earMUSIC releases “Concerto For Group And Orchestra” on 1st October 2012, the first studio recording of Jon Lord’s groundbreaking meeting of rock and classical music. On 1st October 2012, earMUSIC , the Hamburg based rock label part of Edel Group, releases the first studio recording of Jon Lord’s groundbreaking meeting of rock and classical music…
Slam Cartel announce the release of their third single from debut album Handful of Dreams: haunting track Breathe – already a favourite with critics and fans – will be released via digital outlets on 21st August. To support the release, the band will be hitting the road for their first full UK tour, also called…
As with the other parts of the review, apologies to any bands I omit from the review. Sunday at Bloodstock started for me with Kobra and the Lotus performing on the main stage. This is a band who have been working hard over the last few years playing gigs around the country as well as…
As with the friday review, apologies to any bands I missed or cover here with a one-line review – seeing so many bands means that to do them all justice would lead to this review being ridiculously long. Saturday at Bloodstock got off to an early start with Apollyon on the New Blood stage. Some…
When the clock struck midday on Thursday 9th August, this was cause for celebration – not just because I wouldn’t be back at work till Tuesday the next week, but for a far better reason – time to set off for Bloodstock, the highlight of many metalheads calendars. A quick drive to Catton Hall followed…
This was my first time at V festival and I’d heard mixed reports about it, so was keen to see for myself what the festival was like. The festival is held at two sites – Chelmsford, Essex and Weston Park, Staffordshire on the same weekend with bands who play one site on the saturday, playing…
Limb Music/Sound Pollution BLACLK MAJESTY started out as KYMERA, which was probably taken why they switched names. Two years they spent working on their debut “Sands of Time”, released in 2003. From then on they have been releasing discs just about every other year, with the exception of “In Your Honour”, which took three years…
Två gånger är en vana, tre gånger är tradition. Vad fem gånger är vet jag inte, men Scribblefestivalen har blivit ett stående inslag i Mjölby under slutet av sommaren. När det arrangeras för femte gången är lineupen förmodligen den starkaste hittills. Night Train från Vadstena inleder festivalen på eftermiddagen. En ung hårdrockstrio som låter som…
Ett timglas av döda kroppar och texten ”Timme efter timme rinner sanden sakta ner till timglasets botten. Likt den bottenlösa nakenhet i människans bisarra värld, där vi ruttnar.” Det är vad man möts av när man kommer in på Eldrimners hemsida. Ingen glad historia det här således… Eldrimner bjuder på black/döds med få lugna stunder….
Cyclone Empire/Sound Pollution THE GROTESQUERY rose to prominence in early 2009, and here is the second opus. Formed by Rogga Johansson of PAGANIZER and BONE GNAWER fame and Kam Lee, the voice of MANTAS/DEATH and MASSACRE. Completing the blasphemy on bass and drums respectively are Johan Berglund and Brynjar Helgetun. The first album, “Tales of…
Ravenheart/Rock´n´Growl Italian band SILENT OPERA debuts with Ravenheart Music, after some lineup changes. First signs of life came in 2007, and the will to mix symphonic metal with visual art rose. The band now consists of guitarist and main composer Claudi Ranieri, a.k.a. Rain, vocalist Ambra Gerussi, a.k.a. Aria, drummer Loris Volcizzi, a.k.a. Shadow and…
How a 20th anniversary of festival life is could be celebrated? Sziget Festival is the winner of the best European major festival award- written on the hand passes. Idea started 20 years ago, as a small audience and band-meeting camp. Since it is thousands of young and older people biggest party in Europe every summer….