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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 11-04-2009 Matthau Mikojan

    Supports: Blanko; Venue: Blue Pool, Forssa (Helsinki) By: Nina Mende Actually I only planned on having one show this weekend, but as usual: Plans change. But I never expected to go out to the middle of nowhere for that.

  • Metallica – Broke, Beat and Scarred

    Releasedate: 03-04-2009; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende The next Metallica single is out and it is a collector’s edition again. All three cases have the coffin in the center with the band name above it, around it differs. The collector’s box has a beach-like surrounding held in sepia. In this one you can also find…

  • 10-04-2009 The Eternal

    Supports: Malicious Dream, Marche Funèbre; Venue: Little Devil, Tilburg (The Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren It is a sunny day when I make my way to Tilburg, knowing that I would see quite some doom-ish music today. Great to enjoy, but not exactly bringing people in the mood for that sort of music. As the…

  • 09-04-2009 Combichrist

    Supports: Neverdice, Forgotten Sunrise; Venue: Gloria, Helsinki (Finland) By: Nina Mende Back in Helsinki for Easter I went to see a show of course and of course at Gloria. This time a band that has never been to Finland before: Combichrist.

  • 09-04-2009 Dark Roses

    Venue: Baroeg, Rotterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Metal meets hip hop is the theme of the evening. Interesting to see if genres can blend and if the people can blend.

  • 05-04-2009 De/Vision

    Supports: X-Division, Janosch Moldau; Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende There were three bands tonight and the first one started earlier than expected, so I happened to miss half of them, which didn’t matter because they were not too exciting anyway.

  • Semlah – Semlah

    Releasedate: 27-03-2009; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren Semlah is a power doom band from Sweden.The released their first release “Semlah” on 27-03-2009 via Cyclone Records.

  • Darkness By Oath – Fear Yourself

    Releasedate: 27-03-2009; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren The Basque band Darkness By Oath released their second full length album named “ Fear Yourself”. They make melodic metal and they were formed in 2002 now signed under Cyclone Empire.

  • 03-04-2009 Wednesday13

    Supports: The Chelsey Smiles, Glamour of The Kill; Venue: Electric Ballroom, London (United Kingdom) By: Nina Mende Back in London for the same band as last time, only at a different venue: Wednesday 13, this time at Electric Ballroom. From the outside the venue was very unimpressive, it looked more like a shutdown store, but…

  • Tardy Brothers – Bloodline

    Releasedate: 07-04-2009; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren John and Donald Tardy are mostly known from Obituary, but now the brothers teamed up to release music under the name Tardy Brothers. The Cavalera Conspiracy of death metal? The first release under this name is “Bloodline”.

  • Black Sun Aeon – Darkness Walks Beside Me

    Releasedate: 27-03-2009; Label: Cyclone Empire By: Sabine van Gameren For those of you who are known with Before The Dawn, the name Tuomas Saukkonen is not unfamiliar. The front man of Before The Dawn is releasing an album under the name of Black Sun Aeon. “Darkness Walks Beside Me” is released at 27-03-2009.

  • 02-04-2009 Zeromancer

    Supports: Essence of Mind, Scream of Silence; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Unfortunately I only got to see the last song of the first band who where Norwegians as well: Essence of Mind. They started quite early, only half an hour after doors open, which was quite sad because not everybody got to…