The Haunted

Jump back kids, it's The Haunted today!  CRANK IT!

Holy Moses

Holy crap, kids, it's Holy Moses! It's your lucky day - a research overflow bonus from the April of Authority, the legendary German thrash band Holy Moses has been fronted by berserker Sabina Classen - yeh, that's what I'm saying: that's a WOMAN destroying the microphone - for more than thirty years and is still going strong. Hope your neighbors like it loud - CRANK IT!

FLASHBACK! - Pennywise

It's that time again, kids: FLASHBACK!  Get set to break stuff: it's Pennywise - PUNK CRANK IT!

Deus Ex Machina (Singapore)

Alright kids, Deus Ex Machina is a melodic death band out of Singapore.  Beyond the band's actual skills, the secrets of DEM's success in the west are two-fold.  First, even through lineup changes, the band's membership has always been diversely international; and second, unlike a large percentage of the metal bands in southeast Asia, which tend to be either brutal or technical, the band strikes a balance between the two.  Also, if you listen, I think you'll hear a distinct NWOBHM spine underlying the shifting balance.  Now, of course I could talk all day, but as usual, the best way for you to get the picture is to just dive in.  From the I, Human album, it's Deus Ex Machina!  CRANK IT!

Eluveitie

Alright kids, it's folk-metal (yeh, that's a thing, too) band Eluveitie today.  As you can imagine, I usually hate this kind of thing, but these folks (yeh, I punned that on purpose) strike a much saner balance than most outfits of their ilk.  Expand your mind a little today - I did!  Plus, two words: fife shredding.  MEDIEVAL CRANK IT!