cd review

"Blackout" was the worldwide breakthrough for the Scorpions, followed by extensive touring. The question that needed an answer was, if all this will have an impact on the next studio release. It might had an effect, but for sure no bad one. "Love At First...

"Blackout" was my first Scorpions album and I think that it's still the best longplayer the band from Hannover ever released. The combination of heavy songs and the outstanding artwork by Gottfried Helnwein is an excellent symbiosis that makes the album...

(*/10) Scorpions started with "Animal Magnetism" into the 80's - a decade that was supposed to become one of the most successful ones in the band's history. The longplayer shows in a very good way the development of the band over time. And it is the real...

(9/10) If young dudes play oldschool music, I guess this is what you call a 'revival'. However, wording isn't important. It's the music that count's and there I have to say that Swedish metal gang RAM made a big step forward. Starting in 1999 the guys...

(*/10) The first album of the post-Roth era is called “Lovedrive” from 1979. A young new axeman from Hannover became part of the band and also Michael Schenker, Rudolf’s brother, joined during the recording session for the longplayer. He added some solo...

(*/10) "Tokyo Tapes" was the first live album of the Scorpions. The band still tried to find some solid ground in Europe while they have been already quite popular in the land of the rising sun. The disc documents the two shows in Tokyo that the Scorpions...

(*/10) To celebrate the 50th anniversary as a band is a special moment. Not that many rock groups can claim such a milestone for them. One of the bands that are belonging to this special category are German metal legend Scorpions. The story of the band...

(8/10) You could that this is the right review for Halloween - a band called Zombi. No, seriously, Zombi is from Pittsburgh and the guys stand for progressive rock music that comes with many electronic features and synthesizers. Zombi was inspired by...

(8/10) There is a lot trouble and defiency out there in the world that delivers enough topics for lyrics for a new Killing Joke album. So it's not a surprise that the legendary post-punk band was in the studio again and worked on their sixteenth longplayer...

(9/10) This autumn seems to become a sophisticated season when it comes to progressive metal music. There have been already some quite exciting records that have been published; like the new album from Gazpacho and now there are two German prog bands...

(8/10) What a blast in 1984 when I heard the first songs from David T. Chastain. It was the second full-length album he released under the header of Chastain, with Leather Leone taking over the vocal duties. This album was a real highlight at that time,...

(8/10) To mention each of the important musical mielstones of Midge Ure would be a very long list of bands and projects the iconic musicians was involved in. I don't think that such an outstanding career was to foresee when Ure started in 1976 with Silk,...

(7/10) You could make life easy for yourself and label '77 as the Spanish AC/DC. But this would be far too easy, even though the five-piece from Australia can be seen as a major inspiration for '77's sound. But the four-guys from Barcelona are more than...

(9/10) After having played a fantastic show in union with the mighty Savatage the Trans-Siberian Orchestra releases a new album called "Letters From the Labyrinth". The success story of TSO started in 1996 with "Christmas Eve and Other Stories". The record...