Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • Raunchy – 09-11-2008

    Interview with: Kasper Thomsen By: Sabine van Gameren Raunchy is on a short tour through Europe. When we met in Rotterdam, vocalist Kasper Thomsen took time to answer some questions.

  • 09-11-2008 Raunchy

    Supports: Last One Dying, Blind Sight; Venue: Baroeg, Rotterdam By: Sabine van Gameren On a Sunday afternoon Baroeg, Rotterdam (Netherlands) offered three metal bands for us to watch. It was not really filled up, but the metal did not taste less.

  • 08-11-2008 Soilwork

    Supports: Ananta, One Way Mirror; Venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Soilwork is on tour again. The band brought two supports, One Way Mirror and Ananta. The last one was replacing Zimmers hole, which was forced to cancel their participation with this tour due to circumstances. Today they played in Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands).

  • 07-11-2008 Soilwork

    Supports: Ananta, One Way Mirror; Venue: Melkweg, Amsterdam (Netherlands) By: Sabine van Gameren Soilwork playing the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam is a tradition now, though it has been a while that it actually happened. This year the band brought two supports, One Way Mirror and Ananta. The last one was replacing Zimmers hole, which was…

  • 04-11-2008 Daniel Wirtz

    Supports: Übergas; Venue: Nachtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende As I arrived at the Nachtleben in Frankfurt on this Tuesday evening I found a huge and extremely long queue outside of the club as I had never seen it before at this location. And especially had I never seen anything like that for a Sub7even…

  • 03-11-2008 Wednesday13

    Supports: Big Boy; Venue: Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (Germany) By: Nina Mende Another day, another country and another Wednesday 13 show. Tonight they played in Wiesbaden/Germany. The club was totally tiny compared to Astoria in London, but it was crowded as well. The light was terrible, so I couldn’t take many pictures.

  • Reamonn – Reamonn

    Releasedate: 07-11-2008; Label: Universal By: Nina Mende Reamonn is a German band with an Irish singer. They have their 10th anniversary right now and have worked really hard to get where they are at right now. They fill big halls not only in Germany but in most European countries. Now they have a new album…

  • 31-10-2008 Wednesday13

    Supports: Hanoi Rocks; Venue: Astoria, London (United Kingdom) By: Nina Mende Spending the weekend in merry old London town we decided to spend Halloween at Astoria. The Astoria was built on the site of a former pickle factory and opened in 1927 as a cinema. It was later converted for theatrical use in 1976 and…

  • 29-10-2008 Epica

    Supports: Amberian Dawn; Venue: Colo-Saal, Aschaffenburg (Germany) By: Ann- Kristin Gebhardt   The concert this evening began with Amberian Dawn, a new Finnish metal band. The band consists of six members, Tuomas Seppälä (keyboards), Heikki Saari (drums), Peter James Goodman (vocals), Tommi Kuri (bass) and Heidi Parviainen (vocals), and had their debut in 2006.

  • 29-10-2008 I Am Kloot

    Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Although I arrived quite late the Batschkapp was still quite empty and all the people who where there already, gathered in the back of the venue. Looking around I mostly saw university students, white collar workers and common babbitts. Outside were not many more people, but they all…

  • 26-10-2008 Ragnarök's Aaskereia

    Bands: Týr, Hollenthon, Alestorm, Svartsot and Gwydion; Venue: LuxorLive, Arnhem (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser There are people out there who say that you should never visit another gig of the same band on their tour because to them it is boring if they hear the same set. (that is, if the band plays the exact…

  • 27-10-2008 Hellnights

    Venue: Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende The pre-Halloween till Halloween tour through Germany has hit Frankfurt again: Hellnights, this time at the Batschkapp almost a week before Halloween. This year’s line-up sounded quite nice. Four bands scaring the quite crowded venue. Several people were dressed up like Halloween and everybody was looking forward seeing…