King's X inked a deal with Australian Golden Robot Records and announced a new studio record for 2019. It will be the first King's X album in more than 10 years. "I’m really excited to release the next KING’S X album with Mark, Derrek and the crew at Golden Robot! May the groove be with us... Continue Reading →
CD review GAMA BOMB ‘Speed Between the Lines’
(7/10) Gama Bomb from Northern Island adds a new chapter to their discography, entitled 'Speed Between the Lines'. It's the second album the band launches via AFM Records and the bands picks it up where they left in 2015 with 'Untouchable Glory'. As with the previous release also the new album sticks out with a... Continue Reading →
STAHLZEIT ignited a Rammstein fireworks in Zoetermeer
As being a fan of German shock rocking Rammstein you aren’t spoiled with new releases and live shows. Very rarely the band enters the stage again and if so, it’s the big festivals they headline, not even starting to think about album releases. To close the gap, at least a little bit, it’s a cool... Continue Reading →
EISBRECHER will release ‘Ewiges Eis – 15 Jahre Eisbrecher’
German Eisbrecher started in 2003 and have been on an icy but successful journey through metal. Following a kind of two-year release pattern the band has seven albums in their credit and since a 15 years anniversary is a moment to stand still and celebrate the German metal powerhouse announced a compilation that includes a... Continue Reading →
ASHES OF ARES announces a new album
Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, both being Ashes Of Ares, announced a next album. 'Well of Souls' will be released on November 9th and comes via ROAR. Matt Barlow comments: "Freddie's music really inspired me to delve once again into one of my favorite realms of mythology. The lyrics came about as I was listening... Continue Reading →
Live report SONS OF APOLLO / DILEMMA, Cultuurpodium Boerderij, Zoetermeer – 04.10.2018
The night before performing at Prog Power Europe in Baarlo, Sons Of Apollo stopped at Cultuurpodium Boerderij in Zoetermeer. The venue was sold-out and some cameras have been positioned for recording the show, so all ready to go at 20:30. But before the quintet entered the stage it was another five-piece band that opened the... Continue Reading →
CD review DARKNESS ‘First Class Violence’
(8/10) German thrashers Darkness belong to the second wave of German thrash metal bands. The band debuted in 1987 with the ‘Death Squad’ album, which was rough piece of work. Two more records followed before the Darkness called it an end, with musicians parting ways. It was in 2004, when some members of the Darkness... Continue Reading →
New METAL CHURCH album in December
West coast metal veterans Metal Church will release their 12th full length studio album ’Damned If You Do’ via Rat Pak Records on December 7, 2018 and will also be available in Europe via Nuclear Blast and Japan via KING Records. The latest release is the follow up to their highly successful 2016 album ‘XI’,... Continue Reading →
CD review BEHEMOTH ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’
(8/10) Demonic black metal band Behemoth is back with a monstrous new album entitled ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’. The title might sound unusual for a black metal band but digging into detail unveils the fact that the title is a quote, taken from the bible. The sentence acted as a base for the... Continue Reading →
CD review ANTI-FLAG ‘American Reckoning’
(*/10) Pittsburgh-based punk rockers of Anti-Flag took the American series of two albums and rearranged some of the songs for ‘American Reckoning’. The quartet took songs of the 2015 release ‘American Spring’ and the 2017 album ‘American Fall’, rearranged them as acoustic tunes and put them on this compilation. Although the songs are known from... Continue Reading →
CD review AXXIS ‘Monster Hero’
(8/10) Is there anybody out there that expects major adjustments to Axxis’ sound? Probably not. ‘Monster Hero’ is Axxis 15th studio album and bandleaders Bernhard Weiss and Harry Öllers continue with what the band is best in – catchy melodic rock songs that are built on Weiss unique vocals and Öllers’ catchy keyboard sound. ‘Monster... Continue Reading →
CD review ONKEL TOM ‘Bier Ernst’
(8/10) Next to his thrash powerhouse Sodom, Tom Angelripper also spends quite some time with Onkel Tom. Tom Angelripper's solo outlet differs a lot from Sodom, but still fits perfectly into the musical spectrum of the German metal legend. Songs are kept in German and also 'Bier Ernst' doesn't change things. The newest album is... Continue Reading →
CD review DC4 ‘Atomic Highway’
(8/10) In an almost clandestine way, DC4 released their fourth full-length album ‘Atomic Highway’. DC4, that's almost family business if you will. It’s the three Duncan brothers, Jeff, Matt and Shawn, together with former Dio guitarist Rowan Robertson. The successor of the 2011 album ‘Electric Ministry’ sneaked into the stores mid-September and is available in... Continue Reading →
CD review DEAD EXPRESS ‘The Noble Art of Self-Destruction’
(8/10) Dead Express from Sweden has their second album right in the starting blocks. One year after the debut hit the shelves it is ‘The Noble Art of Self-Destruction’ that offers ten new dirty rockers. The amount of bands from Tre Kronor Country is amazing. In this context Dead Express is just one out of... Continue Reading →
CD review ULTHA ‘The Inextricable Wandering’
(9/10) Dark and greyish clouds introduce the Northern hemisphere fall and winter. The musical soundtrack for these dark seasons comes from Cologne, Germany, which is the homebase of black metallers Ultha. The band is rather new and debuted in 2015. ‘Converging Sins’ was the sophomore album, released in 2016, and two years later it is... Continue Reading →









