cd review

(8/10) French groove institution Dagoba went into the studio to record their newest longplayer "Tales of the black dawn". I can tell you that it's quite heavy stuff that is told in the black dawn. The new longplayer is already no.6 in the bands history....

(8/10) Sacrilege - there are some bands with this name. Here we are talking about the NWoBHM veterans from the UK that started in 1982. The band didn't release more than two demos before they dibanded in 1987. It was twenty years later when Bill Beadle...

(7/10) Kissing Candice are from Long Island, NY. The five-piece was founded in 2012 and released their new album "Blind until we burn" as we speak. A first view on the booklet gives the impression of Slipknot clones. But I wouldn't go that far. Besides...

(7/10) Lower Than Atlantis are busy guys and they are successful. At least in the UK the band is already very well known. In the rest of Europe they aren't that much present yet, but the new album might change this. Founded in 2007, the four guys from...

(5/10) After having had big successes with Stratovarius, records with Finnish guitar wizard Timo Tolkki have always been a kind of sonic uncertainty. The latest releases of the six stringer haven't been that exciting and I was curious if this changes...

(8/10) Again an album that makes fun. 2013 founded Ecstatic Vision has their first longplayer out in the stores. "Sonic praise" is the title of the band's debut that comes with five songs - all five minutes or longer. The guys from Philadelphia started...

(7/10) I'm not the biggest fan of Benedictum's power metal. Therefore I was hesitating when I got The V. The name stands for Veronica 'the V' Freeman, singer and frontlady from Benedictum. But instead of producing a pure metal album Freeman took the freedom...

(*/10) It was in 2014 when prog icons Yes entered the stage at the Ikeda Theater in Mesa, Arizona to perform two of their most important releases. The band performed "Fragile" and "Close to the edge" in their entirety - both highlights from the early...

(7/10) Nuclear Assault is one of the those metal dinosaurs that are an essential part of the metal scene by still being not that very well known. They are the underground. Dan Lilker and band mates have been around already since 1985. The guys have been...

(7/10) After I have heard the first single form "Old habits die hard" I wasn't really thrilled. But OK, that was one song and the album might convinces more. And yes, it does. After having listened a few times to the longplayer I must say that I really...

(6/10) If I want to see the Misfits I will visit a Misfits show. If I want to listen to Volbeat and/or Danzig I choose one of their CD's. And if I want to have a bit of a 'horror show feeling' I prefer the good old Alice Cooper or King Diamond. This leads...

(8/10) Kelly Keeling isn't a rookie. The singer had already in the 90's some first successes with Baton Rough before he was part of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in the mid of 2000. Also his time with Michael Schenker and John Norum brought the singer...

(8/10) Goblin Rebirth is nobody else than the original rhythm section of Goblin, the iconic band from the 70's. Fabio Pignatelli (b) and Agostino Marangolo (d) teamed-up with Aidan Zammit (key), Danilo Cherni (key) and guitarist Giacomo Anselmi. The five-piece...

(8/10) Metal from Canada means Annihilator when it comes to thrash, Anvil when it comes to metal and Rush when we talk about prog. Power metal wasn't so far something Canada was famous for. This might change with "Purgatory", the newest release from Boeralis....