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
Kalmah: At one with metal and nature What can you do all day when you live in the North of Finland where the nights are lonely and the swamps are muggy? Exactly right, hunting and writing songs and at least the latter recently led to the release of Kalmah´s already 6th album. On 12 Gauge the band once again managed to give the listener a better understanding of what swamp metal really is about. Guitarist and band mastermind Antti Kokko tells you a bit more about the brumous background to the whole story. >> more/mehr
2010-04-03
Kaltenbach Openair 2010: Back to the Roots! The 8. KALTENBACH OPEN AIR in Austria will be back to its old location at Kaltenbachgraben, right in the middle of the Alps from July 15-17, 2010, with a line-up including DYING FETUS, DARK FUNERAL, ASPHYX, PRIMORDIAL, ABORTED, SHINING, HOLY MOSES, KEEP OF KALESSIN, INCANTATION, HOLLENTHON, DARKANE, MÅNEGARM, SUICIDAL ANGELS. >> more/mehr
2010-04-23
Kamelot: Stretching the limits Founded in 1991, Kamelot have been fascinating us with their melodic Power Metal for years over and over again. The charismatic voice of singer Roy Khan, the powerful yet filigree guitar of Thomas Youngblood proved to be – together with drummer Casey Grillo, bass player Glenn Barry and keyboarder Oliver Palotai – a key to musical success. >> more/mehr
2007-07-20
Katatonia - Jonas Renkse: I want to believe in ghosts Katatonia’s vocalist Jonas is a rare luxury to have for a face to face interview, just as rarely his band is performing live nowadays. Nevertheless, for over a decade Katatonia remains one of the most significant dark metal acts of contemporary metal culture, yet it is still surrounded by some mysterious mist... what is going on there after all? What is in this music that balances us on the edge of being one foot in dreamland and one food in our tough reality? There is plenty of information on Mr Renkse’s musical engagements, yet who is Jonas actually and what kind of character does it take to create what we hear as Katatonia?
Just two hours before their long awaited show in Moscow, I came in for the interview, still not knowing which of the band members I will talk to. For a big surprise, Jonas was one and that made me nervous at first. Yet even though he appears as rather untalkative and introverted man, he still somehow transmits this very reassuring sense of peace and harmony, that content feeling of stability, that’s all in all somehow disarming and naive even, given what harsh industry he belongs to. So then, who is this Jonas?... >> more/mehr
2009-04-23
Kensington Road - Stories from within Kensington Road is a German band, who has released their debut album a few weeks ago and because of the fact, that it is a pretty good indie-record, we decided to make an short interview with them. Singer and band leader Stefan Tomek answered my questions in an interview via email. >> more/mehr
2009-07-20
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Eläkeläiset – Pranks, Jesus and some serious shit
Eläkeläiset, the Kings of Humppa, musical vaudeville of Finland and our favourite pensioners are back >> more/mehr
2013-05-12
Heavy Tiger Fresh Act May 2013
It was just a birthday party with live bands I attended, unsuspectingly, and then the last act of this >> more/mehr
2013-05-01
Eläkeläiset - 20 songs translated
STALKER.cd would like to thank Onni Waris for the translations (all original) of the Eläkeläiset songs from the albums Humppasirkus, ... more/mehr2013-05-22
CD: PTSD
Sometimes you can hear from the very first track that this must be a masterpiece – Event Horizon is an epic-bombastic track, ... more/mehr2013-05-22
CD: Airbourne
„Black Dog Barking“ is the triumphant third output of brothers O´Keeffe & Co., a brilliant expression of feeling alive in ... more/mehr2013-05-18
CD: Uncle Ho
Pretty wild, talented, diverse, direct, rough, a little dirty. Like themselves say, "The songs are very raw". Existing since ... more/mehr2013-05-16
CD: Gothminister
This band has really never let me down, neither with the previous records nor with the new fifth cd „Utopia“. The Norwegian ... more/mehr2013-05-16
CD: The Poodles
The rock elite releases their records this year, it will be hard to name the Number One, but for sure The Poodles and „Tour ... more/mehr2013-05-14
CONCERT: Jess And The Ancient Ones / Kuolemanlaakso
Two bands that I appreciate a lot, united in one concert and in the legendary Tavastia? What more to wish for to cheer you ... more/mehr2013-05-23
CONCERT: Eläkeläiset | Bruno Punani
„A Farewell to Humppa Tour 2013“, already the name of this tour makes fans quiet nervous. Will the crazy pensioners really ... more/mehr2013-05-06
CONCERT: Overkill | Lost Society
The young band Lost Society was lucky to open for Overkill for the Finnish dates; they released their debut album ... more/mehr2013-05-05
CONCERT: Amorphis
Today, Amorphis is back in the Finnish capital to promote the latest album “Circle”. The venue is actually pretty packed ... more/mehr2013-05-03
