Music Reviews
Everything that isn't part of progressive rock can be found here. Whether it's blues, pop, punk, metal, dark rock... basically all other music.
For AC/DC's 50th anniversary, this album was also remastered as a gold edition. A more personal view.
1979. Bon Scott was still alive. AC/DC made their breakthrough in the USA with Highway to Hell. Here in the gold vinyl edition for the band's 50th anniversary.
In 1978, with "Powerage," AC/DC brought their signature raw and bluesy sound back to the market. Here it is in the gold version. Even a band only turns 50 once!
I Robot
by Alan Parsons Project
APP's second album, I Robot, was released in 1977. It featured distinct pop and disco elements with a spacey art rock feeling.
Goldener Strom
by Rosa Anschütz
In 2022, the Berlin artist released an astonishing work, "Goldener Strom," a cool mix of techno and dark wave.
In 2024, Rosa delighted us with her atmospheric album Interior. For me, this is the album of the year 2024.
Alternative Matter
by Antimatter
To mark the band's twelfth anniversary, the compilation "Alternative Matter" was released. A successful one indeed.
In my opinion the most atmospheric dark rock album of 2007.
The second album from the British dark rock band Antimatter. Still featuring Duncan Patterson on E-Bass (Anathema).
Planetary Confinement
by Antimatter
2005 saw the switch to dark rock with the third album. And it was really good.
In 2015, another melancholic masterpiece from Antimatter/Mick Moss was released. Dark/Prog Rock.
Anthropocene
by Behind Your Fear
Atmospheric gothic metal from Germany. Album Number two. Blue smoked vinyl.
The debut album from Behind your Fear. Melodic gothic rock/metal, with fine vocals. Black vinyl.
Imagine the Crackle
by Bellhound Choir
Modern rock/stoner blues from Denmark. Really good! CD.
In 2004, Steven Wilson and Aviv Geffen released their first album from their international project Blackfield. Pop and art rock.
Somewhere Far Beyond
by Blind Guardian
In 2024, “Somewhere Far Beyond – Revisited,” a remaster of the 1992 original was released. A masterpiece then and still one today.
When I Get Through
by Breymer
A new album by Breymer will be released on October 18, 2024. Thems music describes the transformation of a non-binary person in a very private way. Indie pop to think about it.
A female singer who also plays drums. Plus two musicians on bass and guitar. The result is powerful post-hardcore. Black vinyl. Released in 2022.
Ambient, Electro, Downbeat. In 2003, Carbon Based Lifeforms took us on a dreamlike journey. Here as 2016 CD remaster.
Seeker
by Carbon Based Lifeforms
In 2024 new cool ambient from CBL, Sweden, arrived. I like it.
Popa Chubby & Friends
by Popa Chubby
On March 28, 2025, Popa Chubby's long-held dream will be released on CD: to bring the best blues musicians together on one disc. And they answered his call.
Darkher, founded in 2013 in Yorkshire, England, released their second EP in 2014. Female-fronted doom, gothic, dark melodic rock.
Black/Doom, Post-Rock. The first real longplayer by the German band Dolch was released in 2019. Atmospheric Doom and the first part of a trilogy.
In 2022, Nacht, the second part of a trilogy by the band Dolch, was released. Why am I so excited? It's all in my review of this silver vinyl version.
Under A Godless Veil
by Draconian
Wonderful doom/gothic from Sweden. Beauty and the Beast metal, atmospheric with a beautifully melancholic feel. Vinyl, 2020
A successful mix of well-known Foo Fighter songs on vinyl. 2022.
Doom, post rock/metal. Frayle's first studio album, 1692, was released in 2020. It revolves around the Salem witch trials. Dark and atmospheric.
2022, their second album. Doom and post rock. Dark. Slow. Multi-layered, despite the reduced music.
Doom, Dark, Postrock. This EP was Frayle's first EP to be released in 2018. 45 rpm and 4 songs.
