Third seeded Dennis Shapovalov (Canada) had a tough time in his Cologne debut appearance: against Gilles Simon (France), he struggled in the first set and had no chance. After his second set comeback in this second round match, he felt to be back on track, but he acted too nervous, complained about the hawk-eye electronic linesman system instead of focusing on his game. Thus, he gave an too easy task to his opponent, who is ranked 46 spots behind him in the ATP ranking.

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Korpiklaani – Jylhä

Since I ran into the music of Korpiklaani at a Lordi gig in Helsinki, I am really a fan of ...
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Accept – Too Mean To Die

Covid-19 has some weird impacts: as a major German pressing plant had to reduce operation due to the pandemic, a ...
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Michael Schenker Group – Immortal

Happy Birthday, Michael Schenker - some three weeks after the German rock legend turned 65 years, he is back with ...
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Tragedian – Seven Dimensions

Even though Tragedian is a Hamburg-based project, their members come from quite some parts of Europe. I got to have ...
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Wig Wam – Never Say Die

There is not just Lordi and their Hard Rock Hallelujah - also some other bands who love the harder guitar sounds made ...
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Bashdown – Pushing the Envelope

After they got quite some good critics for their debut album, the German metal / hardcore band Bashdown starts 2021 ...
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John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – American Amadeus

Hair Metal - the fusion of pop and metal is a genre for some quite strange - but successful - ...
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Majestica – A Christmas Carol

I love A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Though I am especially favoring the Muppets movie version, I was absolutely fond ...
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Sodom – Genesis XIX

Sodom is one of the finest names for Thrash Metal made in Germany. The band is already having a 38 ...
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AC/DC – Power Up

When AC/DC updated their social media accounts with the Power Up album logo marketing, this felt like small hard rock sensation ...
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Orianthi – O

Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...
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Averlanche – Life’s Phenomenon

If you are thinking about moving to Finland, but feel afraid of the (indeed strange) language - maybe it is ...
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Solstafir – Endless Twilight of Codependent Love

Iceland - one of the most painful experiences this year for me. I already had booked a trip to the ...
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Paradise in Flames – Devil’s Collection

Paradise in Flames are a Death Metal / Black Metal band from Brazil. Even though they already exist since 2002, ...
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The Struts – Strange Days

Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...
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Benediction – Scriptures

Benediction are quite a big name in the Death Metal scene. The British, however, haven't released any album since twelve ...
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Artificial Eden – Artificial Eden

The Flyctory.com week before 16th October 2020 will be quite packed with rock and metal albums. There will be two ...
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Ace Frehley – Origins Vol. 2

When a Rock'n'Rock Hall of Famer (which he was inducted to in 2014 as original KISS member) is releasing a ...
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Thundermother – Heat Wave

Four girls and hard rock? Thundermother is definitely a cool bunch of ladies. On 31st July 2020, they released the ...
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U.D.O. & The German Armed Forces Concert Band – We Are One

When I read about the collaboration, I knew I just had to do a review of this project: one of ...
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Beyond the Black – Horizons

Beyond The Black got some additional focus in Germany when their lead singer Jennifer Haben joined the popular TV format Sing ...
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Asking Alexandria – Like a House on Fire

Three years after their previous album, Asking Alexandria released another studio album, Like A House on Fire, on 15th May 2020. The ...
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Paradise Lost – Obsidian

From time to time, Flyctory.com needs to care about the dark tunes in music as well. The British Gothic Metal ...
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Axel Rudi Pell – Sign of The Times

60 years of Axel Rudi Pell - one of the big names in the German metal scene is celebrating this ...
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Nightwish – Human :||: Nature

Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the ...
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Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting

It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...
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Gotthard – #13 (Album Review)

The Swiss band Gotthard is something like their nation's national monument in the Hard Rock genre. They publish music since the ...
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Böhse Onkelz – Böhse Onkelz (2020 Album)

Time for some discussions in the German music scene - the Böhse Onkelz released their 17th studio album on 28th ...
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Ozzy Osbourne – Ordinary Man

Likely, being an Ordinary Man is one of the attributes you would least assign to Ozzy Ozbourne spontaneously. Nevertheless, the former Black Sabbath ...
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Seven Spires – Emerald Seas

I happened to run into the front lady of the Seven Spires, Adrienne Cowan, when Tobias Sammet chose her as ...
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Sepultura – Quadra

Sepuiltura are true Heavy Metal legends - with Quadra, the Brazilians already released their 15th studio album, 24 years after their ...
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Richie Kotzen – 50 for 50

What does a musician give himself best as a birthday present? Richie Kotzen went for a new album on 3rd ...
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Lordi – Killection

Athens, Greece, 20th May 2006 - a day that did not only change my life, but the life of a ...
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Kirk Windstein – Dream In Motion

24th January 2020 felt to be the "Metal Heroes do solo album" day of the year. Shortly after I had ...
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Marko Hietala – Pyre Of The Black Heart

The majority of the music community likely knows Marko Hietala as the bassist of Nightwish. In 2019, he released his debut ...
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Skull Koraptor – Chaos Station

Due to my contacts to the Greek metal scene, which really seems to have a lot of musical talents, I ...
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Shadowmass – Shadowmass (Album Review)

Due to my contact to a Greek metal music promotion agency, I ran into another Greek metal album. The band ...
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Project Renegade – Order of The Minus

Project Renegade are the first Greek act I am reviewing on Flyctory.com. The metal quartet present their debut album Order Of ...
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Lacuna Coil – Black Anima

There is not just Vivaldi and Pavarotti - Italy also has quite a strong Metal scene. One of the key ...
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Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules

If you record songs like Death to All But Metal or Bukkake Tears and you do it good, you may make it big ...
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Black Star Riders – Another State of Grace

I saw the Black Star Rides some years ago as a support act of Def Leppard and Whitesnake on their ...
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Tarja – In the Raw

Tarja Turunen - the Finnish Opera and metal voice became a legend with Nightwish. After the split from her band ...
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Hammerfall – Dominion

Sometimes, Flyctory.com is covering quite a range of topics within one day: while I started the day with the review ...
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Avantasia – Moonglow (Album Review)

Avantasia, one of the most successful German music projects, released their seventh album (eighth, if you count in a live ...
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Doro – Forever Warriors // Forever United (Album Review)

Doro Pesch is back - before she will tour in late 2018/early 2019, she just released a double album: while ...
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