Archive for 2015

Seeing Bucovina live was a very intense experience, for quite a large number of reasons.  First of all, it’s Bucovina. It’s the Romanian band I love and respect the most, I love their music, I love their professionalism, I love their attitude, their message, their love for the country displayed …

Oh wow! Last night was amazing, it was one of those rare shows were everything was just right, the artists’ attitude, the music, the atmosphere, the crowd, my viewing angle (that one is indeed very very rare at 1.6 m height, especially when among metalheads who are abnormally tall, for …

I’ve had a very unstable relationship with Lacrimosa until now, there were times when I saw sparkles of genius in them and I was fascinated by the beauty and complexity of their instrumentals and overwhelmed by the intensity of their emotion, and then there were times where I found them …

Are you ready to go back to the 80s and the age of heavy metal bikers and badass metal chicks? Ladies and gentleman, all aboard, Chastain bleeds metal. From the first thundering declaration that “we bleed metal”, until the last guitar shred in Secrets (interesting that the first and last moments are …

There are so many things to say about this, and yet all of them are of so little importance. It could’ve happened to us. May God rest them in peace and help everyone who is suffering: http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/at-least-27-dead-180-injured-in-explosion-fire-during-bucharest-heavy-metal-concert/ Late edit: the death toll has now reached 64 and this accident has …

Blackmore’s Night make me happy, it’s as simple as that. Of course they’re not the kind of band where one remains in awe at the originality of the song structure, at the complexity of the chord progressions or at the skills of the musicians (though Ritchie Blackmore is still a …

It’s hard to make a review of a Stratovarius album when all, with the exception of the (ironically) self titled release, are generally a repetition of one giant review called “Stratovarious – the band”. After ten thousand changes of members to the point where there’s no original member left, after …

Amorphis is one of those bands that you either love for giving up “that death metal shit” and starting to play something more intelligible, either hate for turning mainstream when they were able to produce such a wonderful Tales from the Thousand Lakes. With Under a red cloud it almost looks like they’re …

„Who’s opening for Machine Head? Machine Fucking Head.” That was the joke you could hear from every mouth last night after Machine (Fucking) Head gave us a recital it’s not easy to forget, even if you’re not a fan as dedicated as most of the people in the audience were. …

Leaves Eyes started out like a modest, but pleasant folk band, carried by Liv Kristine’s voice and legacy and, album by album, it became bigger and, I’m sad to say, weaker and duller. So far, the height of dullness has been this hopeless album, but by the way things are …