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Rookies Reaching Maturity on Their Third Output - A Review of Schattenmann's Chaos

Rookies Reaching Maturity on Their Third Output - A Review of Schattenmann's Chaos

Schattenmann is a Neue Deutsche Härte band formed by former Stahlmann guitarist Frank Herzig five years ago. The band has already released three studio records so far, with Chaos being the most recent output. The album comes along with fifteen brand-new...

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Neue Deutsche Härte Heart with a Black Metal Soul - A Review of Roth's Nachtgebete

Neue Deutsche Härte Heart with a Black Metal Soul - A Review of Roth's Nachtgebete

Michael Roth, also known as Blutkehle, is a singer who has been involved in many bands and projects in the German extreme metal scene throughout the past two and a half decades. He is the singer of controversial gothic black metal band Eisregen whose...

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Legendary Punk Trio at Its Creative Peak Forty Years into Its Career - A Review of Die Ärzte's Dunkel

Legendary Punk Trio at Its Creative Peak Forty Years into Its Career - A Review of Die Ärzte's Dunkel

Die Ärzte is a legendary German punk band that had a stunning return to form after a long hiatus that ended about two years ago. Since then, the band has released two studio albums and eight singles as the trio seems to be at a creative peak of its career....

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Unimaginative, Repetitive and Lazy Industrial Rock on a Downward Spiral - A Review of Stahlmann's Quarz

Unimaginative, Repetitive and Lazy Industrial Rock on a Downward Spiral - A Review of Stahlmann's Quarz

Inspired by the success of Neue Deutsche Härte icons such as Rammstein, Oomph! and Megaherz, Stahlmann saw the light of day thirteen years ago and released its first eponymous studio album twelve years ago. The band had a distinctive style with its heavy...

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Creative, Dreamy and Unique Mixture of Pop and Folk Music - A Review of Cocco's Cocco 20 Shunen Kinen Special Live at Nippon Budokan 2days - Ichi no Maki X Ni no Maki -

Creative, Dreamy and Unique Mixture of Pop and Folk Music - A Review of Cocco's Cocco 20 Shunen Kinen Special Live at Nippon Budokan 2days - Ichi no Maki X Ni no Maki -

Cocco is a Japanese ballerina, singer-songwriter and actress who started her career back in 1996 at the tender age of nineteen. The charismatic singer with the enchanting, melodic and soft voice combines multiple genres such as post-grunge, pop and folk....

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Cash Grab Honouring the Punk Pioneers' Early Career - A Review of Green Day's BBC Sessions

Cash Grab Honouring the Punk Pioneers' Early Career - A Review of Green Day's BBC Sessions

BBC Sessions is a compilative live record by American punk rock legends Green Day, recorded in four different sessions between 1994 and 2001, and focusing on the band's material from its second studio record Kerplunk in 1991 to its sixth album Warning...

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A Failed Attempt to Reinvent Themselves in Crazy Times - A Review of Les Trois Accords' Live dans le plaisir

A Failed Attempt to Reinvent Themselves in Crazy Times - A Review of Les Trois Accords' Live dans le plaisir

Les Trois Accords is essentially a French-Canadian version of Weezer intertwining alternative rock, punk rock and even country music with quirky tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Since its debut record Gros mammouth album back in 2003, the band has released a new...

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Out of Left Field - A Review of Boris' Live in Japan

Out of Left Field - A Review of Boris' Live in Japan

Boris is a trio whose music is quite unique. The band members from Tokyo and Hiroshima play psychedelic alternative rock with thunderous drum play, distorted guitar sounds and emotional melodic vocals. This hypnotizing style unfolds its magic very well...

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Another Healthy Dose of Feminine Power from Japan - A Review of Nemophila's Revive

Another Healthy Dose of Feminine Power from Japan - A Review of Nemophila's Revive

No other country has as many creative, energetic and memorable all-female rock and metal bands as Japan. Nemophila is yet another group of this kind, revolving around Mary's Blood guitarist Saki. The five ladies have come together two years ago, have...

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A Fresh Dose of Epic Blackened Folk Metal - A Review of Cân Baard's Devoured by the Oak

A Fresh Dose of Epic Blackened Folk Metal - A Review of Cân Baard's Devoured by the Oak

Cân Bardd is a Swiss duo supported by two live musicians on stage that plays epic blackened folk metal in the key of Summoning, Saor and Caladan Brood. For those uninformed, this means that the band values atmosphere over diversity and fleshes out immersive,...

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