(8/10) If you are releasing records since 19 years you can't play bad music. Perzonal War are around already since such a ling time. Sailing under the flag of Perzonal War in the beginning the band published the first demo back in 1996. since then the...

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(10/10) Armored Saint is since decades one of the most underrated bands in metal. The five-piece from California was founded in 1980 by singer John Bush and bass player Joey Vera. After having had the chance to place a song on one of the legendary Metal...

(8/10) If Gotthard playes in the hardrock Champions-League than it's Crystal Ball that has a permanent spot for Switzerland in the Euro-League of harder rock music. The new albumm "LifeRider", number eight in Crystal Ball's discography, became surprisingly...

(8/10) The Pantomz are since many years the band that supports Paul Di'Anno on his tours in Europe. After more than 10 years the guys decided to work on some new songs. The result of this is a tight debut album called "The league of shadows". Twelve songs...

(7/10) Valkyrie is the brainchild of the two brothers Jake and Pete Adams. It was actually Jake who started with the band 13 years ago, while his brother joined two years later as second guitarist. The rhythm section can't look back on such a continuity....

(*/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...

(*/10) There are in the meantime quite some female-fronted metal band around that combine classic soprano vocals with hard guitar riffs. One of the first ones have been The Gathering, but it was Nightwish from Finland that brought this mixture more into...

(8/10) Everyone who knows Nile also knows George Kollias. The drummer of the charismatic death metal band has earned quite some reputation and did next to his 'job' with Nile also some drum clinics. Additionally Kollias found some time to work on his...

(6/10) When I got this album I was thinking: why? I didn't know Matt Skiba and I also haven't heard his debut from 2012, called "Babylon". The reason why I was doubting was the cover. The artwork gave me the impression of electro-pop. Kraftwerk and Klaus...

Bonfire is on tour in Germany plus a few dates in Europe. Here are the dates: 11.07 GER Berlin Weissensee-Open-Air 17.07. Greece - Chania Rock Festival 18.07. CZ - Tarock Festival 25.07. Cypres - Power of the Night - Open Air 30.07. GER - Miltenberg /...

(7/10) Coal Chamber started in 1993 and was part of the Nu Metal hype that was generated by bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit. The band from L.A. started releasing records like "Chamber music" and "Dark days", which also had chart entries. But even with...

(8/10) During the last years a duo called The Oath appeared on the scene. The retro band got a lot of positive feedback for their debut, but the two girls disbanded in 2014. Now one of the two protagonists is back - Johanna Sadonis. The charismatic singer...