FITNESS AT HOME

By Johanne James

A SUDDEN RETURN TO THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN

MARTYR at True Thrash Fest 2020, Osaka, Japan-PART 2

RECAP: 16th February I got a message from Miki, our promotor, label manager and also organizer of the True Thrash festival in Osaka, Japan. The guy is in panic mode, Sacred Reich and Vio-Lence cancelled their trip to play at True Thrash festival 22 and 23 February 2020, if Martyr can hop on a plane to fill in the gap. And so we did...... On our first day we travelled and did some sightseeing, eating and boozing. On the second they we hang out at the first day of the festival to check out the other bands and meet a lot of fans. On the third day, after hardly having any sleep since we arrived it is finally time to hit the stage.

ERIC CLAYTON

The Resurrection Of A Man Of Faith

During the 90s California based gothic/Christian metal band Saviour Machine was a fascinating, almost mysterious phenomena and especially the musical approach combined with the intriguing Bowie-like vocals and theatrical stage presentation of singer Eric Clayton, made the band stand out in the metal scene in a unique way. Their first two albums `Saviour Machine I’ and `Saviour Machine II’ are true classics leading SM to a cult status and a growing fan base. But along the way things got out of hand and after releasing their `Legend’ trilogy, based on the Book Of Revelation, Eric hit rock bottom, retired from SM and that was it for the band.