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
The British band „Apparition“ is quite young, founded in 2004 and now presents their debut “Drowned in Questions”.
Musically their first album can be defined as Goth-Rock but before they can compete with "Lacuna Coil", "Evanescence", "The Gathering", "Tristania" or others they still have to do a lot.
A 5 track EP of a band as first output to introduce their self to the world and see what come back. Actually a good idea, but when there is no central thread in the five songs is quite hard to judge. The titeltrack and many passages are strongly influenced by Korn. High guitarleads on the 7 string, a bassrun in the foreground and ... more/mehr
2006-09-28
Arafel
Through the Flame of the Ages
The name Arafel is surely not known to most of the local headbangers. The band is a black metal band originating from Russia, living in Israel, playing with guest- and session-musicians from Israel and Poland. All good? That’s what I call multi-cultural! The Russian Israeli don’t just contribute their part to the international understanding, ... more/mehr
2006-01-26
Arcane Grail
Arya Marga
Arya Marga is a second album from this Russian metal act, with a strong concept, sung in three different languages: Russian, German and English (which doesn´t mean the lyrics any easier to understand, but who says that gothic metal should be easy and accessible?!) Russian metal scene is quite strongly influenced by the heavy scene ... more/mehr
2010-05-27
Arcane Order, The
In the Wake of Collisions
The Arcane Order is the brainchild of guitar player Flemming C. Lund (Invocator, ex-Autumn Leaves) and began in 2000 named Scavenger. After some troubles the band finally came up with their debut in 2006 "The Machinery Of Oblivion", receiving a Danish Metal Award nomination for best debut album in the same year. Now the Danish-Swedish ... more/mehr
