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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 17-09-2009 Apoptygma Berzerk

    Venue: Knitting Factory, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende Tonight, my first night back in LA I went straight to the Knitting Factory to see an European band that is currently touring US and Canada: Apoptygma Berzerk. The band went through some major line-up change. Basically everybody was replaced besides Stephan. The new line-up includes…

  • Emil Bulls – Phoenix

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Drakkar (Sony Music) By: Nina Mende Emil Bulls is a German alternative metal band that formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group is currently constituted of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist. “Phoenix” is their seventh studio album.

  • Echoes of Eternity – As Shadows Burn

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren Echoes of Eternity is a formation that is based in the USA. The make progressive metal and they formed in 2005. Their debut came in 2007 and anno 2009 their second full length “As Shadows Burn” sees light.

  • Diablo Swing Orchestra – Sing Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious

    Releasedate: 21-09-2009; Label: Ascendance Records By: Sabine van Gameren From under the Swedish flag, Diablo Swing Orchestra is performing their avant garde metal. The following up from their debut album is now out and is called “Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious”.

  • Red Hot Chilli Pipers – BagRock To The Masses

    Releasedate: 21-09-2009; Label: Rel Records / New Music By: Nina Mende Red Hot Chilli Pipers are a Scottish ensemble consisting of pipers, guitarists, keyboards, and drummers formed in Scotland in 2004. In 2004 the group appeared on the main stage at T in the Park with the headline band, rock group The Darkness and a…

  • My Own Grave – Necrology

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Pulverised Records By: Sabine van Gameren The Swedish band My Own Grave makes Death metal. The band formed in 2001, but it was not until 2006 that their debut album got released. Anno 2009 we are facing “Necrology” their second full length.

  • 17-09-2009 The Damned

    Supports: The Stealers, The Generators; Venue: Watt, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Three bands that play in Watt Rotterdam this evening would bring you back to an era of punks. An evening where different generations meet and blend, all coming with the same purpose.

  • Muse – The Resistance

    Releasedate: 14-09-2009; Label: Warner Bros By: Lara Cappelli Muse is an English Rock band founded in 1994 by Matt Bellamy as vocalist and guitarist, Chris Wostelnholme as bassist and Dominic Howard as drummer.

  • Element of Crime – Immer Da Wo Du Bist Bin Ich Nicht

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende Element of Crime is a German rock band that plays melancholic chanson-, pop- and rockmusic with guitar, bass, drums and voice/trumpet. The band was founded in 1985 by Sven Regener who later became known as the author of the books “Neue Vahr Süd” (2004), “Der Kleine Bruder” (2008)…

  • The Few Against Many – Sot

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Pulverised Records By: Sabine van Gameren The Death metal formation The Few Against Many is a built by ex-Scar Symmetry singer Christian Älvestam. The start of this band was in 2008 and “Sot” is their debut album.

  • Lynch Mob – Smoke And Mirrors

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Frontiers Records By: Lara Cappelli Lynch Mob is an American rock band that has now reunited after their numerous splits and published its latest album, Smoke And Mirrors.

  • Pestilential Shadows – In Memorian, Ill Omen

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Pulverised Records By: Sabine van Gameren Pestilential Shadows is coming from Australia and to the describtion making ‘Anti-Human Plague Black Metal’. Their latest release called: “In Memorian, Ill Omen”.