Massacre/Sound Pollution This is the fourth offering by old school hard rock band THE ORDER. The band has roots in bands like the excellent thrash outfit GURD, as well as JESR, PURE INC. etc. Apparently this lot wants to relive the eighties, who wouldn´t? Opener “The Power of Love” has a familiar ring to the…
Escape/Sound Pollution Behind the moniker OXYGEN stands the quartet of Tony Niva, vocals (ex. ZANITY, ex. SWEDISH EROTICA, NIVA, ex. LION`S SHARE etc.), guitarist Roger Ljunggren, keyboardist and backing vocalist Marcus Persson, plus drummer Bengan Andersson. Tony released his first NIVA effort in Japan in 1994, and he has been pretty much active as a…
Massacre/Sound Pollution Ludwigsburg´s female fronted epic/goth metal merchants VOICES OF DESTINY return with their second outing. One change of personnel later the band is now lead by Maike Holzmann, the others are still founding members Christopher Gutjahr, guitars, and bass player Jens Hartwig, plus keyboard player/growler Lukas Palme and drummer Erik Seitz. A convincing album…
THe Birthday Massacre are back with their fifth album – Hide and Seek. The Toronto based synth rockers formed in 1999 and released their first album in 2002. Since then they’ve been very consistent , releasing albums every 2-3 years, and with each album evolving their sound slightly rather than going in for radical changes….
Batabeat is a musical project combining computer-assisted sound designs and live music. Musicians and music styles differ according to the various events or projects that Batabeat participates in. Guillaume Soucy is the mastermind behind this Montreal based project. ”Le projet Senecal” is a tribute to Patrick Senecal, a top horror writer from Quebec, who is…
Where to start with this review? OK Eloah are an Austrian band, who’s name is one of the hebrew words for God. The lineup for the album is huge – an astonishing 13 members playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, saxophone, trombone, piano and flutes as well as vocals. Musically it’s quite unusual….
Neal Schon is best known as the guitarist and a founding member of Journey. Over the past four decades he’s released fourteen albums with Journey as well as five solo albums and has earned numerous gold and platinum albums. He’s also performed with Joe Cocker, Sammy Hagar, Paul Rodgers, Larry Graham, Betty Davis, Michael Bolton,…
Steve Winwood released his second solo album, ”Arc of a diver” in December 1980. A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, he recorded everything on the album himself. On its release the album peaked at number 13 in the album charts and managed a very respectable 20 weeks in the chart. It’s a real classic album that has…
This brand new ABBA collection includes all the hits and more on 2CDs and 1DVD. It’s available in three different versions – a double-CD, a DVD, and a Limited Edition package featuring the two CDs, the DVD and an illustrated 28-page booklet. The DVD features remastered versions of all the official ABBA promo clips including…
Napalm/Sound Pollution This taster of the forthcoming “Clash of the Gods” album, which is actually studio release number 16 (including the 1987 DIGGER album), is the best appetizer in a long time. The first three are classics of German underground heavy metal, but since the reformation in 1993 the band has been aiming at knighthood…
SPV/Playground MAGNUM formed as a house band of a night club in Birmingham in the early seventies. Quite some house band, as the nucleus of vocalist Bob Catley and guitarist Tony “The Hat” Clarkin still remains intact. Keyboard player Mark Stanway has been around since 1979, while Al Barrow, bass, joined in 2001, and Harry…
Rocksector Records/Plastichead 1980, Chris Tsangarides, Rodney Matthews, Robb Weir, ok, please find the error. This is 2012, and the revamped TYGERS OF PAN TANG, ok seasoned since they stepped back into action in 2001, with Robb as the main man, are well on their way. Along since 2001 are Dean Robertson, lead guitar, and Craig…