Muziekrecensies
metal, prog
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
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Blank Manuskript is an art rock band from Austria, they make plenty of use of psychedelic elements and crossovers. Most of these six men are multi-instrumentalists, besides that they all have a contribution in the vocals. ‘Himmelfahrt’ is a concept album that … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken The symphonic metal band Epica will release the album ‘Omega’ on 26 February. This is the last part of a trilogy that started with The Quantum Enigma (2014). If you want to read more about the backgrounds and the album title: On … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Lars Granat is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Sweden. Love’s Bright Light’ is his third solo album. This concept album is about his family and fatherhood. ‘The One’ has a quiet slightly sweet opening. Lars’ singing is a bit nasal, you can … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken About 8 years ago the super rock band The Dead Daisies was formed. There have been some changes in the line-up. What remained was that the band consists of rock veterans, and that they make catchy ‘high-voltage’ rock albums. Their new album … Read more, available in English and Dutch
Als je deze recensie liever in het Nederlands leest, kun je hier klikken Norwegian vocalist Tommy Sebastian Halseth is known, among others, as ex member from the prog metal band ‘Atrox’, and the heavy metal band ‘Griffin’. He had various musical ideas, that’s why he set up a project. This became the alternative rock band … Read more, available in English and Dutch