Daily Peaks · 04-03-2024
I'm actually always skeptical when I listen to songs that last longer than 3-5 minutes. Somehow the intro lasts 1 minute, then the main riff plays for a minute, then either Cookie Monster bawls, an elf wails, or the vocals are distorted to infinity or mixed into the background. And after 5 minutes the song trudges towards its end in 8 - 10 minutes without any further ideas. There are also other 8 minutes, such as the pre-released single "Delusion" by the Dortmund band Scorched Oak. Their quite...
Festivals · 26-02-2024
Social Media made it possible to discover this festival. I follow Asphyx due their unforgettable performance at the Hellfest 2013 and Destruction and ze German Melodic Death Metal Band Parasite Inc., which we booked 2015 for a gig together with Cripper and Loudblast in our beloved Backstage in Munich. And to receive a message, that these three bands play together on a German festival made me curious to know more about it. So i checked their homepage and the part about us. M.I.S.E. is a...
Daily Peaks · 10-12-2023
Lemmy once said about Hawkwind: " If you get the flutes, the sax and the jingalingaling out of Hawkwind, it´s a very heavy music." So the Astrochemists from Singapore added a kind of jingalingaling 80´s mini-synth and massive guitars and driving rhythms so it comes quite near to the classic Hawkwind sound. It is almost mind-blowing what this band offers you; heavy riffs, a driving, forward pushing beat, hypnotizing riffs and the mentioned jingalingaling-thing.
Daily Peaks · 07-12-2023
I like the instrumental parts of Elder, that means 9 of 11 minutes; I like their riffs, breaks, hooks, everthing what they play, since the very first time I saw them live in 2015. Their compatriots Deorbit hailing with incredible musical and compositional skills to create a waste varied of musical styles and references for an unpredictable songs. All of them consist of a high level played music and there is no highlight peaking out of this massive collection of interesting and good songs. Not...
Daily Peaks · 03-12-2023
If you miss US-Metal-Bands like Culprit, Warrior, Helstar or Keel you can listen to this incredible Greek Band which riffs you back to the wall and makes you bang for 60 minutes and the voice sounds like a man. "In Orbit" is one of the best opener for the last couple of years, because the bands hide their best song somewhere in the middle of the album; this band has bollocks enough to start with a fantastic song and let 8 killers follow. Brilliant classical Heavy Metal.
Daily Peaks · 30-11-2023
Karma to Burn are legend now, King Weed will be the new torchbearer of powerful and complex instrumental rock. Also one of the few instrumental bands with an idea to use Judas Priestesque harmony hooks and a production close to Priest´s "Stained Class" or "Killing Machine".
Daily Peaks · 30-11-2023
The Greek band blends Metal with Grunge and Stoner in an epic way. Worth to listen to it, also due the vocals.
Heavystoned Albums · 04-08-2023
Finest keyboards, driving rhythm, snitches of Prog Rock, actually Yes meets Iron Maiden, served by great musical skills. You can pre-order or download it, release date will be in October 2023. A short review is to be checked.
Festivals · 04-06-2023
It is not only the double-sense name of this festival, it´s also the location and the line-up and the history of the line-ups. Located in the Bavarian Forest (Forest in Bavarian Dialect: Woid), in Upper Palatina, one of the quite isolated regions in Germany. This mentality and attitude is certainly the motivation for one of the finest festivals in Germany, the Void Fest.
Personal · 25-05-2023
Algy Ward left me and of course the music scene. He celebrated my birthday with me in 1997, after playing a concert at the Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg. Actually, he was already druck, but the iconic words "Birthday, beer and boozing" woke him up for another few ones. Tank and Algy gained the same importance for me between 1981 until 1985 like Motörhead did, does and will do. To wake the party guest up or later the friends of my son, I put "Oh what abeautiful Morning". OMG.