Drugstore Records Norwegian band HIMORA has released their first album. They are apparently not beginners, but they lean heavily on the likes of AEROSMITH, FRANK ZAPPA and BADLANDS. Quite an intriguing mix! The 70´s and 80´s meet in their classic rock and power pop shapes. Still the info says that they are not copycats but…
Uppsättningen trummor och gitarr börjar kännas bekant, först genom White Stripes och senare genom svenska Johnossi. Amerikanska The Black Keys har dock hållit på sedan 2001 och släpper nu sitt sjunde album. Känslan är verkligen amerikansk. Smått bluesiga riff och mycket körsång. Ibland är inte gospel-känslan långt bort. ”Gold on the ceiling”, ”Lonely boy” och…
Angel Air/Border JOHN DU CANN, born John William Cann in 1946, was most famed as lead singer and guitar player of ATOMIC ROOSTER. But there´s more to John than meets the eye. In 1966 he formed THE SONICS, who never took off. An amp tester by daytime, he became part of the music scene in…
Massacre/Sound Pollution KAMBRIUM hails from Helmstedt in Germany, and debuts with this melodic death metal album. They go for everything from almost pop death metal, as in “Dewfall” to the melancholic “Hollow Heart”. Inbetwixt there is a lot of death and IRON MAIDEN-like guitar riffs. The majority of the songs are written by keyboardist Jan…
Bastardized/Sound Pollution Germany´s DYING HUMANITY arose in 2006, and soon released their first outing, a demo called “The Origins of DyH”. They did well enough to debut with Restrain Records in 2007, and their first opus was called “Fallen Paradise”. In 2009 their second official album, “Fragments of an Incomplete Puzzle” followed. For the all-important…
Massacre/Sound Pollution Greek modern thrash outfit DESCENDING is produced by Fredrik Nordström at Fredman Studios. I´m a bit surprised when I see excellent guitarist Constantine involves, the rest are guitarist Theo, bass player/vocalist Noir, vocalist/shouter Jon Simvonis and drummer/percussionist Nick Vell. They debuted in 2008, not long after forming, with “Enter Annihilation”, which brought them…
The Serpents Curse is the second album from Pythia. Pythia are a British band formed in 2007. The band members come from a range of musical backgrounds – vocalist Emily Alice Ovenden is a member of the classical groups The Mediaeval Baebes, and Celtic Legend, as well as being a published Novelist. Lead Guitarist Tim…
”Quecksilber” (Quicksilver/Mercury) is the second album from German band Stahlmann (Steel man). There is something that anyone listening to this album will think, so let’s get straight to the point – there is a very strong resemblance to Rammstein. You’ve got a German band singing in German with a similar vocal style to Rammstein, with…
”The lost children is a new release from Disturbed and is a collection of B-sides and rarities. The album includes a previously unreleased track, “Mine,” and “3,” which was as a benefit track for the West Memphis Three. Other tracks on this B-side collection include “God of the Mind” and “A Welcome Burden,” which appeared…
The Mariana Hollow are a female fronted alternative metal band from the London area. They released their debut album, ”Coma heart” in 2009 and this, their new album, ”Velvet black sky” is due for release in February 2012. The first track on the album, ”Before the dive” opens with some beautifully haunting wailing guitar ….
Susie Soho are a young Irish band. Featuring Jason Maher on bass, Niall Campion on guitar and Mia Fitzgerald on drums, Susie Soho was formed by singer and guitarist Tony Fitz in 2009. Describing themselves as ”the kind of band you’d get if Dave Grohl and Gemma Hayes had some kind of musical lovechild”, their…
Iron Mask are a Neo-Classical Power Metal band from Belgium, who released their debut album back in 2002. Now onto their fourth album, the band have built up a good following in Japan as well as Europe. Despite this, they are still relatively unknown in the UK, but that situation may change once people give…