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(TheBRHM.com) Let’s get into some more recent rock for a moment here with Canadian axe-wielder Max Georgiev and his 2025 EP Believe In You. First, for those unfamiliar with Georgiev, we’ll look at his career in music. Who is Max Georgiev? Hailing from Quebec, Max Georgiev is a veteran guitarist ...
(TheBRHM.com) Cristobal Gallardo is a Chilean guitarist with a background in speed metal and thrash and influences including Carlos Santana, Zakk Wylde, Marty Friedman, Michael Schenker, and Randy Rhoads. In his act Headfist, the focus is more on speed and energy. Also it’s more of a band showcase from release ...
(TheBRHM.com) Let’s get into a few of my favorite screechers and shriekers in speed metal and thrash from the 2000s. Three of these singers are still going today performing and/or recording. However, we’re going to start with a largely forgotten name and band from the early 2000s. Chad Brown of Engage ...
(TheBRHM.com) I touched on Three, a Cleveland-based band featuring Black Death singer Siki Spacek in his usual roles as vocalists and guitarist. Is it a continuation of Black Death Resurrected and Black Death? Not exactly, but with Siki’s involvement, you’ll notice a lot of the two aforementioned bands’ influences on ...
(TheBRHM.com) In the latter part of the 1980s, thrash was thriving in the U.S and Germany. These were the two main regions I’d hear about in my introduction to old school metal but it wasn’t unusual to hear about bands from the UK, Canada, and Brazil. Canada’s metal scene at ...
(TheBRHM.com) When speaking of Black vocalists in rock—particularly in hard rock and metal—the tremendous Corey Glover of Living Colour is often the first mentioned. And rightfully so, Glover is a singer with range and presence. Both are definite thumbs up in my book. Let’s look at another pioneer in Cleveland, ...
(TheBRHM.com) This album is something a little outside of what I prefer listening to. I prefer a faster-paced metal journey but Smoulder delivered something that has me reconsidering slower tempo metal. Of course, it helps that Smoulder’s music is rooted in tales of gritty, primordial fantasy. Epic doom metal, fantasy-themed ...
(TheBRHM.com) German band Sacred Steel dropped their tenth album Ritual Supremacy in late April 2025 and we’re going to check it out by look at the A-side and B-side separately, highlighting the standout tracks on both sides, and looking at the strength of the opening track—the first impression. A-Side of ...