Monthly Archives juli 2012

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German Thrash metal band Tankard have been going for 30 years now, and unlike many bands with such a long history, Tankard have been going continuously during that period. In that time they’ve released 14 studio albums, and are now ready to release album number 15. This will be their first album since signing with Nuclear Blast and is due for release towards the end of July.

In case you’ve been living in a cave for the last thirty years and havent come across Tankard before then a short description is ”alcoholic thrash metal”. The music is good thrash metal, and the song titles/lyrics are alcohol related – even the band’s name is linked to alcohol. So, alcohol and metal – sounds like a perfect combination to me !
The new album is called ”A girl called Cerveza” (note the inevitable alco...

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It’s hard to believe it, but it’s 28 years since the first Warlock was released. After a few years and several albums, Warlock came to an end and lead singer Doro Pesch continued her career in metal as a solo artist. Since then she has been one of the hardest working performers in music, releasing a steady stream of albums and touring almost non stop. In 2008 she played a special 25th anniversary show to 10,000 fans in Dusseldorf with special guests joining her on stage including Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine from the scorpions, Tarja Turunen, Girlschool and many more. She has collaborated with numberous artists over the years including Tarja, Biff Byford and many more.
With such an impressive career it’s not surprising that AFM have chosen to release a compilation...

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Turbonegro are a Norwegian band who’s music mixes Glam, hard rock and punk. They are a band that I’ve heard of over the years but never quite got round to listening to. After listening to their new album I’m kicking myself for not having listened to them before now – this is damn good stuff.
Turbonegro are never afraid to be rude, crude or politically incorrect with their lyrics, so if that bothers you then go and listen to something from Justin Bieber instead. Still interested? Good because this is a great album. The punk and hard rock blend together to give a really good heavy fast paced sound, and the slightly raspy vocals work really well – similar to Lemmy from Motorhead but not quite as extreme.

I’m not going to go into detail about the album – I’ll leave you to listen to it and...

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Goodbye Labrador are a band that consists of members from different cities – New York, Prague and Barcelona. The band formed in 2008 in Barcelona, and in 2010 recorded and produced their debut album in New York, They started work on this new release in 2011 in Lisbon, so they really are an international band and rely on the internet to let them share ideas etc using things like Skype.

First of all the press release for ”A thousand times before” describes it as the band’s new album. Unfortunately I can’t agree with that description – there are only 6 songs with a running time of just 24 minutes which makes it way too short to deserve to be called an album – even in the days of Vinyl that would all fit on one side of the record. As far as I’m concerned this is an EP – nothing more.

The m...

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Mode Moderne are a Canadian band that formed in 2008. Their debut release followed in 2009, and was followed by a single in 2011.

”Strange Bruises” is the latest release from Mode Moderne. With only seven songs with a running time of just 24 minutes then this can only be called an EP – its simply far too short to be a proper album. As an EP it’s a good length and seven songs is good value – if it was an album then it would just be far too short.
It’s nicely presented in a gatefold sleeve, and instead of a standard booklet you get a small fold out poster of the EP cover and on the reverse it has handwritten lyrics for all the songs.

The music is an interesting mix of indie pop and gloomy goth sounds...

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Antler velvet is the new album from Finnish band Embassy of silence. Their last album, ”Euphorialight” went down well with fans and reviewers and set a high standard for them to try and beat with the new album.

The music probably falls somewhere between symphonic metal and melodic rock, and fans of Delain are likely to find it of interest. There are plenty of musical twists and turns giving the album a varied and interesting feel.

”Trickster queen” gets the album off to a great start, and has a very warm rich sound that reminds me of Delain at times.

”Unconverted” is another excellent track – and really these first two songs tell you what to expect from the rest of the album – top quality music with some beautiful female vocals from Ines Lukkanen.

The vocals are a real highlight of the ...

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Regnet hinner precis avta innan Graveyard kliver på scenen och inleder med Blue Soul. Det är en blandad skara som har samlats, allt från medelåders män med borttynade hårfästen till svartsminkande ungdomar med Bring me the horizon-tishor har kommit till Munken för att se Göteborgsbandet. Det som tilltalar mig är enkelheten, de behöver ingen överdådig ljusshow och ingen pyroteknik. Det är musiken som står i centrum, mer än så behövs inte.

Graveyard fyller speltiden på strax över en timme med material jämt fördelat från de två skivorna de har hunnit släppa. En uppföljare till Hisingen Blues är på gång och ett smakprov hade inte varit dumt. Annars finns det inte mycket att klaga på, efter att ha sett bandet fyra gånger verkar det som att de inte kan ha en dålig dag...

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LONDON: Trojan Records has collaborated with heritage footwear brand Clarks Originals for an ambitious international remix project to celebrate 40 years of the Desert Trek boot – renamed the Trojan Trek – for the Clarks Originals AW12 collection.

The iconic reggae label will be releasing four new mixes of the classic hit ‘Let Your Yeah Be Yeah’ by The Pioneers, delivered by some of the hottest DJs and producers across the world.

Kicking off the #ORIGINALSREMIXED campaign for the UK is Radio One DJ, producer, re-mixer and composer Toddla T, whose infamous fusion of electro, garage and dubstep is blended with the reggae classic, creating a dancehall track set to twist up the dance floor this summer. Available for FREE download on www.clarksoriginals...

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För alla som hört Witch Mountain kan jag ju meddela att Acid King påminner mycket om bandet, kanske för att båda har kvinnliga front(män) eller för att båda lirar lika dov doom. Bra är det iaf. Jag gillar Acid King, inte bara för soundet utan även för att de har en kvinna som vokalist – det ger en annan känsla till musiken, vilket är något jag varmt välkomnar till genren. Det behövs mer moder jord och mindre tjuriga krigare i tatueringar inom stoner scenen, enligt mitt tycke.
Känner mig nästan inspirerad till att dra femme snacket över kanten, och föreslå att döpa om bandet till Acid Queen. Lori är absolut min acid queen och egentligen hela bandet på både gitarr och sång, så varför inte?

Nåväl, spelningen är tung som fan och snubblar titt som tätt över mot do...

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Gamle Skid Row frontmannen Sebbe bjuder på skön allsång med hits från forna tider; som I remember you och Here I am i mysig solnedgång. Kvinnorna i frontleden svimmar i extas och Sebastian njuter nog i fulla drag av att återigen få uppleva storhet med solen glimmande som guld i den ännu tjocka, långa manen. Men visst, jag måste ge honom cred, inte bara är han fortfarande ganska het – han har behållit rösten och ligger med lätthet på samma nivå som Miljenko Matijevic i Stealheart med klockrena toner och perfekt rasp. Samspelet mellan Sebbe och resten av bandet är även tajt, kul att se och för mig rent nostalgiskt att återigen få uppleva vibbarna från 80’talet och Kalifornien som jag i min tonår ofta drömde om...