French power metal band Nightmare was founded in 1979 and released their debut album ”Waiting For The Twilight” in 1984. ”Power Of The Universe” was released the next year and then shortly after the band split due to musical differences. In 1999 the band reformed with drummer Jo Amore giving up the drums and becoming…
London singer-songwriter Lettie’s has released her third album – Good Fortune, Bad Weather. Lettie has been described as a “memory collector”, obsessed with collecting pieces of the past in the forms of books, postcards, second hand shop finds and newspaper clippings. This memory collecting and accompanying sense of nostalgia is clearly seen in ”Good Fortune,…
I recently spoke with vocalist Joel Ekelof and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis from Soen, shortly before they played their first UK show, supporting Amaranthe at the Garage in London. Festivalphoto: Soen are a fairly new band, so for the benefit of anyone who hasnt come across Soen yet, can you tell us a little bit about…
I spoke to Joel Fox Apelgren, bass player with Dynazty shotly before they performed on stage supporting Amaranthe at the Garage in London, and asked him about their new album and tour plans. As they were running late, we had to keep things very short. Festivalphoto: Your new album, Sultans of sin has recently been…
RIVAL SONS have confirmed that the title of their brand new studio album will be HEAD DOWN. The follow-up to the band’s 2011 breakthrough album, PRESSURE & TIME, was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with Grammy-nominated producer DAVE COBB (JAMIE JOHNSON, SHOOTER JENNINGS) and Grammy-wining engineer VANCE POWELL (JACK WHITE, THE WHITE STRIPES, KINGS OF LEON)….
Biting Elbows – The self titled album – Misteria Records – July 23rd www.bitingelbows.com VIDEO FOR THE STAMPEDE (2 Million Views and Counting): http://tinyurl.com/6kkmghm VIDEO FOR TOOTHPICK: http://tinyurl.com/d2at574 Russian punks Biting Elbows announce their debut UK album release, a self titled collection of 12 killer, dark, affected punk tracks. Recorded in the darkest recesses of…
Those of you familiar with Camden’s club scene may already be in the loop about one of London’s most exciting new rock ’n’ roll club nights: JUBILEE which takes place every Friday night at Camden Barfly, 10.30pm – 3am. Founded by Carl Barat (Libertines/Dirty Pretty Things) and Chris McCormack (3 Colours Red/Gary Numan) the night…
Herman Frank has clearly been a busy man recently. As guitarist for Accept he’ll have been busy working on their latest album, Staligrad, which was released in April, and has also been busy on his latest solo album – ”Right in the guts”. As a member of Accept he’s been one of the top metal…
Kelly Padrick is a singer from New York who has just released her latest album – Soulmate. Once again she has teamed up with her producer and songwriting partner, Nancy Hess and has created an excellent album. The music and singing is beautifully ethereal and atmospheric and at times is very haunting. Kelly Padrick has…
If you arent familiar with Maledia it’s hardly surprising – these days the internet means there are so many bands competing for our attention that it’s impossible to keep track of them all, and sometimes great bands like Maledia struggle to get noticed among the mediocre bands. Where the internet really does help though is…
Highlight Kenosis are a Romanian band formed in 2008, who have now relocated to Germany. This is their second album, and it was recorded in Sweden at the Blueflame studios in Uppsala. The album opens with ”Ouverture in D minor” which starts with some voices speaking over some gentle music and then moves into a…
Syd Arthur are a psychadelic/progresssive rock band from Canterbury. If that seems like a strange description then I can only say that it’s a good fit to their music, which has a very unusual sound. There are definite Prog rock influences here, but also psychedelic and folk influences, which all blends together to form a…