heavy metal

(8/10) It took me a while to get into the new album from Night Viper. But after a few rounds the longplayer revealed its full potential. But let's start from the beginning. When I said 'new album' I have to add that "Night Viper" is actually the debut...

(7/10) Munichs Megaherz's new EP "Erdwärts" is another chapter to the bands Neue Deutsche Härte history. After the pretty successful "Zombieland" record in 2014 six new songs have been put on this inbetween release. Stylistically positioned between Rammstein...

(9/10) Who needs Star Wars if you can also get Ziltoid? At least I prefer Devin Townsend's small little alien that is one the mission to find the best coffee. It was on April 13 this year when Canadian guitar maniac Devin Townsend played a show at the...

Wow. What a run for Germans Beyond The Black. The band has a new album almost ready for release and will be the support for the Scorpions shows in Germany during 2016. The new longplayer of Jennifer Haben and bandmates will be released on February 12th,...

German power metal flagship, Brainstorm, worked hard on their next album. "The World To See" is the first video, taken from the upcoming longplayer called "Scary Creatures". Release date is January 16th, 2016 and the release show will take place in the...

The fourth album of Germany‘s Heavy Rockers THE NEW BLACK will be entitled "A Monster's Life". It will be released on Feb 26th, 2016. Tracklist: Long Time Coming Blockbuster Life With A Grin Send In The Clowns Dead In The Water Buddha Belly The Beer Of...

(7/10) Bavaria is known for Oktoberfest, Weissbier and Lederhosen. It's less connected to thrash metal. Mortal Infinity from Altötting might change this a bit. The five-piece band was founded in 2008 and released their first EP in 2010. Two years later...

(7/10) Phantasma is the result out of the collaboration of Georg Neuhauser (Serenity), Oliver Philipps (Everon) and Charlotte Wessels (Delain). Reading those names raises quite some expectations. And knowing that Tom S. Englund from Evergey plus some...

(7/10) Null'O'Zero was founded in 2011 and it almost seems that there is a New Wave of Greece Heavy Metal on its way. OK, that's maybe a bit too big, but there are with Null'O'Zero and Forbidden Seed two Greek bands that show some potential for more....

Italian symphonic metal kings RHAPSODY OF FIRE are set to release their new album, titled "Into The Legend", on January 15th. Cover artwork and tracklisting have been unveiled now. Tracklisting: 01. In Principio 02. Distant Sky 03. Into The Legend 04....

(8/10) You could get the impression that Balingen, the city in the Southwest of Germany, gets more and more the new epicenter of metal. The Bang Your Head festival, which is very well established in the meantime, is taking place there year by year and...

(8/10) Voodoo Circle is the brainchild of Silent Force and Primal Fear axeman Alex Beyrodt. The passionate guitarist put together musicians that are all well-known. Next to the mainman himself there is Mat Sinner part of the band as well as David Readman...

As mentioned in an earlier post, Drowning Pool is palnning to release a new album on February 5th, 2016. Here comes already the cover and the tracklist from "Hellelujah" 1. Push 2. By The Blood 3. Drop 4. Hell To Pay 5. We Are The Devil 6. Snake Charmer...

The German black metal progenies Der Weg Einer Freiheit will be joined by the Austrians Harakiri For The Sky and The Great Old Ones from France on their road-trip, which starts at Gleis 22 in Münster, Germany on the 11th of March and continues through...