Category: Editorial

  • 03-04-2009 Wednesday13

    Supports: The Chelsey Smiles, Glamour of The Kill; Venue: Electric Ballroom, London (United Kingdom) By: Nina Mende Back in London for the same band as last time, only at a different venue: Wednesday 13, this time at Electric Ballroom. From the outside the venue was very unimpressive, it looked more like a shutdown store, but…

  • Tardy Brothers – Bloodline

    Releasedate: 07-04-2009; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren John and Donald Tardy are mostly known from Obituary, but now the brothers teamed up to release music under the name Tardy Brothers. The Cavalera Conspiracy of death metal? The first release under this name is “Bloodline”.

  • Black Sun Aeon – Darkness Walks Beside Me

    Releasedate: 27-03-2009; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren For those of you who are known with Before The Dawn, the name Tuomas Saukkonen is not unfamiliar. The front man of Before The Dawn is releasing an album under the name of Black Sun Aeon. “Darkness Walks Beside Me” is released at 27-03-2009.

  • 02-04-2009 Zeromancer

    Supports: Essence of Mind, Scream of Silence; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Unfortunately I only got to see the last song of the first band who where Norwegians as well: Essence of Mind. They started quite early, only half an hour after doors open, which was quite sad because not everybody got to…

  • PMMP – Veden Varaan

    Releasedate: 25-03-2009; Label: Sony By: Nina Mende PMMP is a Finnish pop/rock band singing in Finnish with two female singers Paula and Mira. The band was founded in 2002 and has five albums released so far including the latest called “Veden Varaan”

  • 29-03-2009 Eisbrecher

    Supports: Die So Fluid; Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende As I arrived at the Batschkapp I found many many people standing outside and waiting to get in although I was already 30 minutes past doors open. Having in mind that it wasn’t sold out in advance and knowing that Batschkapp doesn’t have a…

  • The Fray – The Fray

    Releasedate: 30-03-2009; Label: Epic By: Sabine van Gameren The Fray released their debut album “How To Save A Life” in 2007 and it was an instant success. The pop rock band is now back with their second album “The Fray”

  • Project Pitchfork – Dream Tiresias!

    Releasedate: 28-02-2009; Label: Candyland / Trisol By: Sabine van Gameren Project Pitchfork is a dark electro/industrial formation from Hamburg (Germany). They just released their new album “Dream, Tiresias”

  • Underwater Sleeping Society – 07-03-2009

    Interview with: Underwater Sleeping Society By: Sabine van Gameren Underwater Sleeping Society is on the road; they released their new album “The Dead Vegas” and now it is time to bring their music to the people. As I meet up with them in Den Bosch, Netherlands the band surely made an impression on the streets…

  • KMFDM – Blitz

    Releasedate: 24-03-2009; Label: Metropolis Records By: Nina Mende KMFDM is a German industrial band led by founding member Sascha Konietzko. Founded in 1984 they have 16 studio albums released so far including the latest called “Blitz”. KMFDM have sold over 2 million records worldwide.

  • 28-03-2009 Boris

    Supports: Valerius; Venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser The first band to open this evening is Valerius, a band that is named after Valeriusplein in Amsterdam. Not so long ago it was criticized as a band with serious talent by radio station 3FM.

  • Agathodaimon – Phoenix

    Releasedate: 20-03-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren The German dark metal band Agathodaimon released their fifth album “Phoenix” via Massacre Records.