(7/10) Brutal Beyond Belief - what a band name. The guys that are sailing under this flag are Annika, Elin and Filip. This trio is based in Stockholm, Sweden and they started to do some music together back in 2012. A year later, in 2013, they officially...

(7/10) Knifeworld pick-it up where the guys from the UK stopped with their earlier "The Unravelling" album. The guys focus again on pretty complex music that demands quite some skills and musical craftmanship. Knifeworld has embedded all this as a fix...

(7/10) Stockholm based Dynazty gave me a hard time for writing a review. Why? I'm sitting on the fence when it comes to their newest album "Titanic Mass". The quintet has in the meantime their fifth album out there in the record shops and it actually...

(8/10) Koblenz-based Desaster does on their new record what they can do best. The guys worked on another album that focusses on raw thrash metal with a spicing-up death metal component. The four-piece used their cookiecutter approach and this isn't meant...

On April 14th, Swedish Opeth published a book that is more than impressive. Opeth is celebrating their 25th anniversary and Mikael Åkerfeldt had the brilliant idea to honour such a milestone with a book about the band, a documentatation is more than just...

(8/10) Who cares about the current hype about the Guns'n'Roses? Maybe some. Maybe some more. Anyhow, there is far better stuff out there, young guys that are really hungry. Their name; Dust Bowl Jokies. The guys from Sweden released their debut "Cockaigne...

After having hosted a show of German thrashers Exumer earlier this year it was the right moment for another thrash metal night in Leiden. This time it's the legendary Overkill that stopped for one show in Holland, inviting fans to a journey back in time....

"Getaway" is the new video of German rockers Long Distance Calling. The tune is taken from the upcoming album "Trips" that's coming via Inside Out Music later this month. The band could gain German actor Ralf Richter for playing a role in this clip. All...

Chief growler Chris Barnes continues with Six Feet Under's 'Graveyard Classics' series. In the meantime it in number four that's upcoming. The guys decided to focus on NWoBHM legends Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. Six Feet Under covered five songs of each...

One band, one day, two shows. Shooting stars Deadheads will perform two sets in Berlin, Germany on May 21st. The first one will be an acoustic set that will take place in the Ramones musuem. Showtime is 19:00. After having played this gig the guys move...

Some news from H.I.M. singer Ville Valo. He teamed-up with British guitarist Mark Gemini Thwaite (MGT) for recording an ABBA cover. The guys have chosen "Knowing me, Knowing you" but unfortunately it became a quite bloodless version of this exciting ABBA...

(7/10) Halstenbek is the homebase of German thrashers Minotaur. The four-piece, that can look back on a 33 years long history in metal, have worked on a new EP entitled "Beast of Nations". This disc is the first real sign of life after the guys have published...

(7/10) Black Rainbows is based in Rome, Italy and the trio releases with "Stellar Prophecy" their fourth longplayer. Since Gabriele Fiori, Alberto Croge and Guiseppe Guglielmino signed with Heavy Psych Sounds Records, a door went open for more international...

Fans always wanted Udo Dirkschneider doing Accept songs as being part of the regular U.D.O. shows. And of course, these old classic are awesome and milestones in metal music. But U.D.O. is not Accept and therefore Udo Dirkschneider decided to do a tour...