(8/10) Herman Frank is best known for his work with German metal pioneers Accept. He was part of the legendary 'Balls to the Wall' album before he left the band after the album work was done. Frank returned to Accept in 2005 for some festival shows, followed by a reunion and three new longplayers. But... Continue Reading →
CD review PAPA ROACH ‘Who Do You Trust?’
(8/10) This album is a kind of jubilee for Papa Roach, being the tenth album of the successful rock engine. ‘Why Do You Trust?’ is the name of this new longplayer, featuring 12 new tracks. The album picks things up where the quartet left off with ‘Crooked Teeth’, with the only exception of becoming even... Continue Reading →
CD review SWALLOW THE SUN ‘Lumina Aurea’
(9/10) Swallow The Sun is a band that’s off the beaten tracks when it comes to their music. It was in 2015 when they published with ‘Songs From the North I, II & III’ a three discs comprising release that showed beautiful varity of doom, melancholy, grief and darkness. Sharp before Christmas the band unveiled... Continue Reading →
CD review A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH ‘When the World Becomes Undone’
(8/10) Slowly but steady A Pale Horse Named Death isgaining momentum. It was in 2011 when the quintet from NYC began theirsuccessful journey and it was the debut ‘And Hell Will Follow Me’ that gave afirst boost. After a critically acclaimed second album the band went on a fiveyears break, a period in which frontman... Continue Reading →
CD FUSION BOMB ‘Concrete Jungle’
(8/10) I can't tell you to what extent you will find a 'concrete jungle' in Luxemburg. What I can report though is that thrash metal has a strong home base in the small European country. Fusion Bomb is hailing from Luxemburg. The band has its starting point in the year 2010 when a bunch of... Continue Reading →
CD review ARCH ENEMY ‘Covered in Blood’
(8/10) Arch Enemy got in the spotlight more than wished between Christmas and New Year. I think that everything's said about 'Photogate', for the good and the bad, and I will not elaborate on this during this review. This post is about something more positive. meaning a new album from the Swedish/Canadian quintet. The idea... Continue Reading →
CD review EVERGREY ‘The Atlantic’
(8/10) The metal year 2019 starts fulminant. Swedish Evergrey spend some time in the studio during 2018 and recorded with ‘The Atlantic’ their next milestone. The record, being number 11 since 1993, is the final chapter of a trilogy that started in 2014 with the ‘Hymns for the Broken’ album. A second chapter was added... Continue Reading →
QUEENRYCHE releases a new video
Legendary Queensryche released a new song. 'Dark Reverie' is a seamless continuation of the revitalised metal outfit and is taken from the next studio album, entitled 'The Verdict'. Queensryche's 15th record will be released on March 1st via Century Media and features the following songs: 1. Blood of the Levant 2. Man the Machine 3.... Continue Reading →
DREAM THEATER reveals a new song
Prog metal pioneers Dream Theater released a new video. This time it's 'Fall Into the Light', taken from the upcoming 14th studio album 'Distance Over Time'. Release date will be February 22nd and the album comes via InsideOut. Here is the tracklist: 1. Untethered Angel 2. Paralyzed 3. Fall Into The Light 4. Barstool Warrior... Continue Reading →
Prog rockers RPWL on the road in April
Here are the dates: 02 April | UK-London, Boston Music Rooms03 April | UK-Bilston, The Robin04 April | UK-Glasgow, Ivory Blacks05 April | UK-Chepstow, Winter’s End07 April | NL-Zoetermeer, De Boerderij08 April | GER-Bremen, Meisenfrei09 April | GER-Hamburg, Logo10 April | PL-Bydgoszcz, Klub Kuznia11 April | PL-Warsaw, Progresja12 April | PL-Piekary Slaskie13 April | PL-Suchy... Continue Reading →
New SOILWORK album and video released
Today is release date for the new Soilwork album 'Verkligheten'. In addition another songs was revealed as a video. 'Witan' is the third video from this great new melodic death metal longplayer.
NAILED TO OBSCURITY re-issues first two albums
Next to the new exciting 'Black Frost' album German melodic death metal outfit Nailed To Obscurity also re-issued the two previous albums 'King Delusion' and 'Opaque'. The band's on tour right now with Amorphis, Soilwork and Jinjer and here are the dates11.01. D Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle 2 *SOLD OUT*12.01. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje *SOLD OUT*13.01. D Hamburg... Continue Reading →
CD review V.A. ‘Trapped Under Ice Vol.1: The New Face of Canadian Heavy Metal’
(*/10) The title, including the words 'Trapped Under Ice', draws some attention to this album. This time it has nothing to do with the glorious Metallica song, this release is about the Canadian underground. As you know, many great metal bands are hailing from maples leafs country. But instead of talking about bands like Voivod,... Continue Reading →









