Release: 20/07/2022 This year, as we have written about elsewhere frequently, has seen the release of many excellent EPs. And fortunately, the year 2022 has even more to offer. If you don’t believe that, you only have to take 18 minutes to listen to The Quest by the German band Æternia. You can do that, […]
English version below Text: Anna Loppacher; Pics: Igor Jakobsen Für Igor und mich war das KIT Rising II das erste post-Corona-Festival. Es war toll, endlich wieder mal an einem Festival zu sein. Der Freitag startete nach einem langen Vormittag und einer reibungslosen Zugreise, auf der wir einen KIT-Gänger trafen, der sogar aus Brasilien angereist war […]
Release: 21/09/2022 B.S.T. from Hamburg are certainly no unknowns in the German doom scene: No wonder, the band was already founded in 1994 and their first EP Vier + 2 was released in 2000. If you look at the quartet’s output as a whole, you quickly realise that B.S.T. took quite a long time to […]
Release: 14/10/2022 English version below Ein schöner Gruß aus der aufrührerischen Stadt in Kanada! Aus den nordamerikanischen Wäldern und Bergen rund um Calgary kommt zum zweiten Male eine Portion traditionellen Stahls erster Güte zu uns. Schon mit ihrem Erstling Burn the Night konnten Riot City 2019 bei den Anhängern klassischen Heavy Metals mit ordentlichem NWOBHM-Einschlag und speedigem […]
This is an informal, non-scripted conversation about layers of meaning in reactions to Queen Elizabeth II’s death in the metal community. Both Holly Royle and Anna Loppacher have their background in the social sciences, which shines through in how we talk about the topic. However, the conversation is neither a result of a scholarly study […]
It’s no exaggeration to say that Sonja are one of the bands of the moment in our scene. Just yesterday, the trio from Philadelphia was confirmed for the next warm-up show at the legendary Up the Hammers festival. Reason enough to talk to Melissa Moore about her band and all kinds of other things. We […]
On 23/09/2022, Legend of the Forgotten Reign – Chapter VII: Evil Awakens, a new work by the Italian power metal veterans Kaledon, was released. On this occasion, we talked to guitarist and songwriter Alex Mele. Have fun reading! André: Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. How are you? Alex: Hi there, […]
English version below Heute möchten wir euch eine deutsche Newcomer-Band vorstellen, die in stilistischer Hinsicht vor allem Anhänger klassischer Metal-Töne gefallen sollte: BIWO. Im folgenden Interview kommen die vier Bandmitglieder, Gründer Sven (Gesang, Lead-Gitarre), Finley (Rhythmus-Gitarre), Hanno (Schlagzeug) und Justus (Bass), zu Wort. Viel Spaß beim Lesen! Wie würdet ihr den Stil von BIWO beschreiben? Finley: […]
