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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • Ásmegin – Arv

    Releasedate: 28-11-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser Ásmegin was founded in late 1998 as a Norwegian Viking metal band with the intention to merge traditional romanticism with heavy metal adding folkloric aspects. Tommy Brandt joined the band in the fall of 2001 to play the drums. He brought a new sound to the band…

  • Pain – Cynic Paradise

    Releasedate: 31-10-2008; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Sabine van Gameren Peter Tägtgren, also known as the front man of Hypocrisy, released another album under the name Pain. This album called ‘Cynical Paradise” is the sixth album of the industrial metal band.

  • 28-11-2008 Julian Sas

    Venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Tonight it was time for some blues, which was a very long time ago that I was listening to some live blues. As my dad always played records of blues and jazz I decided to go check out this Dutch guitar hero. As that is how he is…

  • Underground Attack – Sleazy Dream

    Releasedate: 11-09-2008; Label: Frank Recordings By: Nina Mende Underground Attack arises from the ashes of sleaze rock group ‘Sleazy Dream’. Consisting of four fellows from Helsinki, Finland, Underground Attack is all about being creative, fresh and most importantly, independent from dominant musical integrities.

  • Stuck Mojo – The Great Revival

    Releasedate: 28-11-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser “The Great Revival” is already the ninth album from the guys from Stuck Mojo. Stuck Mojo is a band that mixes the rap from hip-hop with rock and metal riffs. The band was formed back in 1989 by guitarist Rich Ward. In 2000 the band drifted apart,…

  • Negative – Karma Killer

    Releasedate: 07-05-2008; Label: Hype Records By: Nina Mende One of the most successful Finnish rock acts Negative released their fourth album “Karma Killer” on May 7th. With the previous three albums Negative have topped the Finnish album- and singles charts and toured around the world playing hundreds of shows. At the end of 2007 the…

  • Cruiserweight – Big Bold Letters

    Releasedate: 14-08-2008; Label: Siren Records By: Sabine van Gameren The American band Cruiserweight released their album “Big Bold Letters”. It is their third full length album.

  • 18-11-2008 Bullet For My Valentine

    Supports: Black Tide, Bleeding Through and Lacuna Coil; Venue:013, Tilburg (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser With only knowing a few tracks from Bullet For My Valentine and recently hearing their latest album I wanted to see them live. Tonight they played in the Netherlands, in a venue that was sold out a few hours before the…

  • 18-11-2008 Misfits

    Supports: D.I; Venue: House of Blues, Hollywood/Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende Here I was in Hollywood, Los Angeles, but not only for vacation. Who would I be if I don’t go to shows every once in a while? So it happened that MISFITS were playing at House of Blues at Sunset Strip, it did…

  • 13-11-2008 Turbostaat

    Supports: Alias Caylon; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Not only just another day of living room atmosphere at Nachtleben in Frankfurt seeing one of my favorite German bands, but also the night before heading to Los Angeles. So here I was in the sold out Nachtleben about to see two German bands, one…

  • 09-11-2008 Lacrimas Profundere

    Supports: Eden, Das Scheit, Dark Diamonds; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende It is the Sunday evening after returning from a business trip from Berlin and a little show of my own I was back in the Nachtleben to see Lacrimas Profundere. They were not the only band playing tonight though, there were three…

  • Kill The Client – Cleptocracy

    Releasedate: 26-10-2008; Label: Willowtip Records By: Sabine van Gameren Kill the Client is an USA grind core band that just released their new album “Cleptocracy”.