There are plenty of reasons why musicians succeed in getting the optimum out of their creative talent. In the case of the Swedish melodic metal act Dynazty and their latest album ‘Final Advent’, the extra time forced upon them by the pandemic may have been one important factor, but it would be short-sighted to attribute…
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In these times, who doesn’t dream about being a little closer to paradise on earth? The Austrian Symphonic Metal Formation EDENBRIDGE is considered one of the most style-defining bands of their genre who have illuminated this domain from all angles imaginable since their debut album “Sunrise in Eden” (2000). After 10 successful studio albums, EDENBRIDGE…
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On their second full-length album, “Passive Aggression”, you can feel that every member exceeded oneself, while pushing each other to bring on their best game at the same time. The result is an album that truly speaks from the heart of the band. The vocals are darker and more in-your-face, and the guitar-work is more…
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With four studio albums to date and countless awesome live shows under their belt – the latter incidentally also during the pandemic, the Swedish all-female band Thundermother has proved its outstanding artistic potential many times over. Their upcoming new release ‘Black And Gold’ has these exceptionally talented musicians channel their extraordinary qualities even more purposefully…
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This album is the heaviest TOXIK release yet! While the group has a long lineage in a traditional thrash mold, this record expands on what’s been and shows where they can go, both musically and subjectively. 10 piledriving tracks that range from staggering breakneck BPMs to grinding odd time signatures and raspy dissonances, the character…
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Get ready for BLOOD GOD’s new album “Demons of Rock’n’Roll” which offers 10 hard rock songs in the vein of AC/DC and the old Accept. As usual, the new BLOOD GOD album also comes as a 2-CD package whose second CD contains all songs performed with the monster voice of DEBAUCHERY. The BLOOD GOD and…
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NWOBHM Opgericht in 1978 en wat tijdelijke band pauzes tussen door, timmert Tygers of Pan Tang sinds 1999 toch weer iets regelmatiger aan de weg. Wie herinnert zich niet “Wildcat, Spelbound en Crazy nights” uit begin jaren tachtig. De band valt in het zelfde straatje als o.a. Iron Maiden, Saxon, Motörhead , wat ook wel…
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Vrijdag 17.06.2022 is Metallica de Headliner op Pinkpop vrijdag , om alvast in de stemming te komen organiseert de Oefenbunker i.s.m. HARDWIRED 2 the Netherlands Chapter 535 een Metallica Warming up party ft.: DAMAGED JUSTICE, op donderdag 16.06.2022 in de Oefenbunker te Landgraaf. Tickets zijn via de bekende kanalen van de Oefenbunker verkrijgbaar, maar let…
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HATRIOT’s new album “The Vale Of Shadows” includes topics such as personal growth, pent-up aggression, the Black Plague, serial killers, and a disturbing dark world. HATRIOT changed their writing style and added a more modern production their new album, also including more death metal, hardcore, and metalcore influences. The album includes heavy mid-tempo songs and…
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It’s rare that musicians from different bands are as much on the same musical wavelength as vocalist Georg Neuhauser of Austrian symphonic metal act Serenity and Marco Pastorino, guitarist with Italian melodic metal band Temperance. The two became friends in 2018 during a joint tour and soon realised that they pretty much share musical idols…
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