cd review

(6/10) It doesn’t happen to often that my first 40 minutes of listening to a band are listening to them performing live on stage. Mostly it’s of course the opposite, with listening to an album and then having a chance to see a live show of the guys. When...

(7/10) Belgian metal outfit Diablo Blvd. debut in 2009 with “The Greater God”, an album that brought some darker metal up to surface. The sound reminded of bands like Danzig and some Type O’Negative, ending up on a debut that included a harsh sound and...

(7/10) First things that gets into your mind while reading 'Wayward Sons' is the iconic classic rock anthem done by rock dinosaurs Kansas. I can't tell you if this tune was the inspiration for Toby Jepson when the question of naming for this outfit was...

(9/10) I can’t even explain ‘why’, but Cradle Of Filth never really went right to the top of my personal playlists. I had them on my metal radar and I liked to listen to them once in a while, but the pure excitement never hit me. Therefor I was curious...

(7/10) Are you interested in bands such as Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and Rival Sons? Than this release might be an interesting one for you. UK-based classic blues rockers Dirty Thrills publish their new longplayer "Heavy Living" mid-September, an album...

(8/10) After having had some wins in the early 90's the wheel of fortune didn't provide Steelheart with a lot of positive scores during the following months and years. The band, being the brainchild of singer Michael Matijevic, started as Red Alert in...

(8/10) Fleshkiller is fairly new, and not. The band itself began in 2015 as a side project of Ole Børud and Peter Dalbakk. These two guys worked together earlier and were band mates of Schaliach. Furthermore Børud is well-known as an important factor...

(7/10) Next to his new solo release “On the Shoulder of Giants” Shawn James also publishes a new EP with The Shapeshifters. “The Bear” is part two of a trilogy and tells the story an old bear who awakes from along winter sleep , going through his final...

(7/10) Shawn James is a multi-instrumentalist hailing from Chicago. The guy released already some solo albums as well as he realized projects together with The Shapeshifters. Even though non of his previous albums has been released in countries like Germany...

(8/10) After having released the highly successful “Emperor of Sand” album some month ago, Atlanta-based powerhouse Mastodon returns with a new EP, providing four more songs which weren’t released earlier. The tunes are the result of work done in sessions...

(8/10) After having released an excellent longplayer called “Twisted Love” 12 months ago, the band comes back with a new longplayer in September this year. This time it’s an album that doesn’t come with new songs. The Quireboys worked on a record that’s...

(9/10) Driving on Swedish highways doesn’t give you any satisfaction when it comes to enjoying the power of speed. Restrictive speed limits shrink down the possibilities and you have to search for other ways to get the thrill of speed. Gothenburg-based...

(8/10) The Antarctica is a place that comes with so much beauty, a place where nature evolves without being distracted, destroyed or manipulated by humans. It’s a frozen paradise that reveals mind-blowing blue ice schemes being built out of thousands...

(8/10) Here comes an album that should be interested for everyone that thinks that the newest Arch Enemy album is too melodic and too much mainstream. German thrashers Cripper worked on a new longplayer entitled “Follow Me: Kill!” which will be released...