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
Emergency Gate: Not just partying hard With their first two albums ``Nightly Ray`` and ``Rewake`` Emergency Gate from Swabia (Germany) did quite a good job. Now with their new release ``The Nemesis Construct`` they did even better. Reason enough to ask a few questions about the latest developments in the house of Emergency Gate, which were answered by guitarist Udo. >> more/mehr
2010-07-27
Emil Bulls - lateral thinker without compromise Emil Bulls are in town. Just like they say that their music is peculiar, creative and complex so are their opinions about unfulfilled dreams, politics, the meaning of music, different times and other bands. Emil Bulls are Christoph “Christ” von Freydorf (vocals), Stefan “Fab” Grinauer (drums), Jamie “Citnoh” Richardson (bass), Stephan “Moik” Karl and Christian “Chrissy” Schneider (guitar). The whole band except for their drummer who was unfortunately sick faced up to the STALKER-interview. >> more/mehr
2005-09-15
End of Green: Bono hasn´t called yet They are well-known for their dark songs that come straight from the heart: Doom Rockers End of Green outdo themselves every time with every new album. The deep voice of Michelle Darkness is distinctive and expresses so much emotion so that you don´t need to understand the lyrics to capture their content. Their last album „High Hopes in Low Places“ even became nro 17 of German album charts. STALKER met the End Of Green guitarist Sad Sir before their show in Pratteln. >> more/mehr
2010-12-07
ENOCHIAN THEORY: Music as a landscape The metallic Art Rock band Enochian Theory from the UK squeezes now their first full length album into our ears, and this release is so complex and exciting that it’s absolutely worth to be recommended. Ben Hayes tells STALKER the story behind it all. >> more/mehr
2009-08-09
Ensiferum - Vikings unplugged Ten years Ensiferum, and the Finnish band is far from quitting: a new CD, a new line-up and celebrating their anniversary at New Years Eve in Nosturi Club Helsinki, Markus Toivonen (guitar, vocals), Meiju Enho (synths), Petri Lindroos (vocals, guitar), Sami Hinkka (bass) and Janne Parviainen (drums) take their Folk-Death-Metal sound to the next level. >> more/mehr
2006-01-23
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Dead by April: The best behaving band in the world?
Those Swedes unite Metal, Pop and Rock, Clean and Growl vocals like no other band. Dead by April start >> more/mehr
2013-05-24
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
Rock Hard Festival 2013
The Rock Hard Festival has become one of the most important in the German Metal scene and for me it´s the festival highlight ... more/mehr2013-05-25
CD: New Device
New Device are still quite unknown in Germany and elsewhere, even Wikipedia does not know a thing about them. But in their ... more/mehr2013-05-24
CD: Lacrimas Profundere
Three years after their last release, “The Grandiose Nowhere”, Lacrimas Profundere are back with a new album titled “Antiadore”. ... more/mehr2013-05-24
CD: Green Express
Green Express, an international rock band from the Brazilian southeast coast, formed in 2007 and offers their first full-length ... more/mehr2013-05-24
CD: Honningbarna
"Verden Er Enkel" is the second album of Norwegian punk rock band Honningbarna and it sounds just like a punk rock album ... more/mehr2013-05-24
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
CONCERT: Jim Kroft / The Plea
After almost selling out the venue in Cologne the previous night, Jim Kroft did not draw as many people in Unna, but those ... more/mehr2013-05-26
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
