Category: CD/DVD Reviews

  • 18,19-04-2008 Trashfest

    Venue: Gloria, Helsinki (Finland)By: Sabine van Gameren & Nina Mende After Mama Trash Event last year, we now had a follow-up of this. This time it was called Trash Fest, which lasted two days this time. More bands, DJs, Meet and Greets, a Host and more time to party and have a good time. The…

  • Skaguitar – More Ska, More Guitar

    Releasedate: February 2008; By: Sabine van Gameren Skaguitar is a duo from Amsterdam. Bobbie van Houten and Gerben Rienk Visser are both known by some other projects they were involved.

  • Sexydeath – Unbruja EP

    Releasedate: 18-04-2008; Label: Hatepills By: Nina Mende The new album of Sexy Death is on its way, but not quite done yet. Since we had to wait for way too long for some new stuff of them, there is a promotional EP to the upcoming album “Unbruja” out. And I of course just had to…

  • Jon Mesek – In my head

    Releasedate: 09-05-2008; Label: Sony BMG By: Nina Mende Jon Mesek is a singer and songwriter from Munich, Germany. He started with music as his grandmother gave him an old piano as he was seven years old.

  • Despairation – A Requim In Winter's Hue

    Releasedate: 07-03-2008; Label: My Kingdom Music By: Sabine van Gameren Ten years after their first full length album, the German band Despairation releases their fifth album “A Requim In Winter’s Hue”. The band has been formed in 1994 by guitar player Martin F. Jungkunz. During the years they built up their name and got response…

  • 03-04-2008 Paganfest

    Venue: 013, Tilburg (Netherlands) By: Elvira Visser The Swiss band Eluveitie had to start after the Dutch support band who I missed out because of the long waiting row in front of the cloakroom.

  • I Walk The Line – Black Wave Rising

    Releasedate: 25-04-2008; Label: Rookie/Cargo By: Nina Mende Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, I Walk The Line took their name from the legendary Johnny Cash, feeling it described the honest straightforward nature of the punk rock they played – back in 2003, the Man In Black was still very much alive and only a cult figure in…

  • Tyr – 03-04-2008

    Interview with: Heri Joensen By: Elvira Visser At Paganfest in Tilburg (Netherlands) Heri Joensen answered some questions.

  • Dperd – Regalerò Il Mio Tempo

    Releasedate:07-03-2008; Label: My Kingdom Music By: Sabine van Gameren Dperd is an Italian dark wave formation by Carlo Disimone and Valeria Buono. These two have been working together for quite some years already. They were both members of a band called “Fear of the Storm”. That band already had a release in 1995.

  • 13-04-2008 Emergenza Frankfurt

    Venue: N achtleben, Frankfurt (Germany) By: Nina Mende Tonight was the last first round in Frankfurt. Since one band cancelled the morning before the show, there were only seven bands to play. For a Sunday evening the size of the audience was quite ok. It was not too crowded or too empty.

  • 11-04-2008 Emergenza Mainz

    Venue: M8 Night Club, Mainz (Germany) By: Nina Mende It’s Emergenza time again. Tonight we were in Mainz for the second time. This time the bands came from totally different genres and backgrounds. There were eight bands to play but only seven to vote for. It took some time until the venue was filled but…

  • Die Happy – Six

    Releasedate: 18-04-2008; Label: Gun record / Sony BMG By: Nina Mende Die Happy is a German rock/alternative band from Ulm. The group was founded in 1993 by the singer Marta Jandová and guitar player Thorsten Mewes. Even though the band is based in Germany, their songs are written and performed almost exclusively in English. By…