DELAIN tour dates for Germany
CD review A NEW REVENGE ‘Enemies & Lovers’
(8/10) A New Revenge, that’s the name of a new band that comprises of rock and metal veterans. Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Keri Kelli, Rudy Sarzo and James Kottak, these are the guys forming A New Revenge. Each of the four musicians has a long track record including a lot of experience and passion for music.... Continue Reading →
CD review VLTIMAS ‘Something Wicked Marches In’
(8/10) The name says it all - 'Something Wicked Marches In'. What else should be the outcome of a cooperation of Rune Eriksen (Aura Noir, Earth Electirc) and David Vincent, knows from Morbid Angel. These veterans, together with drummer Flo Mounier, are Vltimas and they recorded a metallic blast. The musical heritage of the three... Continue Reading →
POSSESSED announced first album details
33 years after having released the sophomore album 'Beyond the Gates', metal legends Possessed unveiled some first details about their third album. The band will unleash the longplayer on an unsuspecting world on May 10th, followed by some live shows in Europe. 'Revelation of Oblivion' is the title of Possessed third blast, an album that... Continue Reading →
CD review YNGWIE MALMSTEEN ‘Blue Lightning’
(8/10) To introduce guitar wizard Yngwie Malmsteen feels like carrying sand to the beach. In case you never heard of the iconic guitarist, you probably ended up on a wrong blog. Malmsteen is one of the most influential axeman and started his career in 1983 with a band named Steeler (not the German one with... Continue Reading →
CD review FALLUJAH ‘Undying Light’
(8/10) For some it‘s noise, for others it‘s chaos and for metalheads it‘s a treat for their ears - Fallujah‘s new album. Now, as you might know this kind of metal is not exactly where my roots are. However, it‘s this kind of records that are challenging and like a musical curveball. And as not being... Continue Reading →
CD review CELLAR DARLING ‘The Spell’
(8/10) Cellar Darling, that’s Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter. Right after the three guys parted ways with Eluveitie they initiated there new band Cellar Darling, named after the 2013 debut of Anna Murphy. Three years after having premiered with ‘This is the Sound’ it is the sophomore album ‘The Spell’ that picks it... Continue Reading →
CD review ECHOES ‘Live From the Dark Side’ (edited)
(*/10) Oliver Hartmann, guitarist and singer known from bands like Avantasia, started one of the most successful Pink Floyd Tribute bands. The first release of this project was the ‘Barefoot to the Moon’ album from 2015 an album that even entered the German charts. Motivated by such a positive reaction next steps were taken. Hartmann... Continue Reading →
CD review ZEBRAHEAD ‘Brain Invaders’
(8/10) US-punk ambassadors Zebrahead had their foundation in the late '90s and it's 'Brain Invaders' being theirnewest delivery in the here and now. The quintet recorded 14 new songs with the first one being a real musical wrecking ball. I had to check the CD if it's right one that went into the player. 'When... Continue Reading →
CD review RITUAL ‘Trails of Torment’ reissue
(9/10) Cleveland based metallers Ritual might have been forgotten over time, or not even be noticed in the early ‘90s. The band faced many name changes after having started the band in 1985. Firedance, Rotterdam, Torment, Tormentor, Ritual Of Torment and Ritual, these aren’t monikers of different bands. It’s always the same band and it... Continue Reading →
CD review PENDULUM OF FORTUNE ‘Return to Eden’
(7/10) Some of you might have heard about Pendulum Of Fortune already but I guess that most of you aren’t familiar with this new band. Pendulum Of Fortune is the brainchild of drummer Bodo Schopf, known from bands like Michael Schenker Group, Eloy and others. He teamed-up with no less than David Readman, bass player... Continue Reading →
CD review SPIRITS OF FIRE ‘Spirits of Fire’
(8/10) It happened already more than once in the past that Frontiers Music connected renowned musicians either to re-activate a spirit from the past or to create something new. This time the label went for the latter with starting a band called Spirits Of Fire. Tim Ownens, Chris Caffery, Steve DiGiorgio and Mark Zonder are... Continue Reading →
Live report DON AIREY & Friends / VAN HALEN TRIBUTE 5150, Cultuurpodium Boederij – 08.03.2019
Don Airey's discography is a huge one. The keyboarder contributed to more than 200 longplayers and was part of bands like Deep Purple, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne and many more. He's truly a legend in rock. With such an remarkable musical history a concert tour of Don Airey feels like a musical time warp through the... Continue Reading →
CD review THE PICTUREBOOKS ‘The Hands of Time’
(9/10) You can’t have a good overview of everything that’s ongoing in rock, which also brings a lot of great moments with it by discovering ‘new’ bands. One of these new bands to me are The Picturebooks. I missed out on this band that had it’s start a decade ago. So it was a kind... Continue Reading →
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