Best records 2020: Fates Warning - Long Day Good NightArmored Saint - Punching the SkyLong Distance Calling - How Do We Want to Live?Benediction - ScripturesZakk Sabbath - VertigoMr. Bungle - The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny DemoHittman - Destroy All HumansStygian Crown - Stygian CrownKatatonia - Dead AirSodom - Genesis XIXBruce Springsteen -... Continue Reading →
MOTÖRIZER and ‘Keep the Spirit Alive XX’
One of the best Motörhead cover bands, Motörizer from Kiel (Germany), started 'Lemmyversary' in 2016 to honor one of the icons in rock and metal - Lemmy Kilmister. Since 2016, on every December 28th, Motörizer played a show at Markthalle, Hamburg, at least so far. They did it for four years in a row before... Continue Reading →
IRON SAVIOR’s Piet Sielck talks about ‘Skycrest’, positivism and future plans
2020 was a challenging year for everybody and it was music, that saved the day more than once. Also Iron Savior had to face challenges and managed the end the year in a good way. Pandemic and illness of bassist Jan were two main things the band had to face. Still Iron Savior kept the... Continue Reading →
CD review FURIOUS TRAUMA ‘Decade at War’
New to me but not new to business, that is Furious Trauma from Denmark. The starting point for Furious Trauma was back in 1988 when the guys released two demo that paved the way for the 'Primal Touch' debut in 1992. After having released the third longplayer, 'Roll the Dice', the end was near and... Continue Reading →
EVERGREY announce tour dates for autumn 2021
Tour dates are something very unpredictable these days. Please always check the digital channels of local venues for possible changes along the way.
NIGHTWISH announce ‘An Evening With Nightwish in a Virtual World’
Finland-based metal outfit Nightwish announce a 'An Evening With Nightwish in a Virtual World'. The band will perform two shows at The Islanders Arms, a tavern build in virtual reality. What's planned is a 90 minutes performance that includes songs from the latest studio album 'Human. :II: Nature.' for the first time. lso to mention... Continue Reading →
MESHUGGAH announce European tour dates for late 2021
Tour dates are something very unpredictable these days. Please always check the digital channels of local venues for possible changes along the way.
CD review ELLEFSON ‘No Cover’
Megadeth founding member and bass-ace David Ellefson signed a deal with earMUSIC and the first delivery is available at the record stores. It’s an album with cover versions which was also done in cooperation with Combat Records. ‘No Cover’, so the title of this longplayer, builds on an 19 songs featuring tracklist with covers versions... Continue Reading →
New video and streaming concert from DEATH ANGEL
Bay Area thrash metal veterans Death Angel unleash a new video. It's an animated video for 'Aggressor', taken from the 'Humanicide'-album. Commenting on the video, guitarist Rob Cavestany says: “The idea started as a visualizer for the song but when we saw the footage we were hooked and knew it had to turn into a complete video.... Continue Reading →
EPICA tour postponed to early 2022
Tour dates are something very unpredictable these days. Please always check the digital channels of local venues for possible changes along the way.
CD review ICED EARTH ‘Iced Earth (30th anniversary edition)
It was in summer 1989 when a demo tape arrived at my mailbox with music of a band that was a newcomer from Tampa at the time - Iced Earth. The name of their demo was 'Enter the Realm' and in times without YouTube, Facebook and others, I had no idea of what to expect... Continue Reading →
New SEPULTURA tour dates, support: SACRED REICH & CROWBAR
Tour dates are something very unpredictable these days. Please always check the digital channels of local venues for possible changes along the way.
CD review IRON MASK ‘Master of Masters’
Iron Mask started as a side project of Magic Kingdom about two decades back in time and it was Dushan Petrossis who founded the band with a moniker being based on the novel of Alexandra Dumas. Iron Mask released their first album ‘Revenge is My Name’ in 2002 and a few more longplayers followed over... Continue Reading →
Live report TESSERACT ‘PORTALS’, Internet Stream – 12.12.2020
British prog metal enthusiasts TesseracT recently announced ‘P O R T A L S’, a cinematic live stream event. Show time is 20.00 CET on December 12th and before the guys start the event, a pre-show provides some interesting details via a Q&A session and some ‘behind the scene’ material, both providing a good impression... Continue Reading →









