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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 22-09-2009 Middle Finger Mob

    Supports: Rival Sons, Me Talk Pretty, Tarsha, Sinner Sinners; Venue: Viper Room, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende Tonight I happened to be at Viper Room. Five bands were playing, no headliner and opening act, just five bands playing. The styles of the bands varied big time, so it was not even a genre night,…

  • Resonance Room – Unspoken

    Releasedate: 07-09-2009; Label: My Kingdom Music By: Sabine van Gameren Resonance Room is an Italian Gothic/Doom band. The band formed in 2003 and after two promo releases under the name of Fragment it is now time for a full length “Unspoken”.

  • 26-09-2009 Lastdayhere

    Venue: Tivoli de Helling, Utrecht (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Lastdayhere is a rock band from Slovenia. They were in The Netherlands to support Delain on two shows.

  • Porcupine Tree – The Incident

    Releasedate: 15-09-2009; Label: Roadrunner Records By: Lara Cappelli Porcupine Tree started their career back in 1987. This English band is one of the most important on the Alternative Rock scene, with the passing of time it has grown up and evolved its sound more and more throw ten great studio albums.

  • Revengine – Plan Your Escape

    Releasedate: 14-08-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren After receiving a promo from the Finnish band Revengine earlier this year (review) they now released an EP. It is called “Plan Your Escape”.

  • Das-Kollektiv.net – Eichenriegel

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende Das-Kollektiv.net is an electro and dark wave project founded in Germany. The songs are sung in German and the music is very danceable and great for clubs. “Moment” is a little slower and thoughtful. The lyrics are deep and dark. Some songs remind of several other electro…

  • Rawkfist – Gardens of Elysia

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende After the first work, “Stories” from the year 2007 now the second CD of Rawkfist appears and bears the title: “Gardens of Elysia”. The five young musicians from Southern Germany – to follow their one main goal, to offer the audience an experience of stage performance, sound…

  • Red Circuit – Homeland

    Releasedate: 28-08-2009; Label: LIMB Music By: Elvira Visser The band Red Circuit was formed in 2006 and is led by Markus Teske , who has won an excellent reputation as producer and sound engineer for different bands. The band got a new line-up in 2009 Markus together with singer Chity Somapala, Chris Moser, Thomas Schmitt…

  • 18-09-2009 Dragonforce

    Supports: Sonata Arctica, Taking Dawn; Venue: House of Blues, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende Tonight at House of Blues there were five bands playing, more or less metal bands. The audience’s average age was quite young, at least in the center of the venue. Everybody else lingered around the bars watching the show from…

  • I Might Be Wrong – Circle The Yes

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Sinnbusrec (ALIVE) By: Nina Mende I Might Be Wrong is an indie band from Berlin founded in 2004. They now released their second studio album “Circle The Yes”.

  • AFI – Crash Love

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Interscope By: Nina Mende AFI is an American rock band from Ukiah, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backup vocals. AFI…

  • 19-09-2009 Nightwish

    Supports: Apocalyptica; Venue: Hartwall Areena, Helsinki (Finland) By: Lara Cappelli When you get to the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki the evening before a concert and you see a bunch of people lying down on their sleeping bags in front of the gates, then you can guess that concert is from Nightwish, more specifically the last…