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. More info: www.facebook.com/slayer
R.I.P. Jeff! Festivals cancelled: ROCK AM SEE (GER) takes a break in 2013 "lacking attractive headliners"; BURNING SEA in Croatia had to succumb to a new tax regulation; yet purchased BS-tickets can also be used to visit METALDAYS in Slowenia.
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
Omnium Gatherum: The Mysteries of Songwriting A bit decimated in numbers, the men of Omnium Gatherum return with a new album titled New World Shadows. Despite or maybe even because of the personnel loss, the band managed to compose an even more coherent and gloomy album, which easily beats their previous output The Redshift by a long shot. Bassist Toni Mäki kindly agreed to answer a few questions about the band´s new record and the whole schmear via email. >> more/mehr
2011-03-11
One Man Army And The Undead Quartet – about fuck signs, metal clichés strange forms of training After splitting up with his former band „The Crown“ many fans were scared, that singer Johan Lindstrand would leave the music business forever... Sharing eleven years with a band is a long time – maybe too long to start a new beginning? Not for Johan. He is not that kind of person who can rest a longer time without making music. Nowadays he presents himself with a new project in his bag: One Man Army And The Undead Quartet or should we say „Swedens Killing Machine“? That’s how they call the guys in Scandinavia. It’s time for them to meet the STALKER for an interview... >> more/mehr
2006-03-03
One-Way Mirror: Easy, fast and efficient One-Way Mirror was created in 2005 when 5 close friends decided to join forces to create the ultimate rock metal band: Guillaume Bideau (Mnemic), David and Franck Potvin (Lyzanxia, Phaze I), Dirk Verbeuren (Soilwork) and Loic Colin (Scarve, Watcha). In the end, the alchemy was so perfect that 11 tracks were composed and recorded that found their way on the bands self-titled debut album, released this summer. Before fans can check them out live - on tour with Soilwork in November - we caught Franck to answer a few questions. >> more/mehr
2008-08-24
Opeth - Music happens when it´s happening The pride of Stockholm and unbendable veterans of Progressive Metal are here. On this year´s Wacken Open Air, Stalker had the chance to have a little chat with Opeth´s drummer, Martin “Axe” Axenrot. >> more/mehr
2012-08-20
Opeth – hungover and music as investment Before Opeth rocked Hamburg together with Dream Theater, STALKER got the chance to talk to Fredrik Åkesson, guitarist and co-composer of “Porcelain Heart” from the latest album “Watershed”. Whilst Mikael Åkerfeldt was into a merciless interview marathon, Fredrik had a good time with German beers the evening before in Hamburg – no worries, he was able to stand our interrogation. >> more/mehr
2009-10-18
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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
Rockville Festival 2013 - Preview
It´s a quite familial festival in a small idyllic village named Kirf, near the border to Luxembourg, that started a few years ... more/mehr2013-05-19
CD: Airbourne
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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
CD: Timo Tolkki’s Avalon
That by this time every artist tries to release their own Metal Opera kind of bugs me. Either it is horribly bad and just ... more/mehr2013-05-12
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
CONCERT: Meshuggah / Nicole
The last time Meshuggah played in Nosturi was in 2003, so basically 10 years ago. Finnish fans just couldn´t wait to see ... more/mehr2013-05-02