The venerable Phil Anselmo graced suburban Brisbane, headlining a weeknight of thrash, blast and grind according to promotional material. Sharing the bill with Phil’s recent musical incarnation known as Philip…

First posted to Metal Obsession. November, 2017.  Okay… we may just have the ‘guitar god’ album of 2017 on our hands. Old Scars, New Wounds from the underappreciated Act Of Defiance is a superb…

First posted to Metal Obsession. August, 2018.  Few would predict that in 2006, Deicide would recruit ex-Death and Iced Earth guitarist Ralph Santolla (RIP) for a trio of albums following the split with founding guitarists…

First posted to Metal Obsession. June, 2020.  The sun-scorched corpse of Australian extreme metal oozes the stench of bands that have played a handful of shows and shared band members…

First posted to The Metal Forge in December 2016.  Before you read this review, I’ll say upfront I was far too kind. The album isn’t on the same shitlist as…