Category: News

  • Ayreon – 01011001

    Release date: 28-01-2008; Label: Insideout music By: Sabine van Gameren   Ayreon, a project by the Dutch Arjan Anthony Lucassen, came up with a new album.   Arjan Anthony Lucassen might be named as the king of prog-rock, a name he built   up in many years with different projects. He played in the Dutch hard…

  • 26-01-2008 Deathstars

    Supports: Next Waste Dimension, Deadcell; Venue: De Kelder, Amersfoort (Netherlands) By: Petra Ghuijs   Next Waste Dimension was first up. I had done my homework before the gig, and   was expecting a video show in the background, since they express their pride   over this element of their shows on their website. To my…

  • 24-01-2008 Emergenza Göteborg

    Date: 24-01-2008, venue: Musikenshus, Göteborg (Sweden) By: Sabine van Gameren   This one of the first reviews of the international band contest Emergenza. This   year we will review many evenings of Emergenza in different cities and different   countries. For this review I traveled to Göteborg, Sweden. In Musikenshus   are the first rounds and…

  • 4lyn – Hello

    Release date: 25-01-2008, Label: Rodeostar By: Nina Mende   The German foursome known as 4lyn has made some serious strides since forming   shortly after the dawn of the 21st century. They’ve released four charting,   well-received albums, along with a slew of successful singles. They’ve   toured the length and breadth of Europe with…

  • 27-01-2008 Emergenza Frankfurt

    Date: 27-01-2008, venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende   Ok, Sabine started out with the first Emergenza review of 2008 from Tempelores,   and I will continue with the second. Some of you might know what Emergenza is   all about, some of you might not. And for those who don’t, here is what…

  • 19-01-2008 Heartbreakers and Ass shakers

    Venue: Waterfront, Rotterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren

  • 19-01-2008 Monsters of Mariaheide

    Location: Mariaheide (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser   This festival took place somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I found myself   surrounded by farmers and even the smell of cows and their shit was present.   It was organised in a big stable/riding school hall, bit weird but added a little   something.

  • Alister – Red Planet

    Release date: 2007, By: Elvira Visser   Finally I received the second EP from Alister, a band from The Netherlands.   Their former EP recorded back in 2005, consists beautiful songs and strong guitar   play but most of all fairytale-ish melody lines and singing from their front   woman Brenda Van Veen. Last year I…

  • End of Numbers – Off white

    Release date: 17-12-2007, Label: Indeath Records By: Nina Mende Yeah, I know, the album has been out for some time, but I just got the album.

  • Sinamore – Seven Sins a Second

    Release date: November 2007; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser   In 1998 in a town in Finland, childhood friends Mikko Heikkila, Jarno Uski and   Miika Hostikka founded Sinamore. Then finally in 2002, Tommi Muhli joined the   band and they recorded their first demo “My Grace” under a different   name; Halflife. More demo’s…

  • The Giant Leap – Another Day Rising

    Release date: 31-10-2007, Label: EMI Finland By: Nina Mende

  • 13-01-2008 Asrai

    Venue: (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser