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Although one would expect either a Dutch or Dutch speaking Belgian band here, Huis is really a Montreal based Canadian band...but they dó have a thing about the Netherlands (more commonly known as Holland), though!

Holy Moses founded in Aachen, Germany in the year 1980 playing trash Metal. After many changes 4 vocal singers, 10 guitarists, 9 bassplayers and 9 drummers are the current members: Sabina Classen - Vocals (1981–Present), Thomas Neitsch - Bass (2008–Present), Gerd Lücking - Drums (2011–Present) and Peter Geltat - Guitar (2012–Present). Sabina Classen is longest member since they founded the group.

Freakin' weird name for a band, ain't it (the first 3 times you try to pronounce it, you'll probably tumble over your tongue some, but after that you'll find the word difficult to expel from your mind)? But it's got a history, seen as it is a poem of of the Spleen et Idéal part of Charles Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal. The Greek title literally translates as “one's own henchman”, and the poem reflects an emotion of solitude of its author.

H.E.A.T. exists since 2007, and despite losing their original singer who left the band, continue to score success after success, especially in their homeland and it’s surroundings.

While working on their new full album, which will soon be released, these guys offer us a 4 track EP.

Gus G, born September 12 1980 in Thessalonki, Greece and is a metal guitaris. He current plays with his band Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne. He also played in Mystick Prophecy, Nightragen, Arch Enemy and Dream Evil. In 2012 he had time to made he solo record because he want to made some hard-rock/metal music.

Gloryful is a band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, formed in 2010 playing an epic type of heavy Metal. The current members are Johnny La Bomba – Vocals, Jens "Shredmaster JB" Basten – Guitar, Vito Papotto – Guitar, Oliver Karasch – Bass and Hartmut Stoof – Drums.

Eyes Wide Open is a Swedish metal band. Since their beginnings in Karlstad back in 2011, the band has more than just made themselves a name.

Hailing from Keyport, New Jersey, Instrumental Prog-Technical Aggro-Metal act El Drugstore was formed in 2008 as a side-project of guitarist Kevin Conway drummer Seth Rheam of East Of The Wall (Prog-Technical Metal band of the same town, of whom I recently reviewed the latest album Redaction Artefacts – you can find it posted somewhere around Christmas 2013, I guess), alongside bassist Rolando Alvarado.

Although the math stoner rock influenced wave, especially the French, that has been growing lately does not particularly interest me, because lack of originality, this band does show some skill on this CD enough to keep me focussed on, as 8 songs flow reasonably well. Plenty of catchy riffs, well done groove sections and angry, but not particularly interesting, vocals thrown in for the Mastodon, Torche and Baroness sludge feel. It's not the most varied or demanding style, but these guys rip it up with power and conviction.

Very little is known about this Paris, France based quartet of Alternative Rock/ Metal youngsters, but from little bits and pieces in different sources on the Internet, I was able to gather together the following.