Who thought that the most creepy thing of a Lindemann concert isn't lyrics or the show. Looking at the newest release of the iconic singer, it is the big audience that came together at the beginning of the upcoming pandemic that seems so unreal these days. Lindemann, that was Till Lindemann and Peter Tägtgren until... Continue Reading →
CD review WHILE SHE SLEEPS ‘Sleeps Society’
Riff and scream acrobats While She Sleeps started in 2006 and shared so far four longplayer with the metalcore community. The so far latest longplayer was send from the UK to the world in 2019 and was named ‘So What?’. The reception of the longplayer was a good one with the album entering the German... Continue Reading →
CD review OCEANS ‘We are Nøt Okay’ – EP
Oceans published their full-length debut 'The Sun and the Cold' a bit more than a year ago and to keep the momentum rolling, the guys unleash with 'We are Nøt Okay' a next EP. With four songs, things are quite lucid and to the point. Compared to the debut, that was a bit all over... Continue Reading →
CD review MISTER MISERY ‘A Brighter Side of Death’
Mister Misery is hailing from Sweden and started in February 2018. Sparked by a passion for restless souls and the creepy stories, the quartet let their debut rise out of the casket in 2019. 'Unalive' is the title of the first Mister Misery longplayer and now it's time to focus on 'A Brighter Side of... Continue Reading →
CD review DVNE ‘Etemen Ænka’
Dvne is a very interesting band. The guys from Edinburgh started in 2013 as Dune, inspired by the sci-fi epic 'Dune' by Frank Herbert, before renaming the band into Dvne. After having published two EP’s the debut hit the shelves in 2017. ‘Ashersa’ is the name of this first album that acted as a springboard... Continue Reading →
EVANESCENCE unveil a new song
Evanescence reveal a new song called 'Better Without You', taken from the upcoming album 'The Bitter Truth'. Evanescence's new longplayer will be released on March 26th, comes via Sony Music and HERE is the link to 'Better Without You'. Photo: P.R. Brown
CD review LOVE AND DEATH ‘Perfectly Preserved’
Brian "Head" Welsh is certainly no stranger to modern metal, having been and still being with his lead guitar an integral part of Korn. During his absence from Korn, Welsh began working on several solo projects, including Love And Death. The guitarist launched the band in 2012 and released a debut album, 'Between Here &... Continue Reading →
CD review GHØSTKID ‘GHØSTKID’
GHØSTKID is the brainchild of former Eskimo Callboy frontman Sebastian 'Sushi' Biesler and in different to his ex-bandmates, Biesler establishes with GHØSTKID a sound that's far away from soulless pop-/electrocore. GHØSTKID take the inspiration from various sources, starting with metal and metalcore to pop and nu metal. The album opens with the wild und untamned... Continue Reading →
CD review SEVENDUST ‘Blood & Stone’
Time is flying, a thought I had when receiving the new longplayer of Sevendust. It feels like yesterday when the band debuted with 'Sevendust' and in the meantime we are 21 years older and 12 records further down the road of modern metal. 'Blood & Stone', so the title of the newest Sevendust release, is... Continue Reading →
CD review KING MOTHERSHIP ‘The Ritual’
King Mothership is brainchild of Spencer Sotelo, known as frontman of the progressive powerhouse Periphery. The roots of 'The Ritual' go back far in time, days between the first and the second Periphery albums. It was in 2011, when Sotelo started to work on song that didn't really fit to what Periphery is into. This... Continue Reading →
CD review 10 YEARS ‘Violent Allies’
10 Years is a band, I haven't had on my musical radar yet and I can't tell you why. The guys started twenty years ago and released eight albums to date. Getting out of the gates very quickly in the early days delivered some opportunities to tour with bigger acts like Korn and Deftones, a... Continue Reading →
Live report LONG DISTANCE CALLING, RISING INSANE & HEADGEAR, HellSeatic postponed, Bremen – 05.09.2020
In normal times, Long Distance Calling should put the last dots on the 'i', preparing for the 'Seats & Sounds' shows, but the pandemic sticked a needle in this endeavor. The tour is postponed to next year, but even COVID-19 can't stop the quartet from playing live. Not only the bands have to suffer these... Continue Reading →
CD review IN FLAMES ‘Clayman (20th Anniversary)’
You can't really say these days what was planned for a while and what was more of a spontaneous idea due to the current pandemic situation and all the downsides that comes with it. In the end it also doesn't really matter since fans and metalheads get some new stuff for the record players. It... Continue Reading →
CD review AVATAR ‘Hunter Gatherer’
The cinematic 'Wormhole' is the grande finale of an album that stands for a next step in the rise of Avatar. Heavy, modern, dynamic, innovative and with twists, that's Avatar's sound and the execute it in perfection on 'Hunter Gatherer'. Creativity seems to be a never-ending flow when it comes to the five guys from Sweden and bundling this flow in ten songs enforces the music even more. 'Hunter Gatherer', an album that entertains for a long time.









