date: 29 May, 2009 venue: Willemeen (www.willemeen.nl) (Holland) photos credits: Nando Harmsen www.nandoonline.com The Jägermeister Dutch Demolition Tour V3.0, 3 Dutch bands teaming up to promote Jägermeister all through Holland in 9 venues. I’ve seen this tour once before, the second date at De Pul in Uden, but unfortunately only 10 people sh...

01/03/2010

date: 4 july, 2009 venue: De Pul, Uden (Holland) picture: Panzer (www.myspace.com/kruppholland) De Pul, a venue that gives me good memories from a few months ago when Exodus and Overkill played here. Tonight I’m not here to thrash though, tonight Ceremony of Opposites, a Dutch death metal band will release their new mini-cd, “Seeds of Ressurec...

01/03/2010

date: 21 february 2009 venue: De Pul, Uden (Holland) pictures: Panzer (www.myspace.com/kruppholland) Somewhere in december 2008 I heard that thrash metal titans Overkill would be visiting Europe, with as their main support Metal Church. Being a great fan of both Overkill and Metal Church I was really excited and hoping they would visit a venue...

22/02/2010

What we’ve got here is a 3 song demo by Dying Signals, hailing from Malta. I think this is the first time I’ve ever listened to a band from Malta and I have to say I’m fairly impressed. This band plays mid- and up tempo Death Metal with some influences from Thrash Metal. The riffs are not difficult most of the time, but very effective by being catc...

26/02/2009

Nuestros Derechos... when I read the band name I immediately thought this album would be coming from some Mexican or Spanish band. I was totally wrong, Nuestros Derechos is a Thrash Metal band from my foreign country the Netherlands, their band name is Spanish for “Our Rights”. This band brings a bit more than 20 minutes of Thrash Metal in 7 songs....

26/02/2009

Phenris, a band from Italy, that plays Symphonic Black Metal. They have been active since 2000 but according to their site (myspace) they have had a lot of trouble with loads of line-up changes. This is their 2008 promo, which includes 2 songs called “Black” and “Gravefields” with a length of 13 minutes. The first song is “Black” it starts out with...

26/02/2009

Brazil, the first thing Metal I think when this country is being named I think old Sepultura. From now on there’s another band I’ll think about when I hear Brazil. Thorny Woods that is. Thorny Woods is a band which plays fast and furious Black Metal. This demo from 2006 contains 2 songs and an intro. I have to say, I’m impressed. Blastbeats, decent...

26/02/2009

State:Chaos, I’m familiar with this band for quite some time. The first time I went to one of their shows was in april 2007, they only played for half an hour, but they left a great impression. I bought this demo after the show so here’s the review. State:Chaos delivers Thrash Metal, heavy but also melodic with some influences from Death Metal. The...

26/02/2009