Muziekrecensies
metal, prog
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken The Argentine band Inner Stream has quite recently signed a contract with Frontiers Music Srl. This melodic metal band adds symphonic metal and electronic to their powerful melodies. Composer/singer Ines Vera-Ortiz founded Inner Stream as a project in 2008. In the meantime, … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken ‘Spring Tidings’ might be the best album of the German symphonic prog band Poor Genetic Material, it is at least one of the band’s favorite albums. The theme of this album is life and death, light and dark. The words often have … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Before ex Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung wanted to retire, he wanted to make one more album: ’26 East’. The title is similar to the address where Dennis grew up in Roseland (on the south side of Chicago). Across the street lived the … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken At the end of February the album Ωmega was released, a release tour is of course not yet possible. Still, Epica wanted to play these songs for their Epicans (that’s how Epica fans are called). That’s why keyboardist Coen Janssen came up … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Italian folk metal band Vexillum released the metal opera ‘Unum’ six years ago. On April 23 the successor ‘When Good Men Go to War’ will be released. With their melodic Celtic songs, the band takes you on a dark sea journey.‘Enlight The … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Singer/guitarist Óskar Logi Ágústsson founded rock band The Vintage Caravan in 2006, he was only twelve at the time. He is the only one who hasn’t left The Vintage Caravan. Fortunately, band changes have not been too frequent, allowing these Icelanders to … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken The Swedish rock band Greenleaf has been around for about twenty years. Their inspiration comes from prog and psychedelic rock. They add (heavy) stoner, southern desert and a touch of blues. The voice of frontman Arvid Hällagård suits the music. It contains … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken This review is about the Mexican band Cast (not to be confused with the English rock band with the same name). This Mexican prog/sympho rock band was founded in 1978 (!). Of course, there have been several changes in the line-up. At … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken The American rock band Evanescence exists 25 years. They won two GRAMMY-Awards and sold more than 23 million albums worldwide. The new album entitled ‘The Bitter Truth’ will be launched on March 26th. This 5th studio album (released via Sony Music) contains … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Tony Romero’s Vortex was founded in 2020 by Tony Romero. Music (in all kinds of styles) was important in his youth. At the age of eighteen he started playing keyboard. Even then, he dreamed of one day recording his music. At the … Read more, available in English and Dutch