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I was pleased to note that THIS IS GHOST COUNTRY has been signed by Christian Peters' Electric Magic Records. A few years ago, this German band has...

Lately I read a review about 'Comedown' where the writer has pointed out that the moniker THE TELSTAR SOUND DRONE would be misleading, because their...

I was estatic when another THALAMUS album was announced for 2013. Since the release of the debut full-length 'Beneath A Dying Sun' via Grooveyard...

If you have been in the Doom scene long enough, you know quite a certain amount of "professional" doomsters and a lot of bands. Then someone comes...

This is my first dose of TROUBLED HORSE, even though Crusher Records released a 7" in 2010. I was already aware of the fact that this Swedish band...

Although I have a great love for Texan psychedelic rock, I had not heard of THE LINUS PAULING QUARTET (also abbreviated as LP4) before. This is all...

T.H.U.M.B. is another band from Italy to follow the tradition of heavy rocking bands with a slight 70s edge. Contrary to other fellow country mates,...

If you dig the music from the 1960's as much as I do then there's no way around THE SETTING SON. But perhaps you are already familiar with the...

Formed in Vienna in 2009, 'Inside' is the self-financed 2012 debut release of TORSO. Due to the band name and cover artwork, I did expect some kind of...

Grand Funk Railroad, Free, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, early Bob Seger, The Rationals and many others all jump out at me when I hear the second...

'Going Home', released in April 2012, is the newest album of TRIPPY WICKED & THE COSMIC CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT to which I will just refer to as TRIPPY...

If you are familiar with the obscure record label Audio Archives then you probably know THE IRON MAIDEN - and I don't mean the world-famous heavy...

Every once in a while, I like to absorb myself in misanthropically heavy, sludgy sonic darkness. To meet this need, THE DISEASE CONCEPT are very...

THE SHRINE from California has been one of my best recent discoveries to come from the USA, and this debut record does not let me down. 'Primitive...

There were times when THE MELVINS were one of my favourite bands. That was around 1987 until 1993, but then I started to lose interest in the band. I...

I guess even 2008, when 'Embrace Of The Narrow House' originally came out as this is the reissue of The Wounded Kings' debut album, it was not really...

This tasteful compilation (released by Acetate Records in 2011) offers the possibilty to get a taste of what THE HANGMEN did record between 2000 and...

I can't thank Rick Ballard (owner of Acetate Records) enough for releasing this marvellous compilation of THE FACTORY. Hailing from Washington D.C.,...

This is my first time hearing THE MACHINE and it's definitely an interesting listen. 'Calmer Than You Are' is an ambitious work that's truly diverse...

Hailing from Serbia, TEMPLE OF THE SMOKE invite the listener to take a sonic trip through their kaleidoscopic world which by far isn't as dark as the...

Before I heard a single note from 'The Devil Rhythm', I had prejudices against this Northern Irish band. This is principally due to the band name as...

The Dodge Super Bee is one of the best-looking and most powerful muscle cars from the late 1960's/early 1970's. It therefore comes as no surprise that...

The time has come to kick out the jams - this time with the help of Italy's THE SADE. If one looks at the line-up of THE SADE, then the musical...

'Harmonicraft' is the third full-length album from Florida’s TORCHE, the follow-up to the 2008 album 'Meanderthal' and the mini-album 'Songs For...

'Analog' has been released over a year ago, and I do not know why it took me so long to write this review. The music cannot be the reason, because...

In the 1960's, Texas (and especially the city of Austin) has been the birthplace for the best psychedelic rock bands of all times: The 13th Floor...

Hm, that album leaves me absolutely cold. Maybe also because of the fact that these four guys desperately try to be mean and ugly. It starts with the...

After the release of two EP's, Austria's TRACKER are back with their first full-length that has been released via Sulatron Records in 2011. I didn't...

There is no doubt that Joe Hasselvander was the one who created 'Review Your Choices' and 'Sub-Basement'. Unfortunately both Pentagram albums are...

While I was listening to 'In The Chapel Of The Black Hand', the third and newest album of The Wounded Kings, lately I had to think about a...

Since quite a few years England has been incubating new Doom bands with a regularity that is both amazing and terrifying. You can sometimes just...

This is my first full-length contact with Touch The Spider! of whom I knew a couple of songs and clips from the internet. For those of you who have...

Hailing from Glasgow, THE COSMIC DEAD are heavy psychedelic space travelers and this strictly limited cassette (150 copies) documents one of their...

I discovered this Swedish band only about four years ago when Grooveyard Records released their debut full-length 'Beneath A Dying Sun'. This slab of...

Oh yes, this is a barbaric and savage display of 1980's thrash metal right here. But THRASHER DEATH (what a name!) is no newcomer, but an old band...

With the debut album of THE DAWN BAND, Elektrohasch Records again prove that they are not only focused on heavy psych rock. Formed by Hainloose...

The Hollow Men are three Dutch guys who deliver a mixture of different Rock styles that make me think of the 90s immediately. That is mostly because...

With their second album 'Center Of The Cyclone', THE :EGOCENTRICS impressively prove that they are not running out of ideas. It seems as if the band...

For a short time it looked as if Erik Larson (ex-Alabama Thunderpussy, ex-Axehandle, and a lots more) has joined Morne, because he was the drummer on...

Not many bands would manage to record a heavy rock album that consists of only one extra-long song. Most of them were doomed to fail, quite simply...

Well, actually my interest in post-rock is very low. This is probably because I'm an old-fashioned guy who grew up with punk, hardrock, blues and...

Back to start would be a fitting motto for the fifth full-length album from THE GATES OF SLUMBER. I welcome the decision of the Indianapolis trio...

What a trip: TIA CARRERA set off on a new spectacular journey of sonic adventures, finding out more about heavy blues-infected jams and ass-kickin...

To me Brutal Truth were one of the best grindcore bands of all time, because they were really creative and sometimes very innovative. They offered...

For me, the second album from THE FLYING EYES is one of the most anticipated releases in 2011 and they didn't disappoint me with 'Done So Wrong'. The...

Those who believe that Sartez, who was the singer for Siena Root for a certain amount of time, vanished into thin air will be set right, because...

I still cannot understand why The Graviators flew under my radar till I found out, they were supporting Saint Vitus on their recent tour. Maybe I am...

'Temple Of The Leaf' is the first self-financed 4 track EP from THE UNHOLY ASSASSINS, a promising new U.S. band who primarily follow in the footsteps...

When Klaus told me he would send me the new album by Italian underground cult act The Black, he was surprised I did not know much about them at all....

With regard to the pace of work, THE GRAND ASTORIA are really fast. It is not so long ago that I wrote a review about their self-titled debut and now...

If there's a promo CD I can't get out of my player, it's the second album from THE CRYSTAL CARAVAN, a seven-member retro rock band from Umeå, Sweden....

I have never heard of Leech, the man behind THEOLOGIAN, but I'm kinda glad that this has changed. The reason for this is that Crucial Blast was kind...

Due to the band name I expected the worst goth rock, but when I noticed that TEMPLE OF PAIN is a new project from Fabio 'Thunder' Bellan (mainly...

Already the first demo 'Mystic Initiation' from the Romanian power trio THE :EGOCENTRICS has delighted me. They play an enthralling heavy...

When I think of Australia's music scene, I automatically think of all the wonderful high energy rock 'n' roll bands as, for example, Radio Birdman,...

And yet again THE SOULBREAKER COMPANY have managed to record an album, which is brimming with passion and creativity. The predecessor 'The Pink...

THE RE-STONED is an admittedly silly choice for a band name, but fortunately the music is much better than their moniker. Hailing from Moscow,...

Only very recently, I wrote a review about the debut album from Buttered Bacon Biscuits, a new promising 1970's classic rock band who comes from...

So this is the third album by The Sword. And once again the quartet gave the style they play a little correction. You do not get that immediately when...

In times in which it seems as if heavy music becomes more darker each day, it's good to know that THE BROUGHT LOW are still around. That is the kind...

Let there be jam! It's safe to say that this is the guideline for the Texas band TIA CARRERA who have also internalized the spirit of Jimi Hendrix....

This disc offers up a full measure of rip-roaring rock 'n' roll goodness and that from a young German band with the unique name THIS IS GHOST...

With their second album on Crucial Blast, Portland's TREES continue on their path of sonic destruction. Like on their debut album 'Lights Bane',...

Since the birth of Cosmic Lava in 1999, I haven't received much music from Russia for whatever reasons. Thus, I was very pleased when I got an ...

Cleveland is another place in the USA where music history has been written during the 1970's, especially in the genre which is known under the name...

Basically, Rockabilly is a genre that is free from any surprises. This is also valid of course to other musical genres, but there it is particularly...

There are several reasons why I like this band. Some groups are desperately trying to create an individual sound, but TEKHTON don't need to try that ...

Behind the somewhat strange album titel lies an interesting story which inspired the Swedish band THE MOVEMENTS to record their second album,...

Due to the style of the colorful artwork of 'Movin On' it should be clear where the journey goes: back to the seventies. But this does not mean that...

So far I had no chance to listen to the debut album 'Embrace of the Narrow House' from THE WOUNDED KINGS, a relatively new doom metal band from...

In sharp contrast to the past, where Bad Afro Records had only a clear focus on the Scandinavian rock scene, Australia's THE DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT...

If bassplayer Michael 'MetalB' Bolle isn't out with his pals of Tortured Spirit, then he dedicates himself completely to another main occupation and...

Shortly before the end of 2009, I got this brilliant album from the guys at Trip In Time Records. Well, actually, this album is a compilation...

Hailing from New York, THE RESURRECTION SORROW deliver on the first album a pumped up, muscular wall of sound that has become saturated with blues,...

In 2009 THROTTLEROD celebrated their 10th anniversary and since its formation the band has undergone an unexpected development. Whereas their first...

Compared to other doom bands, Germany's TORTURED SPIRIT is relatively quick when it comes to recording the next album. Two years have passed since the...

I have to admit that most progressive rock bands bore me to death. There are a few exceptions as, for example, Gentle Giant, Gracious, Aunt Mary or...

Whenever drummer Clementine is starting a new band, my interest and curiosity is great, because what she did has rhyme and reason. With her last...

Largely unnoticed by the wider public, guitarist Rick Ray has released thirty-one albums on his own record label Neurosis Records since 1999. This is...

Because of the cover artwork, I already expected some sort of psychedelic rock from Portland's two-piece THE AX, but that was a false assumption....

If you listen to the second album of THE HUMAN QUENA ORCHESTRA, it's like opening the gates to hopelessness, anger and isolation. There is no light...

Some bands sound so tender and lovely that one can mutate into a hippie while listening to their music. In this case it is the German sextet THE...

After the release of 'I Am The Gate', a compilation of the first two demos, THE WANDERING MIDGET was busy working on new material. This leads to their...

Now, this is an unexpected pleasure when a new band releases a self-financed 2CD digipack. Maybe they don't need to grow in confidence, or TOUCH THE...

Finally, here's the second album from Denmark's THE SETTING SON, released in 2009 by Bad Afro Records, and it will help to cement their presence in...

First I can say that Joe Hasselvander's third solo album is definitively his preliminary solo masterpiece. Deeply embedded in the history and...

Without a doubt, TERRORAMA's second album is a fine example of ultra-aggressive thrash metal that comes along like a relentless firestorm. Song titles...

The best compilations are those who feature mostly unreleased tracks from bands that are less known, because that's a good chance to discover some new...

I admit that I'm totally uninformed about what goes on in the heavy music scene of Romania. Is there a scene at all? Before I received this disc from...

I'm sure that some people will blame Portland's TREES for imitating the sound of Khanate, but that wouldn't be really fair. The first five records...

TORTURED SPIRIT is a fine supplement to the German Doom Metal community, due to their unique sound, which has gained them attention throughout...

'Conqueror' is more than an appropriate title for the third full-length from THE GATES OF SLUMBER, because they conquered the hearts of a lot of metal...

The very first demo 'I Love The Lamp' caused quite a stir in 2006 in the Doom Metal underground and was one of the reasons why the English band THE...

Is Örebro Sweden's Detroit? I'm not sure how many bands come from this town, but it's more than a dozen, so what's going on there? Among the...

Unfortunately this German band broke up much too soon, but this self-released compilation will make the farewell easy. 'Low Tide And Shockwave' has...

If here weren't the cleanly, vivid production then one could guess that this Swedish band would derive from the early 70's, but TDBO exsists since...

This is the farewell album from the German band TERRAPLANE, which has been released in 2007 through Nasoni Records. The band was formed in 2000 and...

When I received my last package from Alone Records/The Stone Circle at the beginning of 2008, this was one of the included discs and it was my first...