Without Voodoo Kiss, Summer Breeze wouldn’t exist. In 1997, Achim Ostertag was forced to start his own festival to give his heavy metal band a worthy stage. But while the Summer Breeze Open Air quickly became one of the largest and most popular metal festivals in the world, Voodoo Kiss disappeared into obscurity soon after…
The long-time frontman and party guarantor of the epic metal band Equilibrium is back with a new band and a truly powerful firework display of energy and bombastic songs. Behind the Brandenburg giant, Robert-Martin Dahn, better known as Robse, lies not only his new band of the same name, but also a huge vision. The…
SWEET are a Rock Music Phenomena that has taken the world by storm for more than six decades. Over the years Sweet sold more then 55 million records and earned 34 #1 chart positions world wide. The Golden Thread that links the past through to the present and into the future is Sweet founding member…
EARTH LUX is a new band formed by French composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Steph Honde and Brazilian composer and drummer Fred Mika. Both musicians had previously worked together in the band Sunroad. In early 2023, Steph and Fred decided to form a parallel band focussing on melodic hard rock, but also incorporating some 70s influences.…
Ten years SERIOUS BLACK, ten years of melodic Power Metal, with the license to create anthems: Since their founding in 2014 the band enthuses their fans not only with five studio albums by now but also at concerts and festival appearances around the globe. The decadal birthday SERIOUS BLACK celebrates now, releasing their latest output:…
Dog Eat Dog’s album “Walk With Me”, released by Nuclear Blast in 2006, is an impressive testament to the band’s creative power and musical versatility. Although it was only available for a short time, it has left a lasting impression and is one of the hidden gems of rock music. Dog Eat Dog, known for…
Everything ends. Even in the legendary realms of heavy metal, where myths and legends intrude into everyday reality on a daily basis. Members and fans of American metal giants Metal Church became painfully aware of this when they lost their legendary singer and frontman Mike Howe in July 2021. From 1988 to 1994 and again…
“Now bring me that horizon!” – Captain Jack Sparrow Some bands play heavy metal. Some bands are heavy metal. Enter Slovenian powerhouse SkyEye, the best example of category two one could wish for. With their third record “New Horizons” just around the corner, the sworn brotherhood is officially and successfully applying for the role of…
In an increasingly fast-paced world that appears to be interested only in the latest innovations, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM continue to be the proverbial rock in turbulent waters. For almost forty years, the thrash metal act from Phoenix, Arizona has released new albums on a regular basis and toured successfully around the globe. The band has…
With dark elegance, full of reflection and with a certain harshness, this new album represents musically content and symbolically represents Soulbound’s journey through the last years – a journey through a spectrum of intense themes. These range from the intense confrontation with the musicians own inner demons demons to socially critical observations that continue to…
