Nachtmahr - Semper Fidelis

2011-03-11 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 4511

I fell in love with Nachtmahr after seeing them play at Infest 2010 and very very happily seeing them again in February. I had always been a fan of L’Âme Immortelle so it was rather refreshing to hear something new from Thomas Rainer. Joined on stage by his first Lieutenant...

Zombie Girl - Blood, Brains & Rock'n Roll

2011-03-09 / Jo Pawley / Reads: 4849

Established in 2006 by an experienced Canadian artist and designer Renee Cooper-Komor, who is the voice, body and spirit behind the ZOMBIE GIRL concept. Her mystical magnetism quickly attracted Sebastian R. Komor away from his natal Norway into her graveyard and it took her no time at all to mutate...

Massiv in Mensch - Niemand Weiss, Was Die Zukunft Bringt

2011-03-01 / hellium / Reads: 2396

On this album one can clearly feel the nostalgia for the sound of the late 80's and the beginning of the 90's. The latest record of Massiv in Mensh is truly suitable for dancing, yet shocking at some points, just like "Against All Odds". The earlier-mentioned track commences with a...

Plastic People - Good as you

2011-02-23 / shade / Reads: 2061

From the very first to the very last minute of "Good as You" I could not resist the impression that the author wanted to compose something from the boderline of The Cure and an 8-bit music. If that was what he was aiming at, he by all means managed to...

I:Scintilla - Dying & falling

2011-02-20 / hellium / Reads: 4180

If Trent Reznor was a woman, that is how Nine Inch Nails would sound, in all probability. Luckily, no such thing has happened. The best track on "Dying & Falling" is undoubtedly "Swimmers Can Drown". It is extraordinarily energetic – saturated with electronic and dance beat, complimented by an...

ESC - Enhancer

2011-02-18 / Serge / Reads: 3621

Not so long ago had I the pleasure of reviewing the latest album of the Portuguese from ESC, entitled "Eight Thousand Square Feet". In the review, I mentioned that their previous album, "Enhancer", which I am about to review thoroughly, had escaped my attention. Luckily, at the time it had...