Mention Ruisrock to people and you are bound to get emotional reactions that are not necessarily favorable, depending on the age of the replier. The further one’s acquaintance with the festival goes, the more negative …READ MORE
Time has brought many changes to one of the oldest festivals still going in Finland. It used to be that Provinssirock marked the start of summer festivals. These days the whole festival has been moved …READ MORE
Expectations are a bitch, aren’t they? Someone wise once said that the journey you take to get there is more important than the actual destination. Both sayings unfortunately seemed to fit this year’s Sauna Open …READ MORE
Even before this album came out, Wicked Wisdom (WW) was already stirring a lot of controversy and mixed emotions in the Metal world. You gotta admit that putting a band together that has the dubious …READ MORE
Last year fans experienced the first ever Finnish Metal Expo, a gathering of all sorts of Metal music folks and a showcase of talents from both old and new Finnish Metal bands, with a few …READ MORE
Granted, on first glance this release does not have a lot going for it. Seventh who(?), and not another live album, are the first obvious thoughts. Well, at least it’s not mentioning orchestrations on the …READ MORE
Talk about being misled. Seeing a name like Dogpound and taking glimpse of their debut CD’s “The boyz in the hood, don’t tread on my graffiti” type of cover you’d think that these guys would …READ MORE
Velcra has opted to attack the difficult second album dilemma by boldly experimenting with everything they can thing of and then some. Strange as this may sound, that experimentation has somehow helped to create a …READ MORE
King’s X, the most underrated trio in the music business, is back with another installment to their impressive back catalogue, and if you’re not familiar with them, then this in not a bad place to …READ MORE
Had Fear Factory (FF) come up with this instead of Archetype after Dino’s departure, many would have started questioning their future. It’s not quite clear where FF is trying to take the listener with Transgression. …READ MORE