October 2020

BLACK SABBATH - paranoia, heaven and hell

BLACK SABBATH - Paranoia, Himmel und Hölle

Almost exactly 50 years ago, on September 18, 1970 - the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' death - Black Sabbath released their second album "Paranoid". After their debut at the beginning of 1970, which in a way was the beginning of heavy metal, they cemented their reputation with their successor and created songs for eternity. Less than a decade later, after Ozzy Osbourne's temporary departure, the band reinvented themselves with new vocalist Ronnie James Dio and producer Martin Birch.

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT - The journey continues

15. October 2020

Blue Öyster Cult

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT - Die Reise geht weiter

For 53 years in rock orbit, for 49 years under the name Blue Öyster Cult - you can take a 19-year studio album break. As a "tour band", however, the hard and classic rockers from Long Island, New York, were always active. Lead guitarist and singer Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, who has been directing BÖC's destiny since 1967, provides information about the new album

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FISH - The circle is complete

15. October 2020

Fish

FISH - Der Kreis schließt sich

Already in 2015 Fish had announced that he wanted to record one last album, this one was called "Weltschmerz" and that he would go into well-deserved retirement after a final tour. Due to numerous setbacks of health and family reasons, it took five years until the album could be released. But now the double album "Weltschmerz" is here and even provokes comparisons to Fish's masterful debut album "Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors", which celebrates its 30th birthday this year.

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AYREON - "As in heaven, so on earth" or "Between heaven and hell"

15. October 2020

Ayreon Arjen Lucassen

AYREON - „Wie im Himmel, so auf Erden“ oder „Zwischen Himmel und Hölle“

With his wacky rock musical "Transitus" Arjen Lucassen leaves the Ayreon comfort zone for a moment and sends his renowned ensemble through a ghost story located in the 19th century.

Daniel and Abby, the two main characters of the psychic story, are played by Tommy Karevik (Kamelot) and Cammie Gilbert (Oceans Of Slumber). Other well-known artists in the all-star cast include Simone Simons (Epica), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman and Johanne James (Threshold)

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MOTORPSYCHO - Organic Techno for Ballet

15. October 2020

Motorpsycho

MOTORPSYCHO - Organischer Techno fürs Ballett

The past four years of motor psychology have been dominated by Håkon Gullvåg. His pictures set the framework for an album trilogy that began with "The Tower" and "The Crucible" and has now been completed with "The All Is One". We talked to the painter and the band about their work.

One would think that after successfully completing the trilogy of works, Motorpsycho would first take a break. But in Psychoverse the clocks tick differently. Guitarist Snah already announces the next album - for next winter ..

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STONES FAN MUSEUM LÜCHOW - Rock-'n'-Roll-Fata-Morgana in the cultural nowhere

STONES FAN MUSEUM LÜCHOW - Rock-’n’-Roll-Fata-Morgana im kulturellen Nirgendwo

The Rolling Stones sing "Living In A Ghost Town" in their first new song in eight years and they certainly don't mean Lüchow. The small town in Lower Saxony is not a ghost town, not even in Corona times. But there's not much going on here either. There is tranquillity instead of hustle and bustle, you look in vain for pulsating life. Nobody here will see the biggest pandemic damage in the fact that the cultural life has collapsed and concerts are cancelled. Who should include this place with not even 10.000 inhabitants in his tour plan?

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KEVIN GILBERT: 20 years of "The Shaming Of The True" - The unknown prog masterpiece

1. October 2020

Kevin Gilbert

KEVIN GILBERT: 20 Jahre „The Shaming Of The True“ –  Das unbekannte Prog-Meisterwerk

Kevin Gilbert's concept album "The Shaming Of The True", which is about the rise and fall of rock musician Johnny Virgil, is one of the great unknown prog masterpieces. Since Gilbert could not complete the work on his opus magnum due to his early death - he died in 1996 at the age of 29 - his friend Nick D'Virgilio, who was drumming with Spock's Beard at the time and is now in the service of Big Big Train, stepped in. D'Virgilio helped finalize the album and set the final tracklist.

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