It's always confusing if you get an album from L.A. Guns since you not immediately know, which version releases new material. After having been able to witness a blistering show of Tracii Guns and Phil Lewis, it is now the Steve Riley version of L.A. Guns the reveal a new album. With 'Crawl' the album... Continue Reading →
CD review JEFF SCOTT SOTO ‘Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)’
One of the big voices in Rock and Metal comes from Jeff Scott Soto. The singer from Brooklyn, New York had his break-through with Talisman, a Swedish hard rock band that premiered in 1990. The talented singer from the US left more than a mark on Talisman's sound, a springboard for the frontman towards new... Continue Reading →
CD review ORIANTHI ‘O’
It shows the true class of a musician when cooperating with artists such as Michael Jackson and Alice Cooper. Orianthi Penny Panagaris, known as Orianthi, is such a musician. The Australian guitarist rehearsed in 2009 with Michael Jackson and also works with Alice Cooper for several years. In addition to these engagements, Orianthi always finds... Continue Reading →
CLUTCH and The Weathermaker Vault Series
Since summer 2019, Weathermaker Music has released digital singles of Clutch on a regular base and under the banner of 'The Weathermaker Vault Series'. The singles are a mixture of cover versions of other artists (ZZ Top, John Fogerty, Willie Dixon) and Clutch classics that have been newly recorded. On November 27th, a first summary... Continue Reading →
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD live album in November
Kenny Wayne Shepherd has released his latest studio album so far in late May 2019 and to find a Kenny Wayne Shepherd live album, you need to go back much further in time. The first and only live album was released about ten years ago. To see the iconic guitarist live is a special and... Continue Reading →
CD review THE FLOWER KINGS ‘Islands’
The entertainment industry goes through a tough time and also artists are suffering heavily from the current pandemic. Sometimes you can also read these days that art/culture itself suffers and might disappear. Now, art and music is based on creativity and as long as the heartbeat of creativity is pulsating, art will be around us... Continue Reading →
CD review KADAVAR ‘The Isolation Tapes’
As we all, also Kadavar had to adapt to a new way of living with a virus pushing everybody out of their comfort zone. Being known for their explosive live shows, it wasn’t a big surprise that the trio came up rather quickly with a show they streamed through the world wide web which was... Continue Reading →
CD review JAKKO M. JAKSZYK ‘Secrets & Lies’
Music is more than a combination of notes, chords and rhythms. Those are important factors and they are the toolkit for starting a liason with feelings and emotions. It's about music that touches you, from rock to black metal. A whiz in stringing all this together is Jakko Jakszyk. Jakszyk's interest for music started at... Continue Reading →
CD review THE DAMNED ‘The Rockfield Files’ – EP
Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales are an important place for The Damned. It was the home for the band while working on the important 'The Black Album' which was released in 1980. 'The Black Album' was a shift from the early punk rock days towards a more atmospheric sound. The Damned's sound became darker and... 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 →
DVD review DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘Order Of Magnitude – Empath Live Volume 1’
There is never a boring moment with a releases, coming from Canadian metal wizard Devin Townsend. It's a sheer endless flow of ideas that led to releases under the moniker of Strapping Young Led, Devin Townsend Project and of course Devin Townsend himself. One of his collaboration was with Ché Aimee Dorval as Casualties Of... Continue Reading →
CD review MOLASSESS ‘Through the Hollow’
One thing right away, Molassess isn't The Devil's Blood 2.0 although involved musicians could lead to a different conclusion. Farida Lemouchi, Ron van Herpen and Oeds Beydals have been all part of The Devil's Blood and searching for comparisons between the bands could be natural thing. However, already the concert at Roadburn 2019 showed the... Continue Reading →
CD review GALACTIC SUPERLORDS ‘Freight Train’
With a cornerstone ceremony in 2014 one can't be look at as being a newcomer. Cologne-base Galactic Superlords are a band that had its foundation six years ago and therefor they are more of established outfit than being the newcomer. Although being in business for such a long time the guys are still more of... Continue Reading →
DEATH ANGEL surprise with a new EP
Out of left-field comes a new EP from Death Angel. Today, the California-based thrash metal veterans unveil a new release entitled 'Under Pressure'. Name-giver for the EP is a cover version of the Queen/David Bowie classic 'Under Pressure'. The thrash metal heroes release an excellent interpretation of this highlight in rock, showing that there is... Continue Reading →
CD review CRIPPLED BACK PHOENIX ‘Ellengæst’
Releasing an album like 'Ellengæst' shows a perfect sense for timing. Sunrays and upcoming colors of spring would take a away intensity from a longplayer that is wrapped in shades of grey. After singer Daniel Änghede left, Justin Greaves had to close the gap and there are two ways to do that. Either you integrate... Continue Reading →









