Textures – Silhouettes

Arguably one of the best bands ever to emerge from the fertile Dutch soil are the progressive techheads from Textures. Their debut album Polars was hailed as one of the finest metal releases in the Netherlands ever and its successor Drawing Circles was met with almost the same critical acclaim. Some say the third album is the make or break for a band, so let’s have a critical look at Silhouettes.

Hacride – Lazarus

The last couple of years France has been put firmly on the metal map, mainly due to the international success and recognition of Gojira. In their slipstream many other high quality bands are on the verge of breaking through to a wider audience. Klone, Dagoba, Trepalium and Hacride are fine examples of that. Last year the latter band released an album, entitled Lazarus. Let’s see what it’s made of.