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Cleverly staged Post-Hardcore meets Alternative Rock: "Valley of the Gun" by Canadians SHELTER WITH THIEVES comes up as a felicitous, catchy wall-of-guitar crunch encounter, that both the dance-crazy as well as the silent head nodding Indie-friends will not leave cold: ".. Cryptic and an eclectic... more...

Lack of consistency is one thing that you truly can`t accuse KRESTA from Hannover/Germany of. Some time ago, my review of their "Fantasy" turned out to be - admittedly - mostly ironic, well… it is and remains a Rock-civic duty to respect the steadfastness of a force as KRESTA! Not the slightest... more...

RON THAL - freaky guitar hero with a wink, studio musician and GUNS N 'ROSES member - with an energetic NU Metal / crossover killer, which tears the roof down right from the start. Insane guitar licks/riffs meet wild uptempo-drums, discharging in intervals in a drive, which simply knocks you off... more...

Kresta do it the very 80s way. VERY 80s. So if you`re not afraid of some real eclectic full-force-AOR ... this might be yours! "Fantasy" contains everything, what 80s-Hardrock the Dokken/Bonfire way was all about and it`s plain to see/hear: those guys play it with a passion. And sometimes this... more...

This is what Grunge allowed. Metall meets melody and Pop. Cruelty guitars meet an empathetic singer, who is able to do both: scream and sing. Without bands like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden the genre New Metall would not exist. more...

Credits: J.Gissin - J.Calixto - R.Spalla - M.Hatalak