(8/10) Swiss Heavy Metal isn’t a new player in the fields of Metal music. The band started their endeavor on the late 90’s of the last century and premiered in 1999 with ‘Rebels of Our Time’. Since then the quintet is a constant bringer of music with a new album nearly every third year. Although... Continue Reading →
CD review BILLY BIO ‘Freedom’s Never Free’ – EP
(*/10) A few weeks after having released the full-length longplayer 'Feed the Fire', Biohazard's Billy Graziadei reveals with 'Freedom's Never Free' a next disc. This time it's a four songs comprising EP that includes the opener of the first Billy Bio album - 'Freedom's Never Free'. The song comes in a demo version too and... Continue Reading →
New bands announced for NORD Open Air in Essen
Nord Open Air in Essen celebrates this year its 10th anniversary. The dates are with July 26th and 27th fixed and also the line-up for the two days gets more and more concrete. With Madball and The Adicts two new acts have been announced. The line-up so far: The AdictsSodomMotor JesusMadballThe OtherGrand MagusSlapshotUndertowGruesomeDeserted Fear Destroy... Continue Reading →
ROCK HARD FESTIVAL 2019 – Running order and trailer
More details about the upcoming Rock Hard Festival have been unveiled. Since the last bands have been confirmed a few weeks ago, it’s now the running order, full of highlighs, that’s revealed. Furthermore you can bridge the wait with enjoying a trailer video that you can find HERE. The Rock Hard Festival takes place from... Continue Reading →
CD review HAUNT ‘If Icarus Could Fly’
(9/10) Haunt is the brainchild of Beastmaker member Trevor William Church who start this Metal outfit two years ago, at least this the time when Haunt premiered with a first EP, entitled 'Luminous Eyes'. The first full-length album hit the shelves in 2018 and already one year later the next album is ready to be... Continue Reading →
Live report BACKYARD BABIES / THUNDERMOTHER, De Helling, Utrecht 04.05.2019
Swedish rockers Backyard Babies are on the road with 'The Nordic Noir Tour 2019' and the final stop on this road trip is in Utrecht. De Helling hosts the quartet on May 4th - a day that includes National Dodenherdenking at 20:00, when Holland stands still in two minutes of silence to commemorate the victims... Continue Reading →
CD review PER WIBERG ‘Head Without Eyes’
(8/10) Swedish musician Per Wiberg is a well-known name in rock and metal. He was part of Opeth, is a member of hard rockers Spiritual Beggars and also Kamchatka is a band he's part of. Wiberg can be described as multi-instrumentalist with a focus on guitar, bass and keyboards. The Swede describes himself as a... Continue Reading →
Live photo report BATTLE BEAST & ARION, Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden – 01.05.2019
Finish bombast metal powerhouse Battle Beast is on the road, playing a tour that leads them through Europe and the UK. One of the shows takes place at Gebr. de Nobel in Leiden, The Netherlands on May 1st. Labour Day is a bank holiday in many countries but not in Holland and also not for... Continue Reading →
CD review PORT NOIR ‘The New Routine’
(8/10) The first time I heard of Port Noir was three years ago when the guys released with 'A New Way the Wind Carries' their cool sophomore longplayer. The next step for me was seeing them live while supporting Pain Of Salvation on their 2017 tour, which brought the band to Leiden. Having played an... Continue Reading →
CD review POSSESSED ‘Revelations of Oblivion’
(9/10) The entire vita of Possessed is remarkable and so is the newest album 'Revelations of Oblivion'. Not only that the band released a timeless and genre defining debut, it's also the blows of fate that hit the band and their frontman Jeff Becerra, making them stronger than ever. Possessed and Becerra is a symbol... Continue Reading →
CD review WHITESNAKE ‘Flesh & Blood’
(8/10) What to write about a frontman and a band that's more than 40 years in business? Certainly I don't need to introduce you to David Coverdale and Whitesnake, the singer and band I'm talking about. If you didn't live under a rock for the last decades you have heard about the legendary band earlier... Continue Reading →
BENEDICTION and Dave Hunt part ways
Benediction and Dave Hunt part ways after the scheduled shows in Germany and Czech Republic in July this year. Here's Dave's statement: "With the writing for the new BENEDICTION album almost complete, it sadly became clear that it would be impossible for me to give BENEDICTION the full commitment it so richly deserves, for the... Continue Reading →
CD review RIOT CITY ‘Burn the Night’
(8/10) When I received this album my first thought was: "Why do I get Triumph's 'Surveillance' album?" Things straightened out rather quickly since the sender of this album is not Triumph but a band called Riot City and although the artwork reminds a lot of the classical Triumph release this record contains totally different music.... Continue Reading →
CD review MYRATH ‘Shehili’
(8/10) Myrath is an interesting outfit in many aspects. Myrath, that’s Arabic for ‘heritage’, hails from Tunisia, which is per se already something more unusual and it shows that Metal is uniting people from all over this planet. Secondly it’s the great music that comes through Myrath. The band, being the brainchild of guitarist Malek... Continue Reading →
CD review NEW YEARS DAY ‘Unbreakable’
(7/10) New Years Day, that is Ash Costello, Nikki Misery, Frankie Sil and Austin Ingerman, all four releasing with 'Unbreakable' their fourth album. New Years Day is focussing on Modern-/Alternative Metal, which is mainly built on heavy riffs and Costello's energetic voice. Reminding partly of Gwen Stefani, vocals are certainly a centrepiece of this album.... Continue Reading →









