10-29-11 Happy Halloween! Demo Preview of upcoming Briton Rites album...
10-24-2011
Available Now:
Cimmerian Shadows (printed zine) a heavy metal fanzine from England. Buy your copy today!
Another article has
been added to the Sword & Sorcery in Heavy Metal Music Page...written by Matthew Knight of Eternal Winter.
10-18-2011
Echoes of Crom is now the new home for cauldronborn.net ! New/old photos and a CB update have been added. Six more titles has been added to the CD Shop. Cimmerian Shadows a printed zine -- Coming Soon -- and will be for sale through Echoes of Crom. 20% Discount when you buy three (3) or more CDs... Just enter coupon code EOCR20.
9-25-2011 Now 38 copies left of Briton Rites "For Mircalla" as of 11:00 am...
Buy your copy now!
9/17/11
Metal-Rules Interview with Howie Bentley
Written by JP
September 16, 2011
"Howie Bentley, founder of legendary USPM band Cauldron Born and current mastermind behind Briton Rites, has been branching out into the metal industry. In addition to a recent guest article
published here in Metal Rules, Howie has also founded a new Record
label ECHOES OF CROM. We interviewed Howie to discuss his new label ECHOES OF CROM...enjoy!
Thursday, January 27th, 2011 | Posted by Howie Bentley
Across a misty battlefield, a dim, imposing figure
stalks into view. Blood rolls off of his massive battle-axe, and his
hair and face are caked with the crimson wound-dew. He threw his helmet
away hours ago. His armor is dented. Blood drips from his wounds as he
wades through his fallen enemies like a steel juggernaut, mowing them
down like wheat before a scythe.
At last, after months of marching his troops across the
wastelands, living like an animal and enduring weather conditions that
would kill a civilized man, he comes face to face with his most hated
enemy. He throws away his axe and draws his sword.
Two men standing on a battlefield, eyeing each other through a
mist of red. One of them will shove cold steel through the other one’s
guts, and decapitate him, holding up his enemy’s head, to show to his
gods, or anyone fortunate enough to be left standing. Smouldering blue
eyes shining with battle-madness burn in his scarred face, as it is
suddenly split by a rictus grin.”
A blood-curdling war-cry comes screaming out of the speakers!
Briton Rites Review "For Mircalla" in the January, 2011 Issue of DECIBEL -- OUT NOW!
CHECK OUT THE NEW DECIBEL
MAGAZINE! Three bands received a 9 (Highest Rating) and Briton Rites
was one of those bands! Very good review by Greg Moffitt! Thanks, Greg
Blacksword also reviewed - Good Review by Jeff Wagner - Thanks, Jeff Blacksword received a 6...
OUT NOW! GWAR is on the cover. (Print Magazine - check your local bookstore)
Decibel -- "America's Only Monthly Metal Magazine"
Review for Blacksword "The Sword Accurst" on Metal - Temple. Review done by Lior "Steinmetal" Stein. Rating: 8/10
The galloping riffages, melodic guitar / bass channels, banshee
screaming vocals and wild drumming, all forged with the codes of
tradition, yet with a few upgraded shifting, are BLACKSWORD's answer to modern Metal. To prove their epic point, BLACKSWORD composed hits as “Stormbringer” (the band’s previous name), “Sword Arm”, “The March”, “Hovering Plague” and the NWOBHM instrumental “Wild Horse”
RockHard Magazine (Print Magazine In German) Latest issue has a Review of Blacksword "The Sword Accurst" Rating: 8.5 and an Interview with Blacksword. Review and Interview by Michael Kohsiek. Thanks, Michael
Review for Blacksword "The Sword Accurst" is now up at Metal Underground -- Review by Eric Stevens ... Thanks!
Quote: "They are also a metal band in which the very roots of heavy metal are
evident, with a sound influenced by the likes of groups such as Iron
Maiden, who are not an American Band but nonetheless have influenced
most metal bands and musicians…indeed, you can hear their influence in a
lot of the US Power Metal bands, and also in Blacksword.
The new Blacksword album is entitled “The Sword Accurst,” and it is
an album that completely destroys. While these guys are obviously
influenced musically and vocally by Maiden to some degree, as well as
other bands, they play a much more aggressive style of metal. There is
much about their style that is a bit more technical musically,
reminiscent in a way of Cauldron Born."
The Third Review for Blacksword "The Sword Accurst" is now up at Metal-Archives.com -- Rating: 91% ... Review done by failsafeman... Thanks!
Quote: "Blacksword manage to forge a sound all their own, and I am not
exaggerating when I say I could pick them out of a lineup with both ears
tied behind my back. I am really looking forward to their sophomore
effort, and if they take what they did here and run with it, well, it'll
be just swell."
The First Review for Blacksword "The Sword Accurst " is now up at The Forgotten Scroll - Very Good Review done by CountRaven... Thanks!
Quote: "BlackSword delivers a skull crushing mix of classic Heavy and Epic
Metal. They take no prisoners, thy worship the Steel in their own savage
way, slaying the weak. If bands like Omen (first two albums) Manowar
are your main picks then you are ready to dive in battle together with
BlackSword.
Battle calling "The March" is the second track of the album base don
those pounding riffs that after all are the main Blacksword's
trademark. Yes, yes, mentioning trademarks I should not forget to
mention the vocals of Sergey Konev. This is not a simple way of singing
my friends. This is a call to war."
The Second Review for Blacksword "The Sword Accurst" is now up at The Metal Crypt - Rating: 4/5... Review done by Sargon the Terrible... Thanks!
Quote: "Be warned: this is balls-out stripped-down Heavy Metal for serious
80's mavens, and those weaned on slick modern metal will likely be put
off, but for fans of the old school, this is gold."
Update: Announcing the line-up for the Cauldron Born EP entitled "Sword and Sorcery Heavy Metal."
