AN NCS PREMIERE: DEVIL’S HOUR — “BEERLETHICS”

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Aug 252023
 

Back in January we helped slap the ass of newborn 2023 and get the baby screaming through our premiere of the title song from Black n´Punk Marauders, a debut EP by the German band Devil’s Hour.

As the record’s name signaled, the EP’s music was a cauldron of sound mainly influenced by Punk, Rock, and First Wave Black Metal bands from the ’80s and ’90s, but Devil’s Hour also masterfully pulled from wellsprings of old-school speed metal and classic heavy metal. And as feral and ferocious as the music was, the EP quickly proved that Devil’s Hour know how to write songs that are also highly infectious.

Since the release of that EP the band’s vocalist Wild Rogan deoarted, but they decided to forge ahead as a four-piece, with guitarist Burt Cocaine stepping into the vocal role, as he had done before in the band’s live shows.

Before they were Devil’s Hour the band had a different name — Sexrex. Under that older name they put out a 2020 EP named Beerlethics. And now with the revised lineup mentioned above they decided to re-record that EP’s title song. It’s being digitally released today by the German label Crawling Chaos, and we’re bringing it to you now, to help viciously kick 2023 careening toward the end of the year. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: DEVIL’S HOUR — “BLACK N’ PUNK MARAUDERS”

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Jan 062023
 

Not even one full week into the new year, and we’re already seeing lots of excited reactions among metal fans and our own staff about how strong the year is beginning, and today we’ve got one more reason for you to be excited, thanks to the German band Devil’s Hour.

On their new six-song EP Black n´Punk Marauders, the band whip up enough high-voltage energy to power big turbines. As the album’s name suggests, their music is a cauldron of sound that’s mainly influenced by Punk, Rock, and First Wave Black Metal bands from the ’80s and ’90s, but Devil’s Hour also masterfully pull from wellsprings of old-school speed metal and classic heavy metal.

The spiked gauntlet and vicious knuckledusters on the record’s cover reinforce the message that this is intended to be a savage rampage, but as feral and ferocious as the music is, it quickly becomes clear that these marauders know how to write songs, and highly infectious ones at that. Continue reading »