Rating: 3.5/5
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Moving forward, Titans Eve are already ahead of other bands on their debuts. While most artists have hardly started building their foundation, these guys have the whole house built. The only work left is painting and furnishing—purely cosmetic procedures. “The Divine Equal” is a good debut, but it will take time before they release anything to gawk over.

Rating: 4/5
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GWAR are not necessarily breaking any new barriers in the metal world; they are still consistently good and never fail to make me laugh. However, if you want the real experience, an album isn’t the place to go. They are, and always will be, a live experience. That doesn’t mean their albums can’t impress, though.

Rating: 4.5/5
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Although Melechesh may not be living in Israel anymore, they still incorporate the spirit and sound of their homeland and ancestors—this is what makes them appealing. Well, that and their mesmerizing, captivating songs, which leaves audiences yearning for more. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait another four years before their sixth album comes out.

Rating: 4/5
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If you are a fan of great thrash with one foot in the old school and the other in present times, I cannot recommend “Relentless Retribution” enough. It’s great to see these classic masters of the Bay Area scene showing the young bucks how it’s done.

Rating: 4/5

If you’re a fan of the Big 4 of Bay Area thrash or Exodus in general, you should check out this album. You might agree that it’s a return to form.

Rating : 4.5/5

Bison B.C. aren’t really doing anything totally original or their own, but they manage to execute the sound of their forefathers quite well. Brent Hinds (Mastodon) and Matt Pike (Sleep, High on Fire) would certainly dig this album, as would Scott Kelly (Neurosis), whose signature howls are channeled occasionally by vocalist Dan And. Those are some big names, but luckily Bison manages to make the whole ring much stronger than simply the sum of its parts.

Rating: 3.5/5

They say that two points determine a line; three points confirm it. Now, Soulfly’s fourth album in a row with the Cavalera-Rizzo-Burns-Nunez combination solidifies the core of this band. Co-produced by Logan Mader (ex-Machine Head), “Omen” continues to comfortably reintegrate thrash into their groove-heavy arsenal, and demonstrates how well they have developed.

Rating : 4/5

In the words of producer/label president Philip Anselmo (Down, ex-Pantera), Warbeast epitomizes ‘the DFW [Dallas/Ft. Worth] thrash metal’ sound. For those whose memory/knowledge stretches to decades back when Gammacide and Rigor Mortis were laying waste to Texas, this will be a breath of fresh air. Too bad it’ll come from the backswing of a battle axe about to embed in your skull.