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(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'....

(*/10) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a Non-Profit-Organisation that is fighting against whaling, dealing and overdone fishing. Founded already in 1977 in Friday Harbor, Washington they see their mission in protecting the oceans. Now it was musician...

(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...

It was very busy on the Arena Boulevard in Amsterdam that night. Linkin Park played a show at the Ziggo Arena and the mighty Opeth rocked the Heineken Music Hall. Both venues are just a few hundred meters away from each other which means that it was peak...

Here are some fantastic photos from Dutch photographer Paul Barendregt taken at the Linkin Park show in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on 07.11.2014. Enjoy them. Setlist: Mashup intro #2 Guily all the same Given up Points of authority One step closer Blackout...

(7/10) Kaipa stands for rock from Sweden with folk- and prog influences. To be honest - I missed the band so far. It's maybe the same with you. So, let's have a look back in time. The band started already in the end of the 70's. It was in 1975 when they...

(*/10) My first thought was 'another live album from Whitesnake'. And in one or another way this is also correct. But there is a thought behind "Live in 1984 - Back to the bone". It was 30 years ago, in 1984, when Whitesnake released their "Slide it in"...

(*/10) To introduce King Diamond is like carrying sand to the beach. The iconic singer from Denmark, who lives in the US since many years, is a constant factor in the scene for decades. He didn't only celebrate big successes during his solo career; he...

(8/10) There is no Yin without a Yang. This goes also for Dan Swano too. The musician from Finspang, Sweden lives out both parts in his music. If the Yin is the death metal he played/produced with bands like Bloodbath and Edge Of Sanity, it is the Yang...

(8/10) It seems to be the 'prog weeks' this autumn. InsideOut has quite some good releases in their launchplan in these days. Devin Townsend, Pain Of Salvation and now also Haken with a new EP. The title is "Restoration" and the name is telling you what...

(8/10) The brain and heart behind Pain Of Salvation is Daniel Gildenlöw. He is the frontman and mastermind of the Swedish prog band. The band released already eight studio records and got quite some attention in the prog scene. The idea behind the album...

(7/10) With "The heart of the matter" Norwegian Triosphere released their news prog metal album, which their fourth one. The band from Trondheim, Norway was founded in 2004 by singer Ida Haukland, who is also plays the bass, Marius Silver Bergesen on...

( 7/10) Apostle Of Solitude is looking back on two full-length longplayers and a couple of EPs/Slit albums. The guys from Indianapolis, Indiana started in 2004 and the first demo was published one year later in 2005. The third strike of the four-piece...

(7/10) Seven tracks, 38 minutes - no compromises. Stench from Sweden released a new album called "Venture". It is their second full-length disc and it comes with seven black- / death metal tracks. All of them are stright-forward and doesn't give you time...