Mijn passie voor muziek begon toen ik twaalf jaar oud was en de legendarische sound van Alice Cooper ontdekte. Vanaf dat moment was er geen weg terug. In de loop der jaren is mijn muzikale reis uitgegroeid tot een brede liefde voor hardrock, prog rock, prog metal, zware metal en authentieke blues. Muziek is voor mij niet zomaar een achtergrondgeluid; ik ben een actieve verzamelaar van vinyl en geniet intens van het ritueel van een plaat opzetten. Naast het vullen van mijn platenkast trek ik er graag op uit op de fiets om te ontspannen en mijn hoofd leeg te maken.
There is great power in secrecy. Detached from the world, brewed under a strict code of confidentiality, a new lifeform came into existence. Led by none other than Sonata Arctica frontman Tony Kakko, this new beast of his gained momentum in the massive shadow of his wildly successful power metal superheroes, slowly, steadily, biding its…
End of Green have re-recorded their legendary debut “Infinity”. Almost 30 years later, the band are revisiting their crushing roots, while at the same time setting the course for the future with a new deal with Reaper Entertainment. With their stoner goth, End of Green placed themselves in their very own pigeonhole right from the…
Reborn, revitalised and ready to rock ‘n’ roll, Thundermother are back with a deafening bang. Two years on from the release of their last studio album Black & Gold, the Swedish quartet have completed work on a follow-up and are primed to explode all over again. A blistering onslaught of loud, proud and groovy hard…
Masters of melancholic heavy metal since 2013, Avatarium are a unique and formidable musical force. Originally formed as an extracurricular project by Candlemass legend Leif Edling, the Stockholm-based doom mavericks have since evolved far beyond their roots and become one of the most creative and unpredictable hard rock bands on the planet. Now led by…
Back To The Future! Founded in 2013, GREY ATTACK from Aachen, Germany aimed to celebrate their style of heavy metal without clichés right from the start. They deliver hard and heavy riffs with a powerful and dirty sound, garnished with the incomparable voice of their singer Gray Charlez. With their third album “Afterworld” from 2022,…
In 2019, SWEET embarked on the biggest tour of their long career to date with the ‘Still Got The Rock’ tour in Europe and the UK. In between, they even found time to fly to Australia to play as co-headliners on the ‘Rock The Boat Cruise 2019’. The band was fired up and looking forward…
Christmas is coming and you’re not in the right groove yet? Never mind – the reindeer already have it on their Snowyfy playlist – the new #RXMS Vol.2! The second instalment of the Metalville Christmas sampler not only contains new, unreleased songs by Doro, Drunken Swallows, Mystopera, The Quill, Vlad in Tears, Liv Kristine, Maerzfeld…
LAST TEMPTATION are ready to ignite the stage with their highly anticipated third album “Heart Starter”. After two successful albums acclaimed by fans and media alike, as well as appearances at such renowned festivals as Hellfest, the band founded by guitarist Peter Scheithauer (Killing Machine, Belladonna, Temple of Brutality) is ready to embark on the…
‘Black ‘n’ White Sessions’ shows where Seraina’s musical roots lie: she has reduced her music to the essentials and almost completely freed herself from electricity. She has always sung, written songs in her head and always has an acoustic guitar in the boot of her car for emergencies. After her #1 album ‘Addicted To Colour’,…
When rock band Trapeze called it a day, they left behind them a series of now classic albums. Their influence on other groups has been immense; individual members themselves going on to join heavy weight rock acts such as Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Judas Priest & Uriah Heep. But their story’s not over, as TRAPEZE –…