cd review

(6/10) The black widow is a spider that is quite special. The female eats the male after the sexual act. But "Black widow" is also the name of the new album from the California-based In This Moment. Looking on the cover of the fifth longplayer you have...

(8/10) Classic rock and no end im sight. Year Of The Goat belongs to those bands that feel home in this genre. The six-piece is inspired by the sounds of the 60's and 70's. After they had released their debut called "Angel's necropolis in 2012 it took...

(7/10) In the meantime there are a lot female-fornted metal bands out there that are dedicated to symphonic metal. If I would made my life easy I would say that Divine Ascension is one of them. And in one or another way it would be true. But what I think...

(7/10) What sounds very Swedish/Scandinavian comes from down under. White Widdow was founded in 2008 in Melbourne, Australia by Jules (v) and Xavier (key) Millis. Together with six stinger Enzo Almanzi the base was build for White Widdow. The five-piece...

(7/10) When guys from well known German metal bands team up the result must be something impressive. The German Panzer ('tank' in English) is the newest of those initiatives. Schmier, bassplayer and singer from Destruction, Herman Frank (g) from Accept...

(7/10) Battleaxe are into real and unmasked heavy metal. Their music is inspired by bands from the NWoBHM on the one hand and also AC/DC ("Metal rock" and "Shout it out") had an impact on Battleaxe's music. The 'new' album is the re-release of their second...

(9/10) Stockholm in 2012 - a new band joins the metal world. Avatarium . Yes, they have been new, but their members are very experienced guys. Actually it was Candlemass' Leif Edling who started the band. But with Marcus Jidell, Carl Westholm and Lasse...

(8/10) The eighth album from Primordial is an intensive piece of music. I’m saying this because the album demands time and effort to grow. Maybe it’s not the first round that convinces everybody, but this will come. Primordial perfectionised with “Where...

(7/10) Cripper means female fronted thrash metal from Germany. The five-piece from Hannover has released already 3 full-length records and has spend some time in the studio during the last months. The result is a new album; full of thrash metal anthems....

(8/10) To be honest, I haven't thought that we will ever get a new album from the Australian hardrock legend. Especially after the news was out that founding member Malcolm Young had to stop with AC/DC due to dementia I had the idea that this was it....

(7/10) Niclas Engelin must be a busy man in these days. First the new album from In Flames, than the big tour with the Gothenburg metal institution and parallel the release of the new Engel album - a lot of things to do. The band, that was founded in...

(8/10) This album is pitch black. Posthum is a Norwegian black metal band from Nannestad. The three piece band started in 2004 and released a few days ago their third album called "Black Northern ritual". It follows the 2012 release "Lights out" which...

(8/10) Raunchy from Denmark are a constant factor in the metal scene. Eventhough they never had a real breakthrough they are constantly releasing new records based on pure passion for what they are doing. The band started in 1992 and released till now...

(8/10) The Wilson sisters, better known under the header Heart, have played a show on December 12th 2013 in the Benaroya Symphony Hall in their hometown Seattle. It was a remarkable moment since it was the only show like this. Ann and Nancy Wilson decided...