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All paths lead to Rockharz 2025 – traffic update –

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
The festival season of 2025 has already begun, with the calendar filling up with events each weekend. I have three festivals scheduled in a row, so it is no different for me: First is Ulmich om Braand, located between Frankfurt and Fulda on the 20th and 21st of June. From there I will be heading to Rock & Metal Day’z at Oschersleben near Magdeburg, just 50 km away from my last festival on this tour. The festival runs from the 26th to the 28th of June, but I am part of the crew, so I will be there to help with setting up and taking down the festival during the week before and after. Finally, I will be heading to the Rockharz Festival in Ballenstedt from 2nd to 5th July.
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9.7
Refreshing Punk-Metal

Vulvarine -Fast Lane

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
Are you ready for some punk-inspired Heavy Metal? Are you ready for an outstanding all female Heavy Metal band? Are you ready for some Austrian Heavy Metal? Now you will get it all at once. No compromises, let’s get ready for Vulvarine’s debut album on Napalm Records. The album was released on March 28th, at the same day, Vulvarine played their home town Vienna at Szene Wien. Let’s now get ready for a wild ride on the “Fast Lane”.
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9.9
Masterpiece of Cinematic Metal

Edge Of Paradise – Prophecy

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
Today we review Edge Of Paradise's new album "Prophecy", which will be released on 7th March 2025 via Napalm Records. You can pre-order several editions. It contains ten songs, three of which have already been released as video singles. The style of the LA based band is described as Cinematic Metal by their label Napalm Records, but during my interview with vocalist Margarita Monet last year we came up with "Industrial Cyber Metal" instead.
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9.6

Frozen Crown – War Hearts

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
I have seen this band live several times as support so far and what I talk about today makes me hungry for a headliner tour. Italian Power/Symphonic-Metalists Frozen Crown release their fifth album, the first one under the label of Napalm Records and with six members. After the fulminant “Call Of The North” it is now time for the “War Hearts”. I also interviewed guitarist and co-founder Federico Mondella a few days before the tour started and their album release, so pay attention to this interesting and detailed interview. Otherwise, here we go.
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On the Edge with Margarita

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
Margarita Monet, the vocalist of Edge Of Paradise and I had spent several hours together already. We’ve been talking about this and that, flight, gear, problems, tour, etc. since I met the band two hours prior doors opened. We almost forgot that we had scheduled an interview. Thus, most of the questions had already been answered by Margarita but not been recorded. We finally sit down backstage around midnight when the venue is emptying, and everybody can become a bit more relaxed.
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BonFire Rose on Higher Ground

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
I can easily count them as one of my heroes from my youth. Apart from a short hiatus in the late 90s, the band has been around since 1972, first under the name Cacumen and since 1986 as Bonfire. The new album “Higher Ground” release is set on 24th January, three singles have already been released and the tour of the same name has just started. Tonight they play the legendary 7er Club in Mannheim.
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PATRIARKH – Prorok Ilja

Friend.X aka Mr. Deep·
Today is the time for an extraordinary album release and one of the earliest in 2025. I listened to it on Christmas Day and I thought it was very appropriate for the day. Of course it is not a Christmas album or any kind of radio-oriented adult music, but the mood was just perfect. Enough said, of course we are talking about PATRIARKH's return with a masterpiece of arcane Black Metal!
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