From the land that sinks just now under darkness and cold, are the matching sounds: The band The Search presents their sixth production. Unmistakably Scandinavian music with a melancholy tune throughout, which isn´t heavy, but rather light and floating like the view through the iced window into the swirling snow. Swedish depressions ... more/mehr
2011-11-10
The Secluded
The Secluded
Always exciting to start a new album, without knowing about the band. In this case, you can be reminded of the New Zealand New Wave rockers Split Enz - pop, rock, slightly melancholic, British, catchy. Anyway, at the beginning.
But The Secluded comes not from beyond the oceans, but from Frankfurt a. M./Germany, secondly ... more/mehr
2014-07-03
The Seven Gates
Angel of Suffering
When asked to do a CD review for the debut album of a (relatively) up-and-coming band, most people wouldn’t be too excited. However, this was not true after I heard one of the tracks off of The Seven Gates upcoming album “Angel of Suffering”. To say the least, I was absolutely blown away. The album starts off strong and doesn’t slow ... more/mehr
2009-05-10
The Sorrow
Origin of the Storm
Nowadays, there are several options to control the illegal distribution of promotional records and the music contained on them. One method is to split up the tracks to 99 tracks. Normally, this works and the listener does not recognize when the player jumps from one title to another. But in this case it is actually a bit different. ... more/mehr
2009-02-14
The Spiritspiders
A Voice in the Sky
It took along time to finish A Voice in the Sky; the song Dog-Headed Priest was already written in the year 2000, even before the band existed. A range of obstacles had to be overcome by the band to finally release this record. Stylewise, The Spiritspiders are something between New Rock, Alternative and Progressive, they themselves ... more/mehr