First up tonight are the support band. Earlier dates on the tour had The Treatment as support, but tonight the support came from veteran rockers New York Dolls. They took to the stage considerably earlier than advertised, but the venue was already pretty busy when they came on. A backdrop limited them to using the…
There are not many truly active bands still remaning from the glory days of the NWOBHM. The band split in the mid eighties, after two albums, but the resurgence via the internet caused BITCHES SIN to return roughly 20 years later.The first sign of life was ”UDUVUDU”, and now the follow-up ”The Rapture” is here….
Napalm Records/Sound Pollution Their fascination of the legendary Atlantis still remains. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS now surpass four releases with a mini-album. The band has been on an apparently successful tour and wants to show their progress with some new and refreshed tracks, plus a catchy cover of SANDRA`S old hit “Maria Magdalena”. The cover will…
Massacre/Sound Pollution Leather clad Germans MAJESTY return to the scene with a 2 CD of something new and old, but nothing borrowed and nothing blue. Founded by vocalist Tarek “MS” Maghary in the late 90´s they have not blushed from worshipping MANOWAR openly. They have opened for their heroes, and claim to be true metal….
Frontiers/BAM Dennis “Fergie” Frederiksen rose to fame as vocalist of TOTO, and has cemented his position with bands and projects like TRILLION, LEROUX, FREDERIKSEN/PHILIPS, MECCA, FREDERIKSEN/DENANDER etc. This is a special album, being made during a period when Fergie was diagnosed and in therapy for cancer. In 2011 he was cured, and had a new…
Cyclone Empire/Sound Pollution Hailing back to 1994 (as TERMINAL GRIP) PAGANIZER are slowly moving towards their 20th Anniversary. They might even hit 20 with their tenth album since this is their 8th. No fussing about with trends or infusions of other genres they wave the banner of old school death metal. Main man vocalist/guitarist Rogga…
Napalm/Sound Pollution FORLORN was formed in 1990, and eventually morphed into ISOLE in 2003 to avoid mix-ups with another band. The reborn band released three albums in two years, with the debut “Forevermore” in 2006 and both “The Beyond” and “Throne of Void” in 2008. Moving to Napalm Records they released “Silent Ruins” in 2009,…
”Under the grey banner” is the latest album from Swedish symphonic power metal band, Dragonland. It’s been a long wait for their fans with their last album (Astronomy)having been released. The new album is a concept album relating to mythology and fantasy. In the words of Olof Mörck: ”After ’Astronomy’, we knew we needed to…
Grand Illusion are a Swedish band that were originally called ”Promotion” in the late 80’s and 90’s before splitting up. They then reformed and changed the name to Grand Illusion. Since then they have released six albums including this one, Prince of Paupers. On this latest album, ”Prince of Paupers” the band have a number…
Escape/Sound Pollution CHRIS OUSEY is the voice sprung from MONROE, Jason Bonham´s band VIRGINIA WOLF, HEARTLAND and his solo work of cause. He did sell a load of albums in the 80´s/90´s but we´re talking about 2011 now. As of late Chris has been busy with 10 releases with HEARTLAND but as time occurred this…
Roadruner/Warner So MEGADETH has reached thirteen. Band leader Dave Mustaine still remains, almost always accompanied by Dave Ellefson on bass, who has returned to the fold in 2010 for the “Rust in Peace 20th Anniversary Tour” and stays on. The rest of the band is drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick. 22 musicians have…
Deathstars släpper sin första samlingsskiva och får till en bra blandning av materialet. Det finns tre skivor att välja bland, och nästan alla mina favoriter finns med. Skönt att se att ”Synthetic Generation” från 2003 är ordentligt representerad. Man kan fråga sig om inte samlingsskivan har spelat ut sin roll i dagens musikkonsumtion, när alla…