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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • Milkbar – 20-12-2010

    Interview with: Milkbar By: Sabine van Gameren It is December and the snow is getting more and more outside. Institutions warned people not to go out on the street if it is not needed. Public transportation ain’t working either and in the venue where I am are three local bands waiting for audience.

  • Helloween – Best of 25th Anniversary

    Releasedate: 29-01-2010; Label: Columbia d (Sony Music) By: Nina Mende Helloween’s history dates all the way back to 1978 when Kai Hansen and Piet Sielck formed a band called “Gentry“. Around 1981 Kai and Piet changed the name of the band to “Second Hell” and recruited drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg and bassist Markus Großkopf who at…

  • 23-01-2010 Punish Yourself

    Supports: Parade Ground, Punish Yourself; Venue: W2, Den Bosch (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Three industrial bands would play in Den Bosch (Netherlands) tonight. Punish Yourself and two supports. Warning: some of the included photo’s are NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

  • Lostprophets – The Betrayed

    Releasedate: 13-01-2010; Label: Visible Music (UK), Sony Music (USA) By: Nina Mende Lostprophets are a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist (later guitarist) Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. Since their formation, Lostprophets…

  • Masters Of Dark Fire – Dead Spots

    Releasedate: 08-01-2010; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende Masters of Dark Fire are a Gothic and Dark Rock Band from Berlin/Germany, established in 2004. The style of Masters of Dark Fire is mainly assigned to Dark Rock. The dark mostly English lyrics are accompanied with powerful application. Catchy rock songs, orchestral hymns and soulful ballads…

  • Shining – Black Jazz

    Releasedate: 25-01-2010; Label: Indie Recordings By: Sabine van Gameren Shining is a Norwegian band that released their new album “Black Jazz” via Indie Recordings.

  • Lars and the Hands of Light – The Looking Glass

    Releasedate: 25-01-2010; Label: Crunchy Frog By: Nina Mende Lars and the Hands of Light is a quartet from Copenhagen which is now releasing their debut album.

  • In Vain – Mantra

    Releasedate: 15-01-2009; Label: Indie Recordings By: Sabine van Gameren In Vain is a Norwegian band making Death metal. The band formed in 2003 and released their debut full length in 2007. Anno 2010 their second album “Mantra” sees light.

  • Ihsahn – After

    Releasedate: 25-01-2010; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren Ihsahn, a Norwegian man known from Emperor and other projects, is now back with his third solo album. “After” is the third album in the initial trilogy.

  • Sacrifice – The Ones I Condemn

    Releasedate: 22-01-2010; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren The Canadian Thrash metal band is back with a new release and it is the first album with the original members since 1991. It is called “The Ones I Condemn”

  • 15-01-2010 Big Boy

    Supports: Never Ending Story; Venue: Café Central, Weinheim (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight we went to Weinheim. Two bands were playing there today: The Never Ending Story and Big Boy.

  • Tocotronic – Schall und Wahn

    Releasedate: 22-01-2010; Label: Vertigo Berlin (Universal) By: Nina Mende Tocotronic is an indie rock band founded in 1993 in Hamburg. The band had quite an impact on the music scene and also on their steadily growing fanbase. Tocotronic also toured the US and recorded one of their albums in English. They usually sing in German.…