Quicksand will embark on a European tour which will bring the guys to Hamburg in autumn 2023 for playing a show at Logo. Also on the list are shows in Cologne and Berlin.
QUICKSAND – tour dates for October 2023
THERAPY? – tour dates for November 2023
Therapy? will return to Hamburg in autums 2023 for playing a show at Gruenspan. Also on the list are shows in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.
Review ENDSTILLE ‘DetoNation’
‘DetoNation’ is the newest strike from German black metal punks Endstille. The release is the first studio album in ten years and a certain curiosity of what to expect from the newest offer can’t be denied. After having listened the to the album I can conclude that the self-chosen break and the re-grouping certainly did... Continue Reading →
Review U.D.O. ‘Touchdown’
Usually, a touchdown means six point with the chance for an extra point. In American Football it is the best way to score and win a game. Here is the parallel to the newest record by U.D.O.. Simply entitled ‘Touchdown’ Udo Dirkschneider and bandmates deliver another excellently crafted metal album that will score. And instead... Continue Reading →
MYKRUR announce a new album and launch a first single
Myrkur announced a new album called 'Spine'. 'Spine' will be available on October 20th, 2023 and will come via Relapse Records. 'Spine' is a title with a host of potent connotations: growth, strength, defiance, a core of our being, and flexibility. It’s what holds a human up, and allows us to rebuild. It’s an album... Continue Reading →
Headliner ELBRIOT 2024 is announced
Elbriot 2023 just ended and now everybody in the greater Hamburg area is looking forward to 2024. There will be also an Elbriot festival 2024 and the headliner is announced. It will be Amon Amarth, who will drop the anchor of the Viking boat in Hamburgs harbor, to perform a show at Grossmarkt on August... Continue Reading →
Live report ELBRIOT 2023, Open Air am Grossmarkt, Hamburg – August 19th, 2023
The 2023 edition of the Elbriot festival takes place on August 19th at the well-known location at Grossmarkt Hamburg. Considering the first Elbriot festival taking place in 2013 it is actually the 10th anniversary of the metal event in central Hamburg. There isn’t much of a buzz about this special year neither there are extra... Continue Reading →
Review ALICE COOPER ‘Road’
To introduce Alice Cooper is like carrying sand to the beach. Everybody knows the shock rocker who started his journey into rock music in 1964 and nearly 50 years later, he still releases albums. And not just that Alice Cooper releases albums, the recent ones are certainly as good as some of the classics he... Continue Reading →
A compilation album, worth listening to – ‘ROCK DOWN THE LOCKDOWN’
Compilation in times of streaming and digital music? This question might not have a concrete and it might be the purpose and circumstances that allow a compilation to shine or disappear in the realms of irrelevance. A release, that is worth to be checked out though is the ‘Rock Down the Lockdown’ album by Plattenkiste... Continue Reading →
Live report FEINE SAHNE FISCHFILET, SLIME & MAID OF ACE, Open Air am Grossmarkt, Hamburg – August 18th, 2023
Open Air am Grossmarkt is series of live shows that take place in August with one of the events being the Elbriot Open Air. But before metal takes the stage on Saturday it is time for some punk rock. One of Germanys most thrilling punk rock bands, Feine Sahne Fischfilet are currently on a tour... Continue Reading →
Review VANDENBERG ‘Sin’
Dutch guitar wizard Adrian Vandenberg is a veteran when it comes to rock and metal. The axeman released a self-titled debut in 1982 and is a regular guest when hard rock icons Whitesnake perform a show in The Netherlands as he had a great time with the band. The first era of Vandenberg included three... Continue Reading →
Review ROTTEN CASKET ‘Zombicron’
Although the band exists since 2013 the guys didn’t add more than three EPs to the books. Frank Bergesson is the driving force behind this death metallic powerhouse that decided to go for a break in 2018. Ironically it was the pandemic that made the band crawling out of the self-chosen hiatus and after having... Continue Reading →
Review SKAGARACK ‘Heart & Soul’
Danish Skagarack are a band that release a few albums during the 80s and after having launched ‘Big Time’ in 1993 the band parted ways. Also in this case some live shows during 2020 acted as a motivator for the melodic rock band to consider a return to the scene. Having found the old groove... Continue Reading →
Review S.O.R.M ‘Under My Skin’
S.O.R.M is a Swedish band with a foundation date that goes back to 2017. Shorty after having started as a band the guys released with ‘Hellraiser’ a first EP. Rooted in rock and metal the trio has certainly listened more than once to bands like W.A.S.P.. The later come to my mind while listening to... Continue Reading →
Review CYHRA ‘The Vertigo Trigger’
Four years after having released with ‘No Halos in Hell’ their sophomore album, Swedish modern metal force Cyhra launch their third longplayer. Cyhra is the brainchild of Jake E. and Jesper Strömblad, also known from his days with In Flames. Although being founded not earlier than 2016 the five-puece band comes with a lot of... Continue Reading →
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