17th July 2012
There has been a big buzz for a while now about this first solo release from Alter Bridge / Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti. One of the reasons is that many were excited about the fact […]
7th July 2012
The Georgia band debuted with Red Album in 2007 and quickly raised eyebrows in the underground circles as well as harvested praise from the critics. With Blue Record from 2009 they took the underground attention […]
10th June 2012
Almost decade ago Spineshank released one of the finest examples of an alternative nu metal albums and year later it was over when the band parted ways with the singer Johnny Santos. Since then band […]
15th April 2012
Paradise Lost have just been on trip down the memory lane with their special Draconian Times MMXI DVD/CD, which documents the anniversary shows where the band performed their iconic 1995 release Draconian Times. In late […]
20th March 2012
For the first time since 1988, ex-Helloween members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen have recorded an entire album together. Unisonic is a new band, which besides these two gentlemen, consists of the ex/current members of […]
7th March 2012
When formed in OSI seemed to be one of those one-album supergroups, but here ten years later Moore and Matheos have just released their fourth album. Fire Make Thunder marks the second release to feature […]
3rd March 2012
Mike Portnoy has never been shy on taking part in endless line of (side)projects. Some of them were more typical for him, like Transatlantic and Liquid Tension Experiment, while others were not entirely what one […]
10th February 2012
Despite this being the seventh album from Useless ID, this is my very first encounter with this Israeli band. Symptoms is their first release for Fat Wreck Records (home of NOFX, Anti-Flag, Descendents and many […]
4th February 2012
“LICK THE WOUND! LIQUOR TUNED! LICK THE WOUND! WHILE THE DEVIL’S JUKEBOX IS PLAYING YOUR TUNE!” blasts through the speakers as the opener “Devil’s Jukebox” sets the tone to what’s to come on the debut […]
27th January 2012
In their over ten year long career El Caco have established themselves as a solid rock name in their native country of Norway. With Hatred, Love & Diagrams the band seriously aims for the rest […]
13th January 2012
Nearly three years after their previous album Shallow Life, Italian biggest gothic export is back with a new album. Shallow Life was the bands attempt to conquer the broader audience by creating a simpler and […]
7th January 2012
Three years since the release of Wrath, an album that earned them two Grammy Nominations, Lamb Of God are ready with a new album, which is again produced by Josh Wilbur. His production style on […]
1st November 2011
Five years since the release of their previous album, Hungarian band Everwood are ready with the new album, featuring the new singer and new bassist. The new album also presents the band with an updated […]
18th October 2011
With more than quarter of a decade since their formation it’s somewhat odd that the band released only 3 studio albums, but in couple of days their fourth album is ready to be released, eighth […]
7th October 2011
It has been almost three years since Pain Of Salvation have released their latest studio album – the brilliant Scarsick, and the band has decided to try to make the waiting time, until the new […]
29th October 2018
Last Day in Utter Diseases is the third full-length album by the Russian Melodic Doom and Death Metal quartet which originally saw the light of day two years ago. After the band went into hiatus […]
25th October 2018
Element marks the end of a three-year writing period for the Norwegian Black Metal quartet Orkan. Due to several personal reasons as well as similar hardships, Element did not see the light of day until […]
25th October 2018
I remember getting familiar with this band already in 2009 when they released their debut Vitamin R/Mycelium. Since two more full-length followed, namely 2010 The Growth and 2014 Momentum. A few years have passed and […]
23rd October 2018
The whole prog genre has always been characterized as a constantly evolving and vibrant. Past couple of decades in particular, have offered even more diversity to the genre whose overall narrative has always been, stepping […]
23rd October 2018
Eleven years ago five Finnish musicians banded together to form a band, one hell-bent upon joining the already rising Second Wave Black Metal scene. They did so the following year by releasing their first EP, […]
23rd October 2018
Of course, it’s a marketing move, when you hype your new album as “Our ‘Black Album’”, but there is so much nonsense in such a statement even before actually hearing the album. Nevertheless, Disturbed chose […]
23rd October 2018
Tales of Hate, Lust And Chaos is the new album of Peruvian (!) death ‘n’ roll project called Fervent Hate. Tales of Hate, Lust And Chaos consists of 10 very strong tracks that show the […]
20th October 2018
Helsótt, despite the very Old Norse word (meaning ‘fatal illness’ in case any of you out there either are a fan of viking history or collect random trivia) is in actuality an American quintet, founded […]
19th October 2018
Satanath is quite a peculiar band, to say the least. First of all, both the name of the one-man band (Satanath) as well as the name of every single one of the twenty tracks present […]
16th October 2018
Riven is a Belgian-based one-man band known for two other projects: Namely Svarthart (a Doom/Death Metal mix) and Verderf (Death Metal). Riven, his by default solo project, explores a darker, more powerfully down-trodden path than […]
