Septicflesh has a long track record and many records under their belt. The Greek metal outfit premiered in 1994 and established a symphonic version of death metal, allowing the quintet to enlarge their fanbase. With ‘Modern Primitive’ a new workpiece will see the light of day these days and five years after having let ‘Codex... Continue Reading →
Review JAMES LABRIE ‘Beautiful Shade of Grey’
That Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie has a great voice is something that is undoubted. The Canadian singer enriched many Dream Theater classic with his excellent singing and not only is he always in control of his voice; he also the ability to transport emotions. There is some storytelling part of the way he approaches... Continue Reading →
Review ANVIL ‘Impact is Imminent’
Passion is the fuel and guitar/bass/drums are the engine for Canada-based metal icons Anvil. The trio, hailing from Toronto, didn’t only face the sunny side if life being a musician. Up and down, that followed the band for many years and made them to real heroes in heavy metal and never gave up. Anvil always... Continue Reading →
Review CORELEONI ‘III’
Swiss rock band Gotthard slowly and over the span of years moved away from hard rock and redirected their sound towards mainstream rock that allowed the band the enlarge their fanbase. Since the heart of rock’n’roll is still what drives Gotthard founding member Leo Leoni, the guitarist started a side-project called CoreLeoni. That was in... Continue Reading →
Review THE PINEAPPLE THIEF ‘Give It Back’
Bruce Soord and The Pineapple Thief released a new album which, in a way, isn’t that new. ‘Give It Back’ is the title of a record that features twelve songs and all of them have seen the light of day earlier. The story of ‘Give It Back’ started when drummer Gavin Harrison started to dive... Continue Reading →
Review MISERY INDEX ‘Complete Control’
Baltimore-based metallurgists Misery Index have ‘Complete Control’ ready to be unleashed. The four-piece band premiered in 2003 with the ‘Retaliation’ album and isn’t known as a band flooding the metal community with records. During their whole time the quartet unleashed just six longplayers and number seven is waiting in the starting blocks. ‘Complete Control’ for... Continue Reading →
Review GRAHAM BONNET BAND ‘Day Out in Nowhere’
Graham Bonnet is known as an excellent rock singer and there have been many occasions for the vocalist to present his excellent voice. Alcatrazz, Rainbow and Michael Schenker Group are just a few bands, Bonnet has been part of. From time to time the frontman also unleashes solo album of which ‘The Book’, released in... Continue Reading →
Review MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Personal Computer’
Italy-based computer- and metal enthusiast Victor Love is the brain behind Mater Boot Record. The project premiered two years ago with an album called ‘Floppy Disc Overdrive’ and the sophomore release is now ready for a launch. ‘Personal Computer’ is the iconic and unusual title of the second effort and Master Boot Record picks it... Continue Reading →
Review CAVE IN ‘Heavy Pendulum’
Cave In, hailing from Methuen, Massachusetts, is a band with a foundation date in 1995. This was the start of a first era of Cave In, a period with four releases. The biggest success in this era was the release of the ‘Antenna’-album which showed the band experimenting with a wider sound that opened the... Continue Reading →
Review JEFF SCOTT SOTO ‘Complicated’
Jeff Scott Soto is a name I don’t think I have to introduce to you. The singer, gifted with a great voice, enriched longplayers from Talisman to Sons Of Apollo. Soto also released solo album during all the year with ‘Love Parade’ being the first one in 1994. Now the eighth longplayer arrived at the... Continue Reading →
Review SKILLS ‘Different Worlds’
Skills has skills at their disposal. The band, consisting of veterans of rock and metal, has all the ingredients in place to release a great album. Skills, that is Renan Zonta, Brad Gillis, Billy Sheehan, and David Huff. All four musicians bring a lot of experience to the plate and at the same time kept... Continue Reading →
Review MOTOR SISTER ‘Get Off’
Motor Sister is a project that start with Scott Ian’s passion for a hard rock band called Mother Superior. The band disbanded in 2011 and the reunion of the band with him joining this event was Ian’s 50th birthday wish. Long story short, Mother Superior singer/guitarist Jim Wilson was thrilled about the idea, and it... Continue Reading →
Review SYBERIA ‘Statement of Death’
Some interesting post rock/metal bands hail from Spain. There is Tundra, an instrumental band with a passion for progressive instrumental music and there is Syberia. The moniker of the latter might make one think about a band that either plays symphonic metal or some harsh extreme metal. None of the two is what Syberia’s music... Continue Reading →
Review STATIC ABYSS ‘Labyrinth of Veins’
Static Abyss is the brainchild of two death metal pioneers. Chris Reifert and Greg Wilkinson, both members of death metal legend Autopsy, worked on a project called Static Abyss. ‘Labyrinth of Veins’ is the title of the debut album; the duo releases these days. As not expected different, the ten songs on the album reflect... Continue Reading →
Review HALESTORM ‘Back from the Dead’
The Hale’s are back. Lzzy and Arejay Hale are the driving forces of Halestorm since the late ‘90s when the band was founded. Together with guitarist Joe Hottinger and bassist Josh Smith, the band premiered in 2009 with the self-titled first album, the springboard for a deal with Atlantic Records. What followed until today is... Continue Reading →








