Beste albums ooit:

Ontdekking van het jaar:
Regina Spektor

Eerste concert:
Geen idee

Beste concert ooit:
Iron Maiden op Waldrock 2003, op de voet gevolgd door hun optreden op Dynamo 2000.

Ard

Naam: Ard Meijer

Functie: Reviewer

Beste albums van 2009:
1 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2 Propagandhi - Supporting Caste
3 Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
4 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
5 My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire
6 Baroness - Blue Record
7 Megadeth - Endgame
8 Hatebreed - Hatebreed
9 Funeral Mist - Maranatha
10 Europe - Last Look At Eden

(Her)ontdekkingen van 2009:
- Furious Styles
- Funeral Mist
- Europe
- Baroness

Mijn favo albums van 2010:
- To be revealed

Hoogtepunten/dieptepunten in metalland 2009:
- To be revealed

Eerste concert:
1989: Pestilence in No Neem (jongerencentrum) te Hardenberg

Beste concerten ooit:
- Sepultura, Hedon Zwolle 1990
- Gods Of Grind tour: Entombed, Carcass, Cathedral & Confessor 4 April 1992 te Bergum
- Faith No More & Napalm Death 20 November 1992 Rijnhal te Arnhem
- Suicidal Tendencies & Biohazard tijdens Dynamo Open Air Eindhoven 29 Mei 1993
- D.R.I. in Hedon Zwolle in 1993
- Sick Of It All, CIV en H2O 1995 augustus Paradiso Amsterdam
- Primus & Korn op 19 September 1995 Noorderligt Tilburg
- Lacuna Coil & Iron Maiden op Waldrock 21 Juni 2003
- Beastie Boys HmH te Amsterdam op 14 December 2004
- Killing Joke, Oosterpoort te Groningen op zondag 2 Oktober 2005
- Tool 27 Juni 2006 HMH te Amsterdam
- Bad Brains 11 Oktober 2007 Paradiso Amsterdam (niet het beste concert, wel memorabel)

Favoriete albums:
- D.R.I. - Dealing with it, Dirty Rotten LP, 4 Of A Kind, Crossover
- Sick Of It All - Just Look Around & Death To Tyrants
- Bad Religion - Generator
- Pennywise - Pennywise
- Slayer - Reign In Blood
- Napalm Death - From Enslavement To Obliteration
- System Of A Down - Mesmerize & Toxicity
- Radiohead - The Bends & In Rainbows
- U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Deftones - Around The Fur
- Mucky Pup - Can't You Take A Joke & Boy In A Man's World
- Faith No More - Angel Dust
- Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
- Bad Brains - I against I & Rock For Light
- Ramones - Ramones
- Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden & Piece Of Mind & The Number Of The Beast
- Killing Joke - Killing Joke 1980 & 2003 + Fire Dances
- Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
- Beastie Boys - Check Your Head & Ill Communication
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mothers Milk & Californication
- SNFU - THe One Most Likely To Succeed
- Beatles - Alles
- Wolfmother - Wolfmother
- Primus - Frizzle Fry, Pork Soda & Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
- Terrorizer - World Downfall
- Mordred - In This Life
- Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
- 311 - From Chaos & Transistor
- Agnostic Front - One Voice & Last Warning
- Backfire - Choose My Own Path (EP)
- Carnivore - Retaliation
- Coldplay - Viva La Vida & A Rush Of Blood
- Beowülf - 2c
- Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
- NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs And A Bean
- Biohazard - Urban Discipline
- Metallica - Kill 'm All
- Accept - Restless And Wild
- Murphy's Law - Back With A Bong
- Ignite - A Place Called Home
- Nuclear Assault - Survive
- Propagandhi - How To Clean Everything
- Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
- Paris - Sleeping With The Enemy
- Minor Threat - Discography
- Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
- Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Favoriete films:
- Alle Star Wars films, Lord Of The Rings Trilogie, Seven Pounds, The Warriors, Sin City,The Invasion, Malena, Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, 300, Unbreakable, IT, The Matrix Trilogie, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction, Running Scared (2006), Der Untergang, Sleepy Hollow, The Ninth Gate, The Incredibles, Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles, Apocalypto, The International, Avatar, The Fall

Bart

Naam:
Bart

Woonplaats:
Nijmegen

Functie:
Redacteur/reviewer

Beste albums 2009:
1. Anaal Nathrakh - In the Constellation of the Black Widow
2. The Devil's Blood - The Time of No Time Evermore
3. Obscura - Cosmogenesis
4. Behemoth - Evangelion
5. Mastodon - Crack the Skye

Beste concert van 2009:
Sunn O))) in de Arminiuskerk in Rotterdam.

Enkele favoriete albums:
- Opeth - Blackwater Park
- Death in June - Rose Clouds of Holocaust
- Hypocrisy - Abducted
- Camel - (Music Inspired By) The Snow Goose
- Blotted Science - The Machinations of Dementia
- Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
- Haggard - Awaking the Centuries
- Faith No More - Angel Dust
- Burzum - Filosofem
- Sonata Arctica - Silence
- Slayer - Reign in Blood
- Skyforger - Latvieðu Strçlnieki (Latvian Riflemen)
- The Coffinshakers - Dark Wings over Finland

Favoriete boeken:
- Brett Easton Ellis - American Psycho
- George Orwell - 1984
- Jeff Lindsay - Dexter serie

Edo

Naam:
Edo van Beek

Woonplaats:
Tilburg

Functie:
Reviewer

Beste albums van 2009:
1. Delain - April Rain
2. Sepultura - A-Lex
3. Divine Heresy - Bringer Of Plagues
4. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
5. Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague

Beste albums ooit:
After Forever - Decipher
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction/Use Your Illusion I + II
Hatebreed - The Rise Of Brutality
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
In Flames - Come Clarity
Iron Maiden - Brave New World/The Number Of The Beast
Lacuna Coil - In A Reverie
Madball - Legacy
Metallica - Eerste vijf platen
Nightwish - Angels Fall First/Century Child
Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power
Rage Against The Machine - Battle Of Los Angeles
Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface
Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
The Gathering - Mandylion
The Sins Of Thy Beloved - Lake Of Sorrow

Ontdekking van het jaar:
Luna Mortis, Shear

Eerste concert:
Queens Of The Stone Age op Pinkpop (2001)

Beste concerten van 2008:
1. Within Temptation in Ahoy
2. Iced Earth op Graspop
3. Walls Of Jericho in Dynamo
4. Cavalera Conspiracy op Graspop
5. Death Angel in Dynamo
6. Bleeding Through op Graspop
7. Biohazard in 013
8. Twisted Sister op Arrow Rock
9. Uriah Heep op de Zwarte Cross
10. Municipal Waste in 013

Beste concert ooit:
1. Metallica op Rock Am Ring, '03
2. Guns N' Roses in Nijmegen, '06
3. Nightwish in de HMH, '05
4. Evanescence in 013, '03
5. Hatebreed op Graspop, '04
6. Slayer in Ahoy', '04
7. Madball in Dynamo, '05
8. Opeth in 013, '05
9. Biohazard op Dynamo Open Air, '02
10. Savatage in 013, '02

Favoriete film:
The Big Lebowski

Beste boek:
Marilyn Manson - The Long Hard Road Out Of Hell

Erik

Naam:
Erik

Woonplaats:
Assen

Functie:
Reviewer (Black Metal)

Ontdekkingen van het jaar: Nightbringer, Helel, Uncreation's Dawn, Diocletian, C.Y.T en Infestis

Beste albums van 2009, tot dusver:
1. Diocletian - Doom Cult
2. Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
3. Geist - Galeere
4. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
5. Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor
6. Bloodline - Hate Procession
7. The Ruins Of Beverast - Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite
8. Weapon - Drakonian Paradigm
9. Rudra - Brahmavidya: Transcendental I
10. Absu - Absu

Klik op de bandnaam voor de officiële webpagina van de band, of klik op de albumtitel voor de recensie op Metalfan.nl.

Enkele favoriete bands:
Nagelfar, The Ruins Of Beverast, Truppensturm, Graupel, Funeral Procession, Verdunkeln, Lunar Aurora, Funeral Mist, Abusus, Abigor, Darkspace, Marduk, Deathspell Omega, Peste Noire, Asmodee, Portal, Geist, Kermania, Malign, Paragon Impure, S.V.E.S.T., Shining, Inarborat, Genocide, Interitus, Mysticum, Aborym, Necros Christos, Diabolicum.

Beste concerten:
- Rotting Christ, 30 juli 2005; Stonehenge festival 2005
- Vital Remains, 2 oktober 2005; Vera, Groningen
- Glorior Belli, 16 oktober 2005; Baroeg, Rotterdam
- Shining, 19 november 2005; De Gloppe, Leeuwarden
- Paragon Impure, 19 november 2005; De Gloppe, Leeuwarden
- Darkspace, 24 december 2005; GVH, Arnhem
- Secrets Of The Moon, 24 december 2005; GVH, Arnhem
- Sunn O))), 12 maart 2006; Vera, Groningen
- Deströyer 666, 30 maart 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Helrunar, 15 april 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Marduk, 7 mei 2006; Nighttown, Rotterdam
- Lunar Aurora, 9 september 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Truppensturm, 27 oktober 2007; JuZ, Leer (D)
- Necros Christos, 17 mei 2007; GVH, Arnhem
- Funeral Procession, 26 augustus 2007; Haus der Jugend, Neuss (D)
- Graupel, 27 oktober 2007; JuZ, Leer (D)

Gilbert

Functie: Frontpage medewerker

Hans

Naam: Hans

Woonplaats: Breda

Functie: Reviewer

Beste albums van 2008:
1) Journey - Revelation
2) House Of Lords - Come To My Kingdom
3) Highway Chile - Keeper Of The Earth
4) Royal Hunt - Collision Course
5) Mennen - Planet Black
6) Driver - Days Of Thunder
7) Lana Lane - Red Planet Boulevard
8. Expedition: Delta - s/t
9) Starbreaker - Love's Dying Wish
10) Edenbridge - My Earth Dream

Beste albums ooit:
Vengeance- Arabia
Lana Lane – Secrets of astrology
MSG – MSG
UFO-Obsessions
Ayreon - The final experiment
Impellitteri – Stand in line
Epica – The Phantom Agony
Status Quo – Hello
Accept – Restless and wild
Deep Purple – Made in Japan
Dio – The last in line
Helloïse – Polarity
Gary Moore – Corridors of power
Yes – Yessongs
Erik Norlander – Into the sunset
Journey - Revelation

Ontdekking van het jaar:Lost Insanity

Eerste concert: Status Quo (Antwerpen 1978 of zo)

Beste concert ooit:
Vengeance - heel veel tot aan 1998
Lana Lane – De Bosuil, Weert 2004

Beste concert 2008:
MSG, De Nieuwe Pul, Uden 25-10-2008
Wens voor 2009:
Arrow met AC DC en/of Van Halen

Inge

Naam:
Inge

Functie:
Redacteur

Beste albums van 2008 tot dusver:
AC/DC - Black Ice
Evergrey - Torn
Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown
Avantasia - The Scarecrow
Eluveitie - Slania
Korpiklaani - Korven Kuningas
Opeth - Watershed

Ontdekking van 2008:
Battlelore

Een kleine greep uit de beste-platen-collectie:
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Porcupine Tree - Voyage 34
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Thyrfing - Valdr Galga
Windir - 1184
Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
My Dying Bride - The Light At The End Of The World
Turisas - Battle Metal
Pearl Jam - Ten
Metallica - And Justice For All
Rhapsody - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
Summoning - Stronghold
Falkenbach - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty
Darkwater - Calling The Earth To Witness
Månegarm - Dödsfard
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Type O Negative - October Rust
Korpiklaani - Voice Of Wilderness
The Prophecy - Ashes
Opeth - Blackwater Park

Eerste concert:
Slayer en Sepultura

Beste concert van 2008:
Porcupine Tree, 013 Tilburg

Favoriete films:
Rob Roy, LOTR, Curse of the Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pulp Fiction, The Phantom of the Opera, The Name of the Rose, The Fifth Element, Existenz, Avalon, Star Wars, Der Untergang, Requiem for a Dream, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Pride & Prejudice, Ocean's Eleven, The Matrix Trilogy etc.etc.etc.

Favoriete schrijvers:
Raymond E. Feist, Astrid Lindgren, Tonke Dragt, Robert Jordan en David Eddings

Jan

Naam:
Jan

Woonplaats:
Het zonnige Zuiden/Helversum

Functie:
Redacteur

Beste albums van 2007:
1. Primordial - To The Nameless Dead
2. Marduk - Rom 5:12
3. Watain - Sworn To The Dark
4. Volbeat - Rock The Rebel/Metal The Devil
5. Gorefest - Rise To Ruin
6. Swallow The Sun - Hope
7. Lunar Aurora - Andacht
8. Nox - Ixaxaar
9. Paradise Lost - In Requiem
10.Endstille - Endstilles Reich

Beste 10 albums ooit:
1. Slayer - Reign in Blood
2. Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
3. Nagelfar - Virus West
4. Immortal - At the Heart of Winter
5. Metallica - …And Justice for All
6. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
7. Marduk - Plague Angel
8. Alice In Chains - Dirt
9. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
10. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

Ontdekking van het jaar:
Sahg, Swallow The Sun

Eerste concert:
Dynamo 1999.

Beste concert van dit jaar tot nu toe:
Sahg op Wacken
Watain in de 013.

Beste concert ooit:
Primordial op AMM 2007
Slayer op Graspop 2002.
Death Angel in de Effenaar 2004
Hatesphere in het Muziekcafe 2004
Dissection in de Baroeg 2004
Graupel in de Goudvishal 2006

Favoriete film:
Akira, The Godfather, Der Untergang, Schindler's List, Hot Shots 2, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, Goodbye Lenin, The Constant Gardener, Salvador, Invasion USA.

Favoriete boek:
Erich Maria Remarque - Im Westen Nichts Neues.
En voor de rest van alles, vooral geschiedkundig materiaal.

Favoriete tv-serie
Geschiedenisprogramma's, Two And A Half Men, Californication, That 70's Show, Family Guy, Oz, Allo Allo, My Family en zowat elke andere vorm van Engelse komedie.

Jeroen

Naam:
Jeroen

Woonplaats:
Twente

Functies:
Redacteur en Forum Moderator

Dagelijks leven:
Student Journalistiek

Interesses en hobby's:
Muziek, Journalistiek, Politiek, Geschiedenis, 2e Wereldoorlog, Gitaarspelen, Heidendom, Mystiek, Spiritualiteit, Wandelen, Hardlopen, Final Fantasy, Natuur, Monty Python, Cabaret, Films, Documentaires, Kroeg, Vrienden, Concerten etc.

Voornaamste stijlen:
Thrash Metal
Heavy Metal
Progressive Metal
(US) Power Metal
Hard Rock
Death Metal
Technical Metal
Black Metal
Progressive Rock
Symphonic Rock
Kortom, alles wel

Beste 20 albums 2009 tot nu toe
1. Redemption - Snowfall On Judgment Day
2. Porcupine Tree - The Incident
3. Immortal - All Shall Fall
4. Artillery - When Death Comes
5. Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos
6. Drudkh - Microcosmos
7. Nokturnal Mortum - The Voice Of Steel
8. Cirrha Niva - For Moments Never Done
9. Knight Area - Realm Of Shadows
10. Pathosray - Sunless Skies
11. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
12. Sacred Steel - Carnage Victory
13. Crescent Shield - The Stars Of Never Seen
14. Rapidfire - Settle The Score
15. Nitefall - Red Moon Rising
16. IQ - Frequency
17. Anubis Gate - The Detached
18. Shadow Gallery - Digital Ghosts
19. Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs
20. Paradox - Riot Squad

Beste 100 albums ooit:
1. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
2. Metal Church - Metal Church
3. Death - Symbolic
4. Crimson Glory - Transcendence
5. Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
6. Rush - Hold Your Fire
7. Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
8. Savatage - Streets
9. Toxik - Think This
10. Annihilator - Alice in Hell
11. The Kovenant - Animatronic
12. Circus Maximus - Isolate
13. Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
14. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
15. Seventh Wonder - Waiting in the Wings
16. Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
17. Sylvan - Artificial Paradise
18. Cynic - Focus
19. Arena - The Visitor
20. Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture
21. Artillery - By Inheritance
22. Nokturnal Mortum - Ne-Christ
23. Graveland - Creed of Iron
24. Liege Lord - Master Control
25. Y&T - Earthshaker
26. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
27. Opeth - Blackwater Park
28. Emperor - IX Equilibrium
29. Queensryche - The Warning
30. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath
31. Forbidden - Twisted Into Form
32. Atrophy - Violent By Nature
33. Communic - Conspiracy in Mind
34. Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
35. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
36. Helstar - Remnants of War
37. Vicious Rumors - Digital Dictator
38. Heathen - Breaking The Silence
39. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
40. Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
41. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
42. Mekong Delta - Lurking Fear
43. Drudkh - Autumn Aurora
44. Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am
45. Communic - Waves of Visual Decay
46. Agent Steel - Order of the Illuminati
47. Testament - The Legacy
48. Zions Abyss - Tales
49. Helloween - Better than Raw
50. Realm - Endless War

Vanaf hier willekeurige volgorde

51. Testament - The Formation of Damnation
52. Forbidden - Forbidden Evil
53. Pathosray - Pathosray
54. Camel - Stationary Traveller
55. Metallica - Master of Puppets
56. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
57. Death Angel - Act III
58. Heathen - Victims Of Deception
59. Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian
60. Angel Dust - Bleed
61. Opeth - Watershed
62. Gamma Ray - Somewhere out in Space
63. Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope
64. Iron Maiden - The X Factor
65. Deadly Blessing - Ascend from the Cauldron
66. Sabbat - Mourning Has Broken
67. Death - Individual Thought Patterns
68. Textures - Silhouettes
69. Ayreon - The Human Equation
70. Destruction - Eternal Devastation
71. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic Calling
72. Iron Maiden - No Prayer for the Dying
73. Meshuggah - obZen
74. Scanner - Hypertrace
75. Paradox - Electrify
76. Demons & Wizards - Demons & Wizards
77. Iced Earth - The Horror Show
78. Pendragon - Pure
79. Amulance - The Rage Within And The Aftermath
80. Kreator - Coma Of Souls
81. Nasty Savage - Indulgence
82. Sadus - A Vision Of Misery
83. Helstar - Burning Star
84. Warrel Dane - Praises to the War Machine
85. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
86. Flotsamd and Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
87. Defiance - Product Of Society
88. Queensryche - Queensryche
89. Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance
90. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
91. Dark Angel - Darkness Descends
92. Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory
93. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
94. Equilibrium - Sagas
95. Sadus - Elements of Anger
96. Toxik - World Circus
97. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
98. Emperor - Anthems for the Welkin at Dusk
99. Sabbat - Dreamweaver
100.Wicked Maraya - Cycles

Beste nieuws van het jaar 2009 tot nu toe:
Nieuwe Toxik (?), nieuwe Heathen en nieuwe Forbidden platen komen er (nog steeds) aan

Slechtste nieuws van het jaar 2009 tot nu toe:
Overlijden van Martin Bril

Eerste concert:
After Forever en Orphanage in Lucky, Rijssen

Beste concerten van 2008
Death Angel op Waldrock, wat een energie, wat een vuur!
Circus Maximus en Symphony X in de Lantaarn, Hellendoorn.
Flotsam & Jetsam in Zwolle deed ook goede zaken.
Negura Bunget in Hengelo. Sfeertje!
Pagan's Mind in Lucky, Rijssen.

Beste concert ooit:
Riverside in Podium, Hardenberg.
Rush in de Ahoy (2007) adembenemend.
Death Angel op Waldrock 2008

Slechtste concert ooit:
Dimmu Borgir en Soulfly. Beiden op Dynamo Open Air 2004. Wat een drama's.

Favoriete films en docu's:
Shawshank Redemption
Lord of The Rings Trilogy
Sleepy Hollow
House I, II, III, IV
Soldaat van Oranje
Indiana Jones (alle vier)
Back to the Future Trilogy
Star Wars (alle zes, jawel!)
Camp Nowhere (nostalgie)
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Global Metal
Get Thrashed!
The Occult History of the Third Reich
Escape from Sobibor

Beste boeken:
Stephen King - Het
J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of The Rings
W.F. Hermans - De donkere kamer van Damocles
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter
Evert Hartman - Oorlog zonder Vrienden
Thea Beckman - Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek
Dan Brown - Bernini Mysterie

Favoriete tv programma's:
Documentaires over de 2e Wereldoorlog.
De Wereld draait door
Pauw en Witteman
Zembla

Lana

Naam:
Lana

Functie
Reviewer

Beste albums 2009 tot dusver:
1.Funeral Mist - Maranatha
2.Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Floor
3.Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
4.Vomitory - Carnage Euphoria
5. Havok - Being And Nothingness
6. Tribulation - The Horror
7. Inevitalbe End - The Severed Inception
8. IXXI - Elect Darkness
9. Fleshgod apocalypse - Oracle

Top 10 albums 2008 :
1.Weeping Birth - Anosognosic Industry of the I
2.Nepente – Atonements
3.Book Of Black Earth – Horoskopus
4.Darkspace – Darkspace III
5.Genghis Tron – Board Up The House
6.Hooded Menace – Fulfill This Curse
7.Exmortem – Funeral Phantoms
8.Kill The Client – Cleptocracy
9.Hour Of Penance – The Vile Conception
10.Coldworker – Rotten Paradise

Op de voet gevolgd door...
1.Sorgsvart – Vikingtid Og Anarki
2.Sideblast – Flight Of A Moth
3 Origin – Antithesis
4.Heaven Shall Burn – Iconoclast
5.Demogorgon - Christ Is A Lie
6.Belphegor – Bondage Goat Zombie
7.Hail Of Bullets – Of Frost And War
8.The Monolith Deathcult – Trivmvirate
9.Krisiun – Southern Storm
10.Battalion – Welcome To The Warzone
11.Toxocara - The Great Rebellious
12.Rotten Sound – Cycles
13.Lecherous Nocturne – The Age Of Miracles Has Passed
14.Hate Eternal – Fury & Flames
15.Hectic Patterns – Random
16.Beneath The Massacre – Dystopia
17.Incinerate – Anatomize
18.Bloodbath - The Fathomless Mastery
19.Putrefied - Gore-ific
20.Decaying Purity – Phases Of Dimensional Torture
21.Hate – Morphosis
22.Decrepit Birth - Diminishing Between Worlds
23.Crowpath – One With Filth
24.Thorium – Feral Creation
25.Ophiolatry – Transmutation

Eervolle vermelding:
Mr. Hyde - Chronicles Of The Beast Man

Top 10 concerten 2008:
1.Severe Torture – Neurotic Deathfest
2.Immolation – 013
3.Disgorge – Metropool
4.Heaven Shall Burn – Elsrock
5.Goryptic – De Kade
6.Watain – WOA
7.Origin – Neurotic Deathfest
8.Behemoth – Baroeg
9.Hail Of Bullets – BOA
10.Genghis Tron – Doornroosje

Dé ontdekking van 2008:
Genghis Tron

Metalen hoogtepunt 2008:
De zeer sterke albums van eigen deathmetalbodem.

Metalen dieptepunt:
De sluiting van Boudisque in Amsterdam en het diep bedroevende aanbod van Boudisque in Utrecht.

Lennert

Niet meer onze nieuwste reviewer.

favoriete 10 albums:
1. Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
2. Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the other Side
3. Blind Guardian - A Night at the Opera
4. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
5. Manowar - Sign of the Hammer
6. Manowar - Into Glory Ride
7. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
8. Sonata Arctica - Reckoning Night
9. Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell pt 1&2
10. Rainbow - Rising

5 grootste ontdekkingen van 2006:
1. Tyr
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Thunderbolt
4. Astral Doors
5. Zeno

Favoriete films
1. Labyrinth
2. Highlander
3. The Company of Wolves
4. The Passion of the Christ
5. Army of Darkness
6. The Dark Crystal
7. Troll
8. Jesus Christ Superstar (serieus!)
9. Dog Soldiers
10. Dragonslayer

Beste concerten ooit
1. Virgin Steele - Ragnarock 2005, Goes
2. Heidevolk - Baroeg 2004, Rotterdam
3. Conquestador - Metalfanfest 2003, Roosendaal
4. Sonata Arctica - Paradiso 2004, Amsterdam
5. Megadeth - Waldrock 2005
6. Dio - Waldrock 2005
7. After Forever - Paard van Troje 2004, Den Haag
8. Iron Maiden - Ahoy 2003, Rotterdam
9. Agent Steel - Hof ter Loo 2003, Antwerpen
10. Blind Guardian - Biebob 2002, Vosselaer

Slechtste concerten ooit
1. Verderf - Metalfanfest 2003, Roosendaal
2. Infinite Dawn - Baroeg 2005, Rotterdam
3. Ex Tenebris Ressurectum - Grootfeest 2003

Matthijs

Naam:
Matthijs Matser

Woonplaats:
Assen

Functie:
Reviewer

Voornaamste genres:
Hardcore
Metalcore
Nu-Metal
Melodic Death
Stoner
Hardrock
Industrial
Groove Metal
Crossover

Hele mooie muziek
AC/DC, Arch Enemy, Black Sabbath, Johnny Cash, Clutch, Coal Chamber, Dire Straits, Fear Factory, Five Horse Johnson, Finntroll, Hatebreed, Heaven Shall Burn, Lamb of God, Bob Marley, Metallica, Nailbomb, Pantera, Elvis Presley, Queen, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rammstein, Sepultura, Soulfly, Volbeat

Mooie plaatjes:
- Metallica - Master Of Puppets
- Guns 'n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
- Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
- Black Sabbath - Paranoid
- Hatebreed - Rise Of Brutality
- Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine
- Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
- Volbeat - The Strength/The Sound/The Songs
- Sepultura - Roots
- Rammstein - Mutter
- Metallica - Ride The Lightning
- Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
- Lamb Of God - Ashes To The Wake
- Fear Factory - Demanufacture
- Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
- AC/DC - Back In Black
- Sepultura - Chaos A.D
- Lamb Of God - Sacrament
- AC/DC - Highway To Hell
- Five Horse Johnson - The Mystery Spot
- Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
- Manu Chao - Clandestino
- Gabriel Rios - Ghostboy

En nog een godsgruwelijke zooi meer...

De lijst van 2009:
1. Rammstein - Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
2. Sepultura - A-Lex
3. Candlemass - Death Magic Doom
4. Lamb Of God - Wrath
5. Clutch - Strange Cousins From The West
6. Hatebreed - Hatebreed
7. Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos
8. Mastodon - Crack The Skye
9. The Project Hate MCMXCIX - The Lustrate Process
10. Escutcheon - Battle Order

De beginnende lijst van 2010:
1. Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave
2. Fear Factory - Mechanize
3. Black River - Black 'n' Roll

Beste concerten ooit:
Volbeat (Doornroosje, Nijmegen 2007)
Heaven Shall Burn (Rijssen, 2008)
Queen + Paul Rodgers (Ahoy, Rotterdam 2008)
Metallica (Goffertpark, Nijmegen 2009)

Favoriete films: Pulp Fiction, Hotel Rwanda, The Matrix, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Green Mile, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Oceans Eleven, Kill Bill 1 en 2, Jurassic Park.

Nicole

Naam:
Nicole

Woonplaats:
Groningen

Functie:
Reviewer

Beste concerten:
In Extremo, 013 Tilburg
Heidevolk, ergens in Deventer
Tyr en Gernotshagen, Goudvishal Arnhem
Eluveitie, Goudvishal Arnhem
Enslaved en Haggard, Wacken 2007
Therion, Melkweg Amsterdam
Emilie Autumn, Tivoli Utrecht
The Vision Bleak, JC Todo Best

Beste albums ooit:
Cruachan - The Morrigan's Call
Haggard - Eppur Si Muove
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Therion - Secret of the Runes
The Wounded - The Art Of Grief/Atlantic

Beste albums van 2007:
Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom
Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
Gernotshagen - Märe Aus Wäldernen Hallen
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Vintersorg - Solens Rötter

Beste albums van 2008:
Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge
Avantasia - The Scarecrow
Draconian - Turning Season Within
Eluveitie - Slania
Heidevolk - Walhalla Wacht
L'Ame Immortelle - Namenlos
Carach Angren - Lammendam
Hollenthon - Opus Magnum

Nynke

Naam:
Nynke

Woonplaats:
Vries

Functie:
Reviewer (Black Metal)

Beste albums van 2009:
1. Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
2. Diocletian - Doom Cult
3. Peste Noire - Ballade Cuntre Lo Anemi Francor
4. Geist - Galeere
5. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
6. The Ruins Of Beverast - Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite
7. Bloodline - Hate Procession
8. Weapon - Drakonian Paradigm
9. Embrace Of Thorns - Atonement Ritual
10. Ride for Revenge - Wisdom Of The Few

Beste albums van 2008:
1. Lugubrum - Albino De Congo
2. Inarborat -s/t
3. Deathgate Arkanum - Stillhallen
4. Aosoth - s/t
5. Celestial Bloodshed - Cursed, Scarred And Forever Possessed
6. Morbosidad - Profana La Cruz Del Nazareno
7. Darkspace - Dark Space III
8. Arckanum - Antikosmos
9. Nihil Nocturne - Entheogen
10. Neo Inferno 262 - Hacking The Holy Code

Beste albums aller tijden:
The Ruins Of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine
Nagelfar - Hünengrab Im Herbst/Virus West
Tha-Norr - Wolfenzeitalter
Abigor - Channeling The Quintessence Of Satan/Satanized
Finis Gloria Dei - Goat: Father Of The New Flesh
Truppensturm - Fields Of Devastation
Teitanblood - Seven Chalices
Funeral Procession- s/t
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

Beste concerten (op chronologische volgorde):
- Vital Remains, 2 oktober 2005; Vera, Groningen
- Paragon Impure en Shining, 19 november 2005; De Gloppe, Leeuwarden
- Darkspace, 24 december 2005; GVH, Arnhem
- Sunn O))), 12 maart 2006; Vera, Groningen
- Deströyer 666, 30 maart 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Helrunar, 15 april 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Lunar Aurora, 9 september 2006; GVH, Arnhem
- Truppensturm en Necros Christos, 17 mei 2007; GVH, Arnhem
- Funeral Procession, 26 augustus 2007; Haus der Jugend, Neuss (D)
- Truppensturm, Graupel en Funeral Procession, 27 oktober 2007; JuZ, Leer (D)
- Graupel, 18 oktober 2008; Willemeen, Arnhem
- Geist, 9 mei 2009; LOKation, Bad Salzuflen (D)
- Lugubrum en Verdunkeln, 19 september 2009; Halle 101, Speyer (D)

Patrick

Rene

Naam:
René Hartkamp

Woonplaats:
Zwolle

Functie:
Redacteur

Beste albums van 2007
Cornerstone - Two Tales Of One Tomorrow
Ted Nugent - Love Grenade
Helloween - Gambling With The Devil
Megadeth - United Abominations
Pagan's Mind - God's Equation
Saxon - The Inner Sanctum
Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
Primal Fear - New Religion
Hellfueled - Memories In Black
Silent Force - Walk The Earth

Beste albums ooit:
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades
Sonata Arctica - Silence
Rhapsody - Dawn Of Victory
Gamma Ray - Land Of The Free
AC-DC - Back In Black
Deep Purple - Burn

Ontdekkingen van 2007:
Kingdom Come, Krokus, Tesla, Led Zeppelin

Eerste concert:
Helloween 2001 te Amsterdam

Beste concert van 2007
Dream Theater op Fields Of Rock

Beste concert ooit:
Motörhead op Waldrock 2002, een verpletterende indruk!

Renée

Richard

Naam:
Richard

Ook wel bekend als:
Suncross

Woonplaats:
Schiedam

Functie:
Forum moderator

Beste 5 albums van 2004 tot dusver:
Cruachan - Pagan
Serenade of Darkness - Storms
Cradle Of Filth - Nymphetamine
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
Deifecation - Reciprocreation

Beste albums ooit:
Amon Amarth - The Avenger
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Metallica - Kill Em All
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction

Ontdekking van het jaar:
De nieuwe sound van Serenade of Darkness ;)

Eerste concert:
Da's al teveel bier geleden.

Beste concert van dit jaar tot dusver:
Ozzy Osbourne Revival Band, op het Black Rose festival in Dordrecht.

Beste concert ooit:
Finntroll op Graspop '03.

Favoriete film:
This Is Spinal Tap, Detroit Rock City, Airheads etc etc.

Beste boek:
Lord of the Rings en alles van S. King.

Favoriete tv serie:
die River Cottage shit op Discovery, geniaal.

Rik

Naam:
Rik Wehrens

Woonplaats:
Rotterdam

Functie:
Redacteur

Topalbums 2009:

1. Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
2. God Dethroned - Passiondale
3. Funeral Mist - Maranatha
4. Necrophobic - Death To All
5. Shining - VI: Klagopsalmer
6. Anaal Nathrakh - In The Constellation Of The Black Widow
7. Den Saakaldte - All Hail Pessimism
8. Unanimated - In The Light Of Darkness
9. Immortal - All Shall Fall
10. Blut Aus Nord - Dialogue With The Stars
11. Ex Deo - Romulus
12. Behemoth - Evangelion
13. Onheil - Razor
14. Wolves In The Throne Room - Black Cascade
15. Nadja - When I See The Sun Always Shine On TV
16. Kreator - Hordes Of Chaos
17. Absu - Absu
18. Drudkh - Microcosmos
19. Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs
20. Crimfall - As The Path Unfolds

Eerste concert:

06/12/02 Thyrfing, Cruachan, Shadowbreed

Beste concert van dit jaar tot dusverre:

AC/DC, Ahoy Rotterdam
Dream Theater, Ahoy Rotterdam

Beste concerten ooit:

Dream Theater, 18 januari 2004, Ahoy
Children of Bodom, 4 mei 2003, 013
Iron Maiden, Graspop 2003
Explosions In The Sky, Paradiso Amsterdam
AC/DC, 2009, Ahoy Rotterdam

Ruud

Naam:
Ruud Coolen

Woonplaats:
Bakel

Functie:
Reviewer

Beste releases van 2009:
1. Crescent Shield – The Stars Of Never Seen
2. Candlemass – Death Magic Doom
3. Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures
4. Artillery – When Death Comes
5. Mystic Prophecy – Fireangel
6. Black Pyramid – Black Pyramid
7. Gama Bomb – Tales From The Graves In Space
8. The Devils Blood – The Time Of No Time Evermore
9. The Gates Of Slumber – Hymns Of Blood And Thunder
10. Believer – Gabriel

Teun

Naam:
Teun

Woonplaats:
Lemele (Overijssel)

Functie:
Reviewer

Beste 10 albums ooit:
1. Iced Earth – Night of the Stormrider
2. The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland
3. Iced Earth – Burnt Offerings
4. Cage – Darker Than Black
5. Nevermore – Dead Heart in a Dead World
6. Agent Steel – The Omega Conspiracy
7. Sanctuary – Into The Mirror Black
8. Jag Panzer – Casting the Stones
9. Necrophagist – Epitaph
10. Cro-Mags – Alpha Omega
11. Biomechanical – The Empires of the Worlds
12. Solitude Aeturnus - Beyond the Crimson Horizon
13. Crimson Glory – Transcendence
14. Virgin Steele – The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 2
15. Iced Earth – Something Wicked this Way Comes
16. While Heaven Wept – Of Empires Forlorn
17. Scald – Will of the Gods is Great Power
18. Arcturus – Sideshow Symphonies
19. The Sisters of Mercy – First and Last and Always
20. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet
21. Osdorp Posse - Geendagsvlieg
22. Control Denied – The Fragile Art of Existence
23. Tangerine Dream - Cyclone


Eerste concert:
Dauwpop 2003 (After Forever/In Extremo)

Beste concert van dit jaar tot nu toe:
Ik ga helaas niet meer naar optredens vanwege een gehoorbeschadiging (oorsuizen).

Beste concert ooit:
Agent Steel (Raise Your Fist 2005 Hardenberg)
Death SS (Raise Your Fist 2005 Hardenberg)
Anthrax (Tilburg 2006)
Jon Oliva’s Pain (Hardenberg 2005)
King Diamond (Hellendoorn 2006)

Favoriete film:
Dune, LotR, Roswell, Ace Ventura 1 &; 2, oude Star Wars, the Goonies, River's Edge, Willow, the Big Lebowski.

Favoriete boek:
In de Ban van de Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
Het Malazijnse Rijk-reeks – Steven Erikson
Een Lied van IJs en Vuur-reeks – George R.R. Martin

Favoriete tv-serie:
Robin Of Sherwood, Lost, Carnivále, The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, The League of Gentlemen, Jiskefet.

Walter

Pull your head back Hold your hands high Shake your body If it's too loud And you're burning hot fill your heads With heavy metal thunder Heavy metal thunder

Wouter

Naam: Wouter

Beste concerten 2009 tot nu toe
Meshuggah @ Fortarock 11 juli
Diablo Swing Orchestra @ The Purple Turtle, Londen 2 oktober
Tesseract, Textures, Hacride @ Euroblast, Keulen, 23 mei
Spinal & Steen in Ekko 27 maart,

Concertfoto's te vinden op:
http://www.basementonline.nl

Favoriete albums in alfabetische volgorde:
Acda en de Munnik - Groeten Uit Maaiveld
Amplifier - Insider
Apocalyptica - Cult
Apocalyptica - Reflections
Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
Augury - Concealed
City of Ships - Look What God Did to Us
Darkane - Insanity
Dark Funeral - Diabolus Interium
Deftones - Adrenaline
Detonation - Emission Phase
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Butcher's Ballroom
Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing-along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
Dimension Seven - 10 Ways to Hate
Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
Dornenreich - Hexenwind
Exivious - Exivious
Fantômas - Suspended Animation
Faun - Live
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Guapo - Black Oni
Hacride - Amoeba
Immortal - Damned in Black
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Isis - Panoptican
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance
Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
Katatonia - Night Is The New Day
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Mastodon - Remission
Meshuggah - Nothing
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Meshuggah - obZen
Nirvana - In Utero
Opeth - Damnation
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Watshed
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Morningrise
Pelican - City of Echoes
Rasputina - Thanks For the Ether
Samael - Solar Soul
Samael - Passage
Secrets of the Moon - Antithesis
Sengaia - Maelstrom
Sennen - Automatic Writing
Sennen - Periphery
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - The Grand Opening and Closing
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Tesseract - Demo
Test Switch Islator - Let's Dance
Textures - Polars
The End - Elementary
The Locust - Plaguesoundscapes
The Ocean - Fluxion
Twin Zero - The Tomb to Every Hope
Zombi - Cosmos
Zombi - Surface to Air