Here comes some glam rock from Sweden. Velvet Insane is the brainchild of Jesper Lindgren who with Velvet Insane everything into a musical direction, glamorous rock that entails big choruses, great hooks a lot of a positive vibe. With Jesper Sandström (b) a first partner in crime was found who brought along his friend Jonas... Continue Reading →
Review DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER ‘The Divine Horsemen’
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter fit into this period of time, years when unpredictability became the new normal. In years of uncertainty one thing is certain. There is no real label that describes Die Apokalyptischen Reiter and whatever the next album will offer, be prepared for surprises and twists. The Weimar-based metal enthusiasts continue with experimenting with... Continue Reading →
Review TIMES OF GRACE ‘Songs of Loss and Separation’
Times Of Grace is the band of Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach. The starting point of this band was a rather unusual one. Dutkiewicz required an emergency surgery some years ago while being on tour with Killswitch Engage. During his recovery, the guitarist started to work on songs. Later on, Leach joined as singer and... Continue Reading →
Review LAURENNE / LOUHIMO ‘The Reckoning’
There is always something good that comes with something bad. Not being able to tour cleared out the agendas of many bands and musicians. To not stand still to sit down and wait, new musical projects made the turn from fantasy to reality. One of these projects, a really exciting one, comes from Finland. Noora Louhimo... Continue Reading →
Review HARDLINE ‘Heart, Mind and Soul’
Hardline is a band that is around since 1991 when the Gioeli brothers, Johnny and Joey, started the band. ‘Double Eclipse’ was the debut, and it was a great start. Neal Schon, Todd Jensen and Deen Castronovo completed the line-up that created with ‘Double Eclipse’ a timeless classic in the fields of melodic rock and... Continue Reading →
Review L.A. GUNS ‘Cocked & Loaded Live’
The 31st anniversary isn’t a date that you usually celebrate extensively. But in an extraordinary situation, which these days certainly reflect, things are different. In such a situation also a 31st anniversary could become something special. It was a bit more than three decades ago the L.A. Guns unleashed their seconds album ‘Cocked & Loaded’, a record... Continue Reading →
Review MAYHEM ‘Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando’ – EP
The artwork shows it right away. The hellfire is still burning and a band that musically fuels the hellfire is Mayhem from Norway. ‘Deathcrush’ was the first raw piece of music, the band released in 1987. The iconic, as well as controversially discussed band from Oslo, released more genre-defining longplayers and belong to the veterans... Continue Reading →
Review WILDSTREET ‘III’
Wildstreet started back in 2006 and premiered in 2009 with a self-titled full-length record. Not putting too much effort into the titles of the longplayers and keeping things easy, the band numbered their next longplayer. ‘II .. Faster ... Louder!’ had a at least a bit of an appendix to the pure numbering while their... Continue Reading →
Review VHF ‘Very High Frequency’
VHF stands for Vinciguerra, Hoekstra, Franklin, names that resonate very well when it comes to hard rock and metal. Guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra is known from his contribution for bands like Whitesnake, Night Ranger and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Tony Franklin provides a rock solid groove for Kenny Wayne Shepherd and The Firm, not to... Continue Reading →
Review MARTA GABRIEL ‘Metal Queens’
Marta Gabriel is known as being the front woman of Crystal Viper, a melodic metal powerhouse that recently released with ‘The Cult’ a new album. Not only that Gabriel is gifted with an excellent metal voice that she also knows to use effectively, but she also knows how to handle the guitar. With these prerequisites... Continue Reading →
Review DARKTHRONE ‘Eternal Hails’
In a time when the only certainty is uncertainty you're looking for consistency and Darkthrone provides it with their new album 'Eternal Hails'. The sound of Darkthrone. It allows the duo to release longplayers with a unique sound that is puristic, anarchic and pure doom. 'Eternal Hails' is the title of the new longplayer that... Continue Reading →
Review AT THE GATES ‘The Nightmare of Being’
I think that ‘The Nightmare of Being’ shows in an excellent way a band that never stands still and always challenge themselves as well as pushing genre framings to a next level. There is the ‘Slaughter of the Soul’ album from 1995 which is a reference album that stands for the first era of At... Continue Reading →
Review LIGHT THE TORCH ‘You Will be the Death of Me’
Light The Torch is the continuation of Devil You Know. Under the banner of Devil You Know, two longplayers have been released before the band announced a change of names in 2017. Devil You Know became Light The Torch and with ‘Revival’ the first album under the new moniker has been unleashed in 2018. The... Continue Reading →
Review BUCKCHERRY ‘Hellbound’
Buckcherry started full speed into their rock’n’roll endeavor. The band is the brainchild of singer Josh Todd and Keith Nelson with both exploring a similar taste when it comes to music. That was in 1995 and it still took a while before Buckcherry, the band they started, debuted. Th self-titled first longplayer has been released... Continue Reading →
Review DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘Devolution Series #2 – Galactic Quarantine’
Devin Townsend’s creativity seems to be an unstoppable force with even a pandemic not being able to stop the Canadian guitar wizard from finding an outlet for music. Probably unhappy, but not moaning about the pandemic situation that keeps the world in suspense, Townsend started already in 2020, a series of quarantine shows. Some of... Continue Reading →









