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VOID GENERATOR (Phantom Hell And Soar Angelic) CD

Italy's VOID GENERATOR were never easy to categorize. I can clearly remember the first time back in 2004, when I received their first self-titled EP. Already at this time the band draw influences from a broad range of different musical styles. The spectrum ranges from heavy 1970's bluesrock ...

VALIS (Dark Matter) CD

VALIS is another band that deserve more public attention than they get. Formed in the basement of Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters back in 1996, VALIS began as a casual side project for both Van Conner (ex-Screaming Trees) and Peters along with Van's brother Patrick (Kitty Kitty) and Kurt Danielson (TAD). ...

VULCANO (Tales From The Black Book) CD

South America, especially Brazil, is a well-known spot among thrash metal connoisseurs. Bands like Sarcófago, Korzus or Holocausto belong to the pioneers of the Brazilian scene who came up with their own merciless visions of extreme thrash metal in the 1980's. But before there was VULCANO, who released their first 7" ...

VOLITION (s/t) CD

Over the last years I've noticed the development of a strong sludge-scene in the UK. A Horse Called War, Lazarus Blackstar, Agent Of The Morai, or The Abominable Iron Sloth are just a few examples for some of the most promising bands. But there are, of course, also some groups which ...

VAVA KITORA (Prithivi Mandragoire) CD-R

Because of the cover design, one could suppose that this is a metal band, but VAVA KITORA have absolutely nothing in common with loud and screaming guitars. The members of this Japanese band are Sachiko and Yama-Akago, two female vocalists, who are also playing different instruments like ocarina and bouzouki. They ...

VOODOOSHOCK (Marie's Sister's Garden) CD

Four long years have been gone, since the release from one of Germany most outstanding Doom bands. During that time, VOODOOSHOCK-mainman Uwe Groebel installed a new rhythm-section and found such a solid duo in person of Claus-Peter Harnisch and Ingmar Petersen, who are also playing in their own two-man band Beehoover. ...

VOID GENERATOR (s/t) MCD-R

The name of this Italian band always reminds me to Hawkwind, although they never had written a song entitled "Void Generator", but nevertheless here are a few similarities between both bands. VOID GENERATOR plays rock, which is psychedelic at times, and they use analog synth and a theremin, but the four ...

VICTOR GRIFFIN (Late For An Early Grave) LP/CD

After some four years in the making, this one’s finally out! "Late For An Early Grave" is a compilation LP consisting of demos, Victor Griffin recorded between the years 1988 and 1994, featuring a wide range from unreleased Heavy Rock stompers to unheard renditions of old classics, that turned up on ...

VALIS (Head Full Of Pills) CD

Currently, it seems as if Small Stone Records becomes the home of a lot of 70's oriented heavy guitar rock bands, and after the first full-length on Lunasound Recordings VALIS has also signed with Scott's label. The band successfully merge 70's heavy rock, 60's psychedelic and Hawkwind references to create an ...

VALKYRIE (s/t) MCD-R

This is the first (?) demo of a new US-band, which are playing heavy rock, mixed up with some kind of metal vocals. Not every of the included five tracks convinces me, and especially the vocals are far away from being powerful or charismatic. For me, it's the weakest thing in ...

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03.09.2010 11:37

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