Manntra – Kreatura live
I already had the pleasure to enjoy Manntra as support of Mono Inc. in spring this year. The ongoing tour is their first as headliner in Germany.
Below-The-Radar
Winter Madness – Here we come! (Preview)
Winter Madness is coming. It is not the first time it is going to take place and yet, somehow I managed to miss it all over the years. Gladly, I change it this year and am curious about the event. So here they are, my findings to rouse your appetite for the Winter Madness on 9th and 10th December at Jahnhalle Hirschhaid nearby Bamberg, Franconia. A crowd of roughly 500 heads should get the venue decently packed which makes it a mid-sized venue rather than one of the big concert halls.
Manntra – Kreatura (review)
It is balancing act on the edge to find the right path between three opposites and even unite them. Like no other band Manntra blindly find and follow this path between metal, folk and catchiness.
July15th –Agony On Earth (EP-review)
Today we are going to have a listen at Agony on Earth, the debut-EP of July15th. July15th is a jewel in the rough and so is the EP.
Depresy – Psycold (Album Review)
Slovakia’s Black Metal Torch Bearers The Slovak formation Depresy might not be a household name internationally, but in...
KiaRa – Archangel (album review)
KiaRa is one of Imperial Age’s two female vocalists – beside Jane Odintsova. She released her first solo album “Storyteller” in 2020. In her own words, “the sound on this album [Archangel] is much higher quality and professional than on the first one album ‘Storyteller’. The music is also more mature.” I personally liked Storyteller for its roughness quite a lot, let’s see and hear about the progress now.
Rock & Metal Day’z – Behind the Curtain
While most visitors to concerts and festivals concentrate on the obvious only, the bands on stage, I often like to take a closer look behind. Who are the people working hard for it since we know, Pink is not there for our entertainment? What goes on backstage, who is in charge? How much work is behind a three days’ event? At least, who are those people who seem to play a role in front of stage as part of the audience? Here is a little insight from the Rock and Metal Day'z, Whitsun 2022.
Hotter Than Hell: M:O:A Festival 2022
Summer has come to the Hessian hinterlands and so have some 1200 metalheads to celebrate the M:O:A festival after two years break. A cosy metal festival with family atmosphere and cool music! Long life the small festivals!
Rock & Metal Day’z 2022
The early summer sun has burned the metalheads while they celebrated the first wave of festivals. You might now think of Metalfest Plzen or much bigger and more mainstream, Rock am Ring and im Park with 85,000 spectators as the first ones to come up. Cut the last two zeros. I’m talking about a much smaller, laid-back festival, the Rock & Metal Day'z at Oschersleben nearby Magdeburg.
Sijjeel – Salvation Within Insanity (Review)
There are myriads of ways to approach death metal. It can be fun and dumb or borderline progressive....