RAGING SPEEDHORN
"Night Wolf" (Candlelight; 2025)
Reviewed by R. Scott Bolton
It blew my mind when I opened up Raging Speedhorn's RoughEdge.com page, and discovered that the last album we reviewed here was "How the Great Have Fallen" and that was twenty fucking years ago! First, I can't believe RoughEdge.com is still around. Second, I'm listening to Raging Speedhorn's latest album, "Night Wolf" and I can't believe the band still has such talent and energy!
"Night Wolf" is ten tracks of sludgy metal, crushing sound and gritty vocals. Gathered all together, this creates an epic, bigger-than-life noise from the band. With its devastating walls of guitar and its earth-shattering bass and rhythm, "Night Wolf" just pounds away at your for a full thirty-five minutes. Some of the tracks are dinosaur-stomp paced; sludgy, heavy and pulverizing. Others are hard-driving and relatively fast, including my favorite track here, "Every Night's All Right for Fighting."
I re-read Mike SOS's review of "How the Great Have Fallen" below and I'm going to steal a phrase from him. He described Raging Speedhorn's sound as melding "grinding death metal, hostile hardcore, and slabs of stoner rock goodness." That was accurate in 2005 and it's still accurate today. Raging Speedhorn fans, rejoice!
For more information, check out http://www.ragingspeedhorn.co.uk/.
"How
the Great Have Fallen" (SPV; 2005)
Reviewed by Mike SOS
Being hardcore heroes for some time in England, Raging Speedhorn's latest vitriolic assault on your eardrums is now (thankfully) available in America. The brutal crew's latest seething soundtrack, "How The Great Have Fallen," has been unleashed, and is primed to kick your ass seven ways to Sunday.
The 10-track display of devastation pounded out by these purveyors of punishment melds grinding death metal, hostile hardcore, and slabs of stoner rock goodness to create their uniquely and utterly relentless sound. Using a two-man growl, and backed by an explosive band whose mission is simply to destroy all in its path, songs like the crushing "Dead Man Walking" sound like Superjoint Ritual banging heads with Hatebreed, while the sinister groove of "Fuck You Pay Me" slams your skull against the concrete without remorse.
If you're looking for a heavy band that incorporates Sabbath, Slipknot, and beatdown hardcore into its blend of merciless metal, rejoice, as that band has arrived.
For more information, check out http://www.ragingspeedhorn.co.uk/.
Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the cover makes you wanna hurl.
| Our writers choose
which products we review on RoughEdge.com, and we may earn an affiliate commission when you buy something through our website. Thanks, by the way! |
Copyright © 2025 by R. Scott Bolton. All rights reserved.
