Category: Editorial

  • Death By Stereo – Death is My Only Friend

    Releasedate: 05-10-2009; Label: I Scream Records / Warner By: Nina Mende Since their inception in 1998, DEATH BY STEREO has been balancing consciousness and chaos with their unique genre-bending amalgam of hardcore, metal and punk. Recently signed to vocalist Serj Tankian’s (System of a Down) label Serjical Strike Records, the Orange County based band will…

  • BugGirl – Blood, Sweat & Beers

    Releasedate: 01-10-2009; Label: Impedance Records By: Lara Cappelli BugGirl is an Australian rock band formed in 2003. The two members of the band are brothers: Amber on vocals and guitars and Clinton on drums.

  • Thrice – Beggars

    Releasedate: 14-09-2009; Label: Vagrant By: Sabine van Gameren The quartet named Thrice is coming from California, USA. The make post-rock, but dipped into other genres before. “Beggars” is their sixth album.

  • 30-09-2009 Cinema Bizarre

    Supports: Blowsight; Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende I just had returned from Los Angeles and went straight to another show. Tonight it was something that probably only a few expected me to go to. I personally found it very interesting to get to see this show. It was going to be a teenie…

  • Five Finger Death Punch – War Is The Answer

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Prospect Park By: Nina Mende Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles California, formed in 2005. “War Is the Answer” is their second studio album.

  • HellCircles – Stillness

    Releasedate: 30-09-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren HellCircles is a young power metal band from Italy. Formed late in 2008 and not even a year further they release an EP called “Stillness”

  • Gnaw Their Tongues – All The Dread Magnificence of Perversity

    Releasedate: 31-08-2009; Label: Crucial Blast By: Sabine van Gameren Gnaw Their Tongues is a Black Metal project from The Netherlands. It all started in 2005 and “All The Dread Magnificence of Perversity” is the fourth full length release to find in a long list of releases.

  • 01-10-2009 BugGirl

    Supports: Placebotox; Venue: Db’s, Utrecht (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren In db’s, Utrecht (The Netherlands) there were some bands playing on a quiet Thursday evening. All punk-ish, the one a little better than the other, but each brought its own crowd.

  • 27-09-2009 Revolting Cocks

    Supports: Left Spine Down, Blownload, Jim Rose Circus; Venue: House of Blues, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende My last gig out in Los Angeles lead me back to House of Blues. As I arrived it didn’t seem too crowded but that changed throughout the evening and ended in being totally crowded. Maybe even sold…

  • 26-09-2009 Vains of Jenna

    Venue: Knitting Factory, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende I was back at the Knitting Factory to see another band. Tonight I was here to see another European band, a Swedish one to be precise: Vains of Jenna was the one. Vains of Jenna are a Sleaze Rock band formed in Falkenberg, Sweden during January…

  • David Gray – Draw The Line

    Releasedate: 02-10-2009; Label: Polydor By: Nina Mende David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. Although he released his first studio album in 1993, he did not receive worldwide attention until the release of White Ladder six years later.

  • Enemy Reign – Means To A Dead End

    Releasedate: 2008 By: Sabine van Gameren Enemy Reigh is a band from USA making a combination of Death Metal and Grind core. “Means To A Dead End” is their debut EP.