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
Poets of the Fall: “Inner peace is the most important thing“ The Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. In those years they’ve stayed true to themselves and their own style as well as independent from major labels. They have released five studio albums and one “best of” compilation, received numerous awards, toured through a dozen countries and are far from being tired. Currently they are working on their next album (to be released in 2014), are touring Finland, Russia and Ukraine and planning their first ever live DVD, recorded at their Moscow concert. In the middle of all this, between soundcheck and dinner before their concert on the cruise ship Viking Grace, singer Marko Saaresto took the time to answer a few questions for STALKER. >> more/mehr
2013-04-02
LOST SOCIETY: Bursting with energy This is not just another young Thrash Metal band... Lost Society´s debut album turned out to be quite impressive, and they will have the honour to warm up for OVERKILL on their Finnish tour dates. Therefore STALKER just had to get hold of guitarist and vocalist Samy Elbanna to find out more ... >> more/mehr
2013-03-26
Audrey Horne – Norwegian rockers and their Superhero alter egos Audrey Horne, the outstanding hard rock band from Bergen released with “Youngblood” their fourth album. That, plus the label change, a new permanent band member and tons of other interesting stories, was reason enough that STALKER.cd had a little chat with Torkjell “Toschie” Rød, the singer of the quintet. >> more/mehr
2013-03-20
Krokus - Chris Von Rohr: „People only know my big mouth, nobody sees my work!“ Swiss Rock veterans is a fitting description of the band Krokus. Since 1975 they have been a gem in the Swiss Rock scene, and despite their many ups and downs they got together again. The new album „Dirty Dynamite“ is the second after the official comeback with the classic line-up Von Rohr, Storace, von Arb &Co. Chris von Rohr is the band mastermind and became famous as juror in castingshows and with his demand „Meh Dräck“ (More dirt!). The Swiss love or hate him, I admire this man for saying what he thinks, no matter the topic, and there are few of this kind in Switzerland. Despite a lot of stress, Chris took time to answer STALKER´s questions. >> more/mehr
2013-03-16
Sons Of Aeon: A lighthouse of hope It is rare that a gig takes place without major disturbances – this day, a snow storm had made the trip from Jyväskylä extremely adventurous … No wonder the five guys seemed a bit stressed because of the delay, but still glad to make it to their Helsinki premiere in PRKL Club in one piece ( see report ). Somehow Wille Naukkarinen (git) and Tommi Kiviniemi (b) still managed to deliver an astonishing amount of information in a very short time, between soundcheck and supper, about starting-from-scratch, childlike enthusiasm and ”sisu”, the endurance of Finnish Metal bands... >> more/mehr
2013-03-11
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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
