April.13.2019, the lastest offering from the Ruins. 3 new songs glorious Oi anthem style. A few hundred copies of cassette were produced, long vanished.
Keeping the vibe of the Metal Militia here with the Irish kings of thrash FLASHPOINT. It may sound hasty to give such a title with only a short time of existence but these blokes have been making heavy-quality music for a while now, you can find them on current and former projects as in HOLLOW TRUTH, Solar Messiah and Last Wishes. With Flashpoint they head towards the NWOTHM sound rather than the usual crossover and with the debut 5-song EP Swing At the King they give us a taste of whats to come, epic metal! Hard to pick a favorite track here but those mad riffs on Holy Ground are a total ripper!
Jebediah, arcane warrior, tires of life on this shell of a world and ascends to a higher plane of existence. Granted with godly powers, he can now fast travel through time and space, into the depths of the universe.
Wielding his metal blade - Destructo - he finds himself between worlds, accumulating wisdom and acquiring innumerous crafts. Witnessed civilizations, erstwhile, flourishing in grandeur, become decimated. What are we if not mere dust in the vast space? Yet something was keeping him restive, a cosmic disturbance, unbalanced energy.
Spawned in Planet Earth, year 2018 AD ― the era of selfishness, he was no longer threatened by dauntless creatures and mystic endeavors but by a wicked narrow-mindening scheme that permeates their so called "modern society" orchestrated by one nefarious beast, The Shadow Gov'nor.
Not all is lost, small counter groups of higher-conscious lifeforms are being gathered by Jebediah to battle against it, aiding them into a new era of splendor! "[...] Now in these times of frustration and anger, we've come out of the darkness that kept us blind, with the torch of wisdom and the sword of knowledge, we'll leave the corruption behind. Gotta kill, gotta fight, gotta crush Demoniac [...]" - H. Flanagan, 1989
Tales of Speed, Power and Metal soundtrack is composed by 27 acts hailing from Kingdoms, villages and wastelands scattered amongst the four corners of the planet:
In celebration of All Things Old School's 8th anniversary. A Compilation of Punk-related musicians playing Metal cuts, early 80's style - NWOTHM. Characters illustrations "Jebediah" and "Shadow Gov'nor" by J. Callahan (Barf Comics). These tracks were recorded between 2007 and 2018. Available DIGITAL only and strictly non-profit.
Long story short: Devil's Dare is Stone Dagger without Brendan (Rival Mob), one of many projects feautring bostonians Chris Corry and Dance Floor Justin, way too many to countdown. This time around is all about NWOBHM worship. GRAB A TAPE
What to say about ETERNAL CHAMPION? 3 years 3 songs, has dudes from IRON AGE/Far From Breaking and POWER TRIP in it and they play traditional metal, heavy metal. 2 points to be considered here, will the new (metal) listeners of EC go check their hardcore background and dig their previous stuff and will the hardcore kids embrace this new project? Back in 2011 I remember listening for the first time the SFU's Striving Higher compilation and right in the middle of the A-side (for my surprise) there was a metal song by Battle Ruins, all the sudden everything they've put out were highly sought-after inside the hardcore community. What will be the outcome? Dunno, what I know is that these songs are catchy as fuck! The Retaliator single came out as split 12" by a greek label and limited to 300 hand numbered copies. 60 Retaliator shirts were made and almost vanished, only weird sizes left on their bandcamp.
For fans of: Brocas Helm, Omen, Conan comics and D.D. The Wizard. PURCHASE LP/EP
