GRAND DESIGN – Thrill of the Night

More Def Leppard-oriented hard rock here from the Swedish band Grand Design on their third studio album "Thrill of the Night". Vocalist Pelle Saether has a helium style range that can be a little nasally from a Stephen Pearcy meets Joe Elliott perspective on "Rawk N’ Roll Heart Attack" and "Get Up ‘N Love Someone".…

LAIKA – Somnia

Active since 2009, the Winnipeg, Canadian sextet Laika are on their second full length "Somnia" – a 9 track record that to my ears is in the progressive/ melodic death metal vein. Propelling the bass abilities forward for Mike Mason gives songs such as "Escalation of Terror" and "The Immortal" a little bit of an…

THRESHOLD – For the Journey

Probably the most unique of the UK progressive metal bands, Threshold remain resolute in their space-oriented atmospheric sound on this latest album "For the Journey". Years of seasoning keep the sextet locked in a song first, intricate elements second mode for these 8 songs. "Unforgiven" instantly shines due to Damien Wilson’s upper choral harmonies, while…

220 VOLT – Walking in Starlight

Childhood confession: a lot of times when money was tight, I’d make blind purchases at local tag sales and flea markets to fuel my rock and metal desires. My first exposure to this Swedish melodic hard rock/ metal act would be through that method, as I bought "Electric Messengers" on vinyl in the 1980’s from…

NORSE SUPER BAND – Tog, hav og metal

Rune Stavnesli er en kar fra Aalesund jeg ble kjent med da han og ett par kompiser drev Godt Selskap Studio i Trondheim for noen år siden. Han var også vokalist og gitarist i MAX MIDSUN, et band jeg hadde gleden av å se et par tre ganger i levende live. Nå er Rune vokalist i et band som de kaller NORSE SUPER BAND og da han sendte meg litt info om bandets siste utgivelse, valgte jeg å skrible ned noen små spørsmål og sendte nedover til Aalesund. Rune svarte og her kommer intervjuet.

STATE OF SALAZAR – All The Way

West Coast / AOR/ Arena oriented melodic rock is probably considered the ultimate ‘feel good’ style – shimmering harmonies, bright chord combinations, and up beat tempos are the hallmarks in this genre. What’s nice to know is there are younger musicians (especially in Europe) willing to create new music inspired by the heydays of the…

SEA – Sea

Throwback, retro / classic hard rock has taken the world by storm. Raiding your parents (or grandparents) record collections, submitting to the sounds of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Thin Lizzy and using that influence to create new riffs and songs in that same 60’s/ 70’s spirit. The Danish quartet Sea wish to…

DICTATED – The Deceived

Ah, the soothing sounds of brutal death metal. Welcome to Dictated, a Dutch outfit that has three primary members (guitarists Jessica Otten and Sonja Schuringa plus vocalist York Keijzer) and two session members (bassist Henri Sattler and drummer Michiel van der Plicht of God Dethroned). Their second album "The Deceived" contains 10 tracks of vicious,…

THE MORPHEAN – Mechanical

Melodic death metal from Austria again, here is The Morphean with their second album "Mechanical". Slowly working their way up the ranks since their 2006 beginnings, they’ve maintained a steady lineup since the start outside of drummer Uli Meisinger, who came in during 2010. After a couple of passes, the 10 songs are standard Gothenburg…

ELECTRIC WIZARD – Time to Die

Jus Oborn and his formidable doom outfit Electric Wizard are back one again with a heavy as f**k album (what is heavy?, It´s for someone else to dechiper).Electric Wizard should need no introduction and if you´re wondering what all the fuzz is about, give "Dopethrone" a listen and be impressed. "Time to Die" is EW´s…

SHINING spiller på Blå i Oslo torsdag (25/09)

Torsdag 25. september er Shining tilbake på scenen der spilte noen av sine aller første konserter, den gang som et akustisk jazzband milevis fra der bandet musikalsk befinner seg nå. Denne kvelden skal de fremføre deres internasjonale Gjennombruddsplate ”Blackjazz” i sin helhet, for første gang i historien. De har med seg Shevils som support.

DØDSENGEL til Inferno 2015

DØDSENGEL er bekreftet for INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2015! Det norske black metal-bandet er noe helt unikt og originalt innenfor sin sjanger. Få band klarer å kombinere en slik råhet med en tykk atmosfære av mørke og ondskap. Dette blir deres første konsert på Inferno Metal Festival 2015 og vi forventer en rituell opplevelse av dimensjoner!

CANNIBAL CORPSE – A Skeletal Domain

Cannibal Corpse should need no introduction. The US death metal act is out with their 13 full-length aptly called "A Skeletal Domain" and hell yeath this is some good extreme metal. I´ve personally been a little on and off CC since I first got their third output "Tomb of the Mutlated (1992). The first albums…

PORTRAIT – Oslo – Betong

Portrait sleng innom Oslo på veg til morgondagens Til Dovre Faller, som står som medarrangør av denne South of Heaven-kvelden. Portrait er ikkje småtteri, og kva med support-bandet?! Enda er det berre tredje gongen eg ser det unge bandet Flight, synest denne spelinga her vitnar både om stø kurs og tydeleg plassering innan tidleg 80-tals…

THÅSTRÖM til Oslo (12/3)

Thåström er kjent både som soloartist og som sanger og gitarist i bandene Ebba Grön og Imperiet. I februar kommer hans nye album og torsdag 12. mars står han på Sentrum Scene i Oslo. Billettsalget starter førstkommende torsdag klokken 09:00.

New song: NE OBLIVISCARIS

Eternal Terror kan i dag by på en helt ny låt fra den kommende fantastiske skiva til det australske bandet NE OBLIVISCARIS.  Låta heter "Painters of the Tempest (Part III): Reveries from the Stained Glass Womb" og den blir å finne på "Citadel" som slippes av Season of Mist 7. november.

ADRENALINE RUSH – Adrenaline Rush

Starting in 2012 around vocalist Tave Wanning and producer/ songwriter Erik Martensson, the quintet Adrenaline Rush from Sweden began searching for the right musicians to fill out the lineup. All handpicked from bands around Stockholm, this self-titled debut album is an 11 song Melodic Hard Rock affair that is very energetic and party oriented. The…

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