30-06-2013 – On Tuska Open Air (Helsinki) we met up with Floor Jansen before her show with Nightwish. We talked about her involvement with this band and the new album of ReVamp, Wild Card....
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Tuska 2013
After five years, it was time for the metal-exposure crew to go to Tuska Open Air in Helsinki again! The last time we attended this festival we had a great time, so our expectations...
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Orphaned Land – All Is One
‘All Is One,’ the title of the latest record and also the message that Orphaned Land wants to convey. The Israeli group aspires to unify people of different religions and ideologies in the Middle...
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Fortarock XL – 2013
This year was already the 5th year of existence of Fortarock the Festival. The organization decided to celebrate this happening with an XL edition of the feWhen the first bands were announced I was...
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Back to Thrash: Artillery + Gama Bomb
25-05-2013 – Willemeen, Arnhem (NL) – A night full of Thrash metal at the Willemeen which when the doors opened started quietly, people entered and quickly grabbed their first beer to chill out from...
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Summoning – Old Mornings Dawn
‘Highly anticipated’ is often just a label to boost the new album of an inactive band that decided to give it a go again or something alike. But some records are truly ‘highly anticipated’...
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Fejd – Nagelfar
The Swedish brethren Rimmerfors and their merry men of Fejd have named their third longplayer Nagelfar. In Nordic mythology, this mythical long ship (Naglfar or Naglfari) is built with fingernails and toenails of the...
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Agalloch & Fen
Agalloch does not come to town often to play a headliner-show, but when they do, it’s with a show that keeps you’ll remember fondly until the next visit. This Sunday evening was no exception...
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Acranius – When Mutation Becomes Homicidal
Acranius is slam death metal band from Germany. They released a EP before called ‘The Echo From Her Cracking Chest’. Now with their new vocalist, they decided to re-record these six songs and do...
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Starkill – Fires of Life
A lot about Starkill is misleading. First off, the band name and the album cover. I expected power metal to the fullest, and the first seconds of Fires of Life, led me to believe...
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