Category: Previews

  • The Covenant – Welcome to the real world

    Releasedate: 15-11-2008; Label: Dutch and Dregs By: Sabine van Gameren The Dutch band The Covenant released a new album after ten years of deep silence.

  • 02-12-2008 Die Toten Hosen

    Supports: Bloodlights; Venue: Arena, Trier (Germany) By: Nina Mende An after work trip to Trier lead me through a winter wonderland with lots of snow, but I got there without any trouble and even found a parking lot nearby the venue. The destination of the journey was: Arena Trier.

  • 29-11-2008 Ashcorn

    Venue: Viernheim (Germany) By: Nina Mende Back in Euope and back to shows here. This time I went to a festival called Full Flavour Festival which is a sort of exchange student festival, organized by students for students and the bands are – mostly – students. So a quite young event.

  • The Killers – Day and Age

    Releasedate: 25-11-2008; Label: Universal Records By: Nina Mende The Killers is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2002, the group consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (percussion, drums). The group’s debut album, Hot Fuss (2004) brought the band…

  • Ásmegin – Arv

    Releasedate: 28-11-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser Ásmegin was founded in late 1998 as a Norwegian Viking metal band with the intention to merge traditional romanticism with heavy metal adding folkloric aspects. Tommy Brandt joined the band in the fall of 2001 to play the drums. He brought a new sound to the band…

  • Pain – Cynic Paradise

    Releasedate: 31-10-2008; Label: Nuclear Blast By: Sabine van Gameren Peter Tägtgren, also known as the front man of Hypocrisy, released another album under the name Pain. This album called ‘Cynical Paradise” is the sixth album of the industrial metal band.

  • 28-11-2008 Julian Sas

    Venue: Bibelot, Dordrecht (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser Tonight it was time for some blues, which was a very long time ago that I was listening to some live blues. As my dad always played records of blues and jazz I decided to go check out this Dutch guitar hero. As that is how he is…

  • Underground Attack – Sleazy Dream

    Releasedate: 11-09-2008; Label: Frank Recordings By: Nina Mende Underground Attack arises from the ashes of sleaze rock group ‘Sleazy Dream’. Consisting of four fellows from Helsinki, Finland, Underground Attack is all about being creative, fresh and most importantly, independent from dominant musical integrities.

  • Stuck Mojo – The Great Revival

    Releasedate: 28-11-2008; Label: Napalm Records By: Elvira Visser “The Great Revival” is already the ninth album from the guys from Stuck Mojo. Stuck Mojo is a band that mixes the rap from hip-hop with rock and metal riffs. The band was formed back in 1989 by guitarist Rich Ward. In 2000 the band drifted apart,…

  • Negative – Karma Killer

    Releasedate: 07-05-2008; Label: Hype Records By: Nina Mende One of the most successful Finnish rock acts Negative released their fourth album “Karma Killer” on May 7th. With the previous three albums Negative have topped the Finnish album- and singles charts and toured around the world playing hundreds of shows. At the end of 2007 the…

  • Cruiserweight – Big Bold Letters

    Releasedate: 14-08-2008; Label: Siren Records By: Sabine van Gameren The American band Cruiserweight released their album “Big Bold Letters”. It is their third full length album.

  • 18-11-2008 Bullet For My Valentine

    Supports: Black Tide, Bleeding Through and Lacuna Coil; Venue:013, Tilburg (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser With only knowing a few tracks from Bullet For My Valentine and recently hearing their latest album I wanted to see them live. Tonight they played in the Netherlands, in a venue that was sold out a few hours before the…