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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 12-09-2009 Rock am Fichtenwald

    Location: Vöhringen (Germany) By: Nina Mende In the middle of nowhere nearby Stuttgart, there was a festival called “Rock am Fichtenwald”. It was Friday and Saturday from 10pm on. Unfortunately I could only go on Saturday.

  • The Black – Alongside Death

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Pulverised Records By: Sabine van Gameren The Swedish Black Metal band The Black releases a special release from their album “Alongside Death”.

  • 11-09-2009 Jaya The Cat

    Supports: Skaguitar; Venue: De Peppel, Zeist (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Jaya the Cat has done a tour in The Netherlands. On this night in De Peppel, Zeist they had a support act called Skaguitar.

  • 10-09-2009 Fink

    Supports: Ben Howard; Venue: W2, Den Bosch (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Fink was doing a tour in The Netherlands. This singer/songwriter proved to be substantially influential on the North Sea Jazz festival in 2008.

  • Skyfire – Esoteric

    Releasedate: 18-09-2009; Label: Pivotal Rockordings By: Elvira Visser Skyfire, Swedish progressive death metallers released a full-length album “Esoteric” after five years of silence. Skyfire was formed in the small Swedish town of Höör in 1995. With this album they also introduce two new members of the band: Joakim Karlsson for the vocals and Johan Reinholdz…

  • Yen – Sofa So Good

    Releasedate: 28-08-2009; Label: MX Records By: Nina Mende Yen is a female fronted band from Germany. The band, whose members live in different places scattered between Stuttgart and Frankfurt in Germany, sings in English and knows how to rock with pure passion.

  • 05-09-2009 4lyn

    Venue: Solingen (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight we went to Solingen. There was a youth festival with several stages throughout the city park of Solingen. All was for free so it happened that many teens were there just hanging out. The reason why we were there was the four boys from Hamburg: 4lyn.

  • Agapesis – Erotika

    Releasedate: 11-09-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende Agapesis is a Belgian duo that was founded in 2009. This is their third release.

  • Bitune – The Great Compression

    Releasedate: 11-09-2009; Label: Headroom/Soulfood By: Nina Mende After years of gigging locally, Bitune finally came together in Eschwege, Germany in early 2001 when Christian Wosimski (guitar) joined Sascha Wiegand (guitar, vocals), Martin Bartscher (drums, backing vocals) and Thomas Bartscher (bass) to complete the lineup. Their second and latest album is called “The Great Compression”.

  • Bigelf – Cheat The Gallows

    Releasedate: 07-09-2009; Label: Powerage Records By: Lara Cappelli Bigelf is a Progressive Rock band formed in 1991. In this Fall they will be touring with Dream Theater in their Progressive Nation Tour as their supporter with Opeth and Unexpect.

  • Leaves' Eyes – We Came With the Northern Wind/ En Saga I Belgia

    Releasedate: 2009; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser After two full-lenght albums Leaves’ Eyes presents the fans with a live DVD, but not only that it also contains the story behind Leaves’Eyes and two CDs with the same tracks as played on the live performance on the DVD. The story behind the band is quite…

  • Lucy Love – Superbillion

    Releasedate: 23-02-2009; Label: Superbillion Records/Playground Music By: Nina Mende Last summer this young Dane stirred the underground and the big pot of expectations with her ‘Lucy Love EP’. In January she was saluted as P3 Experiment at the annual P3 Gold Awards and a month later ‘Superbillion’, her debut full length, was released to general…