Well, there are so many bands that you can never have them all on your radar. One of those bands for me is Exmortus from Whittier, California. However, these guys are anything but a new band. The group has already released five albums and with 'Necrophony' they are about to launch a new album. 'Necrophony'... Continue Reading →
Review PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS ‘Kings of the Asylum’
Actually Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons started as a kind of site-project in the last years of Motörhead. Their guitarist Phil Campbell initiated the band and it was in 2016 in Wacken where the new name of the band was announced. Shortly thereafter followed an EP and after the debut album 'The Age of... Continue Reading →
Review GRAND CADAVER ‘Deities of Deathlike Sleep’
Grand Cadaver, that’s a band, or is it a project, with roots in the pandemic. In a time, when things slowed down and the known made space for the unknown, five longtime friends from Sweden decided to make some music together. Mikael Stanne, Stefan Lagergren, Alex Stjernfeldt, Christian Jansson and Daniel Liljekvist founded Grand Cadaver.... Continue Reading →
Review SOEN ‘Memorial’
Two years after having launched the successful 'Imperial' album, Swedish metal outfit Soen has their new album, 'Memorial', ready for shipping. The fact that the band belongs to the productive groups is shown by the fact that it is their sixth longplayer in ten years, not to forget the additional live recording called 'Atlantis', which... Continue Reading →
Review PRIMAL FEAR ‘Code Red’
Primal Fear belongs to Germanys metal greats and their global success speaks volumes. With ‘Metal Commando’ the band launched the latest record in 2020 and with ‘Code Red’ the successor waits in line to be released. To create the album wasn’t an easy undertaking and one reason was the serious illness of mainman Mat Sinner.... Continue Reading →
Review INCANTATION ‘Unholy Deification’
There is a term “ble ve” in Småland, Sweden and what it basically means is to stay true to your ideas and never give up. Although hailing from the US, the term could perfectly work for Incantation. The death metal veterans are following their musical vision since 1989 and nothing could bring them off the... Continue Reading →
Review SHEPHERDS REIGN ‘Ala Mai’
Metalheads, looking for something special, that might be the target group for a band like Shepherds Reign. The Polynesian metal outfit is hailing from South Auckland, New Zealand and what the guys deliver on their ‘Ala Mai’ album has a wow-effect. In a way I feel reminded to Sepultura during the ‘Roots’-days. This comparison doesn’t... Continue Reading →
CULT OF LUNA will play at Gruenspan, Hamburg in October 2023
Cult Of Luna will play a show at Gruenspan, Hamburg on October 24th, 2023. Support will be no less than GGGOLDDD and Slow Crush.
ACCEPT – tour dates for December 2023
Accept will play two shows in Germany - one in Hamburg and one in Cologne. Support will be Songs Of White Lion with Mike Tramp.
DEATH ANGEL & SACRED REICH – show at Logo, Hamburg in November 2023
Thrash metal will be the main theme at Logo on November 14th, 2023. With Death Angel and Sacred reich, two veteran thrash metal bands will pay at the legendary club in Hamburg and headbanging is mandatory that day.
MADSEN – tour dates for December 2023
German rock outfit Madsen will embark on a tour which will bring the guys to Hamburg in December 2023 for playing a show at Sporthalle Hamburg. Also on the list are shows in more german cities as well as two shows in Austria.
QUICKSAND – tour dates for October 2023
Quicksand will embark on a European tour which will bring the guys to Hamburg in autumn 2023 for playing a show at Logo. Also on the list are shows in Cologne and Berlin.
THERAPY? – tour dates for November 2023
Therapy? will return to Hamburg in autums 2023 for playing a show at Gruenspan. Also on the list are shows in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt.
Review ENDSTILLE ‘DetoNation’
‘DetoNation’ is the newest strike from German black metal punks Endstille. The release is the first studio album in ten years and a certain curiosity of what to expect from the newest offer can’t be denied. After having listened the to the album I can conclude that the self-chosen break and the re-grouping certainly did... Continue Reading →
Review U.D.O. ‘Touchdown’
Usually, a touchdown means six point with the chance for an extra point. In American Football it is the best way to score and win a game. Here is the parallel to the newest record by U.D.O.. Simply entitled ‘Touchdown’ Udo Dirkschneider and bandmates deliver another excellently crafted metal album that will score. And instead... Continue Reading →









