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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 13-02-2009 Xystus

    Venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Tonight it was a bit different then any other gig. Normally you have support acts but today there was something else planned. The Dutch band Xystus presented their DVD Equillibio, which is a rock opera made with various artist like Simone Simons, George Oosthoek, Michelle Splietelhoef and John…

  • Blut Aus Nord – Memoria Vetusta II: Dialogue with the stars

    Releasedate: 23-02-3009; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren Blut Aus Nord is a black metal creation from France, even though the band name might have suspect you they were German. They are releasing “Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue With The Stars” in February 2009.

  • Super700 – Lovebites

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Motor /Edel By: Nina Mende Super700 was founded in Berlin in 2003, they sang a soundtrack song to the movie “Dancing With Myself” which was presented at the Berlinale in 2005. Lovebites is their second album.

  • Underwater Sleeping Society – The Dead Vegas

    Releasedate: 18-02-2009; Label: Backstage Alliance By: Sabine van Gameren Underwater Sleeping Society is a Finnish band coming from Helsinki. You can expect some indie pop from them. The released their third album “The Dead Vegas” via Backstage Alliance.

  • 17-02-2009 Apoptygma Berzerk

    Supports: The Anix; Venue: Kuz, Mainz (Germany) By: Nina Mende Seriously, I don’t know how I survived about a year without seeing them or listening to any of their music. Luckily this period is over and I’m back on track, so to speak. Anyway let me start in the beginning. After returning from Helsinki I…

  • 45 Degree Woman – Revival

    Releasedate: 25-02-2009; Label: Backstage Alliance By: Nina Mende 45 Degree Woman is a Finnish band, not a new one though. They have been existing for quite a while now and are also quite known and popular. They have one album released so far, this one called “Revival” is the second one.

  • Beyond the Dream – The Sin Against The Sinners

    Releasedate: 12-01-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren Some of the members of Beyond the Dream, might also be known by you as musicians of The Myth of Autumn or Code For Silence, but now they released their first full length album “The Sin Against The Sinners” under the name of Beyond the Dream.

  • Unlight – Death Concecrates With Blood

    Releasedate: 30-01-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren The in 1997 founded black metal band Unlight, being announced as ” Germany’s biggest” is releasing their third album “Death Concecrates With Blood”.

  • 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.