by Zenae Zukowski | Feb 27, 2018 | Splits
It’s been rewarding watching Atlanta’s Royal Thunder rise up the ranks since the beginning of this decade. After an EP and two albums on Relapse, they made the jump to Spinefarm, who released last year’s awesome Wick. And while drummer Evan...
by Zenae Zukowski | Jan 23, 2018 | News, Reviews
Whenever Royal Thunder are in town, it’s highly advised for all to do whatever it takes to attend. These Atlanta hard rockers returned to Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York this past Friday (19th), and once again, their musical intensity won us over. The group were...
by Chris Annunziata | Dec 20, 2017 | News, Touring
Lovable grunge rockers, Royal Thunder have just extended their tour of North America. Previously, the band announced some dates with Backwoods Payback and Heavy Temple that ran through January. Now the Atlanta natives just announced another tour with Pinkish Black...
by Zenae Zukowski | Dec 15, 2017 | News
Metal Hammer have unleashed their year-end list of 100 Best Albums of 2017 and this one, is filled with surprises. For starters, we were thrilled to see Vuur, the new project featuring ex-Gathering vocalist Anneke Van Giersbergen make the cut, as well as Battle Beast,...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 12, 2017 | Lists
This was a year of hooks for me. I usually favor at least a couple extreme records each year, but frankly as I get older, I don’t have the attention span for anything that doesn’t have things I can hum back to you. That’s not to say I’ve gone...