Christoph Jungen makes a sound introduction with his new demo-album. Although with some primitive lyrics, it´s forgivable, as music is of a good clean heavy-metal quality. Note track 4 “Right Now” for smooth melodic variations and pleasant slow piano intro that adds diversity to the record, as well as the following “Hopeless ... more/mehr
2006-04-27
Hanging Garden
Inherit The Eden
The fact that Hanging Garden´s line-up consists of 3/5 of ShamRain`s (guitarist Mikko Kolari, drummer Janne Jukarainen and bassist Matti Reinola) obviously makes it sure to have an influence on Hanging Garden`s atmospheric sound, melancholic mood and overall “doomy” impression. Often while listening to ShamRain I wondered what a ... more/mehr
2007-03-19
Hanging Garden
TEOTWAWKI
From Eden (debut album “Inherit the Eden“) to the end of the world as we know it (“Teotwawki”)! It’s a broad jump that Ari Nieminen, also busy with his other band Dauntless, Matti Reinola and Mikko Kolari (also Shamrain) dared to do and this jump proved to be too big for Hanging Garden, the side project of the above mentioned. “Teotwawki”, ... more/mehr
2009-11-29
Hanging Garden
At Every Door
OOPS? I had stored the Hanging Garden sound as somewhat atmospheric-ambient-progressive in the back of my head - but here those guys from Mikkeli, Finland, start right away with a quite powerful Doom-drenched punch... It seems after half of the line up was replaced with Toni Toivonen – Vocals, Antti Ruokola – Drums and Jussi Kirves ... more/mehr
2013-01-21
Hank Davison Band
Hard Way
Bon Scott is alive and kicking! And he has founded a band with members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Rose Tattoo. At least, that's what it sounds like. Hank and his buddies present some straightforward biker rock with strong blues influences, that sounds like it could have originated from a dusty bar along the route 66. Each song drips ... more/mehr
