by Sebastian Kluth
"Giftdwarf" (this is a joke of words because "Gift" means "Poison" in German and the band name is a reference to the German expression "Giftzwerg" which means "Poison Dwarf" and which simply describes an angry little man) is a band that is like no other....
There are so many and even way too many female fronted symphonic metal bands out there in the world nowadays and this trend has also reached out for the Hispanic peninsula. "Diabolus in Musica" is a brandnew band with an intriguing and yet rather stereotypical...
With the release of this record, In Flames continue in the style of their great and diversified predecessor "A sense of purpose...". That means that they do further experimentations and get away from their death metal roots. Anybody that is waiting for...
"Virtual XI" is a truly unique album in the discography of Iron Maiden. It's an album with a very special mood and atmosphere that you can entirely adore for some special occasions. I would describe this mood as slow, progressive and really hypnotizing...
It’s hard to believe but Saltatio Mortis exist already since the year 2000 and with this great package, they honour their tenth anniversary in a very special way. Many things have happened in only a few years and what started as an acoustic project that...
I discovered this record by pure coincidence as I recently walked into my local record store and found this album somewhere hidden in the metal section. I thought that the cover was beautiful and that the songs and their lengths sounded promising to me...
Twenty reviews in not even one single year for the debut album of a metal band speak volumes about the success and rise to fame of "Alestorm". With many young enthousiastic fans that praised this music as a new and unique genre came also many rather traditional...
"Dark Sanctuary" deliver a very relaxing and calm piece of dark ambient music with a reduced number and variety of instruments that focuses on an atmosphere that perfectly fits to the title that suggests a melancholic empire. The band's sound is neither...
The debut album of "Mortemia" is a quite epic and spiritual album conceived by Morten Veland from "Tristania" and "Sirenia". Even if there are some harsh vocals in every song, they are not overwhelming and the sound focuses on majestic keyboard sounds...
After their famous but overhyped and eventually rather superficial debut album the self declared Scottish pirate metal heads tries to take an advantage from their rise to fame and released as quickly as possible another EP and now this second album. Normally...
I have never been that much into Anthrax. Maybe because I just got into metal music around 2005 when they were less popular and faced many complicated struggles. Maybe because I just adored thrash metal bands like "Overkill" and "Voivod" and from time...
Many people say that thrash metal was born with this album. Many people claim that this album has an important role for the history of metal music. Many people argue that this album was the first step of a famous legend. All of those things are true but...
In Extremo decided to release their most courageous song from the excellent last record as a second single with a great little bonus song. After the very catchy hymn "Zigeunerskat" I think that this output that we have here is even a greater choice. But...
This early record of "Edguy" was the beginning of their future rise to fame and I think that those youngsters really worked hard for it and merited the success after this outstanding album. "Vain glory opera" unites anything a strong power metal album...
Adverus is a band that doesn't sound like anything else. Their sound is very intellectual, diversified and sometimes almost schizophrenic. The band is mostly influenced by the Gothic genre with its dark and emotional lyrics, its harmonic male vocals,...
Dimmu Borgir have never been a very stereotypical and traditional black metal band and people who claim that the band "betrays the genre", "dishonours a philosophy" or "forgets about its roots" are completely wrong. After the last albums, this step was...
The self titled debut album of "Master" is another overlooked and essential piece of traditional Russian heavy metal, this time with a focus on thrash metal. Two past members of Aria founded this group and wanted to play music in the key of the first...
The first full length record of Turisas is a truly epic soundtrack for any Viking battle with a lot of sound effects, bombastic orchestra passages, and some folk influences. The band sounds like a mixture of "Ensiferum" and "Korpiklaani" with the overambitious...
The album title resumes in a quite perfect way the musical, lyrical and overall direction of Queensrÿche anno Domini 2011: "Dedicated to chaos". Let’s say that Queensrÿche have surpassed their zenith of creativity since almost twenty years and desperately...
Hello and welcome to our new show “The world’s next ordinary flower power metal band”. If you and your mates are looking forward to participate, make sure to get a closer look at our checklist to see if you and your friends are made to be the new heroes...
Now, this is something I didn't expect at all. I didn't really know much about X-Japan and it was by pure curiosity and chance that I checked out there new single with the beautiful cover artwork because the whole thing was announced as an upcoming release...
Here is another old and almost forgotten classic of the first steps of Canadian heavy metal music. It is heavily influenced by hard rock music of the late seventies and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The music would also well fit into an open minded...
"Avantasia" is a very ambitious project that was never meant to be a live band or to play any concerts at all. But thanks to commercial success, faith in their quality, a lot of passion and force, many discussions and complicated plans and a lot of administrative...
Les Ékorchés play a very unique and interesting mixture of sludge metal with some hardcore roots that is mixed with the sounds of some acoustic guitars and especially an electric cello which gives some dark and dramatic vibes to the music. Those instruments...
Timo Tolkki is and has always been an exceptional musician that has many different musical sides in him. He's well known for his power metal records with Stratovarius, Revolution Renaissance and Symfonia. In the early years of Stratovarius we have even...
