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Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • Uniklubi – Syvään Valoon

    Releasedate: 04-03-2009; Label: Sony BMG By: Nina Mende When it comes to Finnish bands singing in Finnish this one is definitely always in the list. With their four studio albums and one “best of” compilation these five guys from nearby Tampere have been busy since they founded the band in 1999.

  • Vanguard – Hydralchemy

    Releasedate: 14-01-2009; Label: Shadow World Records By: Elvira Visser Although the CD has been released for quite a while now, it still deserves a review. You might have heard about this Finnish band before, as they have won a contest held by Metal Hammer magazine and Armageddon Music at the Wacken Open Air Festival back…

  • Damn Seagulls – Hunting Season

    Releasedate: 25-03-2009; Label: Fullsteam Records By: Nina Mende Damn Seagulls is a Finnish-rock group, formed in 1997 in Helsinki. Their rock style is kind of different from other Rock bands due to their use of brass instruments and woodwind instruments to make catchy tunes. In their almost twelve years of band history they have played…

  • The Burning – Rewakening

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren The Burning is coming from Denmark. “Rewaking” is the second full length album from the Thrashers, following up their debut “Storm The Walls”.

  • Criminal – White Hell

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Massacre Records By: Sabine van Gameren Criminal is a thrash metal band from Chile. They just released their sixth album called “White Hell”.

  • Crimfall – As the Path Unfolds

    Releasedate: 27-02-2009; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Elvira Visser In the year 2007 Jakke Vitala self-produced a promo containing 3 tracks, but he soon came to realise that he wanted to do more with this material. He felt is was unique and divers, ready for an audience. After searching for some good musicians he found Mikko…

  • Ironwood – Fire:Water:Ash

    Releasedate: 28-03-2009 By: Sabine van Gameren Ironwood is an Australian progressive folk metal band which just released their album “Fire:Water:Ash”.

  • 26-02-2009 Tiamat

    Supports: Ava Inferi, The 69 Eyes; Venue:  Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende & Ann-Kristin Gebhardt The Batschkapp wasn’t as crowded as expected, and the average age wasn’t as low as we expected. Actually six bands were originally planned to play tonight and to do this tour, only three did it in the end: Ava Inferni…

  • Hanoi Rocks – 31-10-2008

    By: Nina Mende Long lost and forgotton look what I found between the rotten Halloween candy I got from trick-or-treating in London, pushed aside in the year’s end stress and hussle of 2008: The Hanoi Rocks interview I did with Michael Monroe. The hotel lobby we did it at was quite noisy, so please forgive…

  • Absu – Absu

    Releasedate: 09-02-2009; Label: Candlelight Records By: Sabine van Gameren Absu is a black metal formation from the US and they just released their album “Absu” after about 8 years of silence.

  • 15-02-2009 Vreid

    Supports: Iskald, Kampfar; Venue: Dynamo, Eindhoven (Tilburg) By: Elvira Visser On a Sunday evening it was time for some Norse Metal at the Dynamo club in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. There were three bands playing this evening and I actually only knew one, which is Kampfar. I wanted to see them for a while but could…

  • 24-02-2009 Polarkreis 18

    Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende After being in the charts a lot, on the radio all the time and even on TV Polarkreis18 were also on tour now. Tonight they hit Frankfurt.