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UNORTHODOX (Live At Krug's Place) DVD

Actually, I had hoped that Maryland's UNORTHODOX would return to Europe after fifteen years. Their latest album 'Awaken' was reason enough, because it displayed that they have not lost any of their force today and it would've been a pure pleasure to see them on stage again. But it ...

PLACE OF SKULLS (As A Dog Returns) CD

After a hiatus of about two years, PLACE OF SKULLS return with their fourth studio album in 2010 and clearly demonstrate that it has been possible to trump the latest one 'The Black Is Never Far'. That is not to say that it was not a great album. In ...

TIA CARRERA (The Quintessential) CD

Let there be jam! It's safe to say that this is the guideline for the Texas band TIA CARRERA who have also internalized the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. Suddenly Carlos Santana appears (of course, it's the Woodstock incarnation, when he was playing original music while trippin' on LSD) and ...

SOLACE (A.D.) CD

New Jersey's heavy flagship SOLACE returns with their third album and once again prove that they are still something very special. Meanwhile they have been signed by Small Stone Records where they fit particularly good. One thing is certain: 'A.D.' is a monster, that is so enormous that I ...

JPT SCARE BAND (Sleeping Sickness) CD

JPT SCARE BAND is definitely a well-known name among many aficionados of obscure or unknown heavy rock bands from the 1970's. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, the power trio has developed a heavy sound during the mid-1970's that was dominated by improvisation and long monster jams. They were rooted ...

IRON MAN (The Passage) CD/DVD

To those who may be asking why there's a another re-release of IRON MAN's second album within a relatively short time, I can give a simple answer. Due to the sudden decline of Leaf Hound Records, who released the first edition, it is now almost as difficult to find ...

ELVIS DELUXE (Lazy) CD

Over the past few years, some really promising heavy rock bands were born in Poland like for example Lord Stereo, Distant Earth, Oregano Chino, Luna Negra and ELVIS DELUXE. Those who think that these groups have to hide behind their Swedish or American contemporaries is simply wrong. This is ...

RANCHO RELAXO (New Kind Of Orchide) CD

There are two poppy capsules on the backside of RANCHO RELAXO's debut album 'New Kind Of Orchide', released by Merlins Nose Records in 2010, and it should therefore be clear that this Norwegian band is interested in mind-altering substances. And, if not, they were still able to record ...

CROWNED IN EARTH (Visions Of The Haunted) CD

'English Doom' is written in large letters on the left side of the CD inlay, and that's exactly what CROWNED IN EARTH delivers on their debut album, released in 2010 by Shadow Kingdom Records. CROWNED IN EARTH is the brainchild of Kevin Lawry, who has played all instruments on ...

MONARCH (Mer Morte) CD

First 'Mer Morte' has been released as a limited edition LP on the Spanish label Throne Records in 2008, but Crucial Blast Records was kind enough to re-release this heavy chunk on CD in 2010. 'Mer Morte' is MONARCH's fourth album, and anyone who is familiar with this French ...

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