We missed a few good ones in February
There’s still some time before any major releases in March, so I’m actually going to tell you about a few of the other interesting February releases that I missed…
Down Below - Sand In Meiner Hand MCD and Sinfony 23 re-release
Down Below is a relatively new gothic pop-rock band that started out in 2003. After gaining some popularity with their first 2 albums, they entered the 2008 Bundesvision Song Contest with their new single “Sand In Meiner Hand”. It was the band’s first German-language song, everything else they have done so far has been in English. When the contest was held on February 14th, Down Below only came in 3rd place (Subway To Sally won), but nevertheless the new single was released the next day on the 15th. Their latest album, 2007’s Sinfony 23, was also re-released on the same day with “Sand In Meiner Hand” and a few extra remixes added as bonus tracks. You can find the new single either on DownBelow.de or the band’s MySpace page, along with several other songs from Sinfony 23.
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Tobsucht-Reitermania over Wacken & Party.San
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter released a live album on the 1st of February. As the full name suggests, Tobsucht sports footage from the band’s performances at the Wacken Open Air festival and the Party.San festival and is available in 3 versions. There is an audio version with 2 CDs containing 90 minutes of live music, there is a DVD version with 180 minutes of concert footage, and there is a combined version with both of the CDs and the DVD plus a special booklet and packaging. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have 2 songs from this live album on their MySpace page. Check it out if you’re into some crazy thrash metal.
March 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I may have to check out that DAR live album, those guys would probably put on a crazy good live show…
And I think you missed the new Unheilig album as well
March 1st, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Oh, we’re going to have something up maybe tomorrow.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I didn’t miss the news about the Unheilig release, it’s right here
And I think Valtteri will be posting a proper album review of Puppenspiel soon.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:32 am
Ah my bad. I’m going to have to be putting one up on DM.net too soon, but first I need the time/energy to actually sit down and WRITE it!
June 17th, 2008 at 2:32 am
[…] Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, a well-respected German trash metal outfit will release a single titled Der Weg on 27th June. The single features two songs from the upcoming full-lenght release Licht, which doesn’t have a release date yet, and two bonus tracks. The physical CD version of the single published by Nuclear Blast is limited to only 1000 copies, as it was originally planned to only be available via iTunes. Die Apokalyptischen Reiter also released a live DVD earlier this year. […]