The Finnish power metal band BURNING POINT had its share of line-up changes throughout their more than two decades of existence. The main constant though, mastermind/guitarist/songwriter Pete Ahonen, always kept the ship on route and his clear vision and artistic integrity made BURNING POINT one of the most reliable purveyors of excellent classic (European) power…
It’s frequently the third album that decides the future direction of a band. While the debut and follow-up albums are usually considered to mark the beginning of a hopeful career, the third album indicates where the journey is heading. With their most recent release, their third album ‘Chaos’, the band Schattenmann, helmed by vocalist Frank…
Quentin Roth, based in Thuringia in Germany, is a young musician who presents his own vision of metal with German lyrics and a good dose of morbidity on ROTH’s debut album “Nachtgebete”. It’s not an empty phase if we say that Quentin has experienced metal from an early age, because his father is M. Roth,…
LORDI, the Finnish ESC Monster, has always been the epitome of outlandish ideas. And on November 26th, they’ll be coming around the corner with seven of them: The band will be the first in music history to release a whopping seven studio albums in one lavish swoop! This is called “Lordiversity”, Attention: Play on Words, Monster…
René Thomsen, proprietor of Backline Rental Service, has been fully engaged in the music scene since the 1980s. Starting as a roadie, he then worked as a guitar technician for several internationally known guitarists, was promoted to technical tour manager and is now a successful and highly valued entrepreneur who has established his full-service operation…
