I'd already listened to this album a couple of times prior to checking the info, and in doin' so some preliminary thoughts had already come through my mind, such as “occasional '70s Prog Rock sensibilities in a modern Prog Rock act with occasional Doom intensities”, “occasional resemblances to the Space Rock of Hawkwind”, and more...but foremost I was thinking, “Haven't I heard something by this band before?”!
Gee...goin' on the enormous discrepancy of info on this Mönchengladback based German Hardcore act on the Internet, one would almost think they prefer to stay in anonymity. Not really a good way for a band to promote itself or, as more in tune with the Hardcore scene, to disperse your messages to a maximum of possibly concerned/ sensitive people!
Brainstorm was founded in 1989 by Torsten Ihlenfeld, Milan Loncaric and drummer Dieter Bernert. The first few years of their life cycle saw the band build a solid groundwork with several demo releases and live appearances. In 1997, the band signed their first record deal and released the self-produced Hungry”album witch received good critics.
It’s not a secret anymore, I guess, to admit my passionate devotion to the Moribund Cult (read: Moribund Records). Only once in a while I do not get that ecstatically horny by a release via this Washington-based top-label, and that was, unfortunately, the case with Bleeding Fist’s 2011-EP Devil’s Ferox … It was not bad, but compared with former material by this Slovenian band, I thought it was a step back (see update August 7th 2011 within the Archive-tab).
It's hard to believe we've gone nearly six years without a new Bigelf album. Sadly, this isn't the album I was hoping for.
Bayside is an American punk/rock band from Queens NY formed somewhere in the winter of 2000. Current members are Anthony Raneri (Vocals, Guitar), Jack O’Shea (Lead Guitar), Nick Ghanbarian (Bass) and Chris Guglielmo (Drums).
Although this Heavy Psych Rock band is based in London (England), there isn't one Londoner among its members, one being an Hungarian, another being of Canadian extract, and the two Britons in the band hailing from the South and Midlands of England.
Leader of this new band is none other than Alexander Oriz, who’s the guitarist in Reinxeed, but has also founded a band named after his own name Oriz. Other musicians in this band are Chris David on bass, also known from Reinxeed, aswell as Simon Jonsonn, who toured with Reinxeed and finally Emil Eriksson, known from Oriz and JD Miller.
25 years ago, Axxis released their ‘Kingdom Of The Night’ album on EMI Records. To celebrate this, they’ve released ‘Kingdom Of The Night II’, and even made two versions, a Black Edition, that contains heavier tracks, and a White Edition, that contains quieter songs and ballads. Both albums are separately available. I cannot say anything about the black edition, since I didn’t get a copy of it, so let’s stick to the white edition instead.
Another of these bands that seem to have existed forever, and despite not receiving much attention in the regular press nor on the mainstream airwaves, continue to record and release new albums. And on this album, there still are three of the four original band members giving acte de presence.
