Filippa Nässil is known as the founder and guitarist of Thundermother. She started the band in 2009 and celebrated some success with the group. This achievement didn't come easily, as the band went through a lineup change in 2017, followed by another one last year. It seems that the regrouping didn't affect the music as... Continue Reading →
STORM CORROSION re-issue the 2012 album
The name Storm Corrosion may be known in the wider orbit of rock, while fans of progressive sounds have certainly heard of the band before. Storm Corrosion is the project of Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt. Both have been working together on songs since 2012, and the self-titled album is the fruitful result of this... Continue Reading →
MONSTER MAGNET in Hamburg on October 14th, 2024
New Jersey space rockers Monster Magnet are coming to Germyn for a couple of shows. The band, who started their musical journey in 1990 with the release of their debut album, will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Spacelord rock with a tour that will bring the best of more than three decades on stage. Here... Continue Reading →
GOTTHARD – new album and tour in 2025
Swiss hard rockers Gotthard have announced a new album called “Stereo Crush” which will be released early next year via Reigning Phoenix Music. It’s Gotthard’s 14th studio album and will follow “’13” from 2020. The band from Lugano, Switzerland started out as Krak before becoming Gotthard in 1991. It was Steve Lee (R.I.P.) and Leo Leoni... Continue Reading →
Review NASTY SAVAGE “Jeopardy Room”
Nasty Savage is not only one of the most influential bands in thrash metal. The band from Florida also had an influential effect on bands like Obituary and Death. It was 1983 when 'Nasty' Ronnie Galletti founded the band that released two brilliant longplayers with the self-titled debut and the sophomore release "Indulgence" plus the... Continue Reading →
HAMMERFALL – a thunderous tour start in Hamburg
Swedish heavy metal veterans HammerFall have embarked on a European tour as special guests of Powerwolf. The first show of this roadtrip takes place at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, and after Wind Rose opened this night of metal in an enthusiastic manner, it's HammerFall's turn to take the baton. The Swedish metal force just... Continue Reading →
Review De MANNEN BROEDERS “Sober Maal”
Boy oh boy - this is heavy stuff. To dampen the enthusiasm of the riff power enthusiasts, the term "heavy" in this context does not refer to loud and raging heavy metal. "Sober Meal" is more of an emotional heavyweight that leaves a lot of feelings on the listener's shoulders. De Mannen Broeders, the name... Continue Reading →
Review THE OFFSPRING “Supercharged”
It's like the summer season of 2024 has been extended by The Offspring's new album. "Supercharged" is the title of this longplayer, which contains ten new songs by the Californian punk rockers. According to The Offspring frontman Dexter Holland, the new album should provide pure energy from start to finish, and the band succeeds. With... Continue Reading →
Review MYLES KENNEDY “The Art of Letting Go”
Myles Kennedy is one of the great names in contemporary rock and metal. The singer's career took off when he joined Alter Bridge at the beginning of the new millennium. His voice, which covers four octaves, became one of the trademarks of the alternative rock giants, while Kennedy's musical efforts are broader than just focusing... Continue Reading →
Live report CANNIBAL CORPSE, MUNICIPAL WASTE, IMMOLATION & SCHIZOPHRENIA, Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg – October 2nd, 2024
Death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse are touring Europe this fall, and today the kings of splatter metal stop at Hamburg's Grosse Freiheit 36. With them on the road are three bands that cover a spectrum from thrash metal to death metal. Belgian metal powerhouse Schizophrenia as well as Immolation and Municipal Waste will join Cannibal... Continue Reading →
Review CEMETERY SKYLINE “Nordic Gothic”
I was looking forward to this debut with real excitement as the lead single "In Darkness" was and is a great song that creates a lot of anticipation when it comes to the very first album from Cemetery Skyline. The band is the brainchild of Markus Valhalla (Insomnium / Omnium Gatherum) and he has found... Continue Reading →
Review ALLT “From the New World”
In a way, Allt's debut album reminds me a bit of bands like Meshuggah. Not exactly because of the music itself, more because of their approach to music, but let's start from the beginning. Allt is a band from Karlskoga, Sweden. It's a small town that is the hometown of some Swedish athletes and with... Continue Reading →
Review APRIL ART “Rodeo”
April Art is a band that rose from the ashes of Scarlet Fire. That was back in 2014 with Philipp Tesarek, Nice Neufeld and Marek Haesler in the lead. The band released a debut album called "Rise & Fall" in 2019, while the pandemic wasn't very supportive when it came to promoting the debut album.... Continue Reading →
Review D-A-D “Speed of Darkness”
D-A-D are pioneers of well-crafted hard rock made in Denmark. The band started in 1980 and after releasing two albums it was the direction setting third record "No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims" that was the breakthrough for the band. One of the factors of the band's success is the fairly consistent line-up, which not... Continue Reading →
Review BLOOD INCANTATION “Absolute Elsewhere”
Formed in 2011, Denver-based Blood Incantation has released two full-length albums to date. The quartet is into death metal, but to leave it at that would be way too short. Blood Incantation's base is extreme metal, but a glance at the tracklist of their third full-length already gives an idea that this album goes far... Continue Reading →









