17th September 2012
Therapy? has never been one of those bands who are afraid to leave their comfort zone and even through commercial and creative highs and lows has band never set the autopilot of the commercially safe […]
7th August 2012
Here they go again, those country-soaked-rock dudes from Texas. My first encounter with the band was couple of years ago when their sophomore release Rollin’ came out. I was fairly skeptic about that album, solely […]
27th July 2012
Long gone are the times when Testament used to release albums less than once a year apart. It has been more than four years since the release of band’s previous album The Formation of Damnation […]
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 […]
4th December 2018
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Precisely 35 years since the release of their debut album, Slayer, were set to play their last show Denmark. Accidentally it was also on the same day 3 years ago that […]
2nd December 2018
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com Clutch did play the area this summer when they guested Roskilde Festival, but their last gig in Copenhagen was in 2015 when they played the outstanding sold-out show at Vega. […]
28th November 2018
Myrd has recently released their third full-length album – Negativisme (Danish for ‘negativism’) which, this time around, is a collaboration between the lead singer (as far as I can tell, the only remaining member of […]
28th November 2018
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Shinedown has been one of the bigger newer rock bands in US for a while now, while it took them bit longer to break in Europe. They did that in fairly similar […]
28th November 2018
Few things in life are certain. One has to be that Sigh will surprise you with each new record, and another one that each next Sigh album will not disappoint. Heir to Despair is the […]
27th November 2018
Slegest is a Norwegian band playing an addictive blend of black metal and classic heavy rock. Recently they unveiled their new album, entitled Introvert (a person who is predominantly interested in their own inner experiences). […]
26th November 2018
For some reason, it doesn’t seem like P.O.D. have been around for more than a quarter of a century, but nevertheless that is the case and Circles marks their tenth album. The new album is […]
22nd November 2018
Unendlich is, despite the clearly German name (it means ‘infinite’, in case anyone was wondering) actually a US-based duo, one that has been playing and performing together under said German moniker for four years now. […]
21st November 2018
Adrian Vandenberg might be best known from his time in Whitesnake, but the Dutch guitarist has over the decades released numerous albums as a solo artist as well as a part of different bands. Rugged […]
16th November 2018
Circle Story is a French Melodic Rock band founded around a year ago as far as I have been able to gather. Since that time, they have honed their skills and their performance, finally culminating […]
