20th March 2012
For the first time since 1988, ex-Helloween members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen have recorded an entire album together. Unisonic is a new band, which besides these two gentlemen, consists of the ex/current members of […]
7th March 2012
When formed in OSI seemed to be one of those one-album supergroups, but here ten years later Moore and Matheos have just released their fourth album. Fire Make Thunder marks the second release to feature […]
3rd March 2012
Mike Portnoy has never been shy on taking part in endless line of (side)projects. Some of them were more typical for him, like Transatlantic and Liquid Tension Experiment, while others were not entirely what one […]
10th February 2012
Despite this being the seventh album from Useless ID, this is my very first encounter with this Israeli band. Symptoms is their first release for Fat Wreck Records (home of NOFX, Anti-Flag, Descendents and many […]
4th February 2012
“LICK THE WOUND! LIQUOR TUNED! LICK THE WOUND! WHILE THE DEVIL’S JUKEBOX IS PLAYING YOUR TUNE!” blasts through the speakers as the opener “Devil’s Jukebox” sets the tone to what’s to come on the debut […]
27th January 2012
In their over ten year long career El Caco have established themselves as a solid rock name in their native country of Norway. With Hatred, Love & Diagrams the band seriously aims for the rest […]
13th January 2012
Nearly three years after their previous album Shallow Life, Italian biggest gothic export is back with a new album. Shallow Life was the bands attempt to conquer the broader audience by creating a simpler and […]
7th January 2012
Three years since the release of Wrath, an album that earned them two Grammy Nominations, Lamb Of God are ready with a new album, which is again produced by Josh Wilbur. His production style on […]
1st November 2011
Five years since the release of their previous album, Hungarian band Everwood are ready with the new album, featuring the new singer and new bassist. The new album also presents the band with an updated […]
18th October 2011
With more than quarter of a decade since their formation it’s somewhat odd that the band released only 3 studio albums, but in couple of days their fourth album is ready to be released, eighth […]
7th October 2011
It has been almost three years since Pain Of Salvation have released their latest studio album – the brilliant Scarsick, and the band has decided to try to make the waiting time, until the new […]
7th October 2011
“Thirteen ways to see the devil in my eyes/Because I stood here thirteen times and I’m still alive.” This is Megadeth’s thirteenth record and it’s entitled, Th1rt3en. How robbed of creativity, one might think and […]
7th October 2011
Mike Portnoy has always been a busy man. During his time in Dream Theater he has been involved in endless line of side projects such as Transatlantic, OSI and Liquid Tension Experiment, to name a […]
1st October 2011
Fifth release from Finnish, Insomnium is in all the aspects a perfect example of what it takes to create a truly great metal record. On the first three releases this band has proved to be […]
27th September 2011
My name is Bato and I am a helpless Machine Head fan. That could be the best possible introduction to this review. Let there be said immediately; I can not be fully objective when writing […]
4th March 2019
Photo: Zoran www.sonic-shot.com Rainy Sunday evening in Copenhagen was in a sign of prog rock and more so than just because of The Pineapple Thief concert. There was also a serious Porcupine Tree / King Crimson […]
28th February 2019
After two very strong releases with new singer Todd La Torre, Queensrÿche took a bit more time before releasing their 15th album. Well, it’s their 15th if you don’t count former singer Geoff Tate’s Queensrÿche […]
27th February 2019
The second full-length release by the (un)likely partnership between Primus’ bassist Les Claypool and guitarist/vocalist Sean Lennon picks up where the 2016 debut left off. This means that we are off to the expected unpredictability […]
26th February 2019
After releasing the weakest album of their carrier in the form of the previous album The Astonishing, which followed the solid, but unimpressive self-titled album, prog metal giants were in serious need of an album […]
26th February 2019
For well over three decades, New Jersey thrashers have been a safe bet for delivering solid albums, with especially last decade serving as the band’s second youth. Band’s previous album The Grinding Wheel from 2017 […]
20th February 2019
Similar to Mysterious Semblance which was re-released last year, Spiritual Catharsis represents one of the most well-received Full-length releases performed and given to the fans by the Australian Ambient Black Metal band Striborg. Spiritual Catharsis […]
8th February 2019
Aornos is a Hungarian One-man Black Metal act that was founded five years ago. Since that time, Algras (which is the name of the artist behind the band) has made a point out of releasing […]
5th February 2019
It’s not very often that we have the opportunity to listen to a death metal from the island of Cyprus, so I was quite exited prior to listening of this album. Pure Eternal Hate is […]
28th January 2019
Hardly two years since the release of masterpiece The Night Siren, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett is ready with the follow-up. At The Edge Of Light sees the 68-year-old guitar legend dial down on the […]
28th January 2019
Grimorium Verum is a Russian Symphonic Black Metal trio which rose to prominence following closely behind the creation of Dimmu Borgir – A Norwegian Symphonic Black Metal band, that Grimorium Verum closely resembles in several […]
