Genre: Thrash
Label: Candlelight Records

Savage Messiah bring just that to the table: a savage form of thrash metal that hearkens back to the late 80’s and early 90’s. And yet, oddly, the band seems to be tempered with a touch of power metal.
The album strongly reminds me of Force of Evil’s album Black Empire, but in a good way. Considering how much I love Black Empire, hopefully this is a compliment. The riffs, the vocals, the drumming, all of it, I’m a fan of.
Unfortunately for me, I know almost nothing of Savage Messiah, so right now this review seems sparse. But, the music speaks for itself: I can’t wait for the next album.
8 out of 10.

Savage Messiah on MySpace.

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Genres: Death Metal, Hardcore, Thrash
Label: Napalm Records

This here is an oddity from the Netherlands. The Kandidate are mixing a couple unlikely elements from three genres and turning it all into their own thing. There’s the basic framework of thrash, with some small death metal elements, and tons of hardcore, probably New York style (I don’t know a lot of hardcore, so I don’t know exactly), and hardcore’s brother genre, punk.
But don’t think of this as some kind of metalcore or deathcore; rather think of it as The Kandidatecore.
I’m thoroughly enjoying this, and I can understand why Typhon enjoyed it a lot too. Personally I only know Jacob Bredahl (vocals) from some of his work with HateSphere (never really heard lots of them), and the other guys are all pretty new to the scene so I don’t know them at all. But from what I’ve heard from Until We Are Outnumbered, I hope this band is around for a loooooooong time. This is awesome.
8.5 out of 10.

The Kanidate on MySpace.

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Genres: Hard Rock, Thrash
Label: Independent

Megahera hail from Italy, and make a very Italian sounding metal, and it’s pretty damn good.
It’s a good hard rock mixed with thrash, which provides an interesting sound and feel. Lyrics are mostly in English, with some Italian going on, which lends itself well to metal.
The only thing that sucks about this EP is that it’s only four tracks! I want more!
If you’re a fan of 80’s thrash, some punk, and 90’s rock, you should probably like Megahera.
7 out of 10.

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As expected, the mini-tour featuring Ibex Moon Records’ HOD and GRAVEHILL was a whirlwind of brutality that left the state of Texas in shambles. Over the course of three shows the Ibex Moon labelmates set a new standard for live intensity as each band delivered some of the best extreme metal in the underground today. HOD guitarist Carl “Lord Necron” Snyder issued this summary of the slaughter:
“The Texas onslaught with GRAVEHILL has been merciless. P.A. Systems crashing to ground. Women beating women. Men beating men. Holy hell it’s been brutal! GRAVEHILL’s death metal assault has to be witnessed live to understand the brutality. HOD has unleashed some new songs on this tour including ‘Under Tyranny’s Hammer’ and ‘Walking Wounded’. The crowd response has been killer for the new material. We hope to see all you maniacs out on the road soon.”

HOD’s Serpent was released last year on Ibex Moon Records, an album that Zero Tolerance called a “venomous explosion of black, death, and thrash metal fury” and Terrorizer called “non-commercialised, uncompromising and slightly unhinged death metal.”

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Genres: Death Metal, Hardcore, Thrash
Label: Napalm Records

I was an instant fan of The Kandidate once I saw that Jacob Bredahl had vocal duties (you may remember him from such bands as: Barcode, Allhelluja and Hateshpere). Throw in the fact that this is one hardcore, thrashin’ outfit and I was hooked for good!

Until We Are Outnumbered is The Kandidate’s debut outing and it’s one hell of a debut if you ask me! Take everything that Dew-Scented has ever done and multiply the thrashing rage by twenty and add a drop of hardcore ‘tude (say, old school D.R.I. or even Venomous Concept in some spots) and you’ll have what this album is all about, down! The string slingin’ carves grooves a mile deep and about as heavy as Q-Tip on Jupiter and drummer Nik kicks ’n beats his way into this reviewer’s Awesome List with his efforts in “Live A Lie” and “Enemy”! Vocally, Mr. Bredahl pulls out some pretty awe inspiring hardcore shouts and roars that nudge him up there with Tomas Lindberg in my book!

Overall: Until We Are Outnumbered rages all the way to the infirmary only to rage some more! If you dig aggressive beats and melody without the whining vocals and tight pants, then look no further than The Kandidate!

9 out of 10.

The Kandidate on MySpace.

Originally Posted On E-MetalSpace.

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