Active since 2002, Chilean quartet Thunder Lord come from an old school speed/heavy metal background, as "Prophecies of Doom" is all about the up-tempo pairing of riffs and rhythms, while the vocals often mirror the same urgency as the music. A lot of the lead work has that cultural/epic nature to the song at hand…
Wishing Well is a Finnish (melodic) hard rock ensemble that sounds pretty inspired by the timeless giants of old such as Rainbow, Deep Purple, MSG, early Whitesnake, the «Heaven and Hell» record by the mighty Black Sabbath, and so on and so forth. Heck, even the first couple of Iron Maiden classics come to mind…
Fredag 4. mars slipper Nuclear Blast den nye liveskiva til SABATON. Skiva heter "Heroes on Tour" og utgivelsen vil inneholde hele to konsertopptak pluss litt ekstra snacks for fansen. "Heroes on Tour" kan du få som DVD, Blue Ray, CD eller vinyl. Vi feirer nyskiva med DVD visning i andre etasje på Good Omens kvelden før release. Vi kjører også en Sabaton quiz med flotte premier. Moroa begynner klokka 21:00 presis.
UK based hard rock band that definitely evokes a lot of the old school Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Whitesnake, Aerosmith acts on their self-titled debut album. Vocalist Nathan James has garnered attention through his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Uli Jon Roth – the rest of the young players include rhythm guitarist Wil Taylor,…
I recall listening to Sarke, more specifically the debut album «Vorunah», for the very first time back in 2009 while stuck in a claustrophobic piece-of-shit Nissan on a 4-hour road trip with a miserable skank that I was dating then. To tell you the truth, the album did not impress me at all, but at…
And so my journey comes to an end… Day 4, rise and shine, and after a great day in Bergen rock city, me and my partners in crime find ourselves at Studio, where Karmøy-bound Evig Natt opens the final day of the festival. Both the band and yours sincerley are quite surprised by the great…
If given the right resources, presidents at record labels can make some great products come to life. Take Last in Line – who would have ever thought that the original three from the early 80’s Dio lineup would re-assemble to make a record with a new singer? Not this journalist… but that’s what we have…
A success on television and the pop charts during the 1980’s through the US soap opera General Hospital plus albums like "Working Class Dog" and "Success Hasn’t Spoiled Me Yet", Rick Springfield continues to put out new studio records while touring the globe for his ardent fan base. No longer just a teen/ pin-up idol,…
The legendary progressive (sci-fi thrash) metal outfit that is Voivod is still going strong. Having listened repeatedly to this upcoming 30-minute EP of theirs, which consists of two brand new tracks and a cover of the Hawkwind classic «Silver Machine» as well as two songs off the band’s split releases with At the Gates and…
Scheduled to come out on Blu-ray/ DVD as a two-disc set, "Heroes On Tour" also has an audio CD accompanying the proceedings and this is what’s up for inspection. Straight from their Wacken Open Air performance of 2015 that brought the house done, we have a 16 song set that gives us ample reason to…
The legend that is Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ex-Accept) hardly needs any introduction. Some of the most memorable and catchy heavy metal tunes of all time are by Accept and, to some extent, U.D.O. That is simply a fact, or a law of nature, if you will. Along with the Canadian outfit Anvil in tow, Dirkschneider…
German heavy rock act releases their fourth album "A Monster’s Life" – this time seeking out the professional studio and producer chair of Jacob Hansen. The 10 songs are consistent in the sense that this has a modern bite and melodies ready made for arena-like audiences: Nickelback, Shinedown, and Alter Bridge would be three big…
IHSAHN + tre band til er klare for høstens tøffeste eventyr i Trondheim. Britiske HACKTIVIST, belgiske ORACLES og svenske TWILIGHT FORCE kommer sammen med IHSAHN, den tidligere vokalisten i EMPEROR, til Trondheim i oktober for å spille under TRONDHEIM METALFEST 2016.
DREAM THEATER flytter til Norge denne helga og spiller hele tre dager på rad i Oslo Konserthus der de fremfører hele den nye skiva si "The Astonishing". Alle tre konsertene er utsolgt.
Fans of Embalmer have been waiting 10 years for this – their second full length release in career spanning 25 years. For those who don’t know the band, think Repulsion, Autopsy at full pelt or Impetigo when vocalist Stevo shuts up long enough for them to play a song. Personally, I love the death metal…
Another day, another dollar, day 3 of Blastfest, and I’m ready for more metal and a few beers. Unfortunatly I miss both Sulphur and Audiopain playing at 16:00, and Solefald at the big stage, which leads me to my first band of the day; the Trondheim-battalion named One Tail, One Head. Not a bad way…
Kvelden skulle feire 20-årsdagen til Nemesis Devina men det var også ca 20 år siden deres første konsert som også var på Rockefeller (sammen med Darkthrone og Dissection, som jeg gjerne skulle opplevd). Samtidig skal det feires at Sigurd fortsatt er på bena og vi håper situasjonen ikke forverres. Han snakket ikke mye om det,…
Eternal Terror kan i dag by på nok en helt ny låt fra det kommende albumet til ROTTEN SOUND. Låta denne gangen heter "Inhumane Treatment" og den blir å finne på deres kommende fullengder "Abuse to Suffer" som slippes av Season of Mist 18. mars 2016.
Schitzy angtsy post punk from Portland up next. This runs the gamut from everything to crust, psych rock, grind. And sometimes it hits the spot and I nearly start to like it. But then the trio veer off into some avant-garde interlude or change of direction and they lose me. Which is such a pity,…
Alive & kicking after a great night at Garage, and ready for day 2 of Blastfest 2016, at USF Verftet. My hotel is just a 10 minutes walk from the venue, unfortunatly it means climbing Bergens steepest hill (No, but it feelt that way), but I manage to get there just in time for the…
