heavy metal

(8/10) A long time before Ghost discovered the fascination of masked and ‚secret‘ band members German prog metal band Mekong Delta had already the same idea. I can remember 1987 when the band released their debut and it was the big myst who is actually...

(9/10) Edguy is Tobi Sammet. I think the band couldn't exist without this man. And Sammet has the gift of almost unlimited energy and (self-) marketing. And he has the pleasure to work together with experienced and capable musicians which create the stage...

What a highlight on a Sunday afternoon. After Swedish doom masters Candlemass already facinated the crowd on Friday night another great Swedish band found the way to Tilburg in Holland. Avatarium, the new group of Candlemass bass player Leif Edling, played...

(7/10) Nightqueen from Gent, Belgium have produced a new album. It is called "rEVOLUTION" and brings you nine symphonic metal tunes. I haven't heard of the band before and after I pressed the play button I had to look into the label info sheet who is...

(9/10) Triptykon is back. The band of Tom G. Warrior released their second album. It's called "Melana chasmata" and contains nine songs. The metal community looked very much forward to this record, which is now finally released. If one of the main reasons...

A few days before Brainstorm released their new album "Firesoul" I had the chance to have a chat with singer Andy B. Franck. We talked about the new album, the heaviness of the "Firesoul" and the release shows. It was interesting things Andy had to tell....

It was on December 12 in 1993 when Dio played a show in the legendary Hammersmith Apollo in London. This show was filmed and was so far unreleased . Eagle Vison will now release this concoert on CD/DVD/Blu-Ray in May this year. Line-up: Ronnie James Dio...

Brainstorm sells during their four show release tour a unique shirt which can be only bough during those four shows. This is how the front looks. Check out the show. There are two more dates to go. Photo: Thomas Wiedenmann German power metal quintet Brainstorm...

(7/10) When I hear 'Diabulus In Musica" I still have to think about the legendary Slayer record. But Diabulus In Musica is also a synphonic metal band from Spain. Founded in 2006 the band release already two full-length records and an EP. As well as their...

German heavy metal legend Accept is ready for the next step. They revealed the cover for the coming album called "Blind rage".

(8/10) American guitar wizard Zakk Wylde is back with his band Black Label Society. They release their new album called "Catacombs of the black vatican" in these days. It is already the ninth record of the L.A. based metal institution. I like two things...

(8/10) Female fronted metal is popular and gets quite some attention in these days. Bands like The Gathering, Nightwish and Within Temptation can probabaly be seen as the godfathers of this genre. But in the last 1-2 years its more and more the second...

After a very successful first part of the tour Axel Rudi Pell and band will continue touring in autumn. Here are the dates. Source: SPV (8/10) Nothing new at Axel Rudi Pell. And that's good. There aren't that many band/artists which are releasing records...

(8/10) While eveybody is waiting for the new album "Ruining lives" from Prong, the groove metal guys from New York released via Bandcamp a kind of "best of..." official bootleg which deserves to be mentioned. The band recorded this album in Berlin in...