Unknown Pleasures · 17.09.2025
You don´t need Rammstein´s fireworks or Trent Reznor´s depression to create an intense and danceable music with dark and heavy vibes and rhythms. The French duo Joachim Blanchet on keys, programming and voice and my friend Job Trunel (Tagada Jones, Le Bal des Enragés) on drums manage to create a scary and obscure soundtrack for your upcoming Halloween-party, on which you don´t have to disguise yourself, just put the upcoming album of FauxX and everybody get scared and get on the dance...
Festivals · 16.09.2025
Thanks to an invitation from the non-profit association "La Boite en Métal," we spent two days in the beautiful town of Crest, located in the heart of the Dròme department, where the fifth edition of the "Bridge to Hell" festival took place. In 2024, this festival also served as a warm-up for Hellfest, and the lineup reads like a who's who of the French metal scene. All the hottest bands except Gojira played there, and in addition to local and French bands, big names like this year's...
Daily Peaks · 01.09.2025
This song feels like a Scott Barrett or Richie MacCaw tackle. And as a rugby fan, I'm not exaggerating. A very powerful, forward-moving song, bellowed with all the facets of Matthew Hyde's voluminous voice, which feels like the All Blacks are celebrating a haka a meter in front of you. And us in Europe? We see Earth Tongue from New Zealand four times a year, but so far, no Beast Wars in sight. I'm praying to Matte from SOL that he brings this fantastic band to Europe for a few festivals.
Daily Peaks · 29.08.2025
As you can tell from the tags, the Lyon-based band is all about power, fun, and rock 'n' roll, combined with drinks, BBQs, and parties. The title track of the new album pushes relentlessly forward with a powerful production and a brilliant balance between grooving and rock, making you want to hear the full album. Their previous album, "Monster Truck," is a staple on our playlists, whether it's Stoner, Best of, or Road Trips, because the band knows how to roll down everything in their path with...
Daily Peaks · 20.08.2025
Just check the tags below and you see this EP was made for having fun, at least with a can of beer in one and a cigarette in the other hand; relaxed heaviness as its best, forward rocking songs, 3-4 minutes long, what more to need? Okay, a bit more punchy drums behind the wall of fuzz, just to get some orientation through all this stirred up dust on this 15 minutes ride through Saskatchewan´s highway. Yes, it´s a kind of simple music, it´s just rock - on the second track "Even Through" with...
Festivals · 20.08.2025
My friend Jaime Garcia Perez from Cudillero, Asturias is a natural born music maniac. He doesn´t just take professional pictures during all the concerts he is accredited, he and his wife Patricia organise the StoneFest again after a long year hiatus. This years edition will take place at the Kuivi Almacenes in Oviedo, the local centre of subculture and underground, with a covered area of 700m2 and an outdoor area of 2000m2. The lineup is based on major festivals like Amplifestival or Roadburn,...
Daily Peaks · 19.08.2025
I love Ann and Nancy Wilson since I first heard "Barracuda" as a teenager, and I love bands that come close to that band. Like Beast Eagle from Omaha, Nebraska. Stylistically, their back catalog and their latest release, "The Dead Follow," fits right into Heart's heyday. A bit of hard rock, a bit of Heavy Metal, a little NWOBH, and Kate Prokop's fantastic voice, which transports me back to 1977 and 1980. The biggest shame is the hear this band only on streaming services and not on Europe´s...
Comments & Stories · 10.08.2025
Am 9.8.2025 besuchten wir unser Backstage im Zuge des Free and Easy-Festivals. Wir nutzten eine Umbaupause, um im Biergarten eine Zigarette zu rauchen. Das erste Bild auf dem Bildschirm war das hier: Erwin Schmidt ist tot. Mein Kopfkino setzte ein: Wir lernten uns während unserer Promo-Zeit für Nuclear Blast und Summernights-Open-Air im Jahre 2008 kennen. In zahllosen Nächten standen wir neben Erwin, der damals noch bei einer Security-Firma angestellt war, und erzählten uns Stories über...
Comments & Stories · 10.08.2025
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Concerts & Tours · 10.08.2025
Yes, same evening, same venue, just 50 meters away from Death Metal, ze German institution Corvus Corax played Heavy Metal with DIY instruments and some guests on electric guitar. Usually they play on medieval markets or festival, with an ticket price of 70 - 100€. So to see them for free was a pleasure and the way the act on stage always looks like creatures taken from Old School Medieval movies. The bands looks great, but they sounded far away from Heavy Metal.