(5/10) What on earth is this? Emergency Gate from Bavaria, Germany released a new record called "Infected" and I wonder what I should say about it. The band started in 1996 and has released already several records. "Infected" is already number of Valsi...

(6/10) "Skin and bones" ia already album number five of the band from Gummersbach, Germany. The city is more known for successful handball in the eighties than for metal. It was in 2003 when Lyriel was founded. They play symphonic metal with folk elements....

You might wonder why a dance performance is mentioned on my blog. I can understand the confussion. But things get clearer as soos as you know that the music is coming partly from bands like Nile and Dead Can Dance. This might create some curiousity. The...

(8/10) Elecric Wizard released a new album called "Time to die" a few days ago. It is the first release after the 2010 album "Black Masses". The doom metal band has worked on another mean piece of doom metal combined with some occult metal influences....

(8/10) Enchant is back - after a decay without release. The prog metal band from the US managed to release a new album called "The last divide". It took the band ten years to release this album and it follows the 2003 album "Tug of war". There are several...

Here comes the new lyric video from thrash legend Exodus. The song is entitled "Salt the wounds", feat. Kirk Hammett. The six stringer from Metallica hooked-up with his old fellows from Exodus for a guest appearance. Secondly the song is great since former...

Are you looking for some classical metal moments? Her comes the first video from the new Allen/Lande album. The title which is taken from the album is called "Lady of winter". The name of the album is "The great divine" and will be released via Frontiers...

Eventhough the tour has been postponed and the new album has taken a bit longer than expected - now it's time for a new song from Machine Head. The thrasher released the song "Now we die" from their coming album album "Bloodstone and diamonds". It's a...

(8/10) North America isn't the area for black metal bands. Those are more coming from Europe. But there are moments when a pitch black surprise comes across the ocean. This time it is named Nightbringer. Already the name of the quintet from Green Mountain...

(7/10) Norwegian hardrockers TNT are looking back on a long history. It was already in 1982 when the band released their self-titled debut. From that moment one the band went on a career with some ups and downs - but they never gave up. They survived...

(5/10) Alunah is a doom metal band from Birmingham, England. Started in 2006 the band released their newest album "Awakening the forest" in October. I listened to the album a couple of times, but I have to say that it never created enthusiasm. The band...

(8/10) Ups. What happened to the German/Swedish cooperation called Jaded Heart. It feels like the band went through a rejuvenation. What the band delivers on their 12th strike is an energetic achievement that I haven't expected from the guys. The album...

(8/10) Good stuff from Sweden. This isn't something unexpected, but the surprise this time is the fact that 220 Volt came out with a new record. Honestly, I haven't expected an album from the band anymore. The more I was happy when I heard that they are...

The masters of black romance from Germany - Stormwitch - signed a contract with Massacre Records. There is a new album in the pipeline called "Season of the witch". The record will be released in January 2015.