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(52:31; Fastball Music) Track list: 1. Intro 0:50 2. Illusion 3:59 3. Reality 3:58 4. Space 3:51 5. Life 5:10 6. Seventh Sense 3:28 7. Instinct 5:26 8. Perfection 4:22 9. Pain 7:28 10. Death 4:44 11. Survive 3:48 12. Time 5:27 Line-up: Steven Drt - bass Vany Shade - guitars Dani Nell - vocals Tom White - guitars JC Daisy - drums Swiss band DevilsBridge started out back in 2012, and is one of those bands that have taken their good time to develop their craft before hitting the studio to create material suited for an official release. They released their first single in 2019, their first EP came the following year, and then I presume a certain pandemic stopped the band in their tracks just a little bit. Now in the fall of 2022 the band released their debut album "Sense Of" through German label Fastball Music. The style of music explored on this production is heavy metal, and it is an interesting take on the style that incorporates a few different elements. The main foundation a...

(41:24; Fastball Music) Track list: 1. Bad Habits 4:10 2. Heartsonic 3:32 3. My Own Way 3:31 4. Waiting for So Long 3:11 5. Daydream 4:17 6. Magical Star 3:29 7. How Will the Story End 3:58 8. Free of Pain 3:14 9. It Could Go On (Forever) 4:19 10. Take Your Time 4:09 11. Raise 3:34 Line-up: Christian Urner - vocals, guitars Patrick Schuster - guitars Robert Frenz - bass Giuliano-Pepe Müller - drums with: Kilian Kellner - drums Pierre van Endert - keyboards German band Magical Heart started out back in 2014, initially using the moniker Quo Vadis, but opted to change their name in 2018 prior to releasing their debut album "Another Wonderland". Four years down the line and the band is now ready with their second studio production "Heartsonic", which was released through German label Fastball Music in the fall of 2022. Good, old fashioned hard rock is what we are provided with on this album. In terms of style and orientation we are back in the middle of the 1980's o...

(77:53; Wintergothic) Track list: 1. Unholy Blood 5:00 2. Fire Rider 5:42 3. That Much Is True 3:44 4. Child of the 80s 5:10 5. Pray 5:59 6. Under the Gun 5:56 7. Lost in the Ice 4:44 8. Rough Love 4:34 9. Violent Dream 4:38 10. Into the Void 4:18 11. You’ve Been on My Mind 4:10 12. Can’t Hold Back the Tears 4:44 13. Never Again 4:58 14. I Want It Black 4:55 15. When All Is Said and Done 3:17 16. Run Away from Pain (Pale Horse Part II) 6:04 Line-up: Markus Winter - vocals, bass, guitars, synthesizer, programmming Hugo Ribeiro - drumns Michael Donner - keyboards, synthesizer Nera Mamic - vocals with: Aliz AJ - vocals Onur Cobain - vocals Fredrik Pihl - guitars Yoed Nir - cello Angelina DelCarmen - vocals Florian Grey - vocals Hugo Lee - saxophone Sumwok Kim - string arrangements German artist Markus Winter is a seasoned musician that has been active since the 1990's sometime, albeit with his past discography not being the easiest to track down as far as details are concerned. In the...

(40:55; Echozone) Track list: 1. Heile Segen 3:56 2. Elysium 4:16 3. Die Stadt Verbrennt 4:17 4. Tanz 4:31 5. Flieg 5:53 6. Schattenseele 3:13 7. Dies Eine Leben 3:55 8. So Schön 5:26 9. Bleib Bei Mir 5:28 Line-up: Christopher Zumbült - vocals Andre Rasfeld - guitars Viktor Wagner - guitars Peter Bernhardt - bass Frank Schoppengerd - drums with: Nils Weise - keyboards Dieter Kozak - keyboards Rolf Kesting - keyboards Lara Langguth-Zumbült - vocals German band Hemesath has a history that dates back to 2012 or thereabouts, and they made their debut with the EP "Rot, So Rot" back in 2013, with the album "Für Euch" appearing two years later. Following an extended hiatus as a recording unit the band returned with the album "So Schön" in the fall of 2022, released through German label Echozone. This is an album that does explore a fair bit of ground, and as an album experience it is one that kind of falls between a number of different territories as a whole. If ...

(35:05; Spira Records) Track list: 1. Messerschmitt 3:40 2. Crying Out for More 3:10 3. Butcher Bird 3:15 4. Mush 2:52 5. In His Blood 3:49 6. Words of Insanity 4:20 7. Boy Next-Door 1:52 8. The Last 4:06 9. Watching You 2:27 10. Spitfire 5:34 Line-up: James Childs - vocals, bass Owen Childs - guitars, vocals Chris Fielden - drums, vocals with: Nick Davidge - guitars, vocals Simon Hedges - bass UK band Little Villains have a past that goes back to 2006, and former Motorhead drummer Phil Taylor was a part of the band in those early days. Taylor has since passed away, but Little Villains have continued being an active entity and have a total of four studio albums to their name at this stage. "Battle of Britain" is the name of their most recent album, which was released through the label Spira Records in the fall of 2022. With Little Villains being a three piece band with a Motorhead connection, making comparisons to that legendary band is something of a standing invitation cons...

(67:21; Nasty Prick Records) Track list: 1. Day of the Dead 6:15 2. Folsom Prison Blues 3:47 3. Don't Be Like the Blind 7:30 4. The Arrogance of Man 6:13 5. This Is Your Reality 4:17 6. Made in China 2:07 7. Walk Your Own Path 9:10 8. Bloodlustcapades 4:19 9. Can't Help Falling in Love With You 3:44 10. Warnings From the Past 4:40 11. King of the Goddam World 4:26 12. Rigel 4:16 13. He's Riding a Harley in Heaven 5:00 14. Noah Rules 1:37 Line-up: Prophet - vocals Sid Ripster - guitars, vocals Scarlet Rivers - bass Big Daddy Sug - drums with: Dave Cornwall - strings, Rhodes, piano, Moog US band St. Madness has been around in one form or another since 1997, with an initial phase prior to that operating under the moniker 'Crown of Thorns'. As St. Madness the band have at least seven studio albums to their name, in addition to a couple of live albums and compilations. The album "Bloodlustcapades" dates back to 2018, and was released through the label Nasty Pri...

(67:31; Nasty Prick Records) Track list: 1. Silent Tears Pt. 1 1:07 2. Last Days in Paradise 4:55 3. Kate 4:43 4. The Woods 3:54 5. Little Red Riding Hood 3:28 6. Prophet in Black 3:15 7. Cowboys of Apocalypse 8:05 8. Ghosts on the Trail 5:07 9. PC Crap 4:35 10. I Believe in America 1:04 11. The Beauty of You 3:26 12. White Wedding 3:24 13. I Believe in You 7:33 14. There You Go Again 6:28 15. Silent Tears Pt. 2 1:19 16. In Memory of Scottie 5:08 Line-up: Prophet - vocals with: Scott Tower - guitars Tim Conroy - drums, percussion, guitars Ted Beer - guitars Dale Cannon - bass Lars Petrini - harmonica, mandolin Neal Harris - bass Dave Cornwall - keyboards, orchestration Bruce Wilkison - violin Brandon Mohlis - various instruments Steve Van Peursem - guitars Ryan Schwartz - guitars Kevin McConnell - piano US project Prophet & the Cowboys of Apocalypse has been a on and off venture for a decade or thereabouts, with the main man of this project preferring to go by the moniker Prophet f...