Right before embarking on a tour with Terror, including some Impericon festival shows, Belgium hardcore powerhouse Nasty launched a new video. 'Total Domination' is the song anmd the video was filmed at the release show of the latest album 'Heartbreak Criminals'. Tourdates:22.03.24 (DK) Fredericia - Tøjhuset23.03.24 (SE) Linköping - The Crypt24.03.24 (NO) Drammen - Kometen25.03.24... Continue Reading →
Review LIFESICK ‘Love and Other Lies’ (EP)
Lifesick was formed in 2015 and hail from Frederica, a smaller town in Denmark. The band premiered a year later with an album called ‘6.0.1’. ‘Swept in Black’ followed in 2018 and it was ‘Misanthropy’ that found its way to the record stores in 2022. These release brought the band to the attention of Metal... Continue Reading →
Review EKTOMORF ‘Vivid Black’
Ektomorf belongs to the bands, that are around since decades and polarizes. For some, the band of mainman Zoltan "Zoli" Farkas is copy-cat of bands like Sepultura and Soulfly. For others, the groove-based metal is a much-appreciated metal experience since the band’s start in 1993. Now, Ektomorf is around for three decades which shows passion... Continue Reading →
Review DOG EAT DOG ‘Free Radicals’
Dog Eat Dog is one of the bands that influenced the sound of the 90s. Especially 'All Boro King', the band's debut album, had it all and songs like 'No Fronts' and 'Who's the King' are some of the hits of a whole generation. What made the sound of the band so exciting was the... Continue Reading →
Review PRONG ‘State of Emergency’
New York City -based groove metal masters Prong are back with a new album. After a few brilliant records in the 90s, one recalls 'Beg to Differ', 'Prove You Wrong' and 'Cleansing', a short period of dry spell followed. Records like 'Scorpio Rising' couldn't keep up with the great successes. Fortunately, Tommy Victor and his... Continue Reading →
Review HARMS WAY ‘Common Suffering’
Sometimes fun quickly turns into seriousness. Most of the time, this has a negative connotation. However, in the case of Harms Way, it is fair to say that the seriousness has led to even more fun. Initially Harms Way was a side project of Few And The Proud. It was mainly about fun, which was... Continue Reading →
Review BRUJERIA ‚Est Es Brujeria‘
From the moment Brujeria started back in 1989, there was a kind of mytserious hype about band. Much has to do with the fact that the band includes a lot of band members, well-known from other bands which makes Brujeria more to a collective than a band. With ‚Eso Es Brujeria‘ the next strike from... Continue Reading →
Review NASTY ‘Heartbreak Criminals’
Nasty, that is Berry, Nash, Paddy and Matthi. The quartet just played a muscle-driven show at Elbriot 2023 in Hamburg and a few days later, the new album ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ will get shipped to the record stores. ‘Heartbreak Criminals’ is the eighth album from the Belgium hardcore outfit and features twelve songs and one intro.... Continue Reading →
Review DEATH RAY VISION ‘No Mercy From Electric Eyes’
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 FATAL COLLAPSE ‘Hell is Here’ – EP
Fatal Collapse is a rather new band. The guys, hailing from Hamburg, started 2022 and have with ‘Hell is Here’ a first release in the starting blocks. Inspired by thrash metal and crossover from the 80s the band recorded four songs and what you get to hear is quite good stuff. Fatal Collapse, that is... Continue Reading →
HOLY MOSES announce final show
German thrash metal institution Holy Moses will release their new album ‘Invisible Queen’ in a few days and will play numerous shows during 2023. Now the band announced their very last show ,which will take place on December 27th, 2023 at Markthalle, Hamburg. It will be also Sabina Classen’s 60th birthday, so enough good reasons... Continue Reading →
HALF ME released ‘SOMA’
Half Me is not exactly a new band. The five guys from Hamburg started in 2018, but it took a while until the band from Germany's north could complete their studio debut. A few days ago, however, the time had come, and escorted by a release show at Hamburg's cult club Logo, Half Me released... Continue Reading →
SCHIZOPHRENIA covered Slayer’s ‘Necrophiliac’
Belgium thrash metal force Schizophrenia announced an EP with cover versions for February 10th, 2023. After having unveiled ‘Maze of Torment’ from Morbid Angel the band launched with Slayer’s ‘Necrophiliac’ a next single. Vocalist and bassist Ricky Mandozzi comments: "Slayer has always been one of our main influences so it was an easy choice to... Continue Reading →
Review RISE ABOVE ‘Times of Clarity’
Norway is not only known for its black metal scene. Also hardcore punk is located in the north of Europe and has with Rise Above a young and wild representative. Rise Above, not to be mixed up with Rise Against, started in 2016 when the five guys released a first EP called 'Sound of Liberation'.... Continue Reading →
LIFE OF AGONY and PRONG – two icon bands on tour in 2023
After a few years Life Of Agony will return to Gruenspan, Hamburg for a show. The New York metal icons will be on the road with Prong. These two veteran bands will be supported by Tarah Who?, who will act as the opener that night. Tickets are available HERE. 30 years after having launched the... Continue Reading →