cd review

(7/10) "Soulbender II" is not a really new album. It is actually the bands debut album with additional four new tracks. "Soulbender" was the first disc of the band with the same name. The record was release ten years ago and the reason why Soulbender...

(6/10) Yellowcard is an alternative rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. It was the year 1997 when the guys released their debut called "Midget tossing". Now, 17 years further down the road the band has a new record in the starting block. The name of...

( 7/10) Maxxwell took two years to work on the new album and the result is availabale now. The name of the new disc is "Tabula rasa" and in one or another name this is also what the band did an the last 24 months. The guys from Switzerland almost reinvented...

(8/10) Unbelievable. Mob Rules is already around since 20 years. Time is flying if you fun. It was in 1994 when the band was founded by vocalist Klaus Dirks and six-stringer Matthias Mineur. It took five years for the band to release their debut called...

(9/10) When Nevermore decided to stop, there was a glimpse of hope that Warrel Dane re-activate his old band Sanctuary. It was in 2010 when the first signs of life appeared. Sanctuary reunited and played some festivals in Europe and North America. But...

(8/10) Talking about Sick Of It All means having it over 28 years of hardcore on a very high level. Already this fact is very remarkabale. It becomes even more outstanding while thinking about the fact that the band from New York never had a real dip....

(8/10) This album sounds literally like the black sheep of the family. 1349 from Norway delivered an excellent black metal album that in my opinion belongs to the best genre releases this year. The album contains everything a black metal record needs....

(6/10) This album is different from what I expected. If I look on the heritage of the Backyard Babies I have to think about dirty rock'n'roll with a certain unconventional punk attitude. This spirit was also continued on Dregen's solo album and I have...

(7/10) New stuff from Down Under. Convent Guilt are pretty new. The four piece from Sydney, New South Wales, was founded in 2011, released a demo in 2012 and have now their debut in the starting block. I haven't heard from the band before. Those are always...

(5/10) What on earth is this? Emergency Gate from Bavaria, Germany released a new record called "Infected" and I wonder what I should say about it. The band started in 1996 and has released already several records. "Infected" is already number of Valsi...

(6/10) "Skin and bones" ia already album number five of the band from Gummersbach, Germany. The city is more known for successful handball in the eighties than for metal. It was in 2003 when Lyriel was founded. They play symphonic metal with folk elements....

(8/10) Elecric Wizard released a new album called "Time to die" a few days ago. It is the first release after the 2010 album "Black Masses". The doom metal band has worked on another mean piece of doom metal combined with some occult metal influences....

(8/10) Enchant is back - after a decay without release. The prog metal band from the US managed to release a new album called "The last divide". It took the band ten years to release this album and it follows the 2003 album "Tug of war". There are several...

(8/10) North America isn't the area for black metal bands. Those are more coming from Europe. But there are moments when a pitch black surprise comes across the ocean. This time it is named Nightbringer. Already the name of the quintet from Green Mountain...