TRIPPY WICKED & THE COSMIC CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT (Movin On) CD
Due to the style of the colorful artwork of 'Movin On' it should be clear where the journey goes: back to the seventies. But this does not mean that UK's TRIPPY WICKED isn't interested in contemporary heavy rock bands, which leads to the fact that their self-financed debut ...
So far I had no chance to listen to the debut album 'Embrace of the Narrow House' from THE WOUNDED KINGS, a relatively new doom metal band from England. But after listening several times in a row to their second full-length 'The Shadow Over Atlantis', released in 2010 ...
THE DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT (Our Days Mind The Tyme) LP/CD
In sharp contrast to the past, where Bad Afro Records had only a clear focus on the Scandinavian rock scene, Australia's THE DOLLY ROCKER MOVEMENT is their first band from outside of Scandinavia. They are no unknowns in the psychedelic folk/rock scene and 'Our Days Mind The Tyme' ...
If bassplayer Michael 'MetalB' Bolle isn't out with his pals of Tortured Spirit, then he dedicates himself completely to another main occupation and that's TERRORBLADE. Due to the title of their second self financed EP it is quite obvious that TERRORBLADE has nothing in common with heavy Sabbath-esque riffs. ...
Shortly before the end of 2009, I got this brilliant album from the guys at Trip In Time Records. Well, actually, this album is a compilation consisting of their two EP's 'Bad Blood' and 'Winter', but I can well imagine that most of the Cosmic Lava readers as well as ...
Hailing from New York, THE RESURRECTION SORROW deliver on the first album a pumped up, muscular wall of sound that has become saturated with blues, hardrock and metal. The massive production emphasizes the heaviness of their riffs but actually all instruments are clearly defined, offering a vivid and ...
In 2009 THROTTLEROD celebrated their 10th anniversary and since its formation the band has undergone an unexpected development. Whereas their first two albums 'Eastbound and Down' and 'Hell and High Water' were firmly rooted in southern blues and rock 'n' roll, THROTTLEROD's third album 'Nail' marked a significant ...
Compared to other doom bands, Germany's TORTURED SPIRIT is relatively quick when it comes to recording the next album. Two years have passed since the release of the debut 'The Mentally Ill' and once again the band collaborated closely with John Brenner ...
THUMPERMONKEY LIVES! (We Bake Our Bread Beneath Her Holy Fire) CD
I have to admit that most progressive rock bands bore me to death. There are a few exceptions as, for example, Gentle Giant, Gracious, Aunt Mary or King Crimson and, most recently, THUMPERMONKEY LIVES!. Hailing from the UK, this is their fourth album, released by Genin Records/Tooting Bizarre ...
Whenever drummer Clementine is starting a new band, my interest and curiosity is great, because what she did has rhyme and reason. With her last project Francis Bakin, Clem has moved away from her hardrock roots without losing the blues. It was just more pop-influenced, which generally isn't ...
