Barry Clayton, the thrilling voice of Iron Maiden‘s Number of the Beast intro, passed away two weeks ago. To cite metalhammer.co.uk: ”RIP Barry. We will never forget those hallowed lines: Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea For the Devil sends the beast with wrath Because he knows the time is short Let him who […]
Author Archives: Denis
Boris – Pink
Boris have released a whole bunch of albums since 1996, and I have to admit that I don’t know that much about their other works. They are known to switch their musical style pretty often. Their repertoire reaches from psych to hard rock, from drone to sludge, from electro to pop. There is one particular […]
PRE-CHRISTMAS with the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
So, as I don’t want to rank behind as far as the boasting with early Christmas presents is concerned, I proudly present to you my new flatmate. She’s already an older lady but still as fit as a fiddle. Her name is Sansui FR-5800 and my dad bought her in the mid-1970s. Now junior has […]
The end of CDs – a personal commentary
Rumours are being spread for months now, you may have heard of it: the major labels are planning to give up selling mediums like CDs or Vinyl LPs in the near future. So-called insiders guess that the music album as we have known it until today will have disappeared within the next 2-5 years, except […]
Immigrant Song – Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Trent Reznor joined forces with Atticus Ross and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontlady Karen O to record a cover of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song. The song will be part of the official soundtrack (created by Reznor) for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The heavy industrial beat keeps pushing and Karen O’s singing reflects the psychedelicoriginal […]
Turbowolf – Turbowolf
Beelzebub’s newest breeds call themselves Turbowolf. Striking riffs, powerful lyrics, wolves on fire, the turbo is loaded right from the start. The fact that sometimes you get the suspicion to have heard all this once before in the past doesn’t dampen the mood. Young Alice Cooper welcomes you on the journey through the river Styx. […]
The Jacob Conspiracy and Dirty Crows live @ Rockbox (Rives de Clausen)
As you have noticed, this week is going to be dedicated mainly to the album pre-production of our sweethearts, Dirty Crows. So, to keep the point, here you have a little report about their last live performance. Friday night, Rockbox, live music. Could you ask for more? The menu tonight: Dirty Crows followed by The […]
Tweak Bird – Tweak Bird
As you may have noticed I’m in a mood for simple rock music these days. Well then let’s have a look at another band which doesn’t need complex arrangements or five different instruments to knock me out of my socks. Dirty guitar, aggressive drumming, The Future’s coming, that’s how Tweak Bird’s second and self titled […]
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
And now to something completely different: psychedelic rock. This is about another of my favourite albums of 2010, which is already a lie, because I only discovered this band in 2011. It became my personal soundtrack of the summer, and the story behind this band is an exceptional one, considering the business that rules nowadays. […]
Death From Above 1979 – You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine
2004. Two men. One on bass guitar. One on drums. Result: pure insanity. In case you don’t own this album yet then it’s about time! A legal drug you can purchase in every record shop that has the guts to sell this. Or the internet, source of information, stupidity and craziness. Turn It Out, threatening […]