CD

Final Depravity a German Trash Metal band. Contains: Dennis 'Blaze' Baron (Vocals, Guitars) Oliver Hey (Guitars, Vocals) Alex Voss (Bass) and Jerome Reil (Drums)

Embercrows a German band formed in 2004. Line up: Simon (Vocals & Guitars), Marcos (Keys), Robert (Drums) and Stoff (Bass). Playing Melancholic metal and dark rock.

Down Among The Dead Men (question: named after the so-called The Lord Weird Slough Feg 2000-record, or the eighteenth-century John Dyer song; there are a couple of scriptures (i.e. books, novels, stories) too with this moniker, by the way) is a new project, which shamelessly can be labelled as ‘super-group’. Why? Because of the members. Down Among The Dead Men were formed by two extremely skilled and well-known Extreme Metal musicians (both of them wrote the music for this first album).

The Swiss band Crystal Ball is a power/heavy metal band that once again surfaces. Following a 6 year hiatus, a new album "Dawnbreaker" was finally released this year. Their sound can best be described as a blend of classic Heavy Metal, euro-Rock and melodic Power Metal. But this album reminds me the most of bands like Firewind, if that helps to compare them to something you know.

Article a Greek Power metalgroup. Members: Mark Boals (Vocals), Mike Dimareli (Guitar/Drums), Chris Dimareli (Keyboards) and Leo Petropoulos (Bass). Greece normally known for their fine extreme Metal…we will see.

Alehammer are a combo with former and / or current members from e.g. Impulse Manslaughter, Prophecy Of Doom, Extinction Of Mankind and Hellkrusher. They released a 10”EP in 2007, called Mine’s A Pint Of Crust (via Italy’s Agipunk, with acts like Prophecy Of Doom and Children Of Technology on its roster), and in 2009 there was a split with Sweden’s Tyrant, also via this Agipunk-label.

“Aeon Zen” are a UK progressive rock/metal band formed in 2008 with Rich Hinks original from start 2008 (guitar/vocals/bass/keyboards), other members from 2012; Andi Kravljaca (Vocals), Matt Shepherd (Guitar) and Steve Burton (Drums).

Ready, Set , Fall, an Italian band playing Swedish melodic death with American metalcore and a strong preference for agile variability. Five members: Marco Pochettino (drums), Giovanni Santolla (Bass/vocals), Christopher Volpi (vocals), Francesco Scaravelli (guitar) and Frank Mossa (guitar).

As the title of this US band implies, Strangelight are more than a little familiar with Ian McKaye’s Fugazi, I guess they spin at home quite some discs by Lungfish, Angst, Killdozer, Butthole Surfers, Naked Raygun, Jawbox, …as that's what they most closely resemble. The result is sometimes pretty interesting but here is one thing that bothers me. There are the vocals which annoy me, I wish they were more expressive, but this clear nasal tone has bored me to death.

Silent Voices is a Finnish progressive metal band formed in 1995. Current members: Timo Kauppinen (guitar), Pasi Kauppinen (bass), Jukka-Pekka Koivisto (drums), Hendrik Klingenberg (keyboards) and Teemu Koskela (vocals).