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MĀRA survive and thrive in a self-destructive world

By Friend X on 21.5.2020 English, Innovation, Recenze, Reviews

This is a very shortened version of the review, please find, read and enjoy the full version at obsuro.eu After the 2018 debut and masterpiece „Therapy For An Empath“, Latvian death/thrash/groove metal band MĀRA released their second EP titled “Self-Destruct. Survive. Thrive!” on 13th May 2020. The EP “Self-Destruct. Survive. Thrive!” contains an interesting intro and four brand new songs plus the smashing “Life Kills (Fear)”, already pre-released in late 2019 as video. All these songs have a true and self-experienced storyline – feel invited to find out more on yourself! Despite deliberately disharmonic elements, such as many breaks and hasty…

Fury back on the race track to win The Grand Prize

By Friend X on 27.4.2020 English, Reports, Reviews

You can find a slightly updated version at obscuro.eu Fury? Fury? Fury? Wasn’t there an American TV show about a Saddle breed stallion in the late 50ies named Fury? In addition, wasn’t there a film about an American tank with Brad Pitt in the leading role in 2014? But wait! That’s not all, there is also Fury, the band from the British West Midlands. And THEY are the real Fury-deal, so forget about the two others. Fury consists of Julian Jenkins, vocals and guitar, Becky Baldwin on bass guitar and becking vocals, Tom Fenn on drums and Jake Elwell on…

“Global Rock” – Waltari on a journey rockin’ all over the world

By Friend X on 27.4.2020 English, Finský koutek, Recenze, Reviews

by Ms Cesar Little and Friend X, also published on obscuro.eu Ever since Waltari are well known for a wild and crazy mixture of genres. Given their first album, “Punk Monk” in 1991 already consisted Punk, Metal and Funk elements, they have experimented with nearly every existing musical genre. Now they released their newest masterpiece “Global Rock”. As usual, what we can expect the most is the most unexpected. True warriors of Finnish Heavy Metal Waltari is one of those bands that may be considered a muscle enabling the heart to beat of the Finnish metal scene despite they might…

A “Global Warning” – Turmion Kätilöt are coming with full force!

By Ms Cesar Little on 23.4.2020 English, Finský koutek, Recenze, Reviews

By Friend X and Ms Cesar Little Beware! – A horrible force from the far North – Turmion Kätilöt – is about to conquer the world! The band from the Finnish city of Kuopio has just recently released their album “Global Warning” and better take it a warning. Their music is beyond any genre by default and their shows are disgusting, unpredictable, energetic and thus simply addictive! Once they made it into your mind you will never get rid of them again! No, sorry, they don’t sneak into your ear with soft tunes and sweet voices. No, they hit your…

A Shining Light of Creativity in The Darkness of Repetition and Similarity

By Cat Maverick on 6.4.2020 English, Reviews

Lindsay Schoolcraft’s “Martyr” (Album Review) Sticking out of a lot of albums, that all sound the same, is hard today. If you are critical with what you hear – also on an emotional level – finding new music hard can be hard. This album though is 100% approved to be fresh, original, emotionally accessible and plain out a masterpiece. Lindsay Schoolcraft, former witch at the keys in Cradle Of Filth, has a very unique style, both in her artistic appearance but also in her musical compositions, which are in no way inferior to those of her other bands. If you…

Rockharz Festival – or is it Rock Harz Open Air?

By Friend X on 5.4.2020 English, Reports, Reviews

Rockharz Festival – a re-/preview 2019-20 A re-/preview by Cat Maverick and Friend X There are a lot of festivals in summer. Some are rainy. Some are sunny. Some are hot and dry, some are cold and wet. Some are located somewhere in a kind of desert-like steppe, in a park, on a racetrack, a muddy meadow and so on. Some are located in the middle of nowhere, some in a big city, nearby small towns, little villages, next to airfields and so on. However, there is only one festival embedded in such a wonderful, picturesque landscape as the Rockharz…

A magnificant triumphirat – Eluveitie, Lacuna Coil, Infected Rain

By Friend X on 29.3.2020 Článek, English, Reports, Reviews

Eluveitie, special guests Lacuna Coil, support Infected Rain – or “A very busy November Rain day with three very different bands at once” Concert review by Friend X and Cat Maverick It was November, the eighth, the day, God created Rock and Roll. Sadly, he not only created Rock and Roll on this day but a lot of traffic on the motorway and streets not of London but in and around Stuttgart, the town which sites the venue of the day, “LKA-Longhorn”, a medium-sized club with a capacity of 1500 people. Further on, the God of Thunder, Lightning and Heavy…

Solidarity Against Infected Touring

By Ms Cesar Little on 21.3.2020 English, Interview, News, Reports

The world is on hold it seems. Life has slowed down profoundly. Shows are cancelled. Complete tours cancelled or postponed and there is an undeniably big question mark on our festival season if only as no one can say how long the current measures need to be active. And then we move our eye towards the Grand Old Lady Britannia and see Asterix and his crew still shredding the stages there. What? Ah? No. Not Asterix. Not even Gaulish or French. But Canadian: Anvil! Yes, Anvil. Utmost resiliently these foundations of Thrash Metal keep on touring – at least for…

Exceptional – Marko Hietala On Stage (support Oceanhoarse)

By Ms Cesar Little on 10.3.2020 English, Finský koutek, Fotoreport, Gallery, Reports, Reviews

Live Report from “The Black Heart Tour” of Marko Hietala Supported by Oceanhoarse @ Z7 in Pratteln Some shows are worth travelling to see them. Marko Hietala presenting his solo album accompanied by some exceptionally great fellow musicians and supported by Oceanhoarse certainly is such a show. Among the large number of projects he is in, is there any of those that matters more to him than the others – apart from obvious features, I ask him (interview to be posted soon)? He points out how special his solo album has become to him. The album “Pyre Of The Black…

Fast, Faster, Fastest Concert Like A Videogame – Dragonforce!

By Friend X on 9.3.2020 English, Reports, Reviews

Dragonforce @ Substage, Karlsruhe, 7.2.2020 It’s a rather cold and uncomfortable February day when people start queuing up at the entrance of the Substage in Karlsruhe and the reason is well known for spectacular high-speed guitar solos, to say so, the fastest band of the universe with an average of 200 bpm during their songs. Some people are also curious because they will present a new bass player. Anyway, let’s wait (in the cold) and see (in the warmth of the venue) … The Substage is located in Karlsruhe Oststadt, not too far away from the motorway A5, at the…

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