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
PAIN: Reset, Hollywood divorce and a new love from Germany With the approaching release of the new Pain album, Psalms Of Extinction, Stalker met up with the ambassador of Pain himself, Peter Tägtgren. With new prospects for both the band and the man himself it was about time to check up with him. So what´s up? >> more/mehr
2007-04-08
Pain: The most painless of all! Peter Tägtgren, the walking definition of workaholic, is back with a new creation, namely “Cynic Paradise”. This one-man-band´s album is already the sixth and Pain is only growing stronger and isn´t willing to give in to no circumstances, let it be inefficient record label, rich dudes in suits or a team of Within Temptation fans… >> more/mehr
2008-11-02
Pain: “We´re idiots!” Never had the opportunity to watch a concert of the crazy industrial metal band Pain? Well, you´ll be able to live the experience from your living room, since the band has just released a live DVD “ We Come In Peace”, ..or you can also try to catch them on stage during their upcoming European Tour which has just started. When Pain was back in Finland with Turmion Kätilöt for the mini tour “Kidneys To The Limits”, we got the opportunity to chat with Peter Tägtgren before the Helsinki show. Even though he was obviously tired, he kindly answered our questions. >> more/mehr
2012-11-07
Papa Roach: Bad-ass Rock’n’Roll With "On The Record & On The Road" PAPA ROACH have released a weird but still powerful "compilation album". The guys present themselves as well-functioning unit, and we met the band at the Taste-Of-Chaos tour in Freiburg, to summarize their travel adventures so far. Therefore, let´s pass over to singer Jacoby. >> more/mehr
2011-02-01
Philiae – recreate themselves 2004 when Philiae were a STALKER Fresh Act those freaks from Hamburg could be categorized "Shock Rock" à la Manson. 2005 was a year of changes for the band because frontman Jane Doe (aka. Chris Harms) quit. Now they are back and found another singer, Guido Maria Kober, and Industrial Metal as their own new style. We used the occasion of their RockElite gig to squeeze Guido (vocals) und Alex Frank (bass) for band updates. >> more/mehr
2006-08-02
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PTSD: “We are grateful that we can do what we like best!”
Although the band name refers to a disorder, the music of PTSD causes no negative effects whatsoever, >> more/mehr
2013-06-16
L.A. Cobra Fresh Act June
Having good taste in bad women is the motto of L.A Cobra. The band hailing from South Africa delivers >> more/mehr
2013-06-01
Nummirock 2013 - preview
The 27th Nummirock, the Finnish festival in the middle of the forests near Kauhajoki, features an outstanding headliner this ... more/mehr2013-06-16
CD: Hogjaw
With “If It Ain´t Broke…”, Hogjaw deliver their fourth studio album - an album filled with ten rocking tracks. It all starts ... more/mehr2013-06-16
CD: Rock Masters Band
Quite a self-confident band name, but indeed, those guys are no beginners and can surely afford it. When reading the album ... more/mehr2013-06-16
CD: My Name Is Music
Electronic Pop is not really my cup of tea, so I was a bit skeptical about listening to the third album of duo “My Name Is ... more/mehr2013-06-13
CD: Blackmore´s Night
Since 1997, Blackmore´s Night enchant us with their soft tunes and guide us through bygone times and different worlds, far ... more/mehr2013-06-12
CD: Jorn
Is there anybody else who releases records as regularly as Jorn Lande? I don´t think so. The Norwegian churns out album after ... more/mehr2013-06-12
CONCERT: Epica
Tonight´s show is the occasion for the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica to both promote”Requiem For The Indifferent” and ... more/mehr2013-06-12
CONCERT: Poets of the Fall – 10th Anniversary Tour
After touring Russia/Ukraine and performing on ships between Finland and Sweden, Poets of the Fall played once again in their ... more/mehr2013-06-10
CONCERT: Sturm und Drang
Finnish rockers Sturm und Drang are still a young band considering the age of the members, but they already have three albums ... more/mehr2013-06-10
CONCERT: ARIA / Dreamtale
It´s a pity that such a historic moment happened on a Tuesday evening and even pretty early for Finland... the Russian Band ... more/mehr2013-05-30
