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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • The 11th Hour – Burden of Griel

    Releasedate: 30-10-2009; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser According to the band’s official bio, The 11th Hour is “the wretched spawn of two kindred spirits’ love for good old fashioned doom metal.” The two kindred spirits are the multi instumentalist Ed Warby who you might know from Gorefest, Ayreon or Hail of Bullets together with…

  • 10-11-2009 Anti-Flag

    Supports: Ghost of a Thousand, Four Year Strong, Alexisonfire; Venue: Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight it took quite a while for the venue to fill up. And honestly, I had expected more people to show up to the Eastpak Antidote tour. Four bands were to play tonight.

  • 09-11-2009 CKY

    Venue: Underground, Cologne (Germany) By: Nina Mende As I entered the Underground in Cologne right before the main act began, the venue seemed to have some empty space in the middle of it. But that was only because everybody was squishing up front not stepping back even a little bit. Seeing that you could have…

  • Creed – Full Circle

    Releasedate: 27-10-2009; Label: Wind-up records By: Lara Cappelli Creed is a Post Grunge band formed in 1995. Because of several problems within the band, they disbanded in 2004. In the meanwhile, all the members of the band have been busy with their own projects: singer Scott Stapp released two solo albums and the rest of…

  • OneRepublic – Waking Up

    Releasedate: 13-11-2009; Label: Universal Records By: Nina Mende OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado. After a few years of moderate success, they have drawn mainstream attention with the release of their singles “Apologize”, and “Stop and Stare”. This is their second album “Waking Up”.

  • Svanzica – Eos

    Releasedate: 04-10-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren Svanzica is an Italian band making progressive metal. They formed in 2005 and released their debut album “Eos” in October.

  • Phideaux – Number 7

    Releasedate: 21-06-2009; Label: Bloodfish By: Lara Cappelli As the title says, Number 7 is the seventh album of the American band Phideaux. This band is composed by a group of friends who conceived their music at the base of many music influences, from Jethro Tull to Alice Cooper, to create a kind of Neo-Progressive Rock.

  • 08-11-2009 Rise Against

    Supports: Thursday, Poison The Well; Venue: Stadthalle, Offenbach (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight we rocked it big time: Rise Against was playing at the Stadthalle in Offenbach. The show was sold out. Many rock fans were attending this show. Mostly teenagers though. Support acts were “Poison The Well” and “Thursday”.

  • ForeSin – Enarxis

    Releasedate: 13-11-2009; Label: Danse Macabre By: Nina Mende ForeSin was originally formed by George P. -Rubicon-, (Performing over 10 years as DJ in various clubs and well known places) and Lazaros G. -xSynthetikx- (Playing as a session musician in various bands) in Kozani, Greece.

  • Beak> – Beak>

    Releasedate: 19-10-2009; Label: Invada Records By: Sabine van Gameren Beak> is a young act, formed in 2009 in Bristol, UK. They make triphop/experimental music and they released their debut “Beak>” at 19 October via Invada Records.

  • FAQ – Whitechapel

    Releasedate: 25-06-2009; By: Nina Mende In 1994, the band was formed under the name Carpe Diem and soon became “the spearhead for Swiss made independent electro-pop music” (Bravo magazine). The band became popular in the international electro-scene after going on tour with acclaimed acts like Deine Lakaien, De/Vision, Mesh and Clan of Xymox.

  • 07-11-2009 The Virgins

    Supports: So So Glos; Venue: Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight we spent at the little club of Schlachthof in Wiesbaden. (Schlachthof is separated into two venues, a big one and a little one… We were at the little one.) Many people were already waiting outside in the cold, ready to go on. Inside…