English translation see below (Thanks to my daughter Franziska) Manchmal sind es die kleinen Dingen im Leben – oder anders gesprochen, manchmal findet man gerade bei den kleineren Labels wahre Perlen der Rock-Musik. Diesmal das bereits im Juni 2010 Melodic Revolution Records erschienene Album 3D von DDrive. DDrive? Nie gehört! Gegründet wurde die Band bereits…

A new confirmation from the PPM Fest in Mons (Belgium) next year – Fates Warning a metal band from Hartford (Connecticut, U.S.A.). The band was founded in 1983. They play a melodic Progressiv Metal and was ranked as one of the early „flagship bands of progressive metal“ (together with Rush, Queensrÿche and Dream Theater). They…

A new great band was announced today, Masterplan – a German Powermetal band. Masterplan was founded by the guitar player Roland Grapow and the drummer Uli Kusch in 2002. Both are formerly members of Helloween (an other German Power´metal band). Today Roland Grapow is the only founder in the actual line-up. in this 11 years…

This news was a bombshell. The Austrian symphonic metal band Visions Of Atlantis has changed the nearly whole line-up of the band. Thomas Caser, the last remaining founding member, has make the decision to go back to roots. He reunites the founding members from 2000. New singers of VoA will be the french soprano Clémentine…