CD review NIGHTMARE ‘Aeternam’

French Nightmare are a band with a long history. What started in the late '70s as a band with a passion for punk rock morphed over time a solid power metal band that releases with 'Aeternam' their newest product. Since having released with 'Dead Sun' their latest album in 2016 a few things changed when... Continue Reading →

CD review AMARANTHE ‘Manifest’

‘Manifest’, the term, stands for strong aims and ambitions, announced publically. ‘Manifest’ is also the title of Amaranthe’s new album that will available from October 2nd and having given the longplayer such a strong title raises the question of what the manifest is about. I can’t finally answer this question, but the album is certainly... Continue Reading →

CD review COREY TAYLOR ‘CMFT’

Slipknot frontman, Stone Sour founding member and numerous guest appearances, that's all Corey Taylor. What's missing so far is a Corey Taylor solo album and from Friday on the gap will be closed. October 2nd is the release date of 'CMFT', Taylor's solo debut that features thirteen songs. 'Black Eyes Blue' and 'CMFT Must Be... Continue Reading →

CD review KATAKLYSM ‘Unconquered’

Canada-based Metal force Katakylsm release their new longplayer 'Unconquered' as we speak (read). It's their 14th longplayer in the bands long history, a story that started nearly 30 years ago in Montreal, Quebec. 'Unconquered', a well-chosen title for the world we are living in in right now, has an approach of brutality beating filigree. Kataklysm's... Continue Reading →

CD review ENSLAVED ‘Utgard’

The Northmen return with a new album called 'Utgard', three years after 'E' was shipped from Norway to the rest of the world. 'Utgard', the outerworld, has its roots in Nordic mythology. There is with Midgard the area of humans and there is Asgard, where the Gods are at home. Utgard is beyond the two,... Continue Reading →

CD review LIK ‘Misanthropic Breed’

Stockholm-based Lik (the Swedish word for "corpse), release with 'Misanthropic Breed' their third album, a longplayer with a title that's very relevant these days in various ways. Lik was founded in 2014, with a debut album that alighted from the moistly soil of Stockholm in 2015. 'Misanthropic Breed' follows 'Carnage' from 2018 and marks a... Continue Reading →

CD review GAZPACHO ‘Fireworker’

Norwegian Art-Rock veterans Gazpacho are for sure belonging to spearhead of progressive music, hailing from the Scandinavian country. Delivering numerous longplayers in 17 years means a lot of experience the guys utilize for working on new material. This approach and effort capitalizes in a new offer from Gazpacho, called 'Fireworker'. Although being the opener, 'Space... Continue Reading →

CD review AYREON ‘Transitus’

A release that has carved the moniker Ayreon on the cover artwork is always more than merely a longplayer. Ayreon is the outlet for Arjan Lucassen's creative ideas, already manifested in stellar outputs such as 'Into the Electric Castle', The Human Equation' and some more. The latest album was the 2017 release 'The Source', followed... Continue Reading →

CD review SATAN ‘Early Rituals’

UK Metal veterans Satan recently announced a new release called 'Early Rituals'. Instead of publishing new songs the guys went back in time. At the beginning of their career the quintet, hailing from Newcastle, released three demo tapes. The first two led to the debut 'Court in the Act' while the 'Dirt Demo' followed in... Continue Reading →

CD review PANZERBALLETT ‘Planet Z’

One of the craziest crossover mixture comes from Munich. Jan Zehrfeld started a project called Panzerballett in the early years of the 21st century. If you read ‘Panzer’ and you think about bands like Sabaton, don’t read further since Panzerballett acts in a total different genre. Zehrfeld and bandmates brings together what doesn’t belong together,... Continue Reading →

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