Concert Reviews: THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA at John Dee (Oslo, Norway)

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA at John Dee (Oslo, Norway) Sunday, November 11, 2018 by Jorge Patacas   For those who are not yet familiar with this band, it is worth mentioning that it is a side project of Björn “Speed” Strid and David Andersson (vocalist and guitarist of Soilwork, respectively), who while touring with their main band in 2007, they decided to start a group oriented to a completely different sound than what we are used to hear from them. This was the beginning of this journey, and then Sharlee…

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Interview: JINJER

The Ukrainian band Jinjer has just released a new EP called “Micro” which they’re currently promoting across Europe as special guests for the Amorphis/Soilwork co-headlining tour. One of the dates was in Oslo, Norway, so it was a great opportunity to talk with their bass player Eugene Abdiukhanov about their new album, the experience on the Latin American tour, the metal scene in Ukraine and many other interesting topics about life!   RISE!: – The tour has just started a few days ago, how is it going so far? Eugene…

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Concert Reviews: AMORPHIS / SOILWORK / JINJER / NAILED TO OBSCURITY at Rockefeller (Oslo, Norway)

AMORPHIS / SOILWORK / JINJER / NAILED TO OBSCURITY at Rockefeller (Oslo, Norway) Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by Jorge Patacas   Some months ago, Amorphis and Soilwork announced a European co-headlining tour which sounded very exciting since both bands have released new albums recently and they are in a great moment of their careers, so it was a perfect time to see them live. The sixth show of this tour, which also has the great Ukrainian band Jinjer and the Germans Nailed to Obscurity as special guests, was going to…

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Concert Reviews: MONSTER MAGNET at Parkteatret (Oslo, Norway)

MONSTER MAGNET at Parkteatret (Oslo, Norway) Opening act: PUPPY Sunday, January 13, 2019 by Jorge Patacas   Almost twenty-one years have passed since the Monster Magnet breakthrough album “Powertrip” was released and their videos for “Space Lord” or “Powetrip” were in MTV’s rotation when it was actually a music channel. Times have changed a lot since the end of the 90’s, but the group hailing from New Jesey which has the vocalist/guitarist Dave Wyndorf as the remaining original member, has managed to be active for thirty years now releasing good…

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