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CD review STONEMAN ‘Geil und elektrisch’
(5/10) Stoneman started in 2004 and released five longplayers from then till now. The band started with in the fields of dark rock before they shifted their music towards Neue Deutsche Härte - which is actually not that new anymore. Their newest album ‘Geil und elektrisch’ marks another leg on this journey, featuring 12 new... Continue Reading →
CD review MAN WITH A MISSION ‘Chasing the Horizon’
(4/10) 13 months after Japanese rockers Man With A Mission released the ‘Dead End in Tokyo’ album, it is ‘Chasing the Horizon’ that marks a new chapter for the band and fans. I can remember that I wasn’t too thrilled about the last album and I can report that the new album will not change... Continue Reading →
CD review HOPELEZZ ‘Stories of a War Long Forgotten’
(7/10) 'Stories of a War Long Forgotten' is the third album of German metal outfit Hopelezz. Hopelezz, that's Adrian Vorgerd (v/g), Daniel Ehlen (g), Marcle Krüger (b) and Nik Gaidel (d). This quartet is committed to thrash metal and went on tour earlier with bands like Machine Head, Hatebreed and others. The new album 'Stories... Continue Reading →
PRONG launched a new video and announced some tour dates
NY groove metaller Prong launched a new lyric video. The clip is done for ‘However I May End’, taken from the latest release ‘Zero Days’. Furthermore the band announced some tour dates for Europe.
CD review FOSCOR ‘Les irreals versions’
(8/10) In case you stumble over Foscor’s new release by coincident you might wonder why this longplayer gets a review on MHMB. Digging a bit deeper into the background of the release as well as of the band reveals the roots of this metal band from Catalonia. Foscor started in 1997 as a black metal... Continue Reading →
CD review ANNISOKAY ‘Arms’
(8/10) The rise of German melodic metalcore outfit Annisokay is a really impressive one. Things began in 2007 in Halle, Germany and since then the band seems to be an unstoppable force in German metal. The band that had to face some line-up changes in the early years, evolved with each album unveiled. It took... Continue Reading →
CD review AXE STEELER ‘On the Run’
(8/10) Axe Steeler has a bit of an exotic bonus. The band is from South America, from Columbia to precise. The foundation of Axe Steeler goes back to 2015 with an EP that was unveiled in 2016. Two years later the first longplayer will hit the shelves and it’s worth to check it out. Axe... Continue Reading →
CD review HESPERA ‘In Absence’ – EP
(8/10) ‘In Absence’ is an interesting EP in many aspects. The band that releases this EP is Hespera, being the brainchild of Cole Martinez and Matt Silac. The two guys are the songwriters of the six songs that made it on this disc. Hespera is about melodic death metal, quite good melodic death metal I... Continue Reading →
CD review MOB RULES ‘Beast Reborn’
(8/10) Longtime German metal outfit Mob Rules finished work on their newest longplayer ‘Beast Reborn’ that will be available on August 24th this year. With the new album the band continues a journey that began in 1999 when the guys released the debut ‘Savage Land’, followed by seven more records. Mob Rules belongs to the... Continue Reading →
CD review UNANIMATED ‘Annihilation’ – EP
(8/10) Unanimated is a band that doesn‘t really flood the market with releases. The Stockholm metal horde debuted in 1993. ‚In the Frost of the Dreaming Dead‘ was an album that combined Nordic death metal with black metal and some melodic leads. The sophomore album has been released two years later and from then on... Continue Reading →
CD review BAEST ‚Danse Macabre‘
(8/10) Baest is Danish, the word and the band. ‘Baest’ means ‘beast or ‘brute’ in English and having chosen this moniker is a perfect match with the music this Danish quintet has in the offer. The five-piece band is hailing from Aahus and they are a rather new band. The starting point was in 205 when Baestwas formed and since... Continue Reading →
CD review U.D.O. ‘Steelfactory’
(8/10) Udo Dirkschneider is more than a well-known name when it comes to German metal. There are many singers in metal and there are many singers with a raspy voice, but there is one voice that can be immediately identified – the one of Udo Dirkschneider. It was him and his way of singing that... Continue Reading →
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