SUFFOCATION tour dates 2019
CD review MALEVOLENT CREATION ‘The 13th Beast’
(9/10) Malevolent Creation's 13th beast is a hungry one. The new longplayer of Florida-based riff grinder Malevolent Creation is a strong statement that oldschool death metal is livelier than ever. The quartet released their latest album 'Dead Man's Path' in 2015 and a lot of things happened between then and now. What had the biggest... Continue Reading →
CD review FEVER 333 ‘Strength in Num333rs’
(8/10) The current state of the world isn’t the best one and bands like Prophets Of Rage picked-up the topic a couple of years ago. They stand in a long tradition of other bands like Bad Brains, Public Enemy and Body Count, to mention just some bands that stood up for a world of justice,... Continue Reading →
DEVIN TOWNSEND announces ‘Empath’
Canadian heavy music artist Devin Townsend has officially announced the release of his forthcoming new album ‘Empath’ for the 29th March 2019. Devin comments: “Hello everybody, this is Devin Townsend and I would like to formally announce that after almost a year and a half of working, I have finished 'Empath'. Now this record has taken me down a lot... Continue Reading →
CD review HERMAN FRANK ‘Fight the Fear’
(8/10) Herman Frank is best known for his work with German metal pioneers Accept. He was part of the legendary 'Balls to the Wall' album before he left the band after the album work was done. Frank returned to Accept in 2005 for some festival shows, followed by a reunion and three new longplayers. But... Continue Reading →
CD review PAPA ROACH ‘Who Do You Trust?’
(8/10) This album is a kind of jubilee for Papa Roach, being the tenth album of the successful rock engine. ‘Why Do You Trust?’ is the name of this new longplayer, featuring 12 new tracks. The album picks things up where the quartet left off with ‘Crooked Teeth’, with the only exception of becoming even... Continue Reading →
CD review SWALLOW THE SUN ‘Lumina Aurea’
(9/10) Swallow The Sun is a band that’s off the beaten tracks when it comes to their music. It was in 2015 when they published with ‘Songs From the North I, II & III’ a three discs comprising release that showed beautiful varity of doom, melancholy, grief and darkness. Sharp before Christmas the band unveiled... Continue Reading →
CD review A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH ‘When the World Becomes Undone’
(8/10) Slowly but steady A Pale Horse Named Death isgaining momentum. It was in 2011 when the quintet from NYC began theirsuccessful journey and it was the debut ‘And Hell Will Follow Me’ that gave afirst boost. After a critically acclaimed second album the band went on a fiveyears break, a period in which frontman... Continue Reading →
CD FUSION BOMB ‘Concrete Jungle’
(8/10) I can't tell you to what extent you will find a 'concrete jungle' in Luxemburg. What I can report though is that thrash metal has a strong home base in the small European country. Fusion Bomb is hailing from Luxemburg. The band has its starting point in the year 2010 when a bunch of... Continue Reading →
CD review ARCH ENEMY ‘Covered in Blood’
(8/10) Arch Enemy got in the spotlight more than wished between Christmas and New Year. I think that everything's said about 'Photogate', for the good and the bad, and I will not elaborate on this during this review. This post is about something more positive. meaning a new album from the Swedish/Canadian quintet. The idea... Continue Reading →
CD review EVERGREY ‘The Atlantic’
(8/10) The metal year 2019 starts fulminant. Swedish Evergrey spend some time in the studio during 2018 and recorded with ‘The Atlantic’ their next milestone. The record, being number 11 since 1993, is the final chapter of a trilogy that started in 2014 with the ‘Hymns for the Broken’ album. A second chapter was added... Continue Reading →
QUEENRYCHE releases a new video
Legendary Queensryche released a new song. 'Dark Reverie' is a seamless continuation of the revitalised metal outfit and is taken from the next studio album, entitled 'The Verdict'. Queensryche's 15th record will be released on March 1st via Century Media and features the following songs: 1. Blood of the Levant 2. Man the Machine 3.... Continue Reading →
DREAM THEATER reveals a new song
Prog metal pioneers Dream Theater released a new video. This time it's 'Fall Into the Light', taken from the upcoming 14th studio album 'Distance Over Time'. Release date will be February 22nd and the album comes via InsideOut. Here is the tracklist: 1. Untethered Angel 2. Paralyzed 3. Fall Into The Light 4. Barstool Warrior... Continue Reading →
Prog rockers RPWL on the road in April
Here are the dates: 02 April | UK-London, Boston Music Rooms03 April | UK-Bilston, The Robin04 April | UK-Glasgow, Ivory Blacks05 April | UK-Chepstow, Winter’s End07 April | NL-Zoetermeer, De Boerderij08 April | GER-Bremen, Meisenfrei09 April | GER-Hamburg, Logo10 April | PL-Bydgoszcz, Klub Kuznia11 April | PL-Warsaw, Progresja12 April | PL-Piekary Slaskie13 April | PL-Suchy... Continue Reading →
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