Album Reviews
The Order Of Chaos – Apocalypse Moon
Heavy metal is a genre where old trends not only live on for good, it is also a genre where these old trends are celebrated in a way that keeps them relevant for the scene. [Read »]
Album Reviews
Honeymoon Disease – The Transcendence
Most of you are likely to know the TV show Futurama where the protagonist got frozen in our time only to wake up a 1000 years later. Why I mention this? I kind of have [Read »]
Album Reviews
Enforcer – Live By Fire
Enforcer has been around for quite a while already and if this live album is at all representative for their energy, then it is safe to say that they are likely to keep going for [Read »]
Album Reviews
Deadheads – Loaded
Is this even heavy metal? Not really. But then, neither is Motörhead. Or at least that is what Lemmy himself and musicologists keep saying. So yeah, in a way, I feel that somebody stamped the [Read »]
Album of the Month
Avatarium – The Girl With The Raven Mask
In a way, doom metal is always a journey back in time to when Black Sabbath started it all. Heavy metal has developed quite a lot in the meantime – with lots of subgenres – [Read »]
Album Reviews
Aggravator – Populace Destructor
Old school thrash metal. Definitely old school thrash metal. This was the first thing that came to my mind after the first listen. Particularly the first song “Born In Uniform” reminds me a lot of [Read »]
Album Reviews
Monster Magnet – Cobras And Fire (The Mastermind Redux)
There was always something psychedelic about Monster Magnet, something that gives them a vibe that is reminiscent of the music from the late 60s and 70s. But how do you classify this style? It is [Read »]
Album Reviews
Proll Guns – Fucking Trouble Maker
Thrash Metal gone Rock n’Roll! That’s the Proll Guns for you. Well, that and fake guns, lots of whiskey, a singer with a whiskey soaked voice and two fully integrated cowgirls who are not beyond [Read »]
Live Reviews
Powerwolf – Cologne, 5 September 2015
Location: Live Music Hall, Cologne Date: 5 September 2015 Bands: Xandria, Orden Organ, Powerwolf The wolf is back and howling again! But has Powerwolf ever been gone? At least not from the hearts of their fans [Read »]
Album Reviews
The Hudson Horror – Nemesis
We all know that Metalheads love their subgenres. There is Thrash Metal, there is Death Metal, there is Black Metal and many, many more subgenres and even sub-subgenres. Most bands fit nicely in their self-chosen [Read »]