Klaudia Weber

FAME: Heavy Metal as museum-material?

2020-08-032020-08-03 Klaudia Weber editorial, FAME, Feature, Finland, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal bands, Finnish Metal Export, Finnish Music, Finnish Music Hall of Fame, Finnish Music Museum, Heavy Metal exhibition, Heavy Metal Museum, Helsinki, Lifestyle, Metal Export, Metal Export exhibition, Museum, Musiikkimuseo, special, travel

In Finland, where Metal is mainstream, you can indeed get surprised. For example during a visit to the National Museum

CD Reviews

Hraun – Black Molten Essence

2020-07-172020-07-23 Klaudia Weber Black Metal, Black Molten Essence, CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Doom Metal, Germany, Goth, Hraun, Review

FDA Records release: 24.4.2020 Hraun are 2 Germans who deliver their debut, channeling the essence of 90s goth , early

Features Interviews Specials

The Finnish Metal Civilization’s dynamic duo

2020-07-072020-07-07 Klaudia Weber A Heavy Metal Civilisation, Cristina Ornellas, documentary, Eicca Toppinen, Film, Finnish Bands, Finnish heavy metal, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal bands, Gas Lipstick, Interview, interviews, Lauri Porra, Maila-Kaarina Rantanen, Marco Hietala, music documentary

All those who are interested in Finnish Heavy Metal and how it developed – this is the film for you:

CD Reviews

Stråle – Bourbon Souls

2020-07-032020-07-23 Klaudia Weber Alternative Metal, Bourbon Souls, CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Finland, Finnish Band, Finnish Bands, Finnish Metal, metal, Review, Stråle

FDA Records already released WOW, that’s how I like my Alternative Metal: Strååling is an impressive opener, those Finns indeed

CD Reviews

Profanator – Fallen

2020-06-302020-07-23 Klaudia Weber CD, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Fallen, metal, Mexican band, Mexican Metal band, Mexico, Profanator, Review, Thrash Metal

FDA Records released 2020 Those Mexicans don’t take prisoners on their 4th album: Brutal, straight forward and full speed –

CD Reviews

IA – InitIAtion

2020-06-252020-06-25 Klaudia Weber CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Finland, Finnish Band, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal Band, Heavy Metal, IA, InitIAtion, metal, Progressive, Review, Shamanic Metal

IAternal Records Release: June 26, 2020 What on earth is Shamanic Metal? Well, according to Helsinki-based band IA, it’s a

Editorial

Net-activism: Where are the Metalheads?

2020-06-222020-06-22 Klaudia Weber activism, art and politics, editorial, Headbangers, K-Pop, K-Pop fans, Metalhead, metalheads, net-activism, outlaws, political activism, Teenager, Tik-Tok, TikTok, TikTok Teens

Brilliant and subversive activism, which also involved K-Pop fans (see e.g. here https://www.motherjones.com/2020-elections/2020/06/k-pop-stans-tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally-campaign/ ) and it’s also a powerful statement

CD Reviews

Re-Armed – Ignis Aeternum

2020-06-112020-06-11 Klaudia Weber CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Finland, Finnish Bands, Finnish Melodic Metal, Finnish Metal, Finnish Metal bands, Ignis Aeternum, Re-Armed, Review

Black Lion Records Release: 5 June 2020 Re-Armed from Kerava, Finland, can soon celebrate their 20-year band anniversary. Right from

CD Reviews

Sinishtra – The Broad And Beaten Way

2020-06-102020-06-11 Klaudia Weber Amorphis, CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, Finland, Finnish Band, Finnish Bands, Progressive Rock, Review, Rock, Sinishtra, The Broad And Beaten Way, Tomi Joutsen

Rockshots Records release: 15 May 2020 SINISTHRA from Finland have been around since 1999. (The name SINISTHRA derives from

CD Reviews

FB1964 – Dreams & Nightmares

2020-06-102020-06-10 Klaudia Weber Anneke van Giersbergen, Becky Gaber, Bobby „Blitz“ Ellsworth, CD, CD Besprechung, CD Kritik, CD Review, CD Rezension, charity CD, charity project, Chris Boltendahl, Dreams & Nightmares, FB1964, Germany, Jeff Loomis, Liv Jagrell, metal, Review, Ronnie Romero, Sophie Lloyd

Bornkamp Records / Guma Records March 2020 Saving the rain forest with Metal? That’s possible – thanks to FB1964 who

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