May 2012
11 posts
Funker Vogt
Funker Vogt is a German electronic music project with an aggressive style, formed by vocalist Jens Kästel and programmer Gerrit Thomas in 1995. Other members of the band are keyboardist/manager Bjorn Bottcher, live guitarist Frank Schweigert and lyricist Kai Schmidt. The name of the band translates from German to English as “Radio Operator Vogt”, this being the surname of a friend of...
VNV Nation
VNV Nation are an English/Irish electronic music band originally from Dublin, Ireland and Essex, England and now based in Hamburg, Germany. They combine elements of electro-industrial, trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM). The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson. The “VNV” in the name stands for Victory not Vengeance, in keeping with the group’s motto,...
Lacrimosa – Lichtjahre
Lacrimosa is a duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany. Originally counted among the bands of the Neue Deutsche Todeskunst genre, Lacrimosa have developed their style more towards powerful metal, but Gothic elements still remain.
Their current musical style mixes gothic rock and heavy metal along...
Sinner
Sinner is one of those bands that has been around in the metal scene for a long time, and whose contributions to the power metal scene are huge. Their latest album One Bullet Left presents us with a more flexible perspective and a different formula that you may expect on a Sinner record. First the line up now consists of three guitar players instead of the regular two, this gave a...