Release Review : Various Artists – Heavy Metal Killers (Earache/Riot)

This release is unrelentingly old-school, and is pure gold from start to finish.

Sometimes you get so enraptured with extreme music – of which there is so much good stuff out there at the moment – that you just kind of bypass anything that is rooted in the classic NWOBHM sound. That’s why it’s so refreshing to come across an album like this one.

As far as compilation albums go, this one really hits the mark. Every band on this release makes you realise that there is a huge groundswell of heavy metal bands out there that is defying… READ MORE…