Sad news: The music world mourns the loss of Ray Manzarek (74), founding Member and keyboarder of The Doors, White Zombie drummer Phil Buerstatte (44) and Uriah Heep bassist Trevor Bolder (63). R.I.P.!
German Hardrockers BERSERKER will donate 18.000€ to the Berlin cancer charity for children on May 25. November 2011 BERSERKER front man Schröder was diagnosed with cancer, now he is cancer-free. In 2012 the band collected money for this charity at their concerts and will also continue to do so in the future. Slayer´s Jeff Hanneman is dead: he passed away at about 11AM on May 2nd near his Southern California home because of liver failure due to an infection after a spider bite. R.I.P. Jeff!
The Siberian Jay music video "I´m Holding" featuring Mikko Sirén from Apocalyptica on drums - we reported about the videoshoot in our "1h with" Special - can be watched here: http://youtu.be/C-hSNurZVcs
For five long years we have had to wait for the follower of “Isolate”. With “Nine”, Circus Maximus come back with a new record. The Norwegians have been working hard with touring and other projects - you can read more about that in our interview with The Magnigicent, the side project of singer Michael Eriksen. The band took time to finish the album, eventually because of the high expectations put into the band after two really successful records. The album intro leads into “Architect of Fortune”, a song you would have expected from Circus Maximus. Wrapped into fancy musical bits and guitar solos, it is a solid song, which includes very smooth parts but also a few faster ones. With track number 4 “Game of Life” my ears are especially pleased: sleek lyrics paired with a great guitar solo. That’s how it continues further, great compositions, musically impeccable. And Michael Eriksen proves once again that he is an awesome singer, although they used a few effects now and then to make the sound more variable, but it still fits the songs. Will the album be as successful as the previous records? Let´s wait and see, because you never know, but one thing is for sure, Circus Maximus have another great work in their repertoire. Absolute highlights are “Game of Life” and “I am”!
