 | CD Review: Delain - Lucidity
Lucidity is the impressive debut album of Delain, a unique gothic rock project initiated by (ex-Within Temptation) keyboardist Martijn Westerholt. He has surrounded himself with a number of extremely talented musicians such as Finnish bassist Marko Hielata (Nightwish, Tarot), guitarist Jan Yrlund (ex-Lacrimosa) and Norwegian vocalist Liv Kristine (ex-Theatre of Tragedy, Leaves' Eyes). Read More...» |
 | Album Review: Mastodon - Blood Mountain |
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| My saviors of rocking metal. This third album should mean the acknowledgement for their quality and creativity after the metalworld-shocking Leviathan. A lot of people want to know if they can deliver yet another masterpiece, others are quite sure another one of their all-time favourites is about to... Read More...» |
| Interview: Deftones - A chat with Stef Carpenter |
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| An interview with Deftones, musically one of my all time favorites. Ever since I joined Metalrage.com I had fantasized about it and on June 10th 2006 it was scheduled to take place. As I walked towards the entrance of the venue a huge guy on a chair asks me what’s up. I told him I was there for an interview. The intimidating big guy, of whom ... Read More...» |
| Live Review: Metallica, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold - Metal! |
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| As a proud metalrage member I’m one of the lucky guys who gets the chance to do interviews with great bands and go to concerts for ‘free’. Now I had the opportunity to go to a concert of the one and only Metallica. Besides that, Metalrage got to interview both bands Bullet For My Valentine and Avenged Sevenfold. That’s right... Read More...» |
 | Album Review: Strapping Young Lad - The New Black |
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| In fall of 2001, I won tickets to go and see a Fear Factory show. I remember a very dissapointing Godflesh opening up, followed something billed as 'Devin Townsend'. A weird little man, this Townsend. Dreamy songs, and killer grindfueled smashhits in one. Later on I learned that what I had witn... Read More...» |
 | CD Review: Slayer - Christ Illusion
The album came with a bio, how pointless. If you’re a metalhead and you haven’t heard this band yet be ashamed. For those who already have a tattoo of the German eagle with the logo in it on their arm, prepare for the Christ Illusion. Read More...» |
 | CD Review: Dry Kill Logic - Of Vengeance And Violence
If you liked the previous albums, check this one out. If you are unfamiliar with them, shame on you and check it out! If you don’t like this band you will not like this disc, deal with it! Dry Kill Logic is back, and now it is time for these guys to play a show in the Netherlands so we can finally see them! Read More...» |
| Interview: 36 Crazyfists - Movies, Books and life-lessons |
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| With the sounds of the football world cup on the background, (and I believe it was Ivory Coast vs. Holland (‘that shot went in like a bullet!’)) and heavy shouting going on, me and Brock Lindow found a cosy room with candle lights and incense…oh wait. That’s the intro for the letter to my imaginary girlfriend. This intervie... Read More...» |
 | DVD Review: Various Artists - Roadrunner Roadrage 2006 |
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| We’re living in the year 2006. The fifth year of Roadrunners Roadrage and therefore the year of the fifth Roadrunner Roadrage dvd. A disc packed with videos of quite a few bands from the RR-roster. This time, the dvd contains 29 videos.
Like the previous years, the dvd contains videos of the big RR artists like Slipknot, Fear Factory... Read More...» |
| Interview: Stone Sour - a chit chat with Shawn Economaki |
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| At the Wâldrock festival I got the chance to talk to Stone Sour’s bassist Shawn Economaki, a very kind and funny man with a very cool beard. As we hid ourselves behind a tent for some peace and quietness (which we didn’t get, because inside the tent there was Motörhead and some others watching the World Championship soccer an... Read More...» |
 | Interview: 36 Crazyfists - Talking about beer, beards and getting old.
Vocalist Brock Lindow and guitarist Steve Holt from 36 Crazyfists were in the Netherlands to do some interviews for their band’s new record, “Rest Inside The Flames” which is out on Monday the 12th of June. Of course, Metalrage was there as well and asked the two about the new record, beer and staying young. Read More...» |
 | Album Review: Hatebreed - Supremacy |
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| Everybody who didn’t hear of Hatebreed in the past several years must have been living in a cave. Hatebreed, the band who single-handedly gave the hardcore scene a big kick in the ass. Jamey Jasta, the vocalist of Hatebreed, is a busy guy; He’s not only the host of MTV’s Headbanger... Read More...» |
 | Album Review: Rose Moyer - Rose Moyer |
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| "We are a Portland based hardcore/metal band."
That's pretty much all the background information that is available on the guys of Rose Moyer and hey, it should be enough. Who needs page-long biographies when you have music to listen to? Let's put this hardcore/metal disc into the ... Read More...» |
| Interview: Textures - Drawing Circles in Tilburg |
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| Textures released their sophomore album ‘Drawing Circles’ earlier this year, and at the release show in Tilburg I had a talk with Eric (vocals), Richard (synths) and Bart (guitar). Thanks to my crappy recorder I couldn’t always make out who said what, and it was quite a feat to filter through all the bad jokes but somehow I m... Read More...» |
| Live Review: Atreyu, 36 Crazyfists, Chiodos, 3 - A show with mixed feelings |
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| On Tuesday September 12th, I went to Den Bosch to get picked up by good friend Buzzin Hornet. We were about to visit another show of our favorite band 36 Crazyfists. Which seems to feel quite comfortable in our little country considering the fact that they played in Holland for 3 times already this year. At the venue (De Effenaar, Eindhov... Read More...» |
| Live Review: Lowlands 2006 - Invasion of Love |
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| Lowlands, Lowlands, Lowlands. How I love you, my dear Lowlands. Funny thing is the fact that this years’ theme was called ‘Invasion of Love’. For me, it was the eighth time with my dear friend Shaydee. Buzzin Hornet, Napalm Lex and Niamen also got their entrance ticket to witness a festival that seems to be able to come up with su... Read More...» |
| Live Review: Tool - An Evening With Tool |
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| A friend of mine described Tool to me as you either love them or hate them. But it was also him who dragged me to my first Tool concert in 2001 and until this day that performance is still one of the best performances I ever saw. With this in the back of my mind I went to the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam where Tool would perform on the 27th of ... Read More...» |
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