We appreciate that some of our readers might not have heard of Paul Catten - he has, after all, been making music for longer than some of our readers have been alive. For those of us in our late 20s and beyond though, Paul Catten first became known to us as the frontman of the notorious and furious [...]
Gurt From: Dorset-now-London, UK Lazy Equation: (Iron Monkey + touches of EyeHateGod) x cider URL: Website // Facebook / / Bandcamp Thrash Hits Verdict: You know sometimes you spend ages and ages searching for something, only for it to turn up - seemingly at random - stuffed down the back of the sofa? Well, that kinda happened with our interview with Gurt - it [...]
People all around the world love the nature-defying, super power'd MetalSucks Mansion Monkeys. And really, aside from poop being flung around wildly, what's not to love? Why even this past Summer Hollywood unveiled its long in-the-works movie adaptation of the story of that one time Higgins organized a simian mutiny in San Francisco (starring James [...]
When I look back at the last twenty years, there is perhaps no more important musical entity in my life than England's EARACHE RECORDS (srs). Back when I was a little kid on a quest to find the fastest, most cock-smashingly brutal music I could get my hands on, I stumbled across a copy of [...]
Your favourite red head breathes life into Mike's diction, pulling production skills out of his swag bag, you're older than him, throw the towel in. Goodbye Skinner, apparently.

the only positive thing about this year was that it didn't last too goddam long and had a motherfunker of a soundtrack. so here's to twenty ten. twenty ten... hooom.... royal trux : another year iron monkey : bad year the handsome family : drunk by noon codeine [...]
This week at Thrash Hits we've been listening a bit too much to Grind Madness at the BBC , the formcoming 118-track mammoth compilation of John Peel's infamous Earache live sessions. And it got us thinking - what better way to open our series of label-themed Spotify Slaylists than with one for the great British metal success story that is Earache Records ? Since 1985, Earache Records have been one of the reasons that Nottingham can lay claim to being the UK's [...]

Iron Monkey , we hardly knew ye. England's answer to Eyehategod released two full-lengths, a self-titled debut and Our Problem , then broke up in 1999. Earache recently collected these records into a 2-CD set along with bonus tracks and extra liner notes. House Anxiety Normally I have little patience with Eyehategod clones. But Iron Monkey had enough individuality and talent to convert me. Although they had the same general ingredients as Eyehategod — metal, punk, blues — they felt different. Instead of the [...]
When you come from a city with as big a metal pedigree as Nottingham - the birthplace of Earache Records, Rock City and Iron Monkey - then making an impact can be a bit of a challenge. Millicent Grove however, suffer no such troubles. From: Nottingham, UK Sounds like: Annotations Of An Autopsy, Iron Monkey, the howl of rage from the dark heart of the Midlands Website: www.MySpace.com/MillicentGrove Thrash Hits verdict: Iron Maiden have three guitarists, [...]
Crossing an ocean and more than a few international borders in pursuit of the almighty riff has taken up a bit more time than I'd expected, but after a European metal-induced hiatus of sorts, Grim Kim is back to spread the good word about the best bands you've never heard of. I've settled into a [...]