Evil, evil stuff in my CD player. It´s simple gloomy boring Black Metal what those Russians are into. After a sinister Intro (that doesn´t fit on this CD at all!) the band stumbles through five tracks. Keyboards are pasted to those repeated 08/15-guitar riffs, standard Black-Metal-vocals are added. Yawn! Luckily this MCD lasts only ... more/mehr
2006-04-02
SIKH
One More Piece
France, the home country of SIKH, is not exactly known for its great rock music, apart from maybe Gojira. With their second album “One More Piece” SIKH wants to change that but they succeed only partly. The songs are catchy and they do rock but they have written “major label” (Sony BMG) all over them – and you are immediately reminded ... more/mehr
2008-11-17
Silence
Life Failed
Nomen isn’t always Omen - Silence from Bavaria enforce a lot of noise in the bands name. After a short piano introduction which on the whole album establishes its presence, two guitars, bass, keyboard and drums roll the speakers. “Sugarsmel” starts as a calm ballade with vocals and piano and develops to be a real earworm. To become ... more/mehr
2009-11-19
Silent Void
Paranoid Superhero
Silent Void begin to play in March 2005 in a small village called Calcio, near Bergamo, Italy, but it took until 2007 to find a proper vocalist. The current line up Marco "Sir. Marclark" Aquila - Vocals,
Stefano "MC Rage" Cavalli - Drums, Matteo "Mr. Larsen" Baggi - Guitar and Vocals, Carlo "Prof. Krantz" Ferro - Bass and Vocals ... more/mehr
2008-03-25
Silentivm
Seducia
Even the cover gives the idea that the Finns are taking their listeners into very particular sound spheres: Somehow seductive, somehow exciting, somehow threatening, and we have already captured the essence – Gothic Metal that touches the weary soul. Heavy orchestral violin arrangements with a combination of soprano and male vocals. ... more/mehr