After having released their new album ‘Walk the Sky’ a few weeks ago Alternative Metal band Alter Bridge embarked on a European tour with one stop in The Netherlands. The AFAS Live arena hosted the band for a sold-out show with fans that had to makes choices. Either watch Ajax Amsterdam playing in the Champions... Continue Reading →
CD review STONE SOUR ‘Hello, You Bastards: Live in Reno’
After having released with 'Hydrograd' their sixth longplayer, Stone Sour embarked on a longer tour. Reno, NV was one stop on this roadtrip with the band playing a show at Grand Sierra Theatre. This concert was recorded and led to the bands first live album. As usual it's the new songs and the best of... Continue Reading →
CD review MISERY LOVES CO. ‘Zero’
Influencers became a buzz word over the last year in the context of social media, but their were always influencers around. One of them, when it comes to Industrial Metal, is hailing from Sweden and is called Misery Loves Co. The self-titled debut hit the shelves in 1995 and two more longplayers followed. The last... Continue Reading →
CD review PRONG ‘Act of Defiance’ (EP)
Tommy Victor and band mates are hard workers. The Groove Metal pioneers don’t merely write good songs, they also take care about all band related issues themselves again. This certainly adds to Prong's image of being one of the real authentic bands. Prong is Prong, something’s also reflected on the new EP. To bridge the... Continue Reading →
Live report ELUVEITIE, LACUNA COIL & INFECTED RAIN, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht – 17.11.2019
As so often in life it’s about making choices. On a Sunday night with Devin Townsend playing in Tilburg and Eluveitie and Lacuna Coil having a stop at TivoliVredenburg it’s not easy to decide where to go to. After some weighting MHMB is present in Utrecht, witnessing a pretty diverse tour package that covers everything... Continue Reading →
CD review CYHRA ‘No Halos in Hell’
Cyhra is the brainchild of singer Jake E and former In Flames guitarist Jesper Stromblad. The guys premiered in 2017 with ‘Letters to Myself’ and now return with the sophomore album ‘No Halos in Hell’. The new album is a very catchy one with songs being placed somewhere between Modern Metal and Melodic Metal. It... Continue Reading →
CD review BOMBUS ‘Vulture Culture’
Ten years after having released their first single, Swedish Bombus unveil their next longplayer, which is already the fourth one for the guys from Gothenburg. 'Vulture Culture' is the title of this full-length release, an album that comprises of nine songs. Bombus doesn't seem solely add records to their discography, it's also that the guys... Continue Reading →
CD review LACUNA COIL ‘Black Anima’
(8/10) After Lacuna Coil started in 1994, the Italian Metal powerhouse became a rising star rather quickly. Albums like 'Comalies' and 'Karmacode' have been a springboard for the band, together with a deal they inked with Century Media. Over the years Lacuna Coil became to one of the influential bands in Modern Metal. While being... Continue Reading →
CD review HELLYEAH ‘Welcome Home’
(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 →









