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ESSENCE OF MIND - The Break Up (Alfa Matrix)

English:CD-review
  Van Muylem    28 april 2015

Pushed forward by their EP trilogy Escape, Hate and Wrong, and building up on their growing success received during their recent German tour with their neighbours & friends of Apoptygma Berzerk, Norway's Essence Of Mind presents us their 4th album called The break up ...

Savatage “Return To Wacken” to be released in June

English:Andere
  Tom V    25 april 2015

The wait has finally come to an end! The reunion of one of the world’s greatest progressive metal bands, anxiously awaited by fans, has moved within reach.
Now, in 2015, for the first time in over a decade, Savatage will return to the stage as part of a big live celebration at the Wacken O...

THE 69 EYES - The Best of Helsinki Vampires (Nuclear Blast)

English:CD-review
  Van Muylem    26 april 2015

Great thing is that even outsiders who now nothing from THE 69 EYES loved them as I managed to present their music to a lot of people, so there is a lot of people to be convinced! This best of is the best way: only filled with pearls and killer songs, no fillers! Get fanged by the Helsinki vampir...

Black Knives new video

English:Andere
  Tom V    24 april 2015

Black Knives just released a new video here about its latest album “The Thirteenth Hour”. 3 out of the 11 album tracks can still be downloaded for free at http://weareblackknives.com/ where you can find tour dates, infos, etc.

EPICA, ELUVEITIE & SCAR SYMMETRY - European tour announced

English:Concerten
  Tom V    22 april 2015

Dutch symphonic metal band EPICA and Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE have joined forces to tour Europe this fall. This tour will see EPICA and ELUVEITIE co-headline in Germany, Poland and Czech Republic. EPICA will be the headliner on the dates in Italy, France and the UK. Swedish progressive melo...

Feed Her To The Sharks: tour with Thy Art Is Murder

English:Concerten
  Tom V    22 april 2015

The amazing team of Avocado Booking is bringing us a very special last minute tour, that starts in less then two weeks! Australias heavy titans Thy Art is Murder headline The Australian Takeover-tour and bring along their friends in FEED HER TO THE SHARKS, Aversion Crown and Earth Rot! FEED HER T...

"The music is all us" : Interview with Shane Told from Silverstein

English:Andere
  Inge van Nimwegen    23 april 2015

Right as the first fans were about to enter the cosy Melkweg Oude Zaal in Amsterdam, we had the chance to speak with Shane Told, vocalist and lyricist of Canadian post-hardcore group Silverstein, who are at that moment rounding off their European leg of their tour for the tenth anniversary of the...

Tickets for Rock On The Range 2015, America’s premier hard rock festival, are now SOLD OUT.

English:Festivals
  Tom V    16 april 2015

This marks the third consecutive sell-out, and fastest sell-out to date, for Rock On The Range, held May 15, 16 and 17 at MAPFRE Stadium (formerly Crew Stadium) in Columbus, OH. In 2014, the sold-out three-day multi-stage music and lifestyle event had 120,000 concertgoers in attendance.

Thurisaz: 'One Final Step' Video Released

English:Andere
  Tom V    15 april 2015

Belgian atmospheric doom metallers THURISAZ have self-released their fourth full-length album, "The Pulse Of Mourning", on March 31. The cover artwork was created by bandmember Mattias Theuwen in cooperation with Jeroen Mylle (AMENRA) and can be seen below.

T...

BLIND GUARDIAN - Beyond The Red Mirror (Nuclear Blast)

English:CD-review
  Van Muylem    22 april 2015

It has always been my dream to review Blind Guardian and with this Magnus Opus, the time has come! They have set a new standard, they can call themselves a genre! Don't search for new names as a new milestone has been set out! The storytelling, the music, the voals: it all reaches the sky, ma...