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Kenny Wayne Shepherd belongs to the most relevant blues and rock guitarists of current times. Shepherd released numerous excellent albums and it is ‘Dirt on My Diamonds Vol. 1’ that will prolong the discography. The album features eight songs, coming from project-like work at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The songs tell the story... Continue Reading →
What Feine Sahne Fischfilet were lacking after six studio albums was a live record. The punk rockers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been among the trailblazers of contemporary German punk/ska for many years and have succeeded in continuously increasing their popularity. The last studio album 'Alles glänzt' made it to 3rd place in the German longplayer charts... Continue Reading →
Master’s Call isn’t what you could call a new band as the foundation date was back in 2013. So, it’s the ten years anniversary and right in time for this special moment in the band’s history, the debut album will hit the shelves. It was in 2019 when the guys launched wit ‘Morbid Black Trinity’... Continue Reading →
When Ronnie Atkins comes to town to play a show, the date should be marked in red in your calendar. That's why November 10 is circled in red in my agenda. The Pretty Maids singer performs a solo show in Hamburg's Fabrik on this day and shares the stage with Lessmann/Voss; two greats when it... Continue Reading →
‘Dark Christmas’ isn’t the first album by Tarja, related to the holiday season; but is the darkest one she released to date. The successor of ‘From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)’ is a gloomy soundtrack that features twelve classic and/or modern Christmas carols. Each of those underwent a total re-arrangement and there... Continue Reading →
It was around a year and a half ago that Therapy? made a stop in Hamburg on their previous tour. Now, in late autumn 2023, the Northern Irish band is coming to Hamburg again and they have a new album with them. With Therapy? on tour are Norwegian rockers Bokassa, who will open tonight's show.The... Continue Reading →
A band that truly belongs to the trailblazers of German thrash metal are Sodom. The band from Altenessen, a district of Essen, Germany, started in 1982 when heavy metal was a musical revolution and while bands of the NWoBHM started to gain momentum, thrash metal was still in its very early days. Still there was... Continue Reading →
It was in early 2022 when three masters of progressive rock music came together to record an album called ‘Troika’. It was Nick D’Virgilio (Big Big Train), Neal Morse (Transatlantic, NMB) & Ross Jennings (Haken, Novena) who released beautiful songs and now the journey continues with ‘Sophomore’. Driven by the joy and appreciation of the... Continue Reading →
At the end of the 80s, guitarist and singer Page Hamilton started a band that created furore - Helmet. The timing could not have been better. Traditional metal in its various subgenres was on the decline, which opened up an opportunity for new types of hard music. Bands like Prong and Life Of Agony have... Continue Reading →
Morne from Boston, Massachusetts deliver a very interesting album. It's not exactly easy going music, but rather metallic intensity somewhere on the spectrum of doom metal, post-metal and sludge. Morne started in 2005 and have released four longplayers to date. With 'Engraved With Pain', the fifth album is now in the record stores and the... Continue Reading →
There are only a very few bands that have had a greater influence on the development of heavy metal than Hellhammer. Extreme metal was anything but established in the early 80s and it was albums like Accept's 'Restless and Wild' and Scorpions with 'Blackout' that spearheaded the genre, while Venom's 'Black Metal' was one of... Continue Reading →
Legendary singer Ronnie Atkins shares with 'Soul Divine' a new video. The songs is taken from the latest album 'Trinity' and is a powerful rock song that lives by the iconic voice of the Danish singer. By the way, Atkins will also play three live shows of which one will take place on November 10th,... Continue Reading →
It was in September this year when Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson announced a new solo album and some shows for Latin America. The title of the upcoming album will be 'The Mandrake Project' and with 'Afterglow of Ragnarok' a first single will be unveiled on December 1st, 2023. More details about the album will... Continue Reading →
Some melodic metal will ensure a colourful metal party when Dragonforce and Amaranthe join forces on a co-headline tour in spring 2024. Amongst numerous show all over Europe, the package will also stop in Hamburg on February 21st, 2024. The show at Große Freiheit 36 will the first show of the tour which will end... Continue Reading →
Finlands most famous monsters will hit the road in spring 2024. Lordi will embark on a tour that will lead them also to Germany, Switzerland and Austria. One of the stops on the 'Unliving Pictour Show 2024' will be at Gruenspan, Hamburg on April 17th, 2024.
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