Rockville Festival June 14-15, Kirf, GER, Festival arena, features this year e.g. More Than A Thousand, The Sorrow, John Coffey, Superbutt, Stereo Dynamite, TOS, Electrified Soul etc. Infos: http://www.rockville-festival.de 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
Well, "Rome wasn´t built in a day", and I had to correct the date on this review 3 times, but now it seems that in September it FINALLY works out ...
This album was recorded already in 2006, but there were various difficulties that delayed the release, while the follow-up CD with guests like Fernando Ribeiro (Moonspell) ... more/mehr
2007-08-01
Dawn Of Winter
The Peaceful Dead
Ok, so this is the new musical output of DAWN OF WINTER… We are talking about German Doom Metal, naturally a good thing you`d think. The album „The Peaceful Dead“ does convince me very little unto not at all, though. Their label names them a cult band – you can argue about that – so you expect a lot more than the offered, you get ... more/mehr
2008-11-12
Days Of Disgrace
- demo -
Quite a young act: Days Of Discgrace was formed in early 2007, and right after their very first live show in February 2008 things began to take off, studio time was offerend and promotional help, but then the original drummer left the band right before the recording sessions. Session aid was found with Heikki Malmberg (Diablo), the ... more/mehr
2008-11-09
Days We Are Even
Himalaya
Days We Are Even is maybe not the best name for a band if it is supposed to stay in the mind of people but their songs will definitely do. The band, which consists of a German, a Swiss and a Brazilian, releases, with “Himalaya”, their debut record. Music-wise, they can be filed under Modern Metal, which means: EVERYTHING goes, nothing ... more/mehr
2013-04-03
De Lirium´s Order
Diagnosis
Wow, this is indeed a catch for the new Finnish label Shadow World Records. The second CD of this quintet, recorded by Jack Tyger at Studio Perkele (Deathchain, Shade Empire, Barathrum etc.) has a lot to offer. Death Metal, yet not the melodious Scandinavian version – Old School meets Grind meets Thrash meets Groove, Growls in the ... more/mehr
2007-08-02
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