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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 06 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 6, 2009, 4:00 am
Just because it’s Christmas, you didn’t think we’d be scrimping of our Sunday Spotify Slaylists, did you? We’ve made a Christmas-themed Slaylist so gargantuan, we’ve had ...
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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 05 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 5, 2009, 4:42 am
We’ve already shouted about why we think Deftones are one of the bands that shaped the last decade of metal, so what better addition could there be to our Advent Calendar than a download of thei...
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How do you make Lemmy cry? "Make him unable to play music, I would imagine."

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 4, 2009, 8:19 am
A couple of weeks ago, you might’ve heard that cover of Lemmy singing a cover of ‘Stand By Me’ with Dave Lombardo on drum duties. For the first ever Motorhead/Slayer collaboration, i...
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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 04 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 4, 2009, 4:45 am
We bloody miss Reuben. Their penultimate single release before calling an indefinite hiatus on band proceedings was this hilarious Christmas single, ‘Christmas Is Awesome’. Well, it is. I...
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Live: Skunk Anansie @ London Brixton Academy – Thursday, 26 November 2009

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 8:23 am
Skunk Anansie headlined Glastonbury once. No, really. Amit Sharma went along to catch their re-union tour when it rolled into Brixton. There’s not really that much British Music to be proud of from...
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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 03 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 3, 2009, 4:45 am
We bring yet more Seasons Bleedings, everyone! This time we bring the something a little bit football-related. Oi! Fatty! Stop moaning about a bit of sport being in your metal and whiskey because Hamb...
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Thrash Hits TV: Lostprophets' Ian Watkins on new album The Betrayed

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 4:22 pm
We caught up with Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins in London ahead of the 18 January release of their new album, The Betrayed for a chat. Lee Gaze was in the room as well but we didn’t really t...
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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 02 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 2, 2009, 4:30 am
Way back in December 2003, The Darkness were riding high upon the crest of a wave of success that stemmed from the absolutely massive success of their debut album, Permission To Land. It was only natu...
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Band of the Decade: Killswitch Engage

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 11:55 am
Killswitch Engage Peak: 2004 Era: The End Of Heartache What have Killswitch Engage done in the 2000s? Their 30 minute-long self-titled 2000 debut was released through Ferret and has lately been re...
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Heavy Metal Advent Calendar: 01 December

Raziq R. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 9:18 am
Wacken aren’t the only cheeky buggers to have noticed it’s Christmas. We have too! Yes, it’s not like you’ve woken up and run over to Thrash Hits to open this digital advent ca...
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Live: Alec Empire @ London Islington Academy – Thursday, 19 November 2009

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 8:27 am
Is Alec Empire ditching that pure-electro he’s been messing with to return to his Digital Hardcore ways? Hugh Platt is responsible for the excitable words; Paul Caudell takes the blame  for t...
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Band of the Decade: Alkaline Trio

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 8:01 am
Alkaline Trio Peak: Crimson Era: 2005 What have Alkaline Trio done in the 2000s? After 1998’s Goddamnit debut and the rough-round-the-edges, anthem-filled 2000 follow-up, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire...
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Win a copy of Metallica's deluxe live DVD, Francais Pour Une Nuit

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 10:12 am
Those of you with a Gallic tongue might have noted that the title means, “French for one night,” but fear not, San Francisco’s biggest thrashers haven’t gone and bought four be...
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Album: Swallow The Sun – New Moon

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 5:59 am
Swallow The Sun New Moon Spinefarm Records 09 November 2009 by Hugh Platt I guess you could say that Swallow The Sun have bad timing. Putting out their new album just a week after Katatonia dropp...
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Future Hits 045: Arceye

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 4:30 am
From: Shropshire, UK Sounds like: Morbid Angel, Kreator, Acheron Website: www.MySpace.com/ArceyeUK Thrash Hits verdict: We heard about Arceye from a compadre we met at Bloodstock Open Air this year...
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Gay For Monday Morning

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 2:50 am
... – so can anyone think of a better way to get this week off to a (hopefully) better start than by blasting our brains out with some Gay For Johnny Depp? No, didn’t think so. Watch the...
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A to Z of the Noughties: Slayer to Zakk Wylde

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 4:45 am
Where were you on the night before the dawn of the New Millennium? Jon Kerr was getting a pit going in Jilly’s Rockworld, Manchester. We’ve asked him to summarise the ten years since then in all t...
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Future Hits 044: Japanese Voyeurs

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 9:51 am
Japanese Voyeurs From: London, UK Sounds like: Daisy Chainsaw, Babes In Toyland, Kyuss Website: www.MySpace.com/JapaneseVoyeurs Thrash Hits verdict: The grunge revival is alive and kicking right h...
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EP: Ship To Shore – Let's Not Get Caught

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 9:30 am
Ship To Shore Let’s Not Get Caught Broken Night Records 17 November 2009 by Ben Goulder When members of beatdown pop-punker, Bradley Arise, joined forces with Andy Boswell from the now-spli...
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Here's the artwork for the new Lostprophets album, The Betrayed

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 9:06 am
The Betrayed, the long-awaited fourth album from Lostprophets is all set to be released on 18 January 2010 through Visible Noise and, judging by recent single ‘It’s Not The End of the Worl...
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Metal Mark runs out of beer money; meets Chimaira

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 11:47 am
Hey there metal f*ckers! Another blog for another month, and yet I find myself writing it with a similar hangover. October was a somewhat quiet month for Atlanta shows, but there was really just one t...
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Live: Alice In Chains @ London Kentish Town HMV Forum – Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 8:19 am
All I’d been thinking about since Bonfire Night was seeing Alice In Chains live in London. They’re the grunge band for metallers. They’re the band with some of the most tortured lyri...
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Bands of the Decade: Fall Out Boy

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 8:02 am
Fall Out Boy Peak: 2005 Era: From Under The Cork Tree What Have Fall Out Boy done in the 2000s? After a couple of independent releases in 2003, Fall Out Boy signed to Island, or one of its subsidi...
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Future Hits 043: Last Days Of Empire

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 4:45 am
From: New Jersey, US Sounds like: Saves The Day, Taking Back Sunday, Far Website: www.MySpace.com/LastDaysOfEmpire Thrash Hits verdict: There seems to be an awful lot going on in New Jersey right ...
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Video: Comanechi – 'Mesmerising Fingers'

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 3:03 am
We’ve feeling a bit grunge-y at Thrash Hits right now. That’s partially because we spent most of last week repeat-watching Nirvana: Live at Reading, and that last night we saw Alice In Cha...
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Paramore finish video to 'Brick By Boring Brick', we get photos

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 6:22 am
Paramore are releasing a new single from their recent third album, brand new eyes, to celebrate their return to the UK, this time in its arenas. ‘Brick By Boring Brick’ will be unleashed u...
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Album: Weezer – Raditude

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 4:55 am
Weezer Raditude Geffen Records 02 November 2009 by Luke Morton It was only last year when that Weezer released their sixth studio- and third eponymous album (dubbed The Red Album by fans and crit...
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Photos: The Hard Knock Life Tour @ Sheffield Corporation – 12 November 2009

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 2:58 am
Metalcore, Deathcore, anything-you-want-to-call-it-core: is there anything metal fans like to do more than bitch over which particular sub-genre of metal a band “belongs” to? We bet plenty...
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Sunday Spotify Slaylist: Visible Noise

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 5:32 am
There’s nothing we like better here at Thrash Hits than celebrating a British success story – and that’s exactly why we’ve dedicated this week’s Sunday Spotify Slaylist t...
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Final Thought for Friday: listen to Bad For Lazarus

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 10:45 am
We maike no secret that we’re a little bit soft in the head and hard in the trousers when it comes to all things Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster here at Thrash Hits. Which is why we reckon you...
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Album: Skunk Anansie – Smashes and Trashes

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 12:44 pm
Skunk Anansie Smashes and Trashes: The Greatest Hits One Little Indian 02 November 2009 by Jon Kerr John Major’s Britain was embarrassing: I mean no-one gets inspired by the kid who wet hi...
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Album: The Devin Townsend Project – Addicted

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 3:02 am
The Devin Townsend Project Addicted HevyDevy Records 17 November 2009 by Tom Gibbons One of alternative music’s most outrageously multi-talented lunatics is back, armed with a bald head, a new-...
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Bands of the Decade: Converge

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:59 pm
Converge Peak: 2001 Era: Jane Doe What have Converge done in the 2000s? While Converge had been around since the early 90s, it wasn’t until the genre-busting, nay genre-breaking Jane Doe (2...
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DVD: Nirvana – Live at Reading

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 5:30 am
Nirvana Live At Reading Geffen Records 02 November 2009 by Hugh Platt You know what you don’t see anymore? Kids in Nirvana hoodies. When I was a teenager, they were everywhere – getting their...
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Clutch: "Maryland is known for crabs – just crabs"

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 4:38 am
We’d bet good money that you’ve never seen a live band better than Maryland rockers, Clutch. Don’t even pretend you know better. Which is why we sent Amit Sharma to corner drummer Je...
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Album: Slayer – World Painted Blood

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 11:05 am
Slayer World Painted Blood American Recordings 02 November 2009 by Mark Eglinton Sometimes waiting is a very good thing. Not always, but sometimes. On first listen to World Painted Blood back in ...
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Ash: "We don't feel trapped by our past"

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 4:03 am
When Ash announced they were quitting making albums, people started stroking their chins in interest. Hugh Platt caught up with Ash frontman, Tim Wheeler, to see how it’s working out for them. ...
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Video: Baroness – 'A Horse Called Golgotha'

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 6:58 am
Not all of us ‘got’ Blue Record from Baroness when it first arrived in the office. Some of us didn’t get it till we started listening to it on our iPod when we were a little…ah...
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Download a free 30-track compilation from Thirty Days Of Night Records

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 7:21 am
Yesterday we didn’t get any work done as we spent all day listening to the free download album from Gama Bomb - and today it’s a 30-track compilation album from Thirty Days Of Night Record...
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EP: My Dying Bride - Bring Me To Victory

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 3:35 am
My Dying Bride Bring Me To Victory Peaceville Records 27 October 2009 by Jon Kerr Everyone gets depressed. Currently, everyone is moaning about how dark it gets in the winter. How wet and miserab...
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A to Z of the Noughties: Avenged Sevenfold to Iron Maiden

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 9:34 am
Where were you on the night before the dawn of the New Millennium? Jon Kerr was getting a pit going in Jilly’s Rockworld, Manchester. We’ve asked him to summarise the ten years since then ...
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The Casino Brawl: "I'd rather read some scripture than do shots off a teenage girl's stomach"

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 4:45 am
Since Thrash Hits last caught up with The Casino Brawl, they’ve toured their tits off, put out an album, and even found time for a haircut. We can’t even find the time to get down the gym....
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Download the new Gama Bomb album - for free, RIGHT NOW

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 2:09 am
You can download the new album from Gama Bomb, Tales From The Grave In Space, right now. For free. Well, actually the price is letting them know what your email address is, but unless you’re one...
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End of the Decade: bits & bobs celebrating the 2000s (Noughties?)

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 9:09 am
Linkin Park are the biggest selling band of this decade, nay, century. That’s a statement that really hurts, isn’t it. They’ve sold more records than Metallica, Iron Maiden or even T...
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Bands of the Decade: Deftones

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 8:35 am
Deftones Peak: 2000/2001 Era: White Pony What have Deftones done in the 2000s? After consolidating their position as the thinking man’s alternative metal band with the chugging nu-metal of A...
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Photos: ChthoniC @ Sheffield Corporation - 03 November 2009

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 8:17 am
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Album: Pitbull Terrorist - C.I.A

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 3:17 am
Pitbull Terrorist C.I.A. (Contraband International Audio) Anstalt Records 13 November 2009 by Angie Louder No bullshit, Pitbull Terrorist’s bio says they are “an ensemble of true free...
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Interview: Alec Empire - "I wanted to capture the buzz Nero might have felt when Rome was burning down"

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 8:39 am
We know what you’re thinking: “Alec Empire doesn’t really seem like the kind of thing Thrash Hits usually covers”. But you know what? If you think that, then you’ve clear...
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EP: The James Cleaver Quintet - The 10 Stages of a Make-Up

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 4:04 am
The James Cleaver Quintet The 10 Stages of a Make-Up Ondryland 11 January 2010 by Angie Louder According to eye witness accounts, The James Cleaver Quintet’s Jimmy Diego once threw his soli...
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Album: Bakteria - Defecate! Suffocate! Mutilate! Masturbate!

Raziq R. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 1:57 am
Bakteria Defecate! Suffocate! Mutilate! Masturbate! Anstalt Records 13 November 2009 by Hugh Platt What? What? Is it “Crap Fucking Album” week or something? Are people starting to take the pi...
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