Releasedate: 23-06-2008; Label:Century Media USA / Candlelight EU / Daymare Japan By: Sabine van Gameren Nachtmystium is a band with a long line of releases behind them. These Americans started in the year 2000 and besides the fact that they already had quite some releases, they also already had quite some line up changes so…
Location: Seinäjoki (Finland) By: Nina Mende After the WGT my next festival I went to was Provinssirock in Seinäjoki/Finland, definitely in the province but still a very nice town. I already flew up to Seinäjoki on Thursday via Helsinki. That morning I had to get up early since the plane was going early, so all…
Releasedate:16-06-2008; Label: Spookshow records/Plastic Head Promotions By: Sabine van Gameren Jimmy, Bobby and Davey Calabrese from Phoenix, Arizona are brothers with a shared love for horror punk music. They started a band and named it Calabrese. They call their selves “The World’s GREATEST Horror Rock Band” 16th June of 2008, the band released an album…
Location: Wantijpark, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser When I finally woke up after a very good preparty of Wantijpop at Bibelot, there was only one sound I heard. Rain. Hellish rain. Luckily it was still early and I turned around in bed. When I opened my eyes for the second time there was still rain.…
Releasedate: 20-06-2008; Label: E-Quad // New Music By: Nina Mende E-Quad was founded by Eric van der Westen who invited Hans Timmermans to join. After a few years of producing dance music in the studio, the stage began to lure. Driven by the conviction that E-Quad should be a live-band, the founders started looking for…
Releasedate: 21-05-2008; Label: Self-Release/ Club Inferno Promotions By: Sabine van Gameren Solisia is a Progressive Power Metal band from Italy. They just released their first promo cd “The Film Of My Life”
Releasedate: 20-06-2008; Label: Lockjaw // Rough Trade By: Nina Mende Device is a band from the UK founded two years ago after each member played in several other bands before. They recorded their debut album in 2007 and now we can listen to their album “Obstacles and Playgrounds” as well.
Releasedate: 13-06-2008; Label: Limited Access // Rough Trade By: Nina Mende Trustgame is a German band from Duisburg in the Ruhr-area. Five guys playing great rock music and will now release their self titled debut album.
Releasedate: 21-05-2008; Label:Self release / Club Inferno Promotion By: Sabine van Gameren The Italian Prog/power metal band Silenzio mostly surprised me with their self titled release. The band is born in 2005 and brings some strong tunes.
Releasedate: 30-05-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser The beginning of Hollenthon dates back to 1994, when a project known as VUZEM started. When it released its debut “Domus Mundi” it was done under the name “Hollenthon”.
Supports: Late Night Venture; Venue: Club Meander, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren In a small club in Amsterdam, Netherlands two bands united and entwined their powers to show Europe their music. Late Night Venture (Denmark) and Utopium (France), both indie rock bands, played tonight in club Meander as it being a part of…
Supports: My Flea Circus; Venue: Universum, Stuttgard (Germany) By: Nina Mende It’s already end of May again, the year had rushed by very fast so far. Some friends and I were in Stuttgart again, but this time not just for meeting up and drinking coffee but also to go and see Big Boy again. It’s…