Category: CD/DVD Reviews

Releasedate: 28-08-2009; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Nina Mende The 69 Eyes is a Finnish rock band founded in 1989. The 69 Eyes’ music was described as mix of the gloominess of gothic rock with guitar-powered rock’n’roll. Their music is influenced by other artists such as L.A. Guns, The Doors, Elvis Presley, Guns ‘N’ Roses, Billy…

Releasedate: 2009; By: Sabine van Gameren The Ergot is a relatively young band from Italy. They make a combination of doom and death metal and their first demo release is “Anno Domini Mmix”.

Releasedate: 14-05-2009; By: Sofie Bergen The pop/rock formation Darling Parade started in 2007. The Americans have released an EP called “Darling Parade”. The band is currently unsigned, but nevertheless has a certain level of commercialism in their whole package.

Releasedate: 25-08-2009; Label: 20 Buck Spin By: Sabine van Gameren Laudanum are a formation coming from California, USA. Genrewise they hit the sludge/Doom side of metal and they had their debut released in 2004. “The Coronation” is their second full-length.

Releasedate: 21-08-2009; Label: Island/Universal By: Nina Mende Cinema Bizarre is a German band from Berlin created by their record label in 2007. They started as Glam rock, Goth rock with some New Wave influence. Later the New Wave presence was increased with Pop music elements, now merging into synthpop. They released their debut album in…

Releasedate: 14-08-2009; Label: Limb Music By: Sofie Bergen Silent Memorial is a band from Switzerland, their album “Cosmic Handball” is released in 1998, being their debut. About 10 years later, they released a new album “Retrospective” and their label re-released “Cosmic Handball” to celebrate the success of the progrockers.

Releasedate: 14-07-2009; Label: 20 Buck Spin By: Sabine van Gameren The neo doom duo Nadja teams up with the drone band Black Boned Angel after their record company hooked them up. This dating success of 20 Buck Spin records worked for the release “Nadja & Black Boned Angel”, but not exclusive as they collaborate earlier…

Releasedate: 07-08-2009; Label: Universal/Vertigo By: Nina Mende Hello Saferide is a Swedish twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin’s MySpace, the stage name “Hello Saferide” was “inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don’t ask.” The Swedish-language version of the band’s bio identifies the town as Willimantic,…

Releasedate: 24-07-2009; Label: Pulverized Records By: Sabine van Gameren Death metal formation Bone Gnawer is a collaboration between Kam Lee, Rogga Johansson, Morgan Lie and Ronnie Bjornstrom, all known from several other projects. In this debut album called “Feast Of Flesh” they brought a record to light that includes some typical Swedish Death Metal, but…