Four girls and hard rock? Thundermother is definitely a cool bunch of ladies. On 31st July 2020, they released the album Heat Wave – already the fourth one in the band history. After the ladies had some success already, I was curious…
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 the most famous German metal acts, U.D.O., collaborated with the German Armed Forces Concert Band (“Musikkorps der Bundeswehr“) for an…
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 meinen Song (“Sing my Song”) in 2019. Just as the 2020 edition of the show is done and a new set…
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 British band, which has quite a wild history between York and Dubai, had some quite good metalcore songs in the…
Paradise Lost – Obsidian
From time to time, Flyctory.com needs to care about the dark tunes in music as well. The British Gothic Metal band Paradise Lost, who is active since the late 1980’s released their 16th album on 15th March 2020. Here are…
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 significant anniversary this June. Before he can have a big or small party, he is starting the celebrations with his…
Nightwish – Human :||: Nature
Nightwish are somehow the undisputed kings of Finnish metal (even though I personally prefer Lordi). Being in the business since the mid 1990’s, they more and more attracted a wide European audience with their symphonic metal. Songs like Wishmaster or The Carpenter gave…
Joe Satriani – Shapeshifting
It is really tough to select the right achievement to describe Joe Satriani’s career in one fact. Over ten million records sold and thus being the best-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time? Fifteen Grammy nominees? Being a guitar instructor…