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Martin Rubashov feat. Anders Fridén - Black Elk (Despotz)

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  Van Muylem    17 februari 2017

Behind Martin Rubashov, commonly known as the outgoing radio host Bollnäs-Martin on Bandit Rock Radio in Sweden, is a shimmering, mysterious and beautiful pain that meets the listeners in his music. February 10th Martin Rubashov releases the new single Black Elk with Anders Frid&ea...

Cephalgy - Gott Maschine Vaterland (Out Of Line Music)

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  Van Muylem    17 februari 2017

One of the most popular German Dark-Electro-groups is back! On Gott Maschine Vaterland, Cephalgy took 5 years before finally releasing new material: creating a dark, dirty and simmered-down beast... a relentless machine of beats, bass and excursions into the dark sides of human emotions. Pain bec...

Perpacity - Convergence

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  Van Muylem    16 februari 2017

Perpacity are Ian Harling and Martin Nyrup residing in the UK and in Denmark respectively. Each has over 20 years of musical experience, ranging from writing music and live performance to studio work and music production. Perpacity creates strong melodic songs and melodies, characterized by their...

Luceed – Voodoo Pop

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  Van Muylem    12 februari 2017

Well, it took me some time, but I finally run into Luceed: the band has been founded in 2008 and travelled through most European countries among other things as opener for acts like White Lies, Toto, HIM, Die Happy, Ezio, Liquido, Garden of Delight, Xandria, Clan of Xymox, Zeraphine, the Crü...

JOHN GARCIA - The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues (Napalm Records)

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  Van Muylem    12 februari 2017

Kyuss, Slo-Burn, Unida, Hermano, Vista Chino – yes, desert crooner John Garcia may rightfully be considered the ultimate incarnation of stoner rock. His first solo album from 2014 is still fresh in my mind, just like his gig in Ghent (in an overheated concert room) ...

Arkona – Vozrozhdenie (Napalm Records)

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  Van Muylem    11 februari 2017

Arkona is a fine female fronted Russian pagan/folk metal band. I have seen them twice on stage and it felt like a whirlwind passing by with the powerful vocals of Masha and her incredible stage act. With their ‘new’ album they return to their debut and inject it with new blood and new...

The Unguided – Brotherhood EP (Napalm Records)

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  Van Muylem    8 februari 2017

We already announced the big line-up change (the replacement of the singer) and new it’s time to talk about their new material. I must admit the change was a bit of a shock, so this EP took some dust, but finally I found the courage to give it a try and well, read further if you want to kno...

Ash Code – Posthuman (Manic Depression Records/Swiss Dark Nights.)

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  Van Muylem    5 februari 2017

I missed their gig in Brussels a while ago, but already reviewed them in the past and loved them. I was happy to get their new album, if you want to know if I liked, well start reading the rest:

Xandria – Theater of Dimensions (Napalm Records)

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  Van Muylem    3 februari 2017

I must admit I love Xandria, because of their style, content, their singer, performances … Sadly I have never seen them on stage: once I was sick, then I had some private troubles and finally on my last attempt they had to cancel their gig due to illness of Dianne van Giersbergen whilst th...

Freakangel - How the Ghost Became (DWA)

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  Van Muylem    25 januari 2017

It has been a long time since I reviewed new stuff, after the excellent live album (out via Alfa Matrix). Apparently they returned to DWA and sound pretty sharp (at least in the beginning)!