Overkill Returns with "The Electric Age"! 1/25/2012 2:56:10 PM by Nailer
Overkill has revealed the artwork and release details for their upcoming album "The Electric Age". The album was recorded at Gain Studios in New Jersey and is scheduled for release on Nuclear Blast Records in late March 2012.
This will be the band's 16th studio album and the follow up to their 2010 release "Ironbound" which kicked my ass all the way to Parts Unknown and back.
Take note youngsters--lead singer Bobby Blitz is over 50 years old...and had a stroke onstage during an Overkill song. That's metal.
A Couple Words on SOPA AND PIPA 1/18/2012 9:45:29 AM by Nailer
In regards to Maximum Metal personally:
· We post pictures and videos because an all text website would suck.
· What we do probably falls under Fair Use, but regardless, we don't make a penny off of
anybody elses' copyrighted material.
· We hope that by posting news, pictures, and videos, the bands we cover and talk about
will get more exposure. Metallica might not need it, but 50,000 other bands do and the
thousands of metal sites out there doing the same as us help keep the underground
thriving.
· SOPA and PIPA are corporate media power grabs under the guise of fighting piracy.
For more on SOPA and PIPA and how it could affect the Web, use Google or start here:
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New Interview with powerthrashers Thunderblast! 1/13/2012 1:13:11 PM by EC
Columbia's Thunderblast have finally released their much anticipated sophomore effort "Invaders From Another World". It has been seven years since the band's debut "Warzone", a record that was braced by hard hitting thrash and melodic power tendencies. The group's new album is a phenomenal piece of power thrash, incorporating elements from Germans like Rage to the US stomping grounds of Iced Earth and Megadeth. "Invaders..." comes by way of Pure Steel Records and was produced by the band.
Maximum Metal's EC sits down with singer Felipe Machado Franco to talk about the band's hiatus, the new album and his design studio.
Zero Down Has Returned! 1/6/2012 4:29:02 PM by Frank H.
The successor release to "Good Times at the Gates of Hell", which we really enjoyed here, is now out and is called "Looking To Start A Riot".
Called one of America's best unsigned bands, it sounds like they'd never taken a break blasting the same NWOBHM/Traditional, spikes and leather, fist-in-the-air metal. Check out the Priest and Accept inspired cover art below, a combo/homage of Hellbent For Leather and Breaker, with Mischa Kianne from Seattle band Witchburn.
New Interview with Traditionalists--Widow! 1/6/2012 3:25:53 PM by Frank H.
Widow, a true-as-steel look at the honest roots of our beloved genre stemming from the Birmingham labor of Maiden and Sabbath with the tenacity and polish of 70s and 80s hard rock. This band has been hard at work for over a decade, toiling in the clubs and playing abroad their form of traditional showmanship and craft. Now the band have released their best record to date in "Life's Blood", a culmination of four years of maturity and work ethic to provide the masses the very best in traditional US metal.
Maximum Metal's EC caught up with Widow's bassist and vocalist John Wooten IV to talk about the new record:
Staff Year End Awards for 2011! 12/29/2011 3:25:09 PM by Frank H.
One of our favorite columns to do! We've gathered up our thoughts on the hard rock/metal releases of 2011 and even if you really don't give a crap what any of our opinions are, there are so many tremendous releases put out in this age of DIY metal that you may see names you missed, older bands you forgot existed or unknowns to look up and try out. It's all about getting the word out and supporting the music!
New Gallery Update--Five New Bands! 12/29/2011 3:22:41 PM by Frank H.
New bands have been added to our Gallery section! Look for great new pics of: Five Finger Death Punch, All that Remains, Firewind, White Wizzard, and Arsis!
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I made a deal with the devil. I was standing at a cross road and screamed "I want to live out of metal"!
The dark winged, long haired fallen angel appeared form the fog, he was wearing a Dio t-shirt and he said to me,
"Do you offer your spirit, time and art to the powers of metal"? He offered in return cool inspiring music to hear for the rest of my life so I said--yes!
