Dimmu Borgir, Dark Funeral, Unleashed...) with of course US Death Metal legends. (Morbid Angel, Deicide, Cannibal corpse...) Even if KItty from Decadence sings and wrote all the lyrics there is only one song with Melodies that reminds her band but apart from that she sings differently n is close to Black Metal voices with very angry lyrics, man this girl has lots of thing to say! If u haven't seen the advert yet from the label on the net well the two other musicians come from known bands Grave/Centinex and another they made together previously. This band is actually more a fun between friends who have main bands.But it's worth buying!!! Award 2008 for this excellent album!!!

Open Grave : "Metal to murder to" Spring/ summer 2008 sampler CD USA. Extreme Metal compilation from and Extreme Metal label!!! Free with any buy this compilation contains all signed bands to the label, 18 tracks of pure madness : Triton enigma, Docile, Wolvesguard, Feast etermal, Grind Minded elgibbor,No soul lost, Sorrowslorm, Primitive graven image, Northern Ash, Sapremia, Art 238, Atrocity, Skitzo, AWAS, Shuddersome, Kekal, Necrodemon. Well plenty of bands to mosh to!!!

Warpath : "Damnation" CD UK Thrash Metal. Another explosion has come and this is fukin good!!! Mainly influenced by Evil Dead and Defiance this album is pure Thrash right in your face!!! Very good compositions making this band apart from many, you can hear influences from Nuclear Assault, Sacred Reich, Exodus's Bonded.." , Megadeth 's "Peace..", Flotsam & jetsam " No place.."Anthrax's "spreading..."Slayer's "Season..." Metallica's "Justice" ... but after all this is Warpath 's compositions you will discover and love from the first note 'till the end! this is so excellent you can't just play it once.Mastered by legendary James Murphy this album got all it takes to have another great Thrash Metal band to surprise and make this scene back to life!!! This is your next buy!!! Award 2008 for beeing so excellent!!! n so Thrash ;)

Exodus : Double Live Dynamo '85 - '97" DVD digipack 2008. In memory of Paul Ballof this dvd is for all the fans outhere of old Thrash Metal that left a trace on this world. The first show from 1985 is filmed like the Toxic one probably by the same people earlier! but it is good and you take a good slap back at those crazy thrashers. The second live is very professionally filmed and edited. I wonder why it didn't came out earlier as when the CD came I listened to it so much! now I can finally see the show!!! This was like a reunion show with a new bass player and a Gary Holt looking like a nurapmetal freak (can't believe it he looks like shit) fortunetly hte sound is great and with many cameras it makes it awesome. Get it from Nuclear Blast cos you got to or "you're a fukin poser" ... you've been warned by Paul ;) thrash will never dieeeeeeeeeeee

Sodom : "Lords of depravity part 1" DVD 2005. I know many of you have already this but I just got it cos I missed many DVDs so I try to get them as possible (haven't found the first Kreator one though) any thrasher should have this too! THe live DVD is made with many lives from 2001-2003- 2004 etc and tour footages. A great adventure with old songs revisited. Very powerfull and we can say that Sodom has passsed the years and still very strong!!! They fukin thrash.The video editing is great and kicks ass. The first DVD is the best history documentatry I ever seen for a band!!!! Tom is talking about the band from the begining with interviews from old members and phootages as live exerts. the only problem is in German language so you need to use the subtitle in english and it takes time to read it and sometimes it's not good but it's so good to live through this german band that has passed many years and is so strong in the Thrash Metal scene. This band get what it deserve ; fame and respect!!! They fukin rule and Tom is just fuking Metal!!! I love Sodom!!! I went back to my youth and you live their life in this dvd. I give them an award for best DVD