(8/10) 'Welcome Home' is contemporary music history, not only because the album featuring well-done Modern Metal. It's also the fact that it's the last musical contribution of legendary Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott who passed away in June 2018. With the exception of one song all tracks include the hard-hitting druuming of Vinnie Paul. 'Skyy... Continue Reading →
CD review KORN ‘The Nothing’
(9/10) Korn, pioneers of Modern Metal, are one of the most influential bands in this specific genre. While other band came and left the stage, it's the Metal veterans from Bakersfield being still in business. Having gone through many ups and some intense downs, Korn grew as a band with a surprisingly stable line-up. The... Continue Reading →
BLACK FUTURES release ‘Never Not Nothing’
UK-based powerhouse Black Futures releases their new album 'Never Not Nothing' today. The eleven songs comprising release comes through legendary Music For Nations and carries interesting music. Industrial meets Modern Metal meets HipHop or in other word, NIN meets Ministry meets Prophets Of Rage. Tracklist: 1. N.N.N.2. Love3. Karma Ya Dig!? 4. Me.TV5. Body &... Continue Reading →
Live report ELBRIOT 2019, Hamburg – 17.08.2019
With Elbriot 2019 a successful era of a festival in the city of Hamburg comes to an end, at least when it's about location. Due to construction activities in the area and a permanent Harry Potter theater production at Mehr Theater! the area isn’t available anymore from 2020 onwards. However, the plan is to continue... Continue Reading →
CD review TARJA ‘In the Raw’
(9/10) I don’t think that I need to introduce Tarja to you. The former Nightwish singer, celebrating big success with the Finnish metallers, is well-known. After having parted way with Nightwish, Tarja started to put a focus on her solo career, being at least as successful as the days with the Finnish Symphonic Metal masters.... Continue Reading →
CD review SLIPKNOT ‘We Are Not Your Kind’
(9/10) When Iowa-based Metal icons Slipknot unveiled with ‚Unsainted‘ their first new song, taken from the new album ‚We are Not Your Kind‘, curiosity was rising even more. The song, being the perfect opener of the band’s sixth record units the unleashed energy of the eight-piece band as well as it comprises of melodic moments... Continue Reading →
CD review VOLBEAT ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’
(6/10) ‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ is Volbeat’s seventh studio album and if you expected the longplayer to be a turning point with the band moving away from the more trivial Rock music I must disappoint you. The new record is a continuation of a way that comes from innovative Metal and leads to mainstream Rock. After... Continue Reading →
CD review THE OFFERING ‘HOME’
(8/10) The Offering is a fairly new player in the fields of Metal. The band, hailing from Boston, MA, started in 2015 and consists out of Steve Finn (d), Nishad George (g), Alex Richichi (v) and Spencer Metela (b), the latter joining the band last year. The Offering has so far an EP in the... Continue Reading →
Live photo report THREE DAYS GRACE & REDHOOK, 013, Tilburg – 24.06.2019
The thermometer showed more than 30 degrees and it was one of the hottest days in The Netherlands this summer when American Modern Metal band Three Days Grace scheduled a show at 013 in Tilburg. The guys have played a sold-out concert at 013 a few months ago, a motivator to return and rounding off... Continue Reading →
CD review OBEY THE BRAVE ‘Balance’
(8/10) Canadian metalcore powerhouse Obey The Brave has their homebase in Montreal, Quebec and that's where they started their metal journey back in 2011. Since then the quintet released three full-length longplayers with 'Balance' being number four. The new album features nine songs and with a running time of 29 minutes, meaning the album isn't... Continue Reading →
Live photo report GODSMACK & CALL THE RIOT, 013, Tilburg – 19.06.2019
Thunder and lightning, that was the outside weather condition on Wednesday evening when Boston-based Godsmack stopped in Tilburg for a show on their recent tour. In a certain way it was also what fans of powerful Modern Metal could experience inside the 013 with the quintet playing a show that was thunderous loud, accompanied by... Continue Reading →
‘The Nothing’ – the title of the next KORN album
Korn fans should mark September 13th in their calendar since the band will release their next longplayer that day. 'The Nothing' is the name of an album that carries 13 songs. 'You'll Never Find Me' is a first song that broke through the surface and it can be listened to HERE. Tracklist: 1. The End... Continue Reading →
Read more about KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s next album
Killswitch Engage announced a next album for August this year. ‘Atonement’ will hit the shelves on August 16th and comes via Sony Music Entertainment. ‘Unleashed’ is a first song taken from the album and HERE you can get a first impression of what to expect. Tracklist: UnleashedThe Signal Fire [featuring Howard Jones]Us Against the WorldThe... Continue Reading →









