Linda, Ben and Freed are back. The three joined forces in 2016 and have been on the go as Scorched Oak ever since. The debut album 'Withering Earth' followed a few years down the line, in 2020 to be precise. For well-known reasons, this was a difficult time for the entire industry, but Scorched Oak... Continue Reading →
Review LUTHARO ‘Chasing Euphoria’
Hamilton, Ontario, that’s the homebase of Lutharo. The band started in 2014 and it took a few years before the guys could launch a debut album. ‘Hiraeth’ is the title of this first full-length release which helped the band to get the attention Atomic Fire Records. With ‘Chasing Euphoria’ the sophomore album waits in the... Continue Reading →
Live report MESHUGGAH, THE HALO EFFECT & MANTAR, Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg – March 12th, 2024
It's not easy to get from A to B in Germany these days. Permanent strikes make it difficult for people who rely on public transport to get to their destination. Today is no exception. Deutsche Bahn is on strike again, which is also severely affecting S-Bahn services. Nevertheless, many metalheads manage to get to Große... Continue Reading →
Review MR. IRISH BASTARD ‘Battle Songs of the Damned’
The mixture of Irish roots and punk music is nothing new, and here is a band from Germany that puts together what belongs together. Mr. Irish Bastard is a group from Münster, Germany that was founded in 2006. Their first release, an EP called "St. Mary's School of Drinking", was launched in 2008 and along... Continue Reading →
Review NECROPHOBIC ‘In the Twilight Grey’
‘In the Twilight Grey’ is Necrophobic’s tenth studio album and it took the band a bit longer than usual to finish work on this longplayer. To blame is the pandemic as the predecessor ‘Dawn of the Damned’ has been released in 2020 and moment to promote the release have been very rare. Therefor a lot... Continue Reading →
AXEL RUDI PELL on tour in autumn 2024
German guitar wizard Axel Rudi Pell will embark on a tour in late 2024 with shows in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and Sweden. One of these shows will take place at Fabrik, Hamburg on October 22, 2024.
Review WHOM GODS DESTROY ‘Insanium’
Whom Gods Destroy is a new group with well-known protagonists. Derek Sherinian and Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal are part of this outfit and with Dino Jelusick, a talented singer takes over the vocal parts, while Yas Nomura and Bruno Valverde form the rhythm section of Whom Gods Destroy. Sherinian and Thal initiated the group, both having... Continue Reading →
Review SKELETAL REMAINS ‘Fragments of the Ageless’
Portland is the home base of a four-piece band that embarked on a journey through the realms of death metal in 2011. The name of the band: Skeletal Remains. The group released their debut album in 2012, followed by three additional full-lengths over the past few years. Now, 'Fragments of the Ageless' marks the next... Continue Reading →
Review ATROPHY ‘Asylum’
More than just a few veteran thrash metal bands returned during the last years and here is another one. Atrophy have with ‘Asylum’ a new longplayer in the starting blocks and what will reach us from Tuscon, Arizona is a thundering thrash metal release. Atrophy belong to the fwave of thrash metal bands with roots... Continue Reading →
FATAL COLLAPSE announce debut album and launch first single
Hamburg-based metal powerhouse Fatal Collapse announced their self-titled debut album. Release date will be April 12th, 2024 and nine songs will lead to quite some headbanging. Thrash metal with a strong groove is what the four-piece delivers and ‘Mental Annihilation’ is a first appetizer.
New PAIN songs premiers
Pain will release their upcoming studio album ‘I am’ on May 17th, 2024 and of the songs on this longplayer will be ‘Go With the Flow’. Mainman Peter Tägtgren found again the right formula for an excellent blend of metal, industrial and melodies. ‘Go With the Song’ premiers today and here is the video: https://youtu.be/6kkBAjdRzpw?si=Oa80tLM0Jc-nJUIc
SLASH announce new album and new video
Slash announced a new album. ‘Orgy of the Damned’ will be released on May 17th, 2024 and will come via Seven.One Starwatch. The album is a homage to blues with the guitarist interpreting twelve blues classics. ‘Killing Floor’ provides a first idea about what this means. Slash, together with no less than AC/DC frontman Brian... Continue Reading →
Review JUDAS PRIEST ‘Invincible Shield’
There are just a few bands like Judas Priest. For 19 albums and more than 50 years of heavy metal, the band has shown no signs of fatigue. Despite a few controversial albums, Judas Priest has never really disappointed, and it was the return of metal god Rob Halford in 2003 that gave the band... Continue Reading →
Review WADE BLACK’S ASTRONOMICA ‘The Awakening’
Wade Black, some of you might remember the singer from his days with Crimson Glory. Black was part of theline-up that recorded the ‘Astronomica’ album which was Crimson Glory’s attempt to connect to the great debut and the excellent ‘Transcendence’ album. Even though the album wasn’t a bad one, Crimson Glory didn't unveil the vibe... Continue Reading →
Review EXHORDER ‘Defectum Omnium’
It wasn’t the best time for a thrash metal band to start in the early 90s. After metal in general had its peak during the 80s the upcoming subgenres of rock and metal took attention in the next decade and made life for bands like Exhorder not very easy. Despite this trend, the band unleashed... Continue Reading →





