Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 30-09-2009 Cinema Bizarre

    Supports: Blowsight; Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende I just had returned from Los Angeles and went straight to another show. Tonight it was something that probably only a few expected me to go to. I personally found it very interesting to get to see this show. It was going to be a teenie…

  • Five Finger Death Punch – War Is The Answer

    Releasedate: 25-09-2009; Label: Prospect Park By: Nina Mende Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles California, formed in 2005. “War Is the Answer” is their second studio album.

  • HellCircles – Stillness

    Releasedate: 30-09-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren HellCircles is a young power metal band from Italy. Formed late in 2008 and not even a year further they release an EP called “Stillness”

  • Gnaw Their Tongues – All The Dread Magnificence of Perversity

    Releasedate: 31-08-2009; Label: Crucial Blast By: Sabine van Gameren Gnaw Their Tongues is a Black Metal project from The Netherlands. It all started in 2005 and “All The Dread Magnificence of Perversity” is the fourth full length release to find in a long list of releases.

  • 01-10-2009 BugGirl

    Supports: Placebotox; Venue: Db’s, Utrecht (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren In db’s, Utrecht (The Netherlands) there were some bands playing on a quiet Thursday evening. All punk-ish, the one a little better than the other, but each brought its own crowd.

  • 27-09-2009 Revolting Cocks

    Supports: Left Spine Down, Blownload, Jim Rose Circus; Venue: House of Blues, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende My last gig out in Los Angeles lead me back to House of Blues. As I arrived it didn’t seem too crowded but that changed throughout the evening and ended in being totally crowded. Maybe even sold…

  • 26-09-2009 Vains of Jenna

    Venue: Knitting Factory, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende I was back at the Knitting Factory to see another band. Tonight I was here to see another European band, a Swedish one to be precise: Vains of Jenna was the one. Vains of Jenna are a Sleaze Rock band formed in Falkenberg, Sweden during January…

  • David Gray – Draw The Line

    Releasedate: 02-10-2009; Label: Polydor By: Nina Mende David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. Although he released his first studio album in 1993, he did not receive worldwide attention until the release of White Ladder six years later.

  • Enemy Reign – Means To A Dead End

    Releasedate: 2008 By: Sabine van Gameren Enemy Reigh is a band from USA making a combination of Death Metal and Grind core. “Means To A Dead End” is their debut EP.

  • 24-09-2009 The Chelsea Smiles

    Supports: Moneybrother, Royal Bangs, Tiger City, Lady Sinatra; Venue: Viper Room, Los Angeles (USA) By: Nina Mende Another night at the Viper Room: same concept, different bands. It was a Thursday night, therefore a lot more people at Viper Room.

  • Defect Designer – Wax

    Releasedate: 07-09-2009; Label: My Kingdom Music By: Sabine van Gameren Defect Designer is a Death Metal band from Russia. They formed in 2005 and “Wax” is their debut album.

  • Leafblade – Beyond, Beyond

    Releasedate: 20-09-2009; Label: Angelic Recordings / Aftermath Music By: Lara Cappelli Leafblade is a project between vocalist/guitarist Sean Jude and Anathema guitarist Danny Cavanagh. The band is currently touring with Anathema to promote their first release “Beyond, Beyond”.