by Ego Kill Talent - The Dance Between Extremes
4.5
Flyctory.com Pros
- Versatile songs
- Very nice and entertaining lyrics
Brazilian music is much more than samba. The rock and metal scene has quite some bands which made it big on the global level. The prime guitar slashers are likely Sepultura (see their 2020 album Quadra on Flyctory.com), but Ego Kill Talent already built quite a fanbase outside their home country. On 19th March 2021, they will release the album The Dance Between Extremes. It is just their second album so far.
Ego Kill Talent – About The Artists
Ego Kill Talent are a Brazilian rock band from Sao Paolo. The band has been found in 2014. Since then, only one member (Estevan Romera) has left the band. The current band members are Jonathan Correa, Theo van der Loo, Niper Boaventura, Raphael Miranda and Jean Dolabella. Dellabella has hammered the Sepultura drumheads for some five years in the past. So far, the Brazilians have just released one album, which was self-titled and has been released in 2017. However, there are also four Ego Kills Talent EPs (three studio, one live EP).
Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes – Track by Track
The twelve track album lasts 49 minutes.
1. NOW!
I’m craving for something to fill up my time
We should be scared of the illusion of living here forever
The fantasy of future ruins the real life
Without any hints of what comes next, I lost my life
How come we never see the beauty of now, now?
How come we never care about it?
After this some one minute intro (where you rather feel you must have turned down the volume of your am, the Brazilians suddenly increase the power. I like the repeating guitar riffs and powerful drum play. Nice starter of the album.
2. The Call
The Call is a bit of a more sedated sound. Again the guitars do their jobs and repeat the chords in a catchy, but not annoying way. The chorus is very easy to get into as well. Cool track.
3. Lifeporn
I want to keep it alive
The more you see
The more I hide
Life is fun and I’m bright
Please tell me that you buy it!
Ego Kill Talent really create a smooth and easy path to get into their songs’ stories. Lifeporn in a lovely example, how the song is developing towards the chorus – which you just cannot get out of your head. Some powerful hammering guitar riffs and we got a good rock song. Lifeporn almost comes in two parts with a very slow and quiet bridge in the middle, though.
4. Deliverance
Fun fact: Like the two songs before, the word deliverance does not at all appear in lyrics of this song. The fourth track of the album lovely works with vocals in parallel at different levels. This almost leads to a choir touch.
5. Silence
In Silence, I would rather say that the verses are the more striking parts. Especially the pre-chorus is full of echo, so that you rather feel like being in a pop song. Luckily, the hard guitar sounds at the beginning of the chorus tell your neck to move your skull rhythmically.
6. In Your Dreams Tonight
In case these guys are aiming to be hired for some more festivals during the summer season, that’s a good argument to book them! Even if you had some beer already, you should have that song in heart after the second or third chorus and the song comes with a duration of almost five minutes. That’s what you call a stadium rocker.
7. Sin and Saints
Shit!
We dance with both
As we dance we learn to let it go off us and them
Of right or wrong
Will you turn around?
Sin and Saints is groovy with an Americana touch in the verses, while the chorus feels quite similar to most other songs of the album. The song is melodically one of the best ones of The Dance Between Extremes. The core of this song is definitely the middle part, though. Cool song.
8. Starving Drones (A Dinner Talk)
Starving Drones is a powerful song, which is maybe having the strongest alternative metal and even metalcore touch of all songs. However, the song has some tempo changes – so that there is likely a section of Starving Drones for any listener.
9. Our Song
Instead of banging your head to the guitar riffs, Our Song almost starts kitschy and rather makes you sway from left to right. Not that much my favorite – overall, it might have mainstream radio quality as it is rather a pop track than a rocker.
10. Diamonds and Landmines
Diamonds and Landmines has already been released on 11th May 2018, so it might be quite familiar to Ego Kill Talent fans. When I listened to it for the first time, I was rather disappointed – but the second and third listen made me dive deeper into the song -and it became one of my favorites.
11. Beautiful
Beautiful sounds like international top class rock entertainment. It has a touch of The Foo Fighters to me – at least to one of their better songs. Three enjoyable rock minutes.
12. The Reason
The Reason is a bit slower than the tracks before. Like a farewell song. Ego Kill Talent can do this kind of tunes as well. Nice finish.
Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes – Spotify
Here is The Dance Between Extremes on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6y3vabUzMK3FpM3mWjIA9U?si=nyI5kEdXRLqJBxSNdZ2yew
Ego Kill Talent – The Dance Between Extremes – My View
Brazil is more than samba – and more than Sepultura. For example, Brazil is Ego Kill Talent as well. And Ego Kill Talent does a lot of fun, like samba. At least if you regard The Dance Between Extremes. Even though the songs somehow have a similar structure, but you don’t really get bored. The songs are versatile, the stories are different and entertaining. The band members do their job in an absolutely solid way. There is nothing bad I can say about these twelve songs – and a lot of good things. The whole story short: this one is a really good album. Enjoy!
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Some country from Germany: just in the week I did the second edition of my German Songs Country Music Picks, ...
Gary Kemp – INSOLO
Gary Kemp is to me one of these "I am sure I know this guy, but I don't know from ...
The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds
During the last weeks, I had a couple of bands and acts who released a new album after some decade ...
Buckcherry – Hellbound
Cool hard rock with Californian roots: via promotion agencies, I ran into Hellbound by the band Buckcherry. The band is ...
Razz – Might Delete Later EP
The sound of Razz feels very international - but in fact they are from the Emsland, a Northwest region in ...
Karlie Apriori – Seelenpassagier EP
I ran into the music of the German singer-songwriter Karlie Apriori, when I checked for 11th June 2021 releases. The ...
Joe Bonamassa – Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman
I am typically not too much into live album and Greatest Hits compilations. I love to listen to them - ...
Black River Delta – Shakin’
The Swedish band Black River Delta is doing a very interesting mix of genres between rock and blues. They already ...
SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen – SILVER LAKE by Esa Holopainen
Covid-19 felt to be a good opportunity for Esa Holopainen to go solo. Instead of releasing new stuff with Amorphis, ...
Blackberry Smoke – You Hear Georgia
Blackberry Smoke do a mixture of country music and Southern rock. They gained quite some popularity in the USA, but ...
Pop Evil – Versatile
Pop Evil are definitely in the top spheres of the US hard rock scene. Their album regularly hit upper rankings ...
Kicker Dibs – Vagabund
From a school band to a flat share and finally their debut album - this is a very short wrap-up ...
Levara – Levara
A new release on 14th May 2021 - the California project Levara debut with their self-titled album. I got in ...
The Steel Woods – All Of Your Stones
I am not a musician, but I guess releasing a new album is one of these big moment in a ...
Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 8
Sing meinen Song ("Sing My Song") is definitely one of my favorite German TV music shows. A group of music artist ...
Durch & Durch – Nice Aber Nutzlos
It can't be too bad to have a smile in these times, can it? When I ran into the German ...
Robert John Hope – Plasticine Heart
When I listened to Robert John Hope's solo album debut Plasticine Heart, I felt that I should definitely share these ...
Fury in the Slaughterhouse – now
Fury in the Slaughterhouse were indeed a very successful German rock act, especially in the 1990's. They have definitely been ...
Adrian Smith & Richie Kotzen – Smith / Kotzen
Mr. Big meets Iron Maiden - or at least one member each of their former lineups. On 26th March 2021, ...
The Dust Coda – Mojo Skyline
A band who wants to keep rock'n'roll alive - these kind of artists are always very welcome on Flyctory.com. When ...
Blutengel – Fountain of Destiny
Alphaville, Ultravox and Mike & The Mechanics on one album? Okay, I have to give in that neither of the ...
Chez Kane – Chez Kane
A young female British rock artist, born in the 1990's, who states that she loves 1980's rock? Feels like a ...
Pete Murray – The Night EP
Interesting music from Australia: one of the new releases as of 5th March 2021 I ran into is The Night, the ...
Nino de Angelo – Gesegnet und Verflucht
Nino de Angelo is one of my favorite German artists. I will definitely tell you about a very special concert ...
Alice Cooper – Detroit Stories
Alice Cooper is truly a rock music legend. On 26th February 2021, he released his 21st album Detroit Stories. I have ...
Tobacco Rd Band – Worth Fighting For
The Tobacco Rd Band are known for their powerful country rock sound and inspiring love songs. On 12th February 2021, ...
Sonor Teutonicus – Morgenrot
Apart from global mainstream sounds, there are some genres, which have a quite local popularity. The German Schlager is one ...
The Dead Daisies – Holy Ground
The Dead Daisies are a very interesting band, which has been founded in the Southern Hemisphere in Australia and New ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – J.T.
Steve Earle is indeed a productive musical artist: just some eight months after his amazing concept album Ghosts of West Virginia, ...
Miley Cyrus – Plastic Hearts
Miley Cyrus is simply a music superstar and talented in multiple genres. Thus, new Miley Cyrus albums are always exciting ...
Orianthi – O
Australian weekend on Flyctory.com: after I already reviewed the albums by Kylie Minogue and Caitlyn Shadbolt, the third release from ...
Joe Bonamassa – Royal Tea
Joe Bonamassa meets Abbey Road studios? This definitely sounds like an interesting co-production of two legendary parts of music history! ...
The Struts – Strange Days
Even despite their first two albums had rather average success, The Struts gained a lot of reputation in Great Britain ...
Saltatio Mortis – Für Immer Frei
From street music to the tops of the German charts - Saltatio Mortis have taken the very tough route to ...
Kelsy Karter – Missing Person
If one of your songs is streamed more than three million times on Spotify (even though driven by an excellent ...
The Nude Party – Midnight Manor
A band which has been named based on their nudist colony background feels to be a promising basis for a ...
Kansas – The Absence of Presence
Whenever big names of the music business release new music, there are two scenarios: they either still do great music ...
Donna Missal – Lighter
While scanning the album releases as of 10th July 2020, I ran into Lighter by Donna Missal. I have to admit ...
Bob Dylan – Rough and Rowdy Ways
Not just due to being the only popular music artist who ever received the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bob Dylan ...
Steve Earle & The Dukes – Ghosts of West Virginia
Steve Earle is definitely one of the big names in music in general. The country and folk artist had very ...
Dramarama – Color TV
If you are running out of albums to be reviewed as so many releases are postponed due to Covid-19, this ...
Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting
It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani's career in one fact. Over ten million ...
Heinz Rudolf Kunze – Der Wahrheit die Ehre
Heinz Rudolf Kunze is one of the biggest songwriters and rock musicians in Germany. Already in the 1980s, he had ...
Richard Marx – Limitless
It was 1989 when Richard Marx was Right Here Waiting For You and gave a musical promise of love which touched ...
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 ...
DeWolff – Tascam Tapes
10th January 2020 had a couple of interesting album releases. DeWolff from the Netherlands are playing an interesting mix of ...
All “classic” blog posts
No reviews – just debating and certain topics – these are my “traditional” blog posts in the categories Just blogging, Just blogging on music and Sports Blogging:
After the Intermediate Report has been released – My Thoughts About the Air India 171 Incident
It is more than a month ago since we all had a certain focus on Ahmedabad in India. Air India ...
Flyctory.com Introduces the Featured Athletes – here is my first selection
The Featured Artists - musicians, which are in special focus and also get a little more service and attention from ...
Flyctory.com Turned Off the Ads – Time for some Transformation
At least I did not get any messages or other reactions about it - so I am not sure whether ...
The Most Airports by Country I Have Flown To
I had the idea to this post when I sat in the American Airlines Admirals Club at Pittsburgh Airport (PIT), ...
Festivals and Open Airs – I Am Looking Forward to Summer 2025
Summer time is festival time. As there are more and more interesting shows coming up, I felt that it might ...
Food I Had Onboard XXII (February 2025 – March 2025)
22 - a repdigit and thus a small anniversary in my Food I Had Onboard series. I have to admit that some ...
CMA Fest 2025 Lineup Announced – My Guide to the Festival
It calls itself The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience and there is indeed likely no festival of that genre somewhere ...
My Loyalty Portfolio 2025
After I shared my loyalty portfolio thoughts in March 2024 with you, it is time for an update. Especially the ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin 2025 – Splitter and Reprise
Country To Country 2025 in Berlin is in the books. Three days and the kick-off Bluebird Cafe session are over ...
My Country To Country Berlin 2025 Preview
In exactly two weeks, on 6th March 2025, Country To Country (C2C) Berlin is kicking off with the The Bluebird ...
Let’s Praise Modern German Country Music – My Artist Overview
I recently forgot a name of a German country artist and had to google it. I started typically by looking ...
Food I Had Onboard XXI (January 2024 – early February 2024)
With my recent mileage run and the trip to the World Floorball Championship Qualifications in Italy, I had quite a ...
The Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists – My Favorite Artists
It all started in August 2019 - and it has become a key delivery of Flyctory.com since then. The Country ...
Food I Had Onboard XX (November 2024 – early January 2025)
While quite a lot of traveling is ahead of me during the next weeks, November and December 2024 was rather ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2024
has come to an end - and my Best of posting is the one which is "traditionally" concluding the year. The ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2024
Time to look back to the Flyctory.com year of music, part 2. In my 30th December 2024 posting, I am ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2024
The first one of my Best of postings at the end of the year is always reserved for looking back to my ...
2024 – My Year in Travel
Like I did in 2023, I will kick off my looking back to the year 2024 with some travel facts ...
Looking Forward To 2025 – My Highlights of The Next Year
is coming to an end, and my series of year-end reviews are already in the making. I felt to do ...
4,000 Postings on Flyctory.com – Time to have a look back
Last Thursday has been a very special moment in the history of my blog Flyctory.com. I a sure most of ...
Bye-Bye Lufthansa – my last Senator Anniversary
Exactly eight years ago, I flew SAS Scandinavian flight SK 626 from Dusseldorf (DUS) to Copenhagen (CPH). Not a really ...
Food I Had Onboard XIX (October 2024)
While my 18th edition of the Food I Had Onboard just came with a limited number of trips rather widely ...
Rock of Ages – 2025 International Dates of the Musical
Another year, another time for Rock of Ages. Similar to the previous years, I disclose some of the international dates I ...
Food I Had Onboard XVIII (end July to mid September 2024)
I did not have that much traveling during the last weeks - but as some major trips are ahead, I ...
“Goldenes Oval” Opening Meeting – Opening Ceremony (Dresden, 30th August 2024)
After I already introduced you to the track events and the field events of the athletics meeting of the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion ...
Paris 2024 Olympics – My Tops and Flops
After I did a review by sports of the 2020/21 Toyko Summer Olympic Games, I have been at the 2024 ...
The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2024 Paris Olympics
I did this kind of posting for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games as well as for the 2020/21 Tokyo Summer ...
Food I Had Onboard XVII (mid-May to mid-July 2024)
Oh, I traveled too much the last weeks again. Time for another Food I Had Onboard posting - this time also featuring ...
International Tennis Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Induction
The highlight of my trip to the Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 was of course the Saturday evening ceremony ...
International Tennis Hall of Fame – 2024 Inductees Press Conference
The big moment is coming closer. On Thursday, 18th July 2024, the three inductees into the International Tennis Hall of ...
Infosys Hall of Fame Open 2024 – A Week of Tennis, Indian Celebrations, and a Farewell
A very special week lies ahead of me. On Saturday, I will fly over to Boston and drive on to ...
NHL Schedule 2024-25 – My Suggested Trips
The same procedure as every year. The day when the NHL is releasing their match schedule for the upcoming season ...
Rock of Ages – Which song is better? Original or Musical Version?
I recently completed the 100th show of the musical Rock of Ages, while traveling to Munich for that reason. The musical ...
Food I Had Onboard XVI (mid-April to mid-May 2024)
I had quite a lot of travel in recent times - so there is time for a new Food I Had ...
WFC 2024 in Lahti – Splitter, Stats, & 3×3 Thoughts
Wow, what an intense week. Flyctory.com felt like my former sports project, sport-live.net, the last ten days. So many match ...
The NY Sightseeing Pass or the New York Pass by Go City – Which One is better?
The still rather cheap flight prices from Europe to New York City are tempting. However, if you book too early, ...
The Debut – Just One Week Until the 3×3 World Floorball Championships in Lahti
In a short amount of time small field floorball boosted from a hobby and youth version of the sports to ...
My Preview to the Under 19 Girls World Floorball Championships in Lahti
I'm back! After having skipped quite a few ones, due to physical and mental reasons, I am about to fly ...
Flyctory.com Is Introducing “Featured Clubs” – Sports Teams & Federations in Focus
Since a couple of years, I have a group of so-called Featured Artists - musicians, which are in a special ...
Food I Had Onboard XV (March 2024 – early April 2024)
In my fifteenth edition of my Food I Had Onboard posting series, I have a quhttps://flyctory.com/tag/deutschebahn/ite nice range of flight and ...
My 15 Favorite Hotels I Have Stayed in… So Far
At the time when I started writing this posting in early March 2024, Flyctory.com already featured reviews of over 320 ...
My Loyalty Program Portfolio 2024
In early April 2023, I gave you an insight into my loyalty program strategy for 2023. The posting Thumbs up ...
Food I Had Onboard XIV (January 2024 – early March 2024)
France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia - I am just coming back from a massive aviation trip, which is the ...
The Renewed Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists
The seizure of operation by Everynoise.com made it necessary to reform my country music playlists. I already mentioned this one ...
Andreas Dorau – My Most Favorite Songs and Lines
Andreas Dorau is one of the artists I follow for the longest time in my life. In 1997, just when ...
Food I Had Onboard XIII (End November 2023 – early January 2024)
Happy New Onbaord-Food Year! At least, there is one flight experience from 2024 in this posting already, a Lufthansa Business ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2023
Is it really New Year's Eve already again? The last day of the year? I am posting this one in ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2023
Yeah, I am still more of an album person. I feel that a long-play is still able to tell stories ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2023
It's time to look back to . After I shared my new format My Year in Travel with you the first time, ...
2023 – My Year in Travel
Let's try out something new: in addition to the Best of postings I present you at the end of the year, I ...
Santa’s Soundtrack 2023? Some Christmas Releases This Season
Unfortunately, I could not complete the Country Christmas Playlist this year due to technical issues. However, since the days become ...
The Day Music Neutrality Died (a bit) – Thank You Everynoise.com
When I wanted to work on 8th December 2023, preparing the base data for my two country music playlists, I ...
Food I Had Onboard XII (Late October 2023 – Mid-November 2023)
After my eleventh Food I Had Onboard posting majorly concentrated on two Lufthansa First Class legs between Frankfurt (FRA) and ...
Naughty or Nice? – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2023
And then, it were three. I already shared Christmas songs by country artists twice as a playlist. For the Flyctory.com ...
Country To Country is back in Central Europe – Here are the Main Acts
At the end of September, some miraculous things were happening on the Instagram accounts of the Country To Country Festivals ...
Food I Had Onboard XI (Mid September 2023 – October 2023)
I felt it is a good time to publish my next episode of Food I Had Onboard in this week in ...
The Privilege of the Loo – On Bathroom Distribution in Airplanes
When Swiss International Air Line recently released the seat map of their new Airbus A350 fleet, a real advantage of ...
Rock of Ages – 2024 International Dates of the Musical
It is just mid-year 2023 and I already start working on my 2024 Rock of Ages International Tour list. I am sure ...
Thank You, Rohan Bopanna!
In the life of a sports fan, there are those days you simply remember. Great victories and upsets, huge disappointments, ...
Food I Had Onboard X (July 2023 til early September 2023)
Are we really in the double digits now? I am really happy about my "new" category Food I had Onboard. Also, ...
Praise The Underdogs – I Look Back to the European Soccer Competition Qualifications
Even though I am German, I am not an overwhelming soccer (or, for major parts of the world: football) fan ...
Heart to Heart – Semmel Concerts Introduces the Songwriters Round to Germany
I am surprised that it has never been there before, stated Jackson Dean, one of the four artists, who will ...
Home is where the heart is – My Twelve Favorite Cities of the World
Home is where the heart is - I had the idea to this posting about my favorite cities of the ...
NHL Schedule 2023-24 released – Here are my suggested Trips
Last week, the NHL released their schedule for the 2023-24 season. This typically means a bunch of work to me, ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – Atmosphere & Impressions
After I gave you three postings about the music at the Seepark Biker Days 2023 in Pfullendorf already, it is ...
Seepark Biker Days Pfullendorf 2023 – A Preview
I am not a Harley rider and I will travel to Pfullendorf by rental car. But I am really looking ...
Food I Had Onboard IX (Mid-May 2023 til June 2023)
One more Food I had onboard until I have a full set of ten postings. Hope you also enjoy reading ...
Rock of Ages UK Tour – A Personal Farewell and Thanks
This weekend will be a tough one, a very emotional one for me. After 52 shows with the British production ...
My Traveler’s Thoughts About… Renting a Car and Driving in Iceland
Iceland is definitely one of the countries I love to travel to most. The unique nature, a very interesting culture ...
Food I Had Onboard VIII (April 2023 til Mid-May 2023)
Oops, I did it again. Just within about a month, I feel that I had a nice volume of flights, ...
My Favorite Eurovision Song Contest Songs
I did a bit of an ESC week this week, featuring Guildo Horn's Guildo hat Euch lieb! in my Songs of the Week and ...
Traveling on Iceland’s Ring Road (Reprise)
Eight days of traveling along the Icelandic Ring Road are done. The trip was just intense. My wife and I ...
Travel all Germany for 49 EUR a Month? The New Deutschland Ticket
Using public transport all over Germany for 49 Euro? Sounds like the perfect deal, especially if you are a visitor ...
Rock of Ages Opening Night – Red Carpet Impressions
I have to give in: the red carpet is not my favorite location. Nonetheless, I felt very thankful that after ...
Thumb Up or Down? A Personal View on my Loyalty Program Portfolio
A major part of optimizing your travel portfolio is to determine the loyalty program which suits best to you. Thereby, ...
Food I Had Onboard VII (mid-February 2023 til March 2023)
The last legs of the 2023 Weird Al Yankovic European Tour, Rock of Ages shows, the Pittsburgh Penguins and many ...
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years... And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I ...
Jim “Kimo” West is playing the very first German Weird Al Show tonight – he is back with “Nacht der Gitarren” in Fall
Today is a very special day to me: Weird Al Yankovic is playing is first-ever concert in Germany tonight, at ...
Food I Had Onboard VI (December 2022 til mid-February 2023)
Wow, it's already half a dozen of episodes. This time, I start my Food I Had Onboard posting with two ...
Davis Cup Qualifiers – A Bad Day For (Men’s) Doubles Tennis
If you know me or follow my website, you also know that I might not be the biggest tennis fan ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2022
The last posting of the year - Best Ones 2022 is introducing you to my best experience last years (as ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2022
While the music market is more and more focusing on singles and even writes weird stories like Taylor Swift's "Top ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2022
Since I started working with Flyctory.com, I present you a list of my favorite songs at the end of every ...
How I would love European Flight Compensation Regulation to Change
I recently told you about my very different pandemic and post-pandemic (re)booking experience with different airlines. The level of service ...
Covid-19, Strikes and more – My Flight Rebooking Experience
March 2020 changed my life. Covid-19 temporarily took me quite a bunch of habits, which I felt to be essential ...
Some 2022 new Christmas Song Releases – Good Ones and Weird Ones
Just some ten days left until Christmas. Instead of my typical album preview, I this time go for a preview ...
Food I Had Onboard V (September 2022 til November 2022)
Time for another episode of Food I had onboard. Between September and November 2022, I had some really interesting experiences, ...
Loyalty Programs – Are We Too Committed To Stay Rational?
I recently ran into a very interesting discussion of the German aviation travel channel Frequent Traveler TV. Lars Costen, the ...
Weird Al Yankovic is touring Europe 2023 – Tour Dates and Travel Hints
The 7th November 2022 is one of these days I will hardly forget so quickly. In a Weird Al fan ...
Visiting the Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Sites in 2022
Even though I haven't been overwhelmingly optimistic about success on the sports side of the Indian tennis team at the ...
Steel Guitar Santa is Back – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2022
After I rolled out the Country Christmas Playlist 2021 in late November that year, I am this time a bit ...
Rock of Ages – International Dates of the Musical in 2023
After I gave you an overview of 2022 European appearances of my favorite musical Rock of Ages, I felt to ...
Food I Had Onboard IV (May 2022 til August 2022)
Already the fourth edition of my Food I Had Onboard category. Even though my Covid-19 infection changed quite a lot of ...
NHL Schedule 2022-23 released – Some suggested Icehopping Itineraries
Every year, some time in June or July, I am spending hours and hours looking into flight schedules, checking out ...
The Bergisch Coffee Table (Bergische Kaffeetafel) – A Sweet and Savory Tradition
The Bergisch Coffee Table (Bergische Kaffeetafel) is a traditional meal, somewhere between a brunch and an afternoon tea. And: it ...
European Airports Go Mad – a Morning at Dusseldorf Airport
Early summer 2022. After the Covid-19 crisis feels to have come to a certain end, air travelers all over Europe ...
Food I Had Onboard III (Mar 2022 til April 2022)
After my second posting about Food I Had Onboard in mid March 2022, I had a couple of interesting flight experiences ...
Currently my favorite animal: Leon The Lobster
He was ready to make a few people happy. For one evening. Ready to be the star of a luxurious ...
Food I Had Onboard II (Nov 21 til Mar 2022)
After I got some quite nice feedback about my first Food I Had Onboard posting, I felt to continue this ...
No Business as Usual – but I felt it is right to continue to share the World with you…
I am quite sure I will never forget this 24th February 2022. Like I will know what I did on ...
Beijing 2022 – No Flyctory.com Medal Count, Just Thoughts…
The Winter Olympic Games 2022 are finished. I have to say, I am relieved. It may have been the two ...
Riding the Swan Adventure Pedal Boat in Dubai – A Special Ride and Posting
Especially for tourists, Dubai rather means entertainment, luxury and posh shopping. Thus, having a boat ride in a swan-shaped pedal ...
Rock of Ages – Central European Shows of my Favorite Musical in 2022
Last week only, I had to cancel or rebook four trip due to Covid-19 related reasons. Three of them included ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2021
It is time for the final posting of the years, simply named The Best Ones 2021. After looking into my ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2021
2021 definitely lifted Flyctory.com to another level. The community is steadily increasing - days with less than 2,000 page hits ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2021
Year-end is the time to look back to all the stuff what happened to you. Ideally you rather remind the ...
Some Non-Country Christmas Songs 2021
Christmas is approaching really quick now. While I traditionally do a festive edition of my Country Music Picks, I also ...
My Top 15 Airports Flown – With Some Brief Thoughts
Even though I do have a couple of airport reviews on Flyctory.com, I so far missed a lot of the ...
Ho Ho Ho – The Flyctory.com Country Christmas Playlist 2021
Okay, I give in. In the world of country music, Christmas starts in early September. That's when the first song ...
Food I Had Onboard (Oct 2021 til Nov 2021)
In October 2021, on a flight from Munich (MUC) to Keflavik Airport (KEF), I decided to go for a new ...
The Hits of the Trips – My Summer 2021 in Music
Summer feels to be over - Fall 2021 is coming. Finally, I had much more - and better - trips ...
My Hotel Checklist – Some Services Too Many Overnights are still failing at
This is a posting I am aiming to write since ages somehow. I visited so many hotels - not just ...
Tokyo 2020 – My Thoughts By Sports (… and some more)
The Summer Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo are over. Two weeks of intense sports coverage are lying behind us. Definitely ...
The Flyctory.com-Style Medal Count of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
After the 2018 PyoengChang Olympic Winter Games, I already felt urged to do my very own medal count of the ...
Some weird sports I discovered during Covid-19
Are you currently also fascinated (or disgusted) by the Olympic Games? This posting is about cool sports - even though ...
The Twelve Best Flights Of My Life (… so far)
During the later phases of the Covid-19 lock-downs in Germany, I had the idea to that posting. Maybe just because ...
Music Publications – Does Nowadays The Length Still Matter?
I studied maths. This almost certainly means that I am weird. Or, at least, that I tend to have weird ...
Smooth McGroove – A Very Special Kind of Gaming Music
I got introduced to Smooth McGroove by a friend some half a year ago. At that time, the YouTube music ...
Jan-Marten Block is the German Idol – Some Thoughts After a Strange Season
At first sight, this is rather a blog posting for people outside Germany. At the time of reading, German residents ...
Bricky Trouble over Germany
Covid-19 has influenced our lifestyle in a historic way, indeed. A lot of things we did love to do are ...
Cologne – My Ten Favorite Songs About My Home Town
During a dinner concert in June 2020 of a Cologne local band, Cat Ballou (who will be part of my selection), I ...
(Over) 400 Media Reviews on Flyctory.com – your most popular ones
It started on 27th July 2018 with Talk of This Town by Catherine McGrath. Last weekend, I reached another milestone: with Immortal ...
The Dutch Museumkaart – One Year of Culture and History (almost) for free in the Netherlands
If you are on a city trip, you likely fancy to buy a multi-attraction ticket. There are global companies like ...
Understanding Train Station – A Podcast on Living Abroad and Cultural Differences
I already introduced you to Feli, the German Girl in America, now Feli from Germany, in my Flyctory.com posting about her ...
Dubai – A December 2020 Pandemic Disappointment
I am back. After five days in the United Arab Emirates metropolis, I came back to Germany. My Covid-19 test ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2020
After praising my favorite songs of 2020 and the favorite albums and EPs in 2020, the final posting to do ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Albums / EPs 2020
292 Media Review postings - looking into new music (and a few other) releases was definitely some sort of core ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2020
2020 is about to come to an end - and the last three posting of the years re about to ...
“Zärtliche Chaoten II” – exploring Gran Canaria 32 years later
The critics hated the movie - the cinemas loved it (as it really cashed in a bunch). As a sequel ...
My Ten Favorite Weird Al Yankovic Songs
Weird Al Yankovic is not only one of my most favorite artists, who I follow for some twenty years now ...
My First PCR Test (Centogene Dusseldorf Airport)
While I have a couple of "PCR professionals" in my circle of contacts, it took me until December 2020 until ...
Seven Things I look forward to do in the United States again
In addition to the very personal new Songs of My Life category, I feel like having a bit more blogging contents on ...
Some Christmas Present Ideas for Flyctory.com Music Lovers
Just about one month left until we are facing our very first socially distanced Christmas. Especially after hard times in ...
Hawk-Eye Live – the End of the Tennis Line Judges?
A typical scene at the bett1HULKS tennis tournament during the last two weeks at Cologne's LANXESSarena: Alexander Zverev (who swept ...
The Country Music Week turns Digital
During the last years, October has been one of the big months for European country music fans: being already "traditional" ...
One Year of Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists
Starting Flyctory.com as a travel and sports blog some 30 months ago, I wouldn't have imagined at its beginning how ...
The Big Three of Tennis Men Singles – Unique Dominance?
After Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open 2020, charts like the one by below by the German Data Journalist Felix ...
German Girl in America – YouTube Videos about US-German Differences
2020 is just halfway done - but if I was to choose a German person of the year, regardless whether ...
Nashville, Let the Girls Play – Some Thoughts on Women Country Music
I was originally working on a posting about key challenges that Nashville and the country music industry will face in ...
Olivia Lane – “Living Instead” Podcast about Artists’ Life and More
I absolutely loved to follow Olivia Lane on social media and listen to her music after I happened to run ...
“Lady Antebellum” becomes “Lady A” – My Thoughts
Country music rarely makes it to German media - especially the major US acts, which are typically rather unknown in ...
Lake Constance after the touristic Lockdown – My Experience
Many Germans did it - and I did it as well: travelling again. The Whitsun weekend was not only a ...
Women Soccer Bundesliga is back – But some Girls score in a different Way
They did it: the German Women Soccer Bundesliga (Flyeralarm Frauen-Bundesliga) re-started a few days ago, on 29th May 2020. I ...
Mrs. Greenbird: Strong Crowdfunding Start for New Album
Covid-19 has a huge impact on the music industry. My home town Cologne's local country music heroes, Mrs. Greenbird, were ...
Back To Soccer-Country: Germany
Saturday, 16th May 2020, 15:30 hrs German time. The point in time at which the German Soccer Bundesliga was intended ...
Kenny Foster – His Stories behind “Deep Cuts”
Kenny Foster, one of the Featured Artists of Flyctory.com and one of the most friendly people I met in the ...
Flyctory.com vs. Covid-19 – An unequal battle
A friend of mine recently asked me how the current Covid-19 situation is affecting myself personally and of course also ...
Two new Flyctory.com-managed Playlists on Amazon Music and Spotify
My Country Music Playlists on Amazon Music and Spotify are one of the most popular elements of the Flyctory.com music ...
Made in Bolka – About the Rise of a Floorball Club
Mlada Bolesav - a 44,000 people city in Czech Repiblic, some 65 kilometers Northeast of Prague. Though the city's history ...
My Favorite C2C: Country To Country 2020 Songs
Due to the late cancellation of the C2C festivals in London, Dublin and Glasgow and all the organizational trouble caused ...
Why I feel it makes sense to continue Flyctory.com during the Corona crisis
While I am writing this blog posting, I am sitting in London. The C2C: Country to Country has been cancelled ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 3 (08.03.2020) – Splitter
My third and final issue of stories around the C2C in Berlin - time to finish the days of country ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 2 (07.03.2020) – Splitter
Saturday in Berlin is over. A lot of good music has been played on several stages - but some stories ...
C2C Country To Country Berlin – Day 1 (06.03.2020) – Splitter
The German Country Music Scene is having their highest holidays - The C2C in Berlin started on 6th March 2020 ...
Flyctory.com Best Ones 2019
While I so far made an semi-annual look back in time, the "Very Important Postings", I decided something with my ...
Christmas Songs – Why not Hawaiian Style?
Due to my passion for Weird Al Yankovic, I know Jim "Kimo" West for a couple of years now. Kimo ...
My Favorite Music Albums 2019
I decided to split the "Best music" postings of 2019 into two parts: while I already published my personal Best ...
Flyctory.com – My Favorite Songs 2019
2019 has come to an end - and music has been one of the key topics of Flyctory.com in 2019 ...
No Women WFC 2019 Coverage on Flyctory.com?
You may have visited Flyctory.com the last days hoping to have some coverage of the Neuchatel World Floorball Championships this ...
Flyctory.com – My Postings on a Map
I am constantly aiming to improve your user experience on the website. I always felt that drilling down the list ...
Luke Combs – This One’s For You – The Record-Breaking Album
Usually, I am reviewing albums at the time of release. Luke Combs This One's For You has been released on 2nd ...
Frog Leap – An Amazing Project Back On Tour 2020
Leo Moracchioli sounds very Italian, but in fact, the metal musician and producer is Norwegian citiizen. Despite his Youtube has ...
The Flyctory.com Country Music Playlists – The First Ten Weeks
Some ten weeks weeks ago, I added another feature to Flyctory.com: the Country Music Playlists on Amazon and Spotify allows ...
Country 2 Country 2020 Lineup – My View
During the London Country Music Week, Country 2 Country traditionally presented the lineup for the festival. Every year, fans pray ...
Sound of Nashville Press Event & Logan Mize Concert (11th Sep 2019, Cologne)
Quite surprisingly, there seems to be a quite sudden competition about the promotion and management of country music concerts in ...
Flyctory.com on Spotify and Amazon Music Unlimited
I try to improve Flyctory.com steadily and enlarge your visitor's experience. I felt that there is so much music on ...
A Preview to Country Music Concerts (European Tours)
After my posting in April, which was already speculating about a country music boom in Germany and Central Europe, a ...
Very Important Postings – January to June 2019
June 2019, time for the third semiannual summary of the website. Quite a lot has changed and improved compared to ...
CMA Fest 2019 – My Meet & Greets
During the CMA Fest 2019 in Nashville, I did quite a lot of Meet & Greets. I just felt it ...
Visiting CMA Fest 2019
The beginning of June was a very flattering moment to me. After I got more and more into country music ...
My Favorite CMA Fest Songs 2019
CMA Fest 2019 was just massive to me. So many artists, so many new people - I was just overwhelmed! ...
Christina Taylor & Carolyn Miller – Two Upcoming Country Artists
Facebook, Instagram and all other kinds of internet sources nowadays allow you to (sometimes by chance) find, follow and support ...
CMA Fest 2019 – Fan Events with Cassadee Pope and Jana Kramer
The closer CMA Fest 2019 came, the more I became aware of all the side events, which are not happening ...
Country Music Concert Summer 2019 in Germany – a small Boom?
Country music in Germany has a hard standing. It is still not played in most radio stations - or declared ...
Shallow-ism – One Song in countless Versions
I have to admit that Germany is likely the largest music market, in which the amazing duet "Shallow" of Lady ...
My Favorite Country 2 Country Songs 2019
The beginning of March 2019 was a country music powerhouse to me. The Country 2 Country (C2C) debut in Berlin, ...
European World Floorball Championship Qualification – A Preview
The "Road to Neuchatel 2019" - as only the Swiss team is qualified for their home World Floorball Championships in ...
Entertaining or not? An Inflight Magazine Comparison
You have them on almost every flight. They are located in the seat in front you? The airlines try to ...
Floorball Champions Cup 2019 – A Preview to Gävle
No floorball competition is changing that frequently like the Champions Cup. While previous season, six men and women teams each ...
Very Important Postings – July to December 2018
Another six months have passed - the first full half year of Flyctory.com's existance. After I did the Very Important ...
My Favorite Songs 2018
As blogging on music became a quite frequent category at Flyctory.com, I felt to look back to 2018 and introduce ...
How to buy a Hotel Group Status
Similar to frequent flying, there is a straightforward option to become a status member in all major hotel chains: frequent ...
Davis Cup World Group Playoff 2018 – More complex than ever!
Though I am a huge opponent of the Davis Cup reformations becoming active in 2019, I have to give in ...
Very Important Postings – Flyctory.com’s 1st Half 2018
1st July 2018 - we start counting down the days to christmas already. In this posting I resume about what ...
Flyctory.com’s Introduction on Mileage Pooling
With Miles & More, Lufthansa Group's widely used loyality programme, introducing the concept of Mileage Pooling to their program just ...
Atlanta 1996 – 22 Years later
There have been so many discussions about Rio 2016. Not just about whether the country itself is able to stand ...
Ode to my Superhero – Leander Paes
Tianjin, China. Tennis Davis Cup, one of my most beloved sports competitions. He was intended to be the hero, the ...
My favourite Country 2 Country 2018 songs
As you might have seen in the other blog entries, I have been attending Europe's major country music festival, the ...
My Medal Count Winner 2018: Canada
Yeah, I have to give in: as a German, you just hated when there has been a race with our ...
Why WordPress?
Some of you may ask: Why did I choose Wordpress for this site? First of all, my wife Sarah had ...
