Lion/Warner This band or project includes the vocal talents of Göran Edman (ex. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Mark Boals (ex. YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), and Carsten Lizard” Schoulz (EVIDENCE ONE). But the band leader is a one Boguslaw Balcerak, a pole who started playing as late as at 16. Things seems to have moved rapidly in Warsaw since then…
Feedback Records/Doolittle Group/Sound Pollution DANNY NEUBECKER started his career in his teens, but has settled for pop/rock with catchy hooks. He is still in an early stage but seems dedicated to his music, and very focused on social medias marketing. Is the music as digital as his other plans? The tra-la-la factor of this kind…
Lion/Warner SONATA ARCTICA guitarist Elias Viljanen debuted as a solo artist with “Taking the Lead” back in 2002. An unknown at the time, Elias has had a lot of success with his main band, but a a solo artist he allegedly attracted the interest of the legendary STEVE VAI and chartered in the top ten…
Grá har gjort den perfekta skivan! I alla fall om man får tro Andreas ”Heljarmadr” Vingbäck, sång och gitarr, som bildade bandet tillsammans med Dimman Ljungi, trummor, för drygt ett år sedan. Idag, 2011-11-11 släpps första och självbetitlade fullängdaren och i samband med den en video. – Två av våra statister höll på att stryka…
Det hänger en mysig stämning över KB ikväll som är full av en faslig blandning människor. Här finns både unga som gamla, hårdrockare som skjortnissar. Alla har vi en sak gemensamt, Taj Mahal! För de som inte känner till Mahal så är han en legend inom bluesen. Mahal har haft ett stort inflytande när det…
”How to get your love” is the second single from the debut album from Red Sky July. The band are a new name to me, but when you look at the members you’ll see that there is a lot of talent and experience here – you have husband and wife team Shelly Poole (Alisha’s attic)…
Embodied tar steget ut I världen. Det är med stor nyfikenhet som jag sätter I Jönköpingsbandet Embodieds debut cd I spelaren! Jag har följt bandet under några år och sett utvecklingen, och jag kan direkt konstatera att debuten inte är något hastverk. Embodied killarna har verkligen gjort ett genomarbetat album, man presenterar 10 låtar och…
Galia Arad is a singer songwriter based in New York. Originally from Bloomington, Indiana. Her classical musician parents and classical voice training steered her directly into the arms of rock ‘n’ roll. This is Galia Arad’s second album (the first being ”Sand in your bed”). It’s a deceptively simple album – just her singing and…
Ant May and Rowena Lamb spoke to Stefan, Inga, Sly and Bastian from Van Canto in London when they played as part of the Out of the Dark tour in October and asked them a few questions.. Festivalphoto: How are you enjoying the tour so far? Van Canto (Stefan): A good tour, many places we’ve…
Tonight is Australian band Tracer and Swedish band Royal Republic at the Underworld. Walking into the venue it’s clear that the majority of people are here for the headliners, Royal Republic – a large percentage of the crowd seems to be wearing cardboard crowns bearing the name Royal Republic. Despite both bands being fairly new…
Diamond Head are a band familiar to most older fans of Heavy Metal, but some younger fans might not be so aware of them. For some heavy metal fans their first exposure to Diamond Head will have been when they joined the Big 4 (Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth) on stage at Sonisphere to perform ”Am…
Napalm/Sound Pollution THULCANDRA are about to hit ten years next year. The band is formed along OBSCURA member Steffen Kummerer (guitars/vocals). Five years of hibernation followed when original co-founder Juergen Zintz committed suicide, and first in 2009 brothers Ludwig, Tobias, bass, and Sebastian, guitars were taken on board. That marked 2010 as the year of…