Massachusettes-based Death Ray Vision unleash their third studio album called ‘No Mercy from Electric Eyes’, a 12-song featuring longplayer with a lot of punching power. The band started in 2010 and three years later the debut ‘We Ain’t Leavin’ Till You’re Bleeding’. The guys are rooted in hardcore and punk but always have been open... Continue Reading →
Review CHURCH OF MISERY ‘Born Under a Mad Sign’
Japanese metal veterans Church Of Misery have finished work on their newest longplayer ‘Born Under a Mad Sign’. Seven songs is what the four-piece band recorded and a look on the line-up shows some significant changes. The first remarkable thing is, that frontman Kazuhiro Asaeda rejoined the Japanese metal force. The singer was already part... Continue Reading →
Review STEVE LUKATHER ‘Bridges’
Steve Lukather is since 1977 one of the crucial pillars of rock outfit Toto. He started the band together with Bobby Kimball, David Paich. David Hungate and Jeff Porcaro. The band embarked on an exciting musical journey that is ongoing to date. In parallel Lukather also unleashed solo albums of which the ninth one reaches... Continue Reading →
THE HU – ‘Rumble of Thunder’ deluxe and tour dates
It was a lot of buzz the moment The Hu appeared on the metal scene. Mongolian folk metal wasn’t something headbangers have heard before and metal with some added traditional Mongolian instruments felt ike something exciting. That was back in 2016 and in the meantime The Hu evolved to an established player in metal. With... Continue Reading →
ASINHELL- the new death metal project of Michael Poulsen, Marc Grewe and Morten Toft Hansen
Partly unkown, often forgotten, that’s Dominus, the first band of Volbeat mainman Michael Poulsen. The band released four album, charged with pure death metal, inspired by bands like Death. For more than 20 years, Poulsen focused on Volbeat and death metal wasn’t on the list of interest. This will change on September 29th. Poulsen worked... Continue Reading →
Review EXTERMINATION ORDER ‘The Siege of Ascalon’ – EP
Inspired by a legion of bolt throwers and packed with Viking muscles, that is what characterizes the sound of the multi-national death metal horde called Extermination Order. Then five-piece powerhouse features musicians from California, Iceland, and Germany. With guitarist Maik Weichert (Heaven Shall Burn) and drummer Matthias Voigt (former Heaven Shall Burn) two guys with... Continue Reading →
Review PRIDE OF LIONS ‘Dream Higher’
Jim Peterik and Toby Hitchcock are the driving forces when it comes to Pride Of Lions and I’m not really sure if everybody back in 2003 expected the band to be such a long time in business. Two decades after the debut album saw the light of day it is ‘Dream Higher’ being the seventh... Continue Reading →
Review JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 ‘Crash of Life’
Guitar virtuoso Joel Hoekstra is a busy guy. Not only is he part of Whitesnake and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Hoekstra is also playing guitar for Revolution Saint and even finds time for a next solo release. Under the banner of Joel Hoekstra’s 13 the axeman has a next release in the starting blocks. ‘Crash of... Continue Reading →
Review GRAYWOLF ‘Graywolf’
Graywolf is a band hailing from Switzerland. With savvy musicians on board, having played for bands like Celtic Frost, Emerald and Pure Inc., the quintet has enough firepower and experience to create an album that rocks; and the self-titled debut really rocks. With the background of the involved musicians the assumption regarding sound of Graywolf... Continue Reading →
Review ENVY OF NONE ‘That was Then, This is Now’ – EP
Envy Of None released their debut album in April 2022 and is the collaboration of the iconic Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson and Andy Curran, a founding member of Coney Hatch. The ones that might have expected a rocking album with progressive songs was certainly a bit disappointed since Envy Of None takes a slightly different... Continue Reading →
Review RIVAL SONS ‘Darkfighter’
Without much ado, Rival Sons have put a new record into the record stores. 'Darkfighter' is the name of the latest work of the guys from Long Beach, California and it contains eight new songs. It was blues-driven ‘Nobody Wants to Die’ which announced the new record already in October 2022 and a lot of... Continue Reading →
Review OUTLANDERS ‘Outlanders’
Outlanders, that is the moniker of a collaboration, including EDM pioneer Torsten Stenzel and Finish singer Tarja. The latter is well-known from her time with Nightwish, but also the impressive solo career Tarja is driving since many years. ‘Outlanders’, that is also the title of a debut album, the duo worked on for 10 years... Continue Reading →
Live report SKID ROW & BIRD’S VIEW, Gruenspan, Hamburg – June 19th, 2023
After having released with ‘The Gang’s All Here’, the gang embarked on a tour that brings Skid Row to many countries and continents. Today the hard rock veterans stop at Gruenspan, Hamburg for a show that helps to bridge the gap between some of the bigger festivals in Europe and Skid Row’s support shows for... Continue Reading →
Review AVKRVST ‘The Approbation’
The story of Avkrvst starts almost like a trailer for a movie. Two kids at the age of seven make a pact that they would start a band and release an album as soon as they get older. Now, this isn’t the beginning of a new blockbuster movie. It is the starting point of a... Continue Reading →
DEEP PURPLE return to Hamburg in July
Rock veterans Deep Purple will return to Hamburg for a show at the legendary Stadtpark Open Air. The band will play a show there on July 19th, 2023. The show in Hamburg will be the second last of a summer tour that will start on June24th, 2023 in Cartagena, Spain and it will end on... Continue Reading →









