CD Reviews 2011

â—Š ABOVE SYMMETRY: Ripples
â—Š AIRBAG: All Rights Removed
â—Š AIRRACE: Back To The Start
â—Š ALCEST: Le Secret
â—Š ALESTORM: Back Through Time
â—Š A-LIFE DIVIDED: Passenger
â—Š ALMAH: Motion
â—Š ALTERNATIVE 4: The Brink
â—Š AN AUTUMN FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN: Everything
â—Š ANCIENT BARDS: Soulless Child
â—Š ARGUS: Boldly Stride The Doomed
â—Š ARKAN: Salam
â—Š ARKONA: Slovo
â—Š ARKONA: Stenka Na Stenku (MCD)
â—Š ARTAS: Riotology
â—Š ASSASSIN: Breaking The Silence
â—Š ASTRAL DOORS: Jerusalem
â—Š BATTLELORE: Doombound
â—Š BENEDICTUM: Dominion
â—Š BLACK N BLUE: Hell Yeah!
â—Š BLOODSHED WALHALLA: Legends Of A Viking
â—Š BOBBY KIMBALL/JIMI JAMISON: Kimball Jamison
â—Š BOREALIS: Fall From Grace
â—Š BRAINSTORM: On The Spur Of The Moment
â—Š BURIED IN BLACK: Black Death
â—Š BURZUM: Fallen
â—Š BYFROST: Of Death
â—Š CANAAN: Contro.luce
â—Š CHAINED AND DESPERATE: Divine Authority Abolishment
â—Š CHIMAIRA: The Age Of Hell
â—Š CIRCLE OF SILENCE: The Blackened Halo
â—Š CONSORTIUM PROJECT V: Species
â—Š CORONATUS: Terra Incognita
â—Š CORPUS CHRISTII: Luciferian Frequencies
â—Š CROWN OF AUTUMN: Splendours From The Dark
â—Š CRUACHAN: Blood On The Black Robe
â—Š DACCORD: Helike
◊ DALRIADA: Ígéret
â—Š DARK FOREST: Dawn Of Infinity
â—Š DARK SUNS: Orange
â—Š DAYS OF ANGER: Death Path
â—Š DESCENDING: New Death Celebrity
â—Š DESPERATE AND CHAINED: Divine Authority Abolishment
â—Š DIABOLOS DUST: Ruins Of Mankind
â—Š DINO FIORENZA: It's Important
â—Š DOCTOR MIDNIGHT & THE MERCY CULT: I Declare: Treason
â—Š DOMINANZ: As I Shine
â—Š DORNENREICH: Flammentriebe
â—Š DRACONIAN: A Rose For The Apokalypse
â—Š DRAGONLAND: Under The Grey Banner
â—Š DYSTOPIA NA: Syklus
â—Š EBONYLAKE: In Swathes Of Brooding Light
â—Š EDEN'S CURSE: Trinity
â—Š EISREGEN: Rostrot
â—Š ELDRITCH: Gaia's Legacy
â—Š ENDLESS CYCLE: Into The Opaque
â—Š ESOTERIC: Paragon Of Dissonance
â—Š EVERGREY: A Decade And A Half (2CD)
â—Š EVERGREY: Glorious Collision
â—Š FALKENBACH: Tiurida
â—Š FALLOCH: Where Distant Spirits Remain
â—Š FARSOT: Insects
â—Š FERGIE FREDERIKSEN: Happiness Is The Road
â—Š FINNR'S CANE: Wanderlust
â—Š FULLFORCE: One
â—Š FUROR GALLICO: I
â—Š GARAGEDAYS: Dark And Cold
â—Š GHOST BRIGADE: Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
â—Š GRAVE DIGGER: The Ballad Of Mary (EP)
â—Š GRIFFAR: Monastery
â—Š HAVOK: Time Is Up
â—Š HELHEIM: Heidindomr ok Motgangr
â—Š HURTSMILE: I
â—Š ILLNATH: Third Act In The Theatre Of Madness
â—Š IMPERIA: Secret Passion
â—Š INFINITY OVERTURE: The Inifinite Overture pt. 1
â—Š IN LEGEND: Ballads 'n' Bullets
â—Š INSENSE: Burn In Beautiful Fire
â—Š ISKALD: The Sun I Carried Alone
â—Š ISOLE: Born From Shadows
â—Š JACK STARRS BURNING STARR: Land Of The Dead
â—Š JAG PANZER: The Scourge Of The Light
â—Š JOHN WETTON: Raised In Captivity
â—Š JORN: Live In Black
â—Š JOURNEY: ECL1P53
â—Š KAMBRIUM: Shadowpath
â—Š KAMPFAR: Mare
â—Š KARMA TO BURN: V
â—Š KATANGA: Moonchild
â—Š KATATONIA: Last Fair Deal Gone Down (re-release)
â—Š KAUAN: Kuu
â—Š KINGDOM COME: Rendered Waters
â—Š LAKE OF TEARS: Illwill
â—Š LEAVES' EYES: Meredead
â—Š LECHERY: In Fire
â—Š LEGIO MORTIS: The Human Creation And The Devil's Contribution
â—Š LEGION OF THE DAMNED: Descent Into Chaos
â—Š LEPROUS: Bilateral
â—Š LONELY KAMEL: Dust Devil
â—Š LONG DISTANCE CALLING: Long Distance Calling
â—Š MACHINE HEAD: Unto The Locust
â—Š MAGNUM: Evolution
â—Š MAJESTY: Own The Crown
â—Š MARIENBAD: Werk 1: Nachtfall
â—Š MAX PIE: Initial Process
â—Š MESSENGER: See You In Hell
â—Š MIDNATTSOL: The Metamorphosis Melody
â—Š Mr. BIG: What If...
â—Š MY DYING BRIDE: The Barghest O'Whitby (EP)
â—Š MYSTIC PROPHECY: Ravenlord
â—Š NACHTBLUT: Antik
â—Š NAMI: Fragile Alignments
â—Š NEMESEA: The Quiet Resistance
â—Š NIGHTMARE: One Night Of Insurrection
â—Š NIGHT RANGER: Somewhere In California
â—Š NO GRAVITY: Worlds In Collision
â—Š NUCLEUS TORN: Golden Age
â—Š OLD SILVER KEY: Tales Of Wanderings
â—Š OMMATIDIA: In This Life, Or The Next
â—Š ONE MAN ARMY & THE UNDEAD QUARTET: The Dark Epic
â—Š OVERDRIVE: Angelmaker
â—Š PAGAN'S MIND: Heavenly Ecstasy
â—Š PAINTED BLACK: Cold Comfort
â—Š PAIN OF SALVATION: Road Salt Two
â—Š PENDRAGON: Passion
â—Š POWER QUEST: Blood Alliance
â—Š QUBE: Incubate
â—Š RAVENWOODS: Enfeebling The Throne
â—Š REDEMPTION: This Mortal Coil
â—Š RIOT: Immortal Soul
â—Š RIVERSIDE: Memories In My Head (MCD)
â—Š ROYAL HUNT: Show Me How To Live
â—Š SALTATIO MORTIS: Sturm Aufs Paradies
â—Š SANDSTONE: Cultural Dissonance
â—Š SARKE: Oldarhian
â—Š SCAR OF THE SUN: A Series Of Unfortunate Concurrencies
â—Š SCHEEPERS: Scheepers
â—Š SEPTICFLESH: The Great Mass
â—Š SERENITY: Death & Legacy
â—Š SEVEN THORNS: Return To The Past
â—Š SEVEN WITCHES: Call Upon The Wicked
â—Š SHAKRA: Back On Track
◊ SILENT STREAM OF GODLESS ELEGY: Návaz
â—Š SKALMOLD: Baldur
â—Š SOL INVICTUS: The Cruellest Month
â—Š SOLITUDE AETURNUS: In Times Of Solitude
â—Š SOLSTAFIR: Svartir Sandar
â—Š SONS OF SEASONS: Magnisphyricon
â—Š SORT BY TITLE: Independent Process (EP)
â—Š SOURVEIN: Black Fangs
â—Š STEVE HACKETT: Beyond The Shrouded Horizon
â—Š STEVE HACKETT: Live Rails
â—Š STORMWARRIOR: Heathen Warrior
â—Š STORMZONE: Zero To Rage
â—Š STREAM OF PASSION: Darker Days
â—Š SUIDAKRA: Book Of Dowth
â—Š SUN CAGED: The Lotus Effect
â—Š SVARTSOT: Maledictus Eris
◊ SVOLK: Svölk 'em All
â—Š TANGENT PLANE: Project Elimi
â—Š TEN: Stormwarning
â—Š TENHI: Saivo
â—Š TESLA: Twisted Wires and the Acoustic Sessions
â—Š THE FALLEN DIVINE: The Binding Cycle
â—Š THE LIVING FIELDS: Running Out Of Daylight
â—Š THE MAGNIFICENT: The Magnificent
â—Š THE NEW BLACK: II: Better In Black
â—Š THE PROJECT HATE MCMXCIX: Bleeding The New Apocalypse
â—Š THE TANGENT: COMM
â—Š THE VERY END: Mercy & Misery
â—Š THULCANDRA: Under A Frozen Sun
â—Š TIDES FROM NEBULA: Earthshine
â—Š TRILLIUM: Alloy
â—Š TWINSPIRITS: Legacy
â—Š TWISTED TOWER DIRE: Make It Dark
â—Š TYR: The Lay Of Thrym
â—Š ULVER: Wars Of The Roses
â—Š URIAH HEEP: Into The Wild
â—Š VAMPILLIA: Rule The World/Deathtiny Land
â—Š VAN CANTO: Break The Silence
â—Š VARIOUS ARTISTS: Embrace The Sun (2CD)
â—Š VICIOUS RUMORS: Razorback Killers
â—Š VINTERSORG: Jordpuls: Delta
â—Š VIRGIN STEELE: Noble Savage (rerelease)
â—Š VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: Delta
â—Š VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: Maria Magdalena (EP)
â—Š VOODOO CIRCLE: Broken Heart Syndrom
â—Š VOODOO HIGHWAY: Broken Uncle's Inn
â—Š VOODOO JOHNSON: Black Powder Mother Loader (EP)
â—Š VREID: V
â—Š WARMRAIN: Absent Friends (EP)
â—Š WHITESNAKE: Forevermore
â—Š WHITESNAKE: Live at Donington 1990
â—Š WIZARD: Of Wariwulfs And Bluotvarwes
â—Š WOLFCHANT: Call Of The Black Winds
â—Š WOLVERINE: Communication Lost
â—Š WOODS OF DESOLATION: Torn Beyond Reason
â—Š WORK OF ART: In Progress
â—Š YAOTL MICTLAN: Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac
â—Š YES: Fly From Here

DVD reviews 2011

â—Š DEF LEPPARD: Mirror Ball - Live & More (2CD+DVD)
◊ MOTÖRHEAD: The Wörld Is Ours - Vol. 1 - Everywhere Further Than Everyplace Else (2CD+DVD)
â—Š WHITESNAKE: Live at Donington 1990
â—Š YES: In The Present - Live In Lyon (2CD+DVD)


Interviews 2011

â—Š ABSU: Beyond Arcane Mysteries and Hidden Depths Interview with drummer Proscriptor McGovern in October 2011
â—Š BATTLELORE: The band is based on Tolkien's Middle-earth theme Interview with guitarist Jyri Vahvanen of Battlelore by Danny in February 2011
â—Š CRUACHAN: Back to the Days of Blackened Folk Interview with vocalist Keith Fay by Vera in March 2011
â—Š FUROR GALLICO: Seminal Debut from Italian folk metal band Interview with guitarist Stefano by Vera in October 2011
â—Š HELHEIM: Heathendom And Resistance As Slogan Interview with bassist V'gandr by Vera in July 2011
â—Š HELL: Ten times to Hell Interview with top notch producer Andy Sneap in May 2011
â—Š LT's RHAPSODY: Exclusive preview interview Interview with Luca Turilli by Markus Wosgien in December 2011
â—Š MAGIC KINDGOM: In The Wake of Neoclassic metal Masters Interview with guitarist Dushan Petrossi by Vera in March 2011
â—Š PENDRAGON: Far Beyond The Maddening Crowds Interview with Nick Barrett by Vera in April 2011
â—Š SEVEN THORNS: This is not a hobby, it is a part of who we are as persons Interview with drummer Lars 'Laske' Borup by Vera in March 2011
â—Š SEVENTH WONDER: New Challenges for this Swedish progressive metal wonder! Interview with drummer Lars 'Laske' Borup by Vera in March 2011
â—Š SUN CAGED: We are always in progress Interview with vocalist Paul Villarreal & guitarist Marcel Coenen by Vera in July 2011
â—Š THE NEW BLACK: Southern Groove in Fetching Songs Interview with guitarist Fabian Schwarz of The New Black by Vera in February 2011
â—Š U.D.O.: About robots, animals and heavy metal! Interview with vocalist Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. by Vera in May 2011
â—Š WOLFCHANT: The Story of an Amazing Bavarian Viking/pagan metal band Interview with vocalist Lokhi of Wolfchant by Vera in March 2011
â—Š WOLVERINE: Ups and Downs preceded this Masterpiece Interview with vocalist Stefan Zell of Wolverine by Vera in May 2011


Concertreviews 2011
â—Š ALCATRAZ FESTIVAL - Deinze - 27/08/2011
â—Š Black Angels & Night Beat - 013 - Tilburg - 09/09/2011
â—Š Black Country Communion - Rivierenhof Deurne - Antwerpen - 09/07/2011
â—Š Fiesta City - Place du Martyr - Verviers - 27/08/2011
â—Š Firefest - Rock City - Notthingham - UK - 21-22-23/10/2011
â—Š Machiavel - Spirit of 66 - Verviers - 11/12/2011
â—Š MFVF - Oktoberhallen - Wieze - 22/10/2011
â—Š Michael Bolton - Koningin Elisabeth Zaal - Antwerpen 26/06/2011
â—Š Nazareth - Le Splendid - Rijsel (F) - 28/05/2011
â—Š Pat Travers - Spirit of 66 - Verviers - 18/11/2011
â—Š PPM FEST - Lotto Mons Expo - 30/04/2011
â—Š ROGER DALTREY - Lokerse Feesten - 30/07/2011
â—Š Sjock Festival - Gierle - 08 tot 10/07/2011
â—Š The Scorpions - Vorst Nationaal - 26/11/2011
â—Š Trans Siberian Orchestra - Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen - 25/03/2011
â—Š Uriah Heep - De Bosuil - Weert (NL) - 12/04/2011
â—Š Velorock - Oostende - 03/09/20112011
â—Š Wanda Jackson & The Seatsniffers - AB Box - Brussel - 25/10/2011
â—Š Yes - AB - Brussel - 20/11/2011