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Zombie Boy’s Top 10 of 2011!

January 2nd, 2012 by Simon | No Comments

Zombie Boy's Top 10 of 2011!

Well here we are, it’s coming to the end of the year once again and you know what that means, its time for the year end polls. As everyone is scrambling trying to put together their top ten or twenty albums, and for the last two weeks I’ve been doing the same thing. Every year [...]


RIDING LIGHTNING: A METALLICA RETROSPECTIVE part 2

December 3rd, 2011 by Greg | No Comments

RIDING LIGHTNING: A METALLICA RETROSPECTIVE part 2

Here, as a belated end point to our Thrash Month antics, is part Two of Greg’s epic Metallica piece… enjoy!


ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION: A Look At Thrash

November 29th, 2011 by Simon | No Comments

ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION: A Look At Thrash

Zombie Boy rounds out his Thrash Month contributions by sharing his thoughts and feelings on the genre…


RIDING LIGHTNING: A METALLICA RETROSPECTIVE part 1

November 28th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments

RIDING LIGHTNING: A METALLICA RETROSPECTIVE part 1

Greg Latham looks at the undoubted biggest name in Thrash and looks back at their career thus far…


SO FAR, SO GOOD SO WHAT’S NEXT? A History of Megadeth – part 3

November 24th, 2011 by Simon | 2 Comments

SO FAR, SO GOOD SO WHAT'S NEXT? A History of Megadeth - part 3

In the third and final part of his Megadeth feature, Zombie Boy follows the band from the turn of a new century through some ups, a few downs and brings things up to date!


SO FAR, SO GOOD, SO WHAT’S NEXT? A history of Megadeth – part 2

November 21st, 2011 by Simon | No Comments

SO FAR, SO GOOD, SO WHAT'S NEXT? A history of Megadeth - part 2

Part two of Zombie Boy’s Megadeth retrospective takes us through the 90′s, line-up changes and some of the groups most impressive work!


RAMBLE ON… Thrash

November 20th, 2011 by Greg | No Comments

RAMBLE ON... Thrash

In the first of a semi-regular series of articles, Greg Latham joins the Call Upon The Author team to give us his thoughts on various genres of music and what they mean to him. Where better to start than with Thrash?


SO FAR, SO GOOD, SO WHAT’S NEXT? A History of Megadeth – part 1

November 15th, 2011 by Simon | No Comments

SO FAR, SO GOOD, SO WHAT'S NEXT? A History of Megadeth - part 1

Throughout November we’re celebrating Thrash… and our own Simon “Zombie-Boy” Crampton is delivering a retrospective on the giants of the genre, Megadeth. Here’s part one!


PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF: Rosie Vanier

October 22nd, 2011 by Matt | 1 Comment

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF: Rosie Vanier

We dispatched Matt Merritt to catch up with electro-pop chanteuse Rosie and see what the future holds for her.


ON THE HORIZON: Zenthetix

September 7th, 2011 by Simon | 1 Comment

ON THE HORIZON: Zenthetix

Our resident Zombie shuffles off to check out Portsmouth alt-metallers Zenthetix who are making waves throughout the south!