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Instrumental rockers Monkey 3 start their 2024 year with a new album. The band, hailing from Lausanne, Switzerland, started 2001 and released six longplayers. The latest one, ‘Sphere’, arrived at the record stores in 2019 and five year later the new longplayer ‘Welcome to the Machine’ is waiting for a release end of February. Monkey... Continue Reading →
German riff grinders Surgical Strike launched with ‘Part of a Sick World’ a debut album that hit the shelves in January 2020. As we all know, the months and years to follow haven’t been the best ones for the musical industry as the pandemic put a full stop on all activities. Being a new band,... Continue Reading →
After Kiss shifting from the real world into the digital universe and handing over things to some avatars it is former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley who might not fill the gap but releases a really cool new record. After being in and out as ‘The Spaceman’, Frehley started a space trip into his own universe... Continue Reading →
Fargo belong to the trailblazers when it comes to German hard rock. Founded in Hanover in 1973 the band released four longplayers. ‘Wishing Well’ is the title of the 1979 debut album and three more records followed this successful start. ‘No Limit’, ‘Frontpage Lover’ and ‘F’ are three smashing albums that sank into oblivion until... Continue Reading →
Royal Tusk come from Canada and have dedicated themselves to modern sounding alternative rock. However, the guys don't hail from Canada's big cities. Neither Toronto nor Montreal are the trio's hometowns, but instead they are based in laid-back Edmonton, whose hockey team has just completed a 15-game winning streak. Royal Tusk's development has been similarly... Continue Reading →
Darkest Hour, a metal band hailing from Washington, D.C., is an experienced outfit with a founding date in 1995. The guys have released several albums, starting with the debut called ‘The Mark of the Judas’ from 2000. Over all the years, the band could look on a growing fanbase which will also enjoy the newest... Continue Reading →
It was in 1994 when Ulf Cederlund (Entombed, Disfear, Murder Squad, Alpha Safari, Swarm of Souls) formed Haystack after a US tour with Unsane opening for Entombed. Inspired by Unsane’s more noise-rock-oriented songs, Cederlund went with Haystack into a similar direction. With ‘Doomsday Goes Away’ the trio, that next to Cederlund also includes Jonas Lundberg... Continue Reading →
Bavarian thrash metal maniacs Dust Bolt launch their new album called ‘Sound & Fury’. What stands out first is the artwork of the newest longplayer. Young and wild, that’s what the band stands for and that is what the artwork represents. Yet kept in black & white and with solely the band in the front... Continue Reading →
Traveler is a band with a founding date of 2017 and until the pandemic started to put a stop sign on the music industry, the guys were quite productive. The debut album was released in 2019 and the sophomore 'Termination Shock' followed a year later. For obvious reasons, the band took a little longer to... Continue Reading →
To celebrate the 15 years anniversary, Long Distance Calling will re-issue their ‘Avoid the Light’ album. The re-release went through a remastering by Robin Schmidt and comes with a new artwork. The release is scheduled for April 26th, 2024. Furthermore, Long Distance Calling will be on tour, playing a few shows in different countries: 27.04.2024... Continue Reading →
I could imagine that the beginning of Revolution Saints wasn't with the intention of forming a band that would last for several releases. In the beginning the band felt very much like a typical Frontiers Music project. Regardless of what the idea was in the early days, Deen Castronovo had the proper drive to push... Continue Reading →
Norwegian rock export rocker Bokassa have been recently on tour, opening for the legendary Therapy?. Part of their 13 songs featuring setlist have been two new tunes that are now unleashed as a part of the newest longplayer. At the time it was the title track ‘All Out of Dreams’ and the roaring ‘Garden of... Continue Reading →
Gregg Deal is a nationally known Indigenous artist of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Dead Pioneers is an extension of a performance piece called “The Punk Pan-Indian Romantic Comedy”. With the original intention of creating music for the performance a totally new project started – Dead Pioneers. Together with guitarist Josh Rivera and drummer... Continue Reading →
Vegard Sverre Tveitan, better known as Ihsahn, has once again excelled himself with his newest solo album. With 'Ihsahn', the musician, composer and producer has created an album that is so much more. It starts with the fact that the album is being released in two versions. On the one hand, there is the 'Metal... Continue Reading →
In the meantime 24 years in business, Blackberry Smoke belong to the established bands when it comes to Southern Rock. The band premiered in 2003 with ‘Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime’ and it was the third record that meant a breakthrough for the band from Atlanta, Georgia. ‘The Whippoorwill’ went into the US- and UK-charts... Continue Reading →
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