Yearly Archives: 2011

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION/”Live Over Europe”DVD.

This two-DVD live set was filmed with 14 HD cameras and 5.1 Surround Sound during the band’s debut tour in the summer of 2011. Over three nights, playing to packed venues in the German cities of Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, hardly Europe that lol, still it does sound better than …

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Batman: Arkham City Soundtrack cd

This companion soundtrack to the latest Batman Video game has been well thought out, featuring such bands as Panic at the Disco, Coheed and Cambria, The Duke Spirit, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blaqk Audio, Raveonettes, to name a few. This is not the score to the game (which is also …

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GIRLSCHOOL/Hit and Run – Revisited

GIRLSCHOOL/Hit and Run – Revisited is the twelfth studio album by  Girlschool. The album is a re-recording of the 1981 album “Hit and Run”, considered by most critics, a classic of the NWBHM, and certainly, the most commercially successful for Girlschool. This new album celebrates the 30th anniversry of the …

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Fallstaf – Bastard sons of a pure breed

Fallstaf is a unique band – they play Brass metal – or Trombone metal to be more precise.  While this sounds like an oddity, its no more strange than Apocalyptica playing metal on Cellos, or Van Canto doing A Capella metal.  Other bands have used various unusual instruments – Chthonic …

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NEMESEA – Afterlife | Napalm Records

ORDER THE NEW ALBUM plus BONUS TRACK here: tinyurl.com “The Quiet Resistance” is the third album by the Dutch formation and offers a more mature, modern, and contemporary approach than that found on Nemesea’s two previous efforts. Although the band

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Blasphemist – Shadowtorned World.

From their beginnings as Zodiac in Furstenfeld,Austria,the signing to Noisehead Records earlier in 2011 prompted a name change to Blasphemist to fit a new musical direction.The 6 piece band play technical/melodic/death metal and considering this is their debut album,they now have an arsenal of excellent material for future gigs. Considering …

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Interview with Mats van der Valk, Autumn, November 2011

Ant May from Planetmosh recently asked Mats van der Valk, Guitarist with Dutch rock band Autumn a few questions to mark the release of their latest album, Cold Comfort – read the review on Planetmosh – http://www.planetmosh.com/autumn-cold-comfort/ Planetmosh: Your new album “Cold comfort” is due out in early November.  Can …

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Autumn – Cold Comfort

“Cold Comfort” is the fifth album from Dutch heavy rock band Autumn.  Autumn are a band that I’ve heard about regularly but for some reason I’d never got round to listening to them till now.  After listening to the album a few times I wish I hadnt put off listening …

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Johnny Plague at Halloween Haunt

Johnny Plague at Halloween Haunt (Knott’s Scary Farm)! Catch WINDS OF PLAGUE on the Thrash and Burn 2011! For tour dates and more info please see facebook.com/windsofplague!

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