Articles by Manus Hopkins

Vader Deliver Another Straight-Up Death Metal Ripper on 'Solitude in Madness'

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2020

It's hard to believe Vader are nearly 40 years into their career. The band have been a leading force in Polish extreme metal for decades, a...

Havok's 'V' Is the Gold Standard for 21st Century Thrash Metal

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2020

Calling your band's fifth album V may be a little on the unimaginative side, especially for a band like Havok, whose politically charged ly...

Warbringer Prove They're One of Modern Thrash's Best on 'Weapons of Tomorrow'

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2020

California neo-thrash heavyweights Warbringer have ridden high the past few years on the rush of 2017's Woe to the Vanquished. At the time...

'What the Dead Men Say' Keeps Trivium's Hot Streak Going

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2020

After a 15-year career of hits and misses, 2017's The Sin and the Sentence seemed like the album that could bring an end to the inconsisten...

Abysmal Dawn Continue Down Their Death Metal Path on 'Phylogenesis'

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2020

It's been six years since Abysmal Dawn unleashed their last record, Obsolescence, making this gap the longest wait between any two of their...

Symbolik

Emergence

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2020

It's almost unbelievable that Emergence is only Symbolik's debut record, even though it was nearly a decade in the making. While Symbolik's...

Akurion

Come Forth to Me

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2020

Akurion are somewhat of a Montreal metal supergroup, made up of current and past members of established outfits like Cryptopsy, Neuraxis an...

Testament

Titans of Creation

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2020

Compared to some of Testament's peers, the band have produced a steady output this past decade — a new studio album every four years since...