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CD review CORELEONI "The Greatest Hits Pt.1"

Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2018 von Markus W. in Coreleoni, Gotthard, News, CD Review, Frontiers Music, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock

CD review CORELEONI "The Greatest Hits Pt.1"

(*/10) Swiss rock outfit Gotthard belongs to the spearhead of European hardrock, celebrating big success with longplayers that went right into the charts. While step by step gaining a lot of new fans, Gotthard’s sound also shifted in parallel more towards...

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Live report GOTTHARD / PRETTY MAIDS, Ratiopharm Arena, Ulm, 11.02.2017

Veröffentlicht am 13. Februar 2017 von Markus W. in Live Review, Live, Hardrock, Heavy Metal, Melodic Metal, News, Rock, Frontiers Music, G.Records, Gotthard, Pretty Maids

Live report GOTTHARD / PRETTY MAIDS, Ratiopharm Arena, Ulm, 11.02.2017

Swiss-based hardrockers Gotthard recently released a new album called "Silver", a record that also celebrates 25 years of the quintet from the Tessin. The celebration continues with Gotthard embarking on a tour through Europe, playing shows mainly in...

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CD review GOTTHARD "Silver"

Veröffentlicht am 9. Januar 2017 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Hardrock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review, Rock

CD review GOTTHARD "Silver"

(8/10) Every two to three years it’s Swiss hardrockers Gotthard releasing a new longplayer. “Bang!”, the latest album of the quintet, saw the light of day in spring 2014 and as expected it went right into the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland....

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Tour dates GOTTHARD / PRETTY MAIDS for 2017

Veröffentlicht am 20. November 2016 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Pretty Maids, Tour, News, Heavy Metal, Melodic Metal, Hardrock, Classic Rock, Live Review

Tour dates GOTTHARD / PRETTY MAIDS for 2017

Swiss based hardrocker Gotthard will be on tour in the beginning of 2017, promoting their upcoming album "Silver" which will be released on January 13th, 2017. Support act for this tour is nobody less than the iconic Pretty Maids, who recently released...

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CD review GOTTHARD "Live & bangin'"

Veröffentlicht am 23. Juni 2015 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Rock, Hardrock, Sleaze Rock, News, CD Review, Live, Classic Rock

CD review GOTTHARD "Live & bangin'"

(8/10) Listening to music from Swiss Gotthard was a pleasure for me from the first album onwards. Yes, indeed, the guys had a period when they became a bit too catchy and mainstream. But since a few records they found back to their old strength which...

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CD review THE POODLES "Devil in the details"

Veröffentlicht am 30. März 2015 von Markus W. in The Poodles, Gotthard, Hardrock, Rock, Classic Rock, News, CD Review

CD review THE POODLES "Devil in the details"

(8/10) 'The devil is in the detail' is a saying and The Poodles decided to use this as a base for the name of their newst longplayer. "Devil in the detail" became the name of the sixth album and The Poodles managed being able to handle all those details...

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CD review MAXXWELL "Tabula rasa"

Veröffentlicht am 3. Oktober 2014 von Markus W. in Maxxwell, Gotthard, Hardrock, Rock, Alternative Rock, CD Review, News, Alternative Metal

CD review MAXXWELL "Tabula rasa"

( 7/10) Maxxwell took two years to work on the new album and the result is availabale now. The name of the new disc is "Tabula rasa" and in one or another name this is also what the band did an the last 24 months. The guys from Switzerland almost reinvented...

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Sweden's HARDCORE SUPERSTARS are on tour

Veröffentlicht am 10. September 2014 von Markus W. in Hardcore Superstars, Gotthard, Rock, Hardrock, Sleaze Rock, Tour, News

Sweden's HARDCORE SUPERSTARS are on tour

The Hardcore Superstars are on tour through Germany, Spain, Italy and Austria. They are the support for Gotthard. Here are the dates:

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Live review GOTTHARD, De Boerderij, The Netherlands, 08.04.2014

Veröffentlicht am 9. April 2014 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Live Review, News, Hardrock

Live review GOTTHARD, De Boerderij, The Netherlands, 08.04.2014

Time again for Swiss hardrockers from Gotthard to play another gig in De Boederij in Zoetermeer. This was the first time after two years that they came back to The Netherlands. The band had already a few shows in Holland during the last years and played...

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CD review GOTTHARD "Bang!"

Veröffentlicht am 28. März 2014 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Hardrock, CD Review, News

CD review GOTTHARD "Bang!"

(9/10) Album number two of 'Gotthard 2.0', or in other words: the second record with Nic Maeder as singer of the well known Swiss hardrock band. The question was, how the new album will sound. Will it be a continuation of "Firebirth" or will it sound...

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Interview with Marc Lynn from GOTTHARD

Veröffentlicht am 21. März 2014 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Interview, Hardrock, Rock, News

Interview with Marc Lynn from GOTTHARD

A couple of days ago I had the chance to talk to Marc Lynn from Swiss hardrockers Gotthard. The band will release their new album on April 4th. Marc talked about the new album and the coming shows for this year. Enjoy reading and enjoy the new album (review...

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New video from GOTTHARD "Feel what I feel"

Veröffentlicht am 2. März 2014 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Hardrock, Video, News

New video from GOTTHARD "Feel what I feel"

Here comes the new video from Gotthard. The song's called "Feel what I feel" and comes from the next album "Bang!". Check it out. First single from the 2014 album "BANG". Album release 04.04.2014

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GOTTHARD coming back to Holland

Veröffentlicht am 13. Dezember 2013 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Hardrock, Tour, News

GOTTHARD coming back to Holland

Great news from all hard rock fans. Swiss hard rockers Gotthard are coming back to De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, NL. The date will be April 8th and it will be the only show of the band in Holland. Photo: Martin Haeusler

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New video from GOTTHARD

Veröffentlicht am 11. Juli 2013 von Markus W. in Gotthard, Hardrock

New video from GOTTHARD

Swiss hardrock band Gotthard published a new video clip for the song "Yippie Aye Yay" from their latest album "Firebirth". The band produced the video themselves and Nic Maeder was the director of the clip. Yippie Aye Yay´ Taken from their current album...

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