Category: CD/DVD Reviews

Releasedate: 20-11-2010; Label: Limb Music By: Elvira Visser Burning Black a power metal band from America established back in 2004 by guitarist John Morris and vocalist Dan Ainlay. According to them not only play power metal but also live and love this type of metal. With this new album “MehanicHell” the band shows that the…

Releasedate: 19-02-2010; Label: Indie Recordings By: Sabine van Gameren The Norwegian band Borknagar formed in 1995. Their 8th release is now done and named “Universal”.

Releasedate: 12-02-2010; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende ptyl, born in 1977, is an Israeli musician, currently signed on Danse Macabre Records. ptyl has been making music since 1993. He has always been involved in the creation of art. Although starting with fine arts, he was always more attracted to music creation. Listening to bands…

Releasedate: 19-02-2010; Label: Vertigo Be By: Nina Mende Unheilig (German for “Unholy”) is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band. The band was formed in 1999 and now consists of principally Der Graf (German for “The Count”), with his live musicians Licky, Henning Verlage and Potti. Unheilig has a huge fan base in Germany, not only…

Releasedate: 30-10-2010; Label: Limb Music By: Elvira Visser When thinking of music from Ireland the usual cliché bands like Thin Lizzy and U2 come to mind. However these are not that metal, but these four guys from Sandstone try to bring us a different sound. Recently Sandstone has re-released their second album ‘Purging the Past’.…

Releasedate: 19-02-2010; Label: Better Than Hell (Edel) By: Nina Mende Betontod is a German punk band founded in the 90s. First they were called Extrem, then Sniffin`Kills and then finally Betontod. They have several studio and live albums released already, many of them in own production. Betontod has a quite big fan base in Germany…

Releasedate: 19-02-2010; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende KMFDM is an industrial rock band led by founding member Sascha Konietzko. They have sold over 2 million records worldwide. KMFDM was founded in Germany on February 29, 1984 as a joint effort between Konietzko and German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm to perform for the opening of…

Releasedate: 19-02-2010; Label: SPV/Steamhammer By: Sabine van Gameren Axel Rudi Pell is the name of the heavy metal guitarist who brought various albums to the world. Under this name he released fourteen full length studio albums, various compilations and now the second DVD is about to release.

Releasedate: 29-01-2010; Label: Danse Macabre Records By: Nina Mende Wintermond is a German gothic band from Münster founded in 2004. “Desiderium” is their third album but the first one with an official label.

Releasedate: 05-02-2010; Label: Indie Records By: Sabine van Gameren Ov Hell is Black Metal band from Norway. They started in October 2009 after quite a history with other bands. “The Underworld Regime” is their first release.