dvd review

(9/10) Who needs Star Wars if you can also get Ziltoid? At least I prefer Devin Townsend's small little alien that is one the mission to find the best coffee. It was on April 13 this year when Canadian guitar maniac Devin Townsend played a show at the...

(9/10) "A Sort of Home Coming" is an impressive audio and video document of a group of musicians that started years and years ago as a doom band that came with quite some death metal influences. After such an entry into music Anathema moved step by step...

(*/10) Norwegian death metal band Extol worked on a documentary that is called "Extol: of light and shade". The Christian metal band is well established and was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy. The death metal band is very well known in Norway but...

(9/10) It was year ago when Swedish Katatonia played a few shows in Europe in an unplugged setup that was based on the "Dethroned & uncrowned" release from 2013. I had the chance to see the concert in the P60 in Amstelveen, Netherlands and I was impressed....

(8/10) The eagle is on the road again. Next to the Saxon tour, taking place right now, the metal icons also released a CD/DVD package called "Warriors on the road". It is the continuation of "Chronicles" from 2001 and the focus is more on 'old and new'....

(8/10) "Let us burn" is the new live release from Dutch symphonic rockers Within Temptation. The set includes 3 dics - one DVD/BluRay and 2 CD. The story around this release is an interesting one. One of the DVDs contains the "Elements" show in Antwerp...

(8/10) I will not go too deep into the music and the setlist, since I talked about this already in the CD review from a few days ago. The DVD though contains the same songs as the CD. This means that you get the full package with this release. The show...

(8/10) Dennis DeYoung is the voice of Styx. And for the younger ones of you Styx is the legendary rock band from Chicago which has been very famous especially in the 70's and the 80's. After DeYoung left Styx he focussed on his solo career. But "...and...

(8/10) I have the feeling that the prog masterminds from Long Island are also the record holder for having the most live releases in their career. "Breaking the four walls" is the newest one from Dream Theater. I have stopped counting, but I was surprised...

I focussed on the music already in the CD review. I have nothing more to add here. But when it comes to the DVD I want to mention a few thing. First of all it is an even better experience than only listening to the songs. The CD is good, but if those...

(8/10) It was a sad moment four years ago when the news spread around the world that one of the most talented singers in Heavy Metal died - Ronnie James Dio. Now, almost four years after the exact date of death, a new release with the small Italian rooted...

(9/10) It was in July 2013 when this DVD was filmed. Queen's guitarist Brain May played a show in Montreux, Switzerland together with musical star Kerry Ellis. In the Stravinski Auditorium the duo played a set full of Queen classics, ballads and cover...

(9/10) It seems that Joe Bonamassa has an endless amount of creativity and energy. It's easy to loose the overview about all his releases in the last years. The good thing with all those releases is the fact, that it never gets boring. Bonamassa invents...

(8/10) Already 22 years that Angra from Brazil is in business. Oh man - time is flying. The band released a lot of good albums in all those years, but never had the big break-through. No idea why. The DVD / Blu-Ray was recorded on August 25 in Sao Paolo....