Live Reviews
Battle of the Bays 2016
I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the announcement of the Battle of the Bays billing. Obituary, Exodus and Prong sharing stage in a fairly small venue? Almost too good to be true, but [Read »]
Live Reviews
Annihilator – Cologne, 5 November 2016
Annihilator has been going strong since 1984 with countless albums and gigs under their belt. Yes, the line-up changed quite a lot over the years, but Jeff Waters is obviously not only good with what [Read »]
Live Reviews
Volbeat – Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark
Volbeat Airbourne Crobot Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen Location: Herning, Denmark Date: 19th of October, 2016 By the look of it, this is indeed going to be an evening of rock’n’roll. Of varying degrees of hardness, [Read »]
Live Reviews
Grim Reaper – London, England (23/09/2016)
Event: Grim Reaper “Walking In The Shadows” album launch Bands: Grim Reaper, Neuronspoiler, The Darker My Horizon Venue: ‘The Underworld’, London. (England) Date: 23rd September, 2016 . (The) Grim Reaper live in the Underworld….. that [Read »]
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Opeth & The Sword – Toronto, ON, CANADA (Oct. 5, 2016)
Opeth, having grown in popularity and acceptance, are one of those bands that people will always having something to say about. The positives are that they continually try new things with their sound and keep [Read »]
Live Reviews
Sebastian Krüger Exhibition: Caricatura Museum (Frankfurt, Germany)
Heavy Metal is – obviously – mostly about the music, but like with any other musical genre there is also a visual aspect to it. Long hair, leather jackets, tattoos, wild stage shows, Metal Shirts [Read »]
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Haken, Thank You Scientist & Astral Bell – Toronto, ON, CANADA (Sept. 1, 2016)
With a significant amount of buzz and attention in the progressive metal world being paid to the U.K.’s Haken this year, the band has built on their first ever headline tour of North America last [Read »]
Live Reviews
Queensrÿche, Aarhus, Denmark
Queensrÿche Malrun Venue: Train, Aarhus, Denmark Date: 7th of September, 2016 There are bands and there are bands. In my world, there are few bands like Queensrÿche. With especially the three albums ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ (1988), [Read »]
Live Reviews
Mearfest 2016
Event: Mearfest (4th edition) Date: Saturday 13th August, 2016 Location: ‘The Borderline’, London, England. (EU) Bands: Desolation Angels, The Deep, Sacrilege, Troyen, Kaine, Not Fit For Humans . Fund-raising Metal festivals is a concept I’m [Read »]
Live Reviews
Denner/Shermann (Metal Magic Festival 2016, Day II)
In Fredericia, Denmark, a once tiny one-day underground festival has now become a three-day event with around 40 bands. It’s still for the most part the underground of metal that’s at work at the Metal [Read »]