Category: Editorial

  • Incubus – Monuments and Melodies

    Releasedate: 12-06-2009; Label: Epic By: Nina Mende Incubus is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. Formed by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while in high school in 1991, the band grew to include bassist Alex Katunich (a.k.a. “Dirk Lance”), and Gavin Koppell (a.k.a. “DJ Lyfe”),…

  • The Living End – White Noise

    Releasedate: 12-06-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende The Living End is an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals) and Andy Strachan (drums).

  • Placebo – Battle For the Sun

    Releasedate: 08-06-2009; Label: PIAS By: Nina Mende Placebo is an alternative rock band formed in London in 1994, currently consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released six studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles.

  • Crown the Lost – Blind Faith Loyalty

    Releasedate: May 2009; Label: Cruz del Sur By: Elvira Visser Crown the Lost, for me an unknown American band has released their second album “Blind Faith Loyalty”. The band comes from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and since their beginning they have been quite known in the underground scene due to their young age and their style of…

  • Mind Key – Pulse For a Graveheart

    Releasedate: 03-07-2009; Label: Frontiers Records By: Lara Cappelli The story of Mind Key began in 1999 with the purpose of making music with the influence of bands such as Dream Theater and Symphony X, but still including something new. After their first demo, released in 2001, ‘Pulse For A Graveheart’ is their forthcoming album.

  • Turku Romantic Movement – Turku Romantic Movement

    Releasedate: 19-06-2009; Label: Fading Friend Finland By: Sabine van Gameren Turku Romantic Movement is a Finnish band who just released their second full length album “Turku Romantic Movement”.

  • Taking Back Sunday – New Again

    Releasedate: 05-06-2009; Label: Warner By: Nina Mende Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, Long Island, New York, formed in 1999. The current members are vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist and back-up vocalist Matthew Fazzi, guitarist Eddie Reyes, drummer Mark O’Connell, and bassist/backing vocals Matt Rubano.

  • The Veronicas – Hook Me Up

    Releasedate: 22-05-2009; Label: Warner By: Nina Mende The Veronicas is an award winning electro pop-rock duo band based in Australia. The duo was formed in 2004, in Brisbane, by twin sisters Jessica Origliasso and Lisa Origliasso.

  • Buckcherry – Black Butterfly

    Releasedate: 26-05-2009; Label: Eleven Seven By: Nina Mende Buckcherry is a Grammy-nominated Los Angeles, California hard rock band formed in 1995. The band released two albums, their self-titled debut in 1999 and 2001’s Time Bomb, before dissolving in the summer of 2002.

  • Nightrage – Wearing A Martyr's Crown

    Releasedate: 22-06-2009; Label: Lifeforce Records By: Sabine van Gameren Nightrage is a melodic death metal band, nowadays located in Sweden. “Wearing A Martyr’s Crown” is the fourth album from this band.

  • Simple Minds- Graffiti Soul

    Releasedate: 25-05-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende Simple Minds are a rock band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically…

  • Manic Street Preachers – Journal For PLague Lovers

    Releasedate: 15-05-2009; Label: Columbia By: Nina Mende ‘Manic Street Preachers’ is an alternative rock band from Blackwood, Wales, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield (vocals, guitars), Nicky Wire (bass, occasional vocals) and Sean Moore (drums, backing vocals, occasional trumpet). The band were originally a quartet: lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards mysteriously vanished…