The Substage club in Karlsruhe, Germany, seems to be a regular on the touring schedule of New York´s Thrash institution Overkill, visited 2 years ago on the Killfest Tour (w Purified in Blood, 3 Inches of Blood). This time Prong, Swedish Enforcer and Darkology are part of the tour. The latter are quite unknown to me, and due to ... more/mehr
2014-11-14
Overkill | Lost Society
Helsinki
The young band Lost Society was lucky to open for Overkill for the Finnish dates; they released their debut album "Fast Loud Death" a few weeks ago, a super fast energetic piece of modern thrash metal (also read our interview). The leader Samy Elbanna isn´t shy at all and he performs with much self-confidence, which is actually ... more/mehr
2013-05-05
OXMOX Bandcontest 2012
Hamburg
The finals of the 27th OXMOX band contest with 10 finalists presented a varied range spanning from pop to rock to electronic, moderated from the golden Gniechel ("Die Goldene Gniechel Show"). For the uninitiated: The OXMOX is a Hamburg city magazine founded in 1966; and every ... more/mehr
2012-09-09
OXMOX Bandcontest 2013
Hamburg
Every year... and now for the 28th time presented Hamburg´s city magazine OXMOX the Band Contest finalists with a bandwith of pop, rock, metal and hip hop. In a proven manner moderated by Gniechel (Gniechel´s World). The Top 10 out of hundreds of candidates entered the market ... more/mehr