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Review THE PICTUREBOOKS ‘The Major Minor Collective’
The Picturebooks is a German rock band, haling from Gütersloh. It's a duo with Fynn Grabke and Philipp Mirtschink being the driving forces. The guys have added already some albums to the books and this time it's 'The Major Minor Collective' being another entry in the win-column. Also hit by the current situation, The Picturebooks... Continue Reading →
Review THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA ‘Aeromantic II’
It still feels a bit like The Night Flight Orchestra being a project with some releases in the ‘having achieved’-column and there might not have been plans in the beginning to make The Night Flight Orchestra to a long-lasting provider of excellent melodic hard rock. Things developed over time and in the meantime the band... Continue Reading →
Review SHIT THE COW ‘And Dance’ – EP
Shit The Cow caught my attention several years ago and to be honest, it was the moniker that created curiosity as well as it gave me a smile. After having pressed the ‘Start’-button the band name was still fun but what counts more is the music and what I got to hear sounded pretty good.... Continue Reading →
Review CRISIX ‘The Pizza EP’ – EP
What are your weekend plans? Beer, pizza and football? Sounds like a plan and from September on, pizza could become another meaning too. Spanish thrash metal enthusiasts Crisix have a new release in the pipeline, ‘The Pizza EP’. The good thing, this pizza is 100% calorie free and even better, since the five songs are... Continue Reading →
Review SPIRT ADRIFT ‘Forged Your Future’ – EP
Spirit Adrift, hailing from Phoenix, Arizona started in 2015 with a debut album that hit the shelves one year later. Being young and motivated means that the guys released to date four full-length longplayers with the latest one being entitled ‘Enlightened in Eternity’. Spirit Adrift is the brainchild of Nate Garrett who teamed up with... Continue Reading →
Review LEPROUS ‘Aphelion’
Leprous, the Norwegian prog metal passionists from Notodden, started in 2001 and it took a while before the big day of releasing the debut came. After having published two demos, it happened in 2009 that Leprous premiered with ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’. The album was a stepstone towards inking a deal with Inside Out Music, the... Continue Reading →
Review VENUES ‘Solace’
A crisis sometimes makes you stronger, something Venues had to believe in when going through a rough patch. The band from Stuttgart, Germany premiered in 2018 with ‘Aspire’', a well-received first release and when singer Nyves parted ways with the band a crucial position became vacant, in the middle of touring to promote the album.... Continue Reading →
AROMRED SAINT announced ‘Symbol of Salvation Live’
Armored Saint announced a new album. On October 22nd, the band will release ‘Symbol of Salvation Live’ to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the great longplayer. This is the tracklist: 1. Reign of Fire (Live)2. Dropping Like Flies (Live)3. Last Train Home (Live)4. Tribal Dance (Live)5. The Truth Always Hurts (Live)6. Half Drawn Bridge (Live)7.... Continue Reading →
Review THE ORDER ‘Out of Order’ – EP
Good things never come with a wrong timing. For The Order, a hard rock outfit from Switzerland, this good thing was the release of their ‘Supreme Hypocrisy’ album and the chart entry in Switzerland. The guys aren’t rookies in their home country and getting into the Top 30 is certainly a success. To celebrate this... Continue Reading →
TROUBLE’s ‘One for the Road / Unplugged’ will be available in October
Already planned for a longer time is a re-issue of ‘One for the Road / Unplugged’. The release is part of Hammerheart Records’ series of bringing classics back to the record stores. Since a few days, this re-release is much more loaded with emotions and importance since legendary Trouble-frontman Eric Wagner lost the battle against... Continue Reading →
PESTILENCE’s ‘Testimony of the Ancients’ re-issued as vinyl in September
Pestilence recently unchained their newest album ‘Exitivm’ and on September 24th it is Hammerheart Records who re-issues an earlier classic from the Dutch powerhouse as a limited 2-LP format. ‘Testimony of the Ancient’ is the third album, a death metal highlight that has been release 30 years ago. The pioneers, having been part of the... Continue Reading →
Peavy Wagner from RAGE talks about the new album, being live on stage again and the importance of the Neolithic period for mankind
Rage came to my attention in 1987 when the band released their second record 'Execution Guaranteed'. Since then, Peavy Wagner and his powerful metal outfit unleashed 26 longplayer showing the importance and strong fanbase of the band. In all the years, Rage always stayed true to their sound while never standing still, just thinking about... Continue Reading →
Review THE BRONX ‘Bronx VI’
The Bronx is an American punk rock band, hailing from Los Angeles, CA. The starting point of this energetic band was in 2002 and its Matt Caughthran and Joby J. Ford, being the remaining founding members. The band premiered in 2003 and the guys kept the naming procedure for their albums rather simple. They stick... Continue Reading →
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY announce ‘Doom Crew Inc.’
Zakk Wylde and the Black Label Society announce with 'Doom Crew Inc.' a new album with a release scheduled for November 26th, 2021. The album comes via Spinefarm and carries twelve songs, summed up in a tracklist that looks like this: Set You FreeDestroy & ConquerYou Made Me Want to LiveForever and a DayEnd of... Continue Reading →
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