The first things I noticed at Bloodstock this year was the minor changes from previous years. The basic setup was the same, but lots of little details had been improved – better fencing around VIP camping, food available in the VIP area, improved access routes and so on. Lots of little changes that over the…
När Machine Head släppte ”The Blackening” 2007, så gick den varm i min spelare. Det kändes som en av de mest kompletta metall-skivorna i modern tid. Många är artisterna och banden som släpper plattor tätt, Machine Head låter arbetet ta tid, när man lyssnar på deras nya skiva förstår man varför. Efter att ha lyssnat…
There are some new bands that stand out. Every year I get a lot of music for review, and I tend to think I´ve heard it all before. But every now and then a new band proves me wrong. THE ANDROID MEME hails from Toronto and are not prone to standard solutions. The bow to…
När Nomads drar sitt första riff är det glest i lokalen men det fylls snabbt på med gamla rockrävar som sett dem förr och gillar vad de ser. Nomads har blivit lite segare med åren och låtarna från den kommande plattan, med arbetsnamnet Solna, var inte fullt lika ösiga som man är van vid när…
The Dirty Youth are a young rock band from South Wales. Depsite the fact that they are yet to release their debut album they have already had a video played on Scuzz and appeared at both the Download and Bloodstock festvals. ”Fight” is the title track and is a storming anthem that I’m sure will…
White Wizzard are a band who have suffered from too many lineup changes, and this album shows no sign of changing things. Former vocalist Wyatt Anderson rejoined the band and recorded the vocals on ”Flying Tigers” but since recording the album he’s already been replaced. Musically if you havent listened to White Wizzard before, they’re…
Tonight’s show at the IndigO2 was Dr Jimmy Cliff – a Reggae legend, familiar to reggae lovers and to fans of movies including ”Cool Runnings” which featured him singing ”wild world” and ”I can see clearly now”. There was no support act but instead we had a DJ till shortly before the main event. The…
Hell is a band with a long history – or to be more accurate a band with two short histories. The band was formed in the early 80’s and actually signed to Mausoleum records shortly before it collapsed. The band split and was then reformed in 2008. Since reforming they have signed with Nuclear Blast…
Dominanz hail from Norway and are a three piece Industrial/Metal band. All three members have been in other bands before including Immortal, Cult of deception and Thy Grief. As you’d expect from a Norwegian metal band, the song titles and lyrics tend to be fairly dark and moody. The lyrics include subjects such as depictions…
Frontiers/BAM TOBY HITCHCOOK made the spotlight as vocalist of SURVIVOR founding member JIM PETERIK´s latest venture PRIDE OF LIONS. He did it to such an extent that he was awarded the opportunity to debut as a solo artist on the same label. He has been compared to the likes of LOU GRAMM (ex. FOREIGNER) or…
Massacre/Sound Pollution Since early 1987 SOLITUDE AETURNUS has been master of gloom and doom in the US. After some line-up changes the band consisted of, John Perez and Edgar Rivera on guitars, vocalist Robert Lowe (also in CANDLEMASS these days), Lyle Steadham on bass and drummer John “Wolf” Covington. 1990 saw their full-length debut, “Into…
Frontiers/BAM XORIGIN? And a space opera cover at that, who are they and why do they even bother? Well, their first band name was actually ORANGE CRUSH, which makes anything else a major improvement, and the men behind the moniker are Norwegian session singer Johannes Stole and Daniel Palmqvist of MURDER OF MY SWEET. To…