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Tag(s) : #Prophets Of Rage, #Audioslave, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #News, #Live, #Crossover

Der Elefant is a new metal outfit hailing from Stuttgart, Germany. It is Tieflader and Farmer Boy guitarist Alex Scholpp who started this project. The first 3-track EP was released a few days ago and it's interesting enough to get some more information...

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Tag(s) : #Der Elefant, #Heavy Metal, #Instumental, #Jam, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #News, #Interview, #Tieflader, #Farmer Boys

(8/10) Some of the The Old Dead Tree members started a new band called Arkan back in 2005. A year later the first EP hit the shelves, followed by three longplayers. "Kelem" is the newest record of this French metal outfit and it combines again metal and...

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Tag(s) : #Arkan, #Melodic Metal, #Heavy Metal, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #Modern Metal, #CD Review, #News, #Melodic Death Metal, #The Old Dead Tree

(7/10) Fatso Jetson is one of these bands that brings the desert closer to where you live. Since the early 90's the band from California plays stoner rock that reminds more than once of Queens Of The Stone Age. "Idle Hand" is the band's seventh album...

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Tag(s) : #Fatso Jetson, #Stoner Rock, #Psychedelic Rock, #News, #CD Review, #Rock, #Hardrock, #Alternative Rock

(7/10) "Elvis Didn't Do No Drugs" is the new album of German alternative rockers Purified Black. The guys from Konstanz started in 2010 with a first self-released EP named "I Can't Tell You Who I Am" that hit the shelfs in 2011. A second EP followed two...

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Tag(s) : #Purified Black, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #Hardrock, #Dark Metal, #News, #CD Review, #Rock

Photo: Steve Keros (Warner Music Group) This specific Wednesday was a day that included quite some bad and sad news and therefor it was even more important to also see the shining, open and colourful side of the USA. It was the Red Hot Chili Peppers that...

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Tag(s) : #Red Hot Chili Peppers, #Crossover, #Rock, #Hardrock, #Modern Rock, #Alternative Rock, #Live Review, #Deerhoof

(8/10) The title says it all. This album is the second part of the "Prayers For The Blessed" session. The first album was released in spring this year and volume 2 includes another 11 songs from this fruitful session. In case you think that this means...

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Tag(s) : #Sixx:A.M., #Rock, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #Modern Metal, #Modern Rock, #News, #CD Review, #Hardrock

(7/10) Broken Hands are a UK-based band, playing rock music that fits somewhere between Britrock a la Oasis and alternative rock. “Turbulence” is the band’s debut that tries to enlighten our grey November days, an ambition that partly works in reality....

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Tag(s) : #Broken Hands, #Alternative Rock, #Rock, #Hardrock, #News, #CD Review

(7/10) Heartbanger is a nice wordplay and it describes the music of this Barcelona-based project, very well. Xavi Mendez and his project is more about the heart than about headbanging. Instead of raw riffing the guy puts their focus on some nicely done...

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Tag(s) : #Heartbanger, #AOR, #Rock, #News, #CD Review, #Hardrock, #Alternative Rock, #Melodic Rock

(6/10) To be honest, I haven’t heard about Stiffy Jones before and I had to get myself up to speed when it comes to the outfit from Scandinavia. This four-piece band was founded in 2005 in Stockholm and it’s Johan Keskitalo (v/g), Calle Sällström(v/g),...

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Tag(s) : #Stiffy Jones, #Rock, #News, #CD Review, #Punkrock, #Punk, #Alternative Rock

Right before hitting the road for a small tour with Amorphis and some 'Evening with LCD' show, Long Distance Calling posted a new video for the instrumental song "Trauma". The track is taken from the latest album "Trips" and belongs to the highlights...

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Tag(s) : #Amorphis, #Video, #Long Distance Calling, #Tour, #Live, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock

(7/10) "La Curandera" is the newest output from Clutch and it features eight songs of this four-piece which have been released already earlier in time. It was in 2015 when this record hit the market, at that time being meant as a support for a beast cancer...

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Tag(s) : #Clutch, #CD Review, #News, #Stoner Rock, #Rock, #Alternative Rock, #Hardrock, #LP Review

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Tag(s) : #Alter Bridge, #Tremonti, #News, #Tour, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #Modern Rock, #Modern Metal, #Hardrock

(7/10) I have to admit it right in the begining that Helmet always belonged to my favorite bands in alternative metal. Records such as "Meantime" and "Aftertaste" include milestones in alternative metal that are build on walls of riffs and the typical...

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Tag(s) : #Helmet, #Noise Rock, #Alternative Metal, #Alternative Rock, #News, #CD Review