The Dutch band has with „Phantom Limbs“ a promising opening, a great song mixing Prog, Thrash, Hardcore that hits you right in the face. Recorded in the USA, with Logan Mader (Machine Head) as one of the producers – therefore this debut album should be a smash...
Well, unfortunately the quality doesn´t hold up for the full ... more/mehr
2007-09-20
Demiricous
Two (Poverty)
Wow, what´s that? The speakers are shattered with Old-School Thrash/Death, but it still sounds somewhat melodious and sort-of-ear candy (well, pretty spiky ear-candy)... Nate Olp (voc, bass), Ben Parrish (git), Scott Wilson (git) and Dustin Boltjes (dr) from Indianapolis, USA, present here the sequel to their 2006 debut “One (Hellbound)”. ... more/mehr
2007-10-07
DEMON´S EYE
The Stranger Within
The new Deep Purple from Germany rock the planet. Well, almost: Founded in 1998, Deep Purple tribute band Demon's Eye has caught the former lead singer of Rainbow and Yngve Malmsteen, Doogie White and recorded with him this album with own written compositions.
The close proximity to bands like Deep ... more/mehr
2011-02-16
Déparlise
Herzlich Willkommen
Déparlise, a band from Augsburg and Munich, Germany, introduces us to their own brand of “rap with dance music” on their first album “Herzlich Willkommen” (Welcome). When I read the description the terminology makes me think of German hip hop legends Die Fantastischen Vier, but I readily admit that I don’t know much about this genre. ... more/mehr
2013-05-28
Der Blaue Reiter
Nuclear Sun
Sathorys Elenorth and Lady Nott from Spain represent their third CD, which can’t be darker about one of the most terrifying accidents from the recent history: the catastrophe of Chernobyl, 26th April 1986; figuratively about the apocalypse itself - precipitated by the sin of presumptuousness - about the last days before a coming ... more/mehr