(8/10) Greek metal veterans Rotting Christ can look back on a long history in metal. The endeavor began in 1987 in Athens. The debut escaped from the abyss in 1993 and step by step the quartet managed to increase their fanbase. Rotting Christ never had the big breakthrough but it’s the constant evolvement of their... Continue Reading →
CD review WRETCH ‘Man or Machine’
(7/10) Baseball fans know Cleveland since it’s the home of the Cleveland Indians. Non-baseball fans might know the baseball team due to the movie from the eighties and metal fans know the city, because of its vital metal scene. One metallic ambassador, hailing from there, is Wretch. The quintet has already two albums on their... Continue Reading →
CD review IMPERIA ‘Flames of Eternity’
(7/10) ‘Flames of Eternity’ is Imperia’s fifth album, featuring 11 new songs and a piano version of ‘Mother’. The quartet with band members from various countries has its roots in the early 2000th. Imperia is the brainchild of singer Helena Michaelsen, being the drivers of the band that also includes Steve Wolz, Gerry Verstreken and... Continue Reading →
CD review STEVE HACKETT ‘At the Edge of Light’
(9/10) Legendary rock guitarist Steve Hackett doesn't need a long introduction. Everybody, who's excited about rock music, knows the guitarist from London, either from his years with Genesis, his appearance on the two GTR albums or from his numerous solo releases. The master of soulful guitar play finished work on his new solo album, which... Continue Reading →
MYRTAH singer talks about ‘Dance’
Tunesian metaller Myrath are a rising star in metal and a new album is in the making. Frontman frontman Zaher Zorgati tells the story behind the song 'Dance' that was revealed already some weeks ago.
Watch FIFTH ANGEL’s new lyric video
Fifth Angel released their first album in nearly thirty years, 'The Third Secret', in autumn 2018. Before the quartet will perform at Germany's Metal Assault Festival (Würzburg) on February 16, they have launched a brand new lyric video for the track 'Stars Are Falling', the opening track of the aforementioned record.Watch now: https://youtu.be/1ssywrl5hgY "'Stars Are Falling' is a song that will probably... Continue Reading →
Here comes ‘Paralyzed’,…
... the next song legendary Dream Theater unveils. The song is taken from the upcoming album 'Distance Over Time', which comes on February 22nd through InsideOut. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/C7m7l8iqGAk
IN FLAMES present a new lyric video
We’re less than a month away from the highly anticipated release of In Flames thirteenth studio album, 'I, The Mask' out March 1st, via Nuclear Blast (worldwide, excl. North America) and Eleven Seven Music (North America). In Flames unveil a fourth song from their upcoming album, adding to the over 10 million streams accumulated from the first three new tracks. Watch the... Continue Reading →
OPPROBRIUM album in February
New Orleans' Death Metal masters Opprobrium are ready to unleash their fifth full-length entitled 'The Fallen Entities' on 22nd February 2019 via High Roller Records!Death/Thrash pioneers and brothers Francis (Guitars, Bass, Vocals) and Moyses M. Howard (Drums), who released classics like 'Serpent Temptation' and 'Beyond The Unknown', present their first studio release in 10 years and describe... Continue Reading →
CD review DIABOLICAL ‘Eclipse’
(8/10) Six long years went by with the metal world not facing a new album of Swedish Diabolical. The wait has an end though. 'Eclipse' will be unleashed mid February, an album that comes with nine new songs. 'Eclipse' is a concept album focussing on the dark sides of humanity. This concept is weaved into... Continue Reading →
CD review BEAST IN BLACK ‘From Hell With Love’
(7/10) Well, it's this kind of releases that are a curveball for reviewers. What to say about Beast In Black's second strike? The band, started by former Battle Beast member Anton Kabanen, released a debut in 2017, which is now accompanied by the sophomore release 'From Hell With Love'. Actually not that much changed within... Continue Reading →
‘The Godfathers of Hardcore’ will premier at the Berlin Independent Film Festival
'The Godfathers Of Hardcore', the much talked about and acclaimed documentary about genre pioneers Agnostic Front, will premiere in Germany at the Berlin Independent Film Festival, Germany this Friday at Kino Babylon. Date: February 8, 2019Time: 10:30pm CETTicket: €9Location: Kino Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 30, 10178 Berlin
CD review AVANTASIA ‘Moonglow’
(10/10) The rise of Avantasia, happening during the last almost twenty years, is an impressive one. Mainman and founder Tobias Sammet started the project in 1999 with “The Metal Opera’ being the first longplayer that hit the record stores. What started rather small became one of the most remarkable metal opera projects in the here... Continue Reading →
GILBY CLARKE signs with Golden Robot Records
The world’s fastest growing independent record label, Golden Robot Records, continues it’s upward trajectory into 2019. Starting the year off with a bang, the label is honored to welcome to the family, the guitar icon Gilby Clarke! Gilby recently signed a global deal with Golden Robot Records which will see a brand new solo album - 'The Gospel Truth' - released... Continue Reading →









