Genghis Tron is a band that was founded in 2004 in New York. The four-piece outfit is an experimental metal band where the metal aspect was very strong in the beginning and it’s the experimental component that gains momentum these days. The quartet premiered in 2006 with an album called ‘Dead Mountain Mouth’ which includes... Continue Reading →
CD review NIHT ‘Arcanum’
Sometimes information sheets provide a lot of information about band and album creation process. When it comes to Niht, the information is rather limited. What we know for sure is that ‘Arcanum’ is the second longplayer, forged by the German/Austrian band. A look on the tracklist shows that Niht doesn’t laser in on the colorful... Continue Reading →
CD review CRYPTOSIS ‘Bionic Swarm’
Raider became Twix and now it’s Dutch thrash metal trio Distillator that undergoes such a change too and become Cryptosis. After two longplayer, an EP and a split release with Space Chaser, Distillator called it an end while the guys moved on a created with Cryptosis a new power outlet for their electrifying thrash metal.... Continue Reading →
CD review LAMB OF GOD ‘Lamb Of God (Live In Richmond, VA)’
‚Lamb Of God (Live in Richmond, VA)’ is an interesting live album und a rather unusual one too. Instead of being recorded at a big venue as being part of a tour around the globe, the base for this live recording is a slightly different one. ‚Lamb Of God (Live in Richmond, VA)’ is a... Continue Reading →
CD review EVANESCENCE ‘The Bitter Truth’
It took a while until Evanescence returned with a new album. It has already been ten years that the band released their third album 'Evanescence'. A three-year break and major changes such as the split of the record label Wind-Up Records were factors that did not really benefit work on a new album. However, as... Continue Reading →
CD review MEMORIAM ‘To the End’
'To the End' is the title of Memoriam's new album and we can all hope that it's just the title of this longplayer since this band is so good that we don't even want to think about an end. Memoriam started in 2016 when former Bolt Thrower frontman Karl Willetts and Benediction bassist Frank Healy... Continue Reading →
CD review WHEEL ‘Preserved in Time’
Wheel pt.2 - in a way. Important is not to mix up Wheel from Germany with the Finnish prog metal band, sharing the same moniker. In this review we are talking about the quartet, hailing from Dortmund, Germany and instead of progressive metal sounds it's more the slo-mo doom riffs that break ground on 'Preserved... Continue Reading →
CD review THE QUILL ‘Earthrise’
Time flies and a moment that makes you aware of it is the fact when you realize that a band like The Quill is already more than 25 years in business. The self-titled debut was released in 1995 and a solid amount of longplayer followed. The latest record was the 2017 release of 'Born From... Continue Reading →
CD review SUZI QUATRO ‘The Devil in Me’
Just a few weeks ago it was Alice Cooper who unleashed with 'Detroit Stories' a 2021 highlight album and here comes another icon from Detroit rock city. Three years after having presented the 'No Control' album the legendary Suzy Quatro has with 'The Devil in Me' a new longplayer in the starting blocks. Suzy Quatro... Continue Reading →
LP review DROTT ‘DROTT’
Bergen-based metal pioneers Arve Isdal (Enslaved), Ivar Thormodsæter (Ulver) and Matias Monsen teamed-up under the banner of DROTT and it was a couple of weeks ago that the trio unleashed a first EP. The self-titled offer features four songs, all reflecting a wider range of sounds and musical influences. The EP begins with 'SHIKOBA', a songs... Continue Reading →
CD review BUDDERSIDE ‘Spiritual Voilence’
’Spiritual Violence’ is the new longplayer from Budderside, a band that premiered with a self-titled debut in 2016. It took a while for the guys to unleash their sophomore record but now it’s in sight. ’Spiritual Violence’ ends the waiting time and what we can state right away, with 39 minutes it’s again not an... Continue Reading →
CD review ENFORCER ‘Live by Fire II’
Six years after having unleashed their first live album, Swedish metal powerhouse Enforcer is ready to delight the metal community with a next live release. ‘Live by Fire II’ is a chronological next step that follows the 2015 release ‘Live by Fire’. Enforcer toured heavily in 2019 and amongst many other countries it was Mexico,... Continue Reading →
CD review LEGENDRY ‘Mists of Time’ (re-issue)
Metal warriors Legendry released their third album 'The Wizard and the Tower Keep' one and a half years ago and received pretty good feedback from media and fans. It was their first album that came via High Roller Records, a chance for the guys to share their music with a wider fanbase. Legendry, hailing from... Continue Reading →
CD review WHEEL ‘Resident Human’
First important thing is that there are more bands called Wheel and at least two of them have a new album in the pipeline. There is Wheel from Germany, being very much into doom and epic metal while this review is about the newest achievement of Wheel, the UK/Finland collaboration. Wheel is the brainchild of... Continue Reading →
CD review DVNE ‘Etemen Ænka’
Dvne is a very interesting band. The guys from Edinburgh started in 2013 as Dune, inspired by the sci-fi epic 'Dune' by Frank Herbert, before renaming the band into Dvne. After having published two EP’s the debut hit the shelves in 2017. ‘Ashersa’ is the name of this first album that acted as a springboard... Continue Reading →









