25th August 2008
Volbeat have put the Danish metal scene on fire with their eminent bland of metal and rock ‘n’ roll on their 2005 debut album The Strength / The Sound / The Songs. Already a year […]
15th July 2008
The CD started and almost instantly a big smile was glued to my face and it stayed there for all the sixteen songs this album includes. New album from the Californian band sees the band […]
7th July 2008
It has been eight years since the last Mötley Crüe album and eleven years since the original members recorded an studio album together. This alone is enough to get the press and fans boiling with […]
1st July 2008
Lȧȧz Rockit is one of those bands that was part of that revolutionary Bay Area movement, but band broke up back in 1992 and after 13 years of silence they got back together in 2005 […]
15th May 2008
For two decades now Paradise Lost have been one of the most important names in the gothic metal scene and now they celebrate their twenty year anniversary with the release of their first live CD […]
10th May 2008
The press releases, which are always attached to these CD’s we review, are something that I always read, but rarely find useful. The same was the case with Demians’ debut album, but one fact did […]
1st May 2008
Label: Nuclear Blast Records / Release date: 2nd May 2008 Almost five years after the release of their latest album, Prey, these Swedish goths are ready with a new album. Amanethes is produced by the […]
25th April 2008
It has been almost ten years since Testament released new studio material, but now, finally, the thrash legends are ready with a new album that sees the original guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick recording […]
1st April 2008
Italian FO6 is a band that has its roots in a hardcore scene, but the band finds inspiration in other genres as well, and by doing this they try to create something different. The result […]
1st April 2008
With a big help from Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Walls of Jericho have created a semi acoustic EP that showcases the band in a somewhat different light. The metalcore roots the band […]
17th February 2008
Nil Recurring is a mini album consisting of four songs, which are leftovers from sessions for the band’s 2007 masterpiece Fear Of A Blank Planet. The idea of releasing this material as a separate release […]
1st February 2008
Debut album from the Polish youngsters offers nine tracks of high-voltage heavy metal. From the very beginning, it is easy to see who is in charge as the music is based upon the impressive guitar […]
15th January 2008
In case that The Bedlam in Goliath is your first encounter with this band, you will most likely be overwhelmed by the sonic assault that hits you right from the start, and if you survive […]
7th January 2008
From the very beginning it’s clear that Future Awaits is nothing less then a perfectly produced record. Not only because the balance between the instruments is even and because the sound fills the room perfectly, […]
25th December 2007
Despite the fact that Paradox was formed more then twenty years ago, Electrify is only their fourth album. Due to personal tragedies and what not, the band was forced to stop their activities in longer […]
25th June 2018
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com It has been almost three years since the release of W.A.S.P.’s latest album Golgotha, but the band has, much like since the release of critically acclaimed 2007’s Dominator, been touring […]
25th June 2018
Archive photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com (Photographers were banned from Ozzy Osbourne’s Copenhell show) Couple of years ago Ozzy visited Copenhell on final tour with Black Sabbath. This year he headlined the Friday with his solo band […]
25th June 2018
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com Over the course of a past decade German trash legends have experienced something of a revival. This is largely due to general rise of trash metal with giants like Metallica, […]
24th June 2018
Archive photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmesclero.com (Photographers were banned from Alice In Chain’s Copenhell show) I had pleasure of experiencing Alice In Chains on their Dirt tour in 1993, with the original singer Layne Staley […]
24th June 2018
Archive photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmesclero.com Each major rock movement has some noteworthy bands that don’t fit the genre descriptions, but still get associated with it. In the 80’s Tesla was associated with hair-metal, in […]
23rd June 2018
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com It’s not easy replacing such a charismatic and iconic frontwoman in an established band, but since replacing Angela Gossow in 2014, Alissa White-Gluz has not only done a good job, […]
22nd June 2018
Photo: Urban Mescalero Photography www.urbanmescalero.com Since teaming up with former After Forever singer Floor Jensen in 2013, Nightwish has found the more stability in their path that they have been lacking since the original vocalist […]
22nd June 2018
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Australian metalcore band has over the years been gaining more and more attention and with the release of their sixth album Reverence, they are making a bigger step towards the more of […]
21st June 2018
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Last time Copenhagen got touch of Neurosis was last year when band’s frontman Scott Kelly guested Mastodon’s Copenhagen show for the encore featuring all his five collaborations with the band. The band, […]
21st June 2018
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Swedish hard rock powerhouse, Mustasch are celebrating their 20-th anniversary. The band might have risen from Gothenburg in late 90’s, but they were never really connected with what at the time has […]
