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Category: Editorial

  • The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die

    Releasedate: 20-02-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende The Prodigy are a British electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990, in Braintree, Essex, England. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers and The Crystal Method, as well as other acts they are pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre which achieved mainstream popularity…

  • 07-03-2009 Headphone

    Supports: Underwater Sleeping Society; Venue: W2, Den Bosch (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Although for this evening three bands were scheduled, only two of them played. The third one had to cancel due to vocal problems. Because of this both other bands were playing a longer set.

  • Kelly Clarkson – All I Ever Wanted

    Releasedate: 06-03-2009; Label: Sony BMG By: Nina Mende Kelly Clarkson is an American pop singer from Texas. She won the first season of American Idol in 2002 and has become quite popular since then. She also acted in several movies. With “All I Ever Wanted” she now released her fourth album.

  • Combichrist – Today We Are All Demons

    Releasedate: 23-01-2009; Label: Out of Line By: Nina Mende After Uniklubi I’d consider this album hardcore electronic: Combichrist’s newest baby “Today We Are All Demons”. After I’d gotten forgotton I now finally hold the limited digipack in hands. Two CDs full of electronic club music ready to blast through the speakers. But let me start…

  • Uniklubi – Syvään Valoon

    Releasedate: 04-03-2009; Label: Sony BMG By: Nina Mende When it comes to Finnish bands singing in Finnish this one is definitely always in the list. With their four studio albums and one “best of” compilation these five guys from nearby Tampere have been busy since they founded the band in 1999.

  • Vanguard – Hydralchemy

    Releasedate: 14-01-2009; Label: Shadow World Records By: Elvira Visser Although the CD has been released for quite a while now, it still deserves a review. You might have heard about this Finnish band before, as they have won a contest held by Metal Hammer magazine and Armageddon Music at the Wacken Open Air Festival back…

  • Damn Seagulls – Hunting Season

    Releasedate: 25-03-2009; Label: Fullsteam Records By: Nina Mende Damn Seagulls is a Finnish-rock group, formed in 1997 in Helsinki. Their rock style is kind of different from other Rock bands due to their use of brass instruments and woodwind instruments to make catchy tunes. In their almost twelve years of band history they have played…

  • The Burning – Rewakening

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren The Burning is coming from Denmark. “Rewaking” is the second full length album from the Thrashers, following up their debut “Storm The Walls”.

  • Criminal – White Hell

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren Criminal is a thrash metal band from Chile. They just released their sixth album called “White Hell”.

  • Crimfall – As the Path Unfolds

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Elvira Visser In the year 2007 Jakke Vitala self-produced a promo containing 3 tracks, but he soon came to realise that he wanted to do more with this material. He felt is was unique and divers, ready for an audience. After searching for some good musicians he found Mikko…

  • Ironwood – Fire:Water:Ash

    Releasedate: 28-03-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren Ironwood is an Australian progressive folk metal band which just released their album “Fire:Water:Ash”.

  • 26-02-2009 Tiamat

    Supports: Ava Inferi, The 69 Eyes; Venue:  Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende & Ann-Kristin Gebhardt The Batschkapp wasn’t as crowded as expected, and the average age wasn’t as low as we expected. Actually six bands were originally planned to play tonight and to do this tour, only three did it in the end: Ava Inferni…