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The best Technomancer & Angst Pop remixes (Sub Culture Records)

English:CD-review
  Van Muylem    20 maart 2017

If you love the retro 80’s feel with a poppy & synth flair with typical electronic drums than you should absolutely listen to this collection of remixes! I must say that I knew some of them (but hey: I almost reviewed everything that this label released over the past few years) …

Ruins Of Elysium - Seeds of Chaos And Serenity

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  Van Muylem    16 maart 2017

After creating some fuzz with their Symphonic Metal EP Daphne (I reviewed and liked it), focused on social issues such as sexism and homophobia, Epic Symphonic Metal band Ruins of Elysium delivers it’s biggest project to date, the album Seeds of Chaos And Serenity. Consisting of 75 minutes ...

Moonspell is working on a new album!

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  Van Muylem    8 maart 2017

We loved them in the past and reviewed them with love and passion. Our Portugese friends will launch their new album next year, read the full story handed over by the bias of their record company:

Overtures – Artifacts (Sleaszy Rider Records)

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  Van Muylem    8 maart 2017

Overtures are a melodic heavy metal band born in Gorizia in June 2003. The line-up is composed by Michele Guaitoli (vocals), Marco Falanga (guitar), Luka Klanjscek (bass), and Andrea Cum (drums). Overtures’ first concert was in September 2003. They already launched a few albums. I discovere...

Temperance, Overtures & Ancient Myth, Moonlight Music Hall, Diest, 5/3/2017

English:Concerten
  Van Muylem    8 maart 2017

It doesn’t happen much that I go out two days in a row and for sure not on a Sunday, but as Ancient Myth (I saw them on stage at Metal Female Voices Fest. in October and that was their first gig ever in Europe) was playing and came over from Japan I made an exception. They opened in Diest, ...

Porta Nigra XI: Sol Invictus, Of The Wand and The Moon, Ah Cama-Sotz, Der Blaue Reiter, Hysteresis, Peter Bjargö and Har Belex. Aarschot, De Klinker, 4/3/2017

English:Concerten
  Van Muylem    5 maart 2017

It’s not my first edition of Porta Nigra and I can only be happy to be here (again). De Klinker is a nice venue and you have more than enough parking spots. Tonight gets the focus on Neo folk with simply the best acts in its genre (and had the other best acts in a previous edition), so time...

Midnight Sorrow - Pick A Tale

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  Van Muylem    3 maart 2017

I chatted a bit with Maureen Morvan (lead vocals of Midnight Sorrow) after the last edition of Metal Female Voices Fest. and today she presented me her new album: Pick A Tale. The music goes from Heavy metal to faery tale music with a medieval touch …

Anneke van Giersbergen announce's with VUUR the coming of a new album!

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  Van Muylem    26 februari 2017

In 2016 renowned Dutch vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen(The Gathering) announced the formation of a brand new progressive metal band under the name of VUUR. The band now offers a glimpse into the recording process of their debut album at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, the Netherlands. VU...

Blutengel – Leitbild (Out of Line)

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  Van Muylem    28 februari 2017

The more albums Blutengel releases the better they are and that’s for sure one of the reasons why they are one of the most popular German bands! What can you expect? Well: dark club-sounds, atmospheric tracks, raw power, depth and anthems for emotional warriors, unfiltered and more multi-la...

Seether returns with ferocious new album Poison The Parish

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  Van Muylem    26 februari 2017

I must say I loved the previous Seether album (Shaun Morgan - vocals/guitar, Dale Stewart - bass/vocals, and John Humphrey - drums): these hard rock heroes return with a new album on May 12, 2017. It will be  with their seventh full-length studio album, entitled Poison the Parish. The f...