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Category: Editorial

  • 14-02-2009 Vanity Beach

    Supports: Bloodpit, Lovegrapes; Venue: Seminfinal, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende Back in Helsinki, this time for Valentines Day. The show I went to was called “My Bloody Valentine” with three bands playing. As part of the Finnish Metal Expo which was going on in town, you could find quite some foreigners there as well. Although…

  • 13-02-2009 All That Remains

    Supports: Deadlock, The Haunted; Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren The three bands of this evening sold out the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam. Just after I finished my early dinner, the doors already open. It is an early show tonight.

  • Mando Diao – Give me Fire

    Releasedate: 13-02-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende Mando Diao is a garage rock band from Borlänge, Sweden founded in 1995. Band members came and went and four years later the rest of the current line-up decided to take that project more seriously. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album Hurricane Bar.…

  • 09-02-2009 Pain

    Supports: Brother Firetribe; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende People are back on tour and I am back to concerts. My first concert this February was the Swedish band Pain in Frankfurt playing at the Nachtleben. As support they had the Finnish band Brother Firetribe along.

  • 06-02-2009 Pain

    Supports: Brother Firetribe; Venue:  Mess, Breda (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Tonight it was time for a new edition from “Staalzucht”, a returning evening with dark music. We all know that the Nordic countries are best in this and that is why many Nordic bands enter the stage on these evenings. Tonight it was time for…

  • Apoptygma Berzerk – Rocket Science

    Releasedate: 23-01-2009; Label: Gun Records/Sony BMG By: Nina Mende The four lovely Norwegians of Apoptygma Berzerk have released their new album Rocket Science. That is their sixth studio album since 1989 when the band began. Since then a lot has happened, some band members left, other ones came. They have achieved success with a unique…

  • 07-02-2009 Mindless Self Indulgence

    Supports: Krause; Venue: Paradiso, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren It’s 5 o’clock and it happens to be that I am in Amsterdam already. When I found myself something to eat I passed the venue where Mindless Self Indulgence and Krause were sharing stage this evening I saw already some people queuing. The people…

  • Violent Divine – In Harm's Way

    Releasedate: 31-01-2009; Label: Misty Records By: Sabine van Gameren Violent Divine is a relatively young band from Sweden. The band was formed late 2005 and already had their debut album coming out in 2006. Their new release “In Harm’s Way” will be in stores from 31 January 2009 on.

  • Turisas – 28-01-2009

    Interview with: Olli Vänskä By: Elvira Visser It’s a cold day in Tilburg (The Netherlands), but we are inside the venue 013 having a talk with Olli Vänskä, the violinist of the Finnish battle metal band Turisas. The band from Hämeenlinna was named after their homeland’s ancient god of war. While Olli is drinking his…

  • Deathstars – Night Electric Night

    Releasedate: 30-01-2009; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Petra Ghuijs Being a fan of the Deathstars and their unique sound for quite some years now, I was very excited to review their latest album: “Night Electric Night”.

  • 28-01-2009 Dragonforce

    Supports: Turisas; Venue: 013, Tilburg (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Slowly the crowd entered the venue 013 until there were enough people to open the balconies and hearing that the venue was sold out. In the first rows of the crowd there were clearly some Turisas fans present who began to cheer when the light finally…

  • Wizard – Thor

    Releasedate: 30-01-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren Wizard, announced as being “a synonym for heavy metal”, comes from Germany.