White Lion belonged to the top acts in the second half of the eighties. The band started in 1983 and was driven by guitarist Vito Bratta and singer Mike Tramp. The latter also has and had some interesting solo releases and not to forget the rather interesting Freak Of Nature longplayers. Especially the hard rocking... Continue Reading →
Review L.A. GUNS ‘Black Diamonds’
L.A. Guns, the line-up with Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, have finished work on the successor of the 2021 release ‘Checkered Past’. The newest effort is called ‘Black Diamonds’ and what the album contains are shining hard rock songs with a sleaze rock note. As with the latest records also the new longplayer showcases a... Continue Reading →
Review MESSA ‘Live at Roadburn’
Italian doom metallers Messa played a show at the legendary Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Holland in 2021. After having played already at Roadburn 2018, Messa returnd to Tilburg and played on the main stage. The centerpiece of the four-songs setlist are songs from their very acclaimed album ‘Close’. As one the album that band created... Continue Reading →
Live report CANNIBAL CORPSE, DARK FUNERAL, INGESTED & STORMRULER, Gruenspan, Hamburg – April 9th, 2023
Today, Easter Sunday, it is not only the Easter Bunny who comes to the Hanseatic city. It is also an unholy alliance, which finds its way to Hamburg. None other than Cannibal Corpse have announced themselves to serve the fans a special Easter egg with their splatter death metal. Besides Cannibal Corpse, the Swedish black... Continue Reading →
Review GRAVE PLEASURES ‘Plagueboys’
Grave Pleasures hail from Finland and started in 2010. The debut album ‘Climax’ is available at the stores since 2013. The band started as Beastmilk before they transformed themselves into Grave Pleasures. With ‘Plagueboys’ the guys have finished work on their newest workpiece, album number three they added to their discography. Grave Pleasures consequently follow... Continue Reading →
Review OVERKILL ‘Scorched’
April 14th this year can be looked at as thrash metal Friday. Two of the genre-defining metal bands unveil their new album, representing the east coast and west coast version of this powerful metal genre. While one evolved to a mega brand the other band stayed true to their roots and passion. We are talking... Continue Reading →
Review THE 69 EYES ‘Death of Darkness’
Although days get longer, and daylight takes a bigger share of the 24 hours there is always darkness too. In a season when colorful tulips start blossoming it’s The 69 Eyes that musically add the black roses to the mix. The Finns spread their musical melancholy already since 1989 and it was the debut ‘Bump’n’Grind’... Continue Reading →
Review LAST IN LINE ‘Jericho’
Last In Line found its own identity. That is what we can state after having listened to their newest strike ‘Jericho’. Of course, there is the band’s name that indicates a link to the iconic Ronnie James Dio and the line up includes some veterans that have played with one of the most influential singers... Continue Reading →
TRIBULATION cover BLU ÖYSTER CULT
Tribulation will release a new EP tomorrow and with ‘Vengeance (The Path)’ the release features a Blue Öyster Cult cover, which has been revealed today with an animated video.
GRAVEWORM present a new single
South Tyrolian metal force Graveworm launched with ‘We are the Resistance!’ a new song, taken from the upcoming new album ‘Killing Innocence’ which will be released on April 28th, 2023 via AFM Records. It will be the bands tenth studio album and is the first release in eight years. Tracklist: Escorting The Soul We Are... Continue Reading →
WINGER unveiled a new single
Winger will release with ‘Seven’ their newest studio album on May 5th, 2023 via Frontiers Music. With ‘It All Comes Back Around’ a next single has been released and can be enjoyed here: https://youtu.be/avR1A14P89E And this is how the entire tracklist looks like: Proud Desperado Heaven's Fallen Tears Of Blood Resurrect Me Voodoo Fire Broken... Continue Reading →
SEPTICFLESH announce a new EP
Symphonic death metallers Septicflesh have announced a new digital EP titled ‘Reconstruction’, that will feature three reimagined versions of songs from their latest album Modern Primitive. The new versions of these songs were recorded with an orchestra and a choir to achieve an entirely symphonic sound. The band comments "We are excited to present you... Continue Reading →
Brian Tatler joins SAXON as touring guitarist
After Paul Quinn announced his retirement from touring as Saxon's guitarist, the band has found a great successor.Brian Tatler of Diamond Head will be with them for all shows starting July 2023. Brian will still remain a member of Diamond Head. Saxon’s Summer European Tour: Juli 13 – Germany, Balingen – Bang Your Head FestivalJuli... Continue Reading →
HOLY MOSES announce final show
German thrash metal institution Holy Moses will release their new album ‘Invisible Queen’ in a few days and will play numerous shows during 2023. Now the band announced their very last show ,which will take place on December 27th, 2023 at Markthalle, Hamburg. It will be also Sabina Classen’s 60th birthday, so enough good reasons... Continue Reading →
Review DØDHEIMSGARD ‘Black Medium Current’
Dødheimsgard is one of the bands from Norway that made it to international reputation starting in 1994. Like other bands from the Norwegian metal scene, the musical rebellion started in black metal. So did Dødheimsgard, who introduced their devilish debut album 'Kronet til konge' in 1995. Even if the basic black manifestos are still present,... Continue Reading →



