First crazy video of Swedish metalband, The Embodied is recently published on Youtube, around the music-world. That „movie” is their really first, official muic video. By the network, video was visible from last Thursday, but already almost more than a thousand people checked it. Seems like, these guys just go upper and upper. So, as…
Massacre/Sound Pollution Once bitten absolutely not twice shy, the band of FIREWIND drummer Michael Ehré (also GAMMA RAY, METALIUM etc.), LOVE.MIGH.KILL, returns with their second effort in two years. Their debut “Brace for Impact” came highly recommended by yours truly, can they top that? One half-hearted intro of more length than usual later this album…
Emanes Metal Records THRUSTOR has a longer pedigree than the name hints. The band´s mainstays, brothers Phil and Tony Sardo made their first mark with SCEPTRE back in 1983, featuring on the infamous Metal Blade Records compilation “Metal Massacre Volume 4”. Other luminaries of that CD were TROUBLE, LIZZY BORDEN, ABBATOIR and ZOETROPE… As they…
Napalm/Sound Pollution LIV KRISTINE has been on top of her game since the mid-nineties, and she will always be the first angelic voice in gothic music. Romanticism and the supernatural is always involved in her lyrics, but the bands and co-operations involves THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, LEAVE`S EYES, as well as a joint venture with CRADLE…
Frontiers/BAM Harry Hess rose to fame as vocalist of HAREM SCAREM, which lasted for seventeen years. AS of late he has been redesigning his career into production work and songwriting but he also found time for a solo career. The basis for this album is Harry´s travels in Europe and the USA, and he strives…
Frontiers/BAM LOVERBOY might not mean a lot to people today, at least not here in Scandinavia, but the States is another place. The Canadian band has sold more than 10 million albums , with a lot of awards in the US, and that is and that is mostly due to four albums released in the…
Last Friday night streets of Göteborg was loud by sounds of the weekend, and something other: retro metal in the air..! Too bad, that this night wasn’t longer… Dödaren, and another, a bit older metalgroup, Year of the Goat took the party-line this on 27th of October at the famous Sticky Fingers Pub. Unnecessary to…
First up were Pain, on a rare visit to the UK. Singer/guitarist Peter Tagtgren is probably the only person who’d attempt to play guitar while wearing a straightjacket (with the sleeves unfastened obviously). They’re an odd choice of support for Nightwish as they are so different musically, and quite a few Nightwish fans had expressed…
Mötorhead are on a tour again and as a part of their The Wörld is Yours tour 2012 they are comming to Ljubljana, Slovenia on 10th december 2012. You can get your ticket here http://www.eventim.si/si/vstopnice/motorhead-ljubljana-hala-tivoli-422509/performance.html
Irish folk singer Mary Dillon will release her first full length solo album, North, in February 2013 after a prolonged hiatus from the music scene. The release will be preceded by a single, ‘John Condon’, released on 11th November 2012. ‘John Condon’ is a haunting account of a fourteen-year-old boy’s role in WW1. Mary sang…
IRON KNIGHTS is the new name for the band previously known as STUKA SQUADRON. The official band statement explaining the reasons for this change can be found here: www.stuka-squadron.com (website due to change) The new website is www.ironknightsband.com and will be live imminently. The release of the album ‘New Sound Of War’ will be postponed…
I spoke to Seeb from Orden Ogan to talk about their new album and touring plans….. Festivalphoto: OK for anyone who hasnt listened to Orden Ogan before, can you tell us a bit about the band? Seeb: We’re melodic power metal sort of band with orchestrations. We’ve got our new record ”To the end” coming…