Frederic Slama is a French producer and musician who moved to Los Angeles. Since then he has released a number of albums (including ”L.A. Reflection” and ”Dreaming of L.A.”using some top session musicians. Now he’s releasing another AOR album with an impressive list of musicians and singers. The first thing that struck me with the…
Despite the name, The Last Vegas don’t actually come from Las Vegas – instead they come from Chicago. The band formed in 2005 and got a big boost when Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx took interest after seeing them play in Los Angeles. Sixx released the band’s 2009 album “Whatever Gets You Off” on his…
Paradox are a German thrash metal band that was formed in Würzburg in 1986. They signed to Roadrunner records who released their first two albums (Product of imagination & Heresy) before the band split or went inactive for ten years. After a comeback show at the Wacken Open Air festival in 1999, they signed with…
Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 1999 and after releasing three demos in the following three years, released their debut album (Inhumanity) in 2003. ”…And death said live” is the band’s fourth album, and follows a five year gap since their last album was released. In that time the band lost both it’s guitarists…
Frederic Slama is a French producer and musician who moved to Los Angeles. Since then he has released a number of albums (including ”L.A. Reflection” and ”Dreaming of L.A.”using some top session musicians. Now he’s releasing another AOR album with an impressive list of musicians and singers. The first thing that struck me with the…
The name Bloodbound may conjure up thoughts of a death metal or black metal band, but in fact they are a Swedish Power Metal band. The band formed in 2004 and released their debut album Nosferatu in 2006. Since then they have released three more albums and undergone several lineup changes, most noticeably in the…
”Go your own way” is the third release from French band LYS. Their debut release in 2009 was ”In my mind”, and the band followed this in 2011 with ”New way home”, and at the beginning of 2013 ”Go your own way” will be released. They were given a boost after being spotted at a…
Naïve are a French band from Toulouse. The three member band describe themselves as ”Trip-hop metal” – a fairly strange description I’m sure you’ll agree. A better description is that they combine Metal, electro and trip-hop (downtempo electronic music). it’s a fairly unusual range of genres to merge together, but it’s what Naïve have done….
COOL, SLICKED-BACK rockers, Volbeat, will return to live action in Denmark in February 2013, having been away from their home country (performance wise) for almost two years. In celebration of this prodigal event, the band will give fans the chance to hear the usual Volbeat staples peppered with a selection of brand new material in…
TURBOGEIST ANNOUNCE UK TOUR WITH PURE LOVE + NEW ?ANCIENT SECRETS? EP PRIMED FOR RELEASE IN MARCH 2013.. LONDON-BASED rockers, Turbogeist, will be guesting with Pure Love ? the Alternative Rock band formed by former Gallows frontman Frank Carter and ex-Hope Conspiracy & Suicide File guitarist Jim Carroll ? on their 14-date UK tour, commencing…
Legendary German Rockers, Helloween have released first single / video, ‘Nabataea’, from their brand new album ‘Straight Out of Hell’, set for release on January 21st 2013 via Spinefarm Records. ‘Nabataea’ – a seven minute-plus composition about the legendary kingdom, located in today’s Middle East, where the first real democracy existed over 3000 years ago….
SUPPORT ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR JETTBLACK/CRASH DIET CO-HEADLINE UK TOUR IN SPRING 2013… UK ROCKERS, Jettblack, will join forces with Swedish sleaze rockers, Crash Diet, for a string of UK dates in April 2013, taking along three support acts for what is lookin’ like one hell of a ride… Following the success of Jettblack’s recent headline…