April 2020

DOOL bring their own musical heaven to life

1. April 2020

Dool

DOOL erwecken ihr eigenes musikalisches Himmelreich zum Leben

"I know you will wait for me - here now, there then", Ryanne van Dorst muses in "Ode To The Future", a track from her new album "Summerland", and thus makes direct reference to the highly praised Dool debut in 2017. van Dorst emphasizes that the successor is a greatness in its own right and has nothing to do with the first album. Nevertheless it is a sequel, the next logical step. On "Here Now, There Then" the guitarist and singer dealt with the theme of time, or rather: timelessness. Now it becomes "spaceless". She completes "Ode To The Future": "I'll meet you in the summerland."

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MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT have merged into one unit

1. April 2020

Matthews Southern Comfort

MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT sind zu einer Einheit verschmolzen

Almost half a century passed between the departure and return of the eponym until Matthews Southern Comfort released their penultimate album "Like A Radio". Now it took only two years until the successor "The New Mine" was released. During the telephone interview, mastermind Iain Matthews snorts audibly several times before giving an answer. It seems that he himself is uncomfortable about why he brought the band named after him back to life in 2017. He left the band at the end of 1970 by simply stomping off the stage during a concert.

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HÄLLAS have nothing against the comparison with great role models

1. April 2020

Hällas

HÄLLAS haben nichts gegen den Vergleich mit großen Vorbildern

"On the records of Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Wishbone Ash etc. the guitar parts played in two voices always sound best. So why shouldn't we use the Twin Guitars for ourselves as well," asks Kasper Eriksson, drummer of the up-and-coming Swedish group Hällas, quite rightly. Because even if the band is often accused of sounding like a copy of Uriah Heep, Nectar or Rush - the way they do it is undoubtedly good! And where, please, is it even written that forever nobody is allowed to sound like the mentioned prog rock icons at their best times?

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GOTTHARD still work precisely like a Swiss clockwork

1. April 2020

Gotthard

GOTTHARD funktionieren immer noch präzise wie ein Schweizer Uhrwerk

In hard rock circles the Swiss band enjoyed a good reputation from the very beginning. It basically took on the heritage of Tea and Krokus. Their grandiose cover version of "Hush" (Joe South song in deep-purple version) was long their calling card. Leo Leoni as guitarist and singer Steve Lee were since then set as a trump card in the nineties hard rock circus. When Steve died in a motorcycle accident in the USA in 2010, the Gotthard universe was shaken violently.

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THOUGHTS FACTORY describe the problems of growing up

1. April 2020

Thoughts Factory

THOUGHTS FACTORY schildern die Probleme des Erwachsenwerdens

With "Elements", the Frankfurt based prog metallers Thoughts Factory have delivered an excellent second work, which can easily keep up with the latest releases of Dream Theater, Tomorrow's Eve or Vanden Plas. Keyboarder Sven Schornstein, who actually works as a high school teacher, chatted with eclipsed about the background of the album, but also about the band constellation. Thoughts Factory are seasoned professionals, with guitarist Markus Wittmann and drummer Chris Maldener once working at G.I.T. and P.I.T. respectively.

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On their third album DEMONS & WIZARDS set humanity against delusion

1. April 2020

Demons & Wizards Blind Guardian Iced Earth

DEMONS & WIZARDS stellen auf ihrem dritten Album Menschlichkeit gegen Verblendung

Their collaboration hit the metal scene like a bomb at the beginning of the millennium. And in hardly any other side project were the trademarks of the main bands so clearly visible from the very first second as in Demons & Wizards, the playground of Blind Guardian singer Hansi Kürsch and Iced Earth guitarist Jon Schaffer, which is entering the third round with the current album "III". "Yes, you simply cannot deny this fact", laughs Kürsch in the interview. "Jon has a very concise guitar style, and the same goes for my vocals.

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Ex-Pavement-Singer STEPHEN MALKMUS reinvents himself in the spiritual distance

1. April 2020

Stephen Malkmus Pavement

Ex-Pavement-Sänger STEPHEN MALKMUS erfindet sich in der spirituellen Ferne neu

Stephen Malkmus is a world musician in the best sense of the word, because he is constantly on the move. After years in Berlin he returned to the USA to Portland, Oregon. Musically, too, he opens the focus towards global music experience. His new album "Traditional Techniques" describes a whole range of places on this planet. It sounds like a journey with many stops. "It could be," Malkmus confirms somewhat embarrassed. "I haven't psychoanalyzed my lyrics.

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