Heini Kuusisto – Migraine Eyes

Interview by Cristina Gregori

Migraine Eyes is a melodic metal band from Finland, after some changes in the line-up they have found their way. A new band able to overwhelm the audience with a lot of energy as they said “We plays and affects on stage but we’s goal is also to have fun and let the audience experience good vibes!”. We have the pleasure to interview with Heini, the singer.

Thank you, I’m really glad to do this interview with you.

Parallax – “Sputnik” EP (2013)

Independent Release

Review by Vard Aman

Parallax are a recently formed (2011) band from Ukraine, playing what they describe as “Martian Progressive Oriental Metal”, or “Oriental Flavoured Prog Metal”, and “Sputnik” is their debut EP. Now, I’m struggling to find the “oriental” part of the equation in their sound, assuming that I’m understanding the meaning of the word “oriental” correctly. Or perhaps the four songs they selected for this EP don’t contain as much of their oriental flavour as some of the other songs they play might have. But nevermind: “Martian” and “Prog” there is certainly in abundance, and these are the things that make this band what they are, and stand out the way they do. All the songs cover space related themes, most prominently topics surrounding Mars (including the John Carter film and the “Pioneer One” series). Continue reading »

Inviolate – “Feast of Ashes” EP (2012)

Label: Strange One Records

Review by Tony Cannella

From Atlanta, Georgia the alternative electro-metal band is led by front woman, belly dancer Kadria. The uniqueness of their shows has already created quite a buzz for this band, but their potent music should not be undervalued. Inviolate released their debut EP in 2007 and now return with a new 7-song 28-minute EP titled “Feast of Ashes”.

The industrialized opened “Condemned” gives way to a truly pounding and aggressive rhythm. Lead singer Kadria proves she is up to the task as she more than manages to keep pace with the thrashing rhythms flying around her while still injecting the song with a melodic tone – particularly on the chorus. This is my favorite song – hands down! Middle-Eastern like rhythms open the next tune “Illusion of Mercy” and like the previous song, it soon evolves into a hard charging up-tempo metal song. Continue reading »

Illnath – “Third Act in the Theatre of Madness” (2011)

Label: Pitch Black Records

Review by Tony Cannella

From Denmark, Illnath is a female fronted extreme metal outfit. They were formed in 2000 and in 2011 released their third album, “Third Act in the Theatre of Madness”.

In lead vocalist Mona, Illnath has a singer that is sure to give Angela Gossow a run for her money in the extreme metal field and musically the band provides enough technicality, melody and talent to make each song interesting. The bombastic opener “Third Act” sets the tempo and from there on songs like “Scarecrow” and “Lead the Way” Illnath provides plenty of heavy moments. There is no doubt about it, Illnath is certainly an aggressively relentless powerhouse force but on songs like “Tree of Life and Death” they also bring a melodic element to the table. Continue reading »

Hysterica – “The Art of Metal” (2012)

Label: Black Lodge Records

Review by Tony Cannella

The Swedish all Female heavy metal band Hysterica returns with their second album “The Art of Metal”. Their debut “Metalwar” was issued in 2009, with their follow-up, Hysterica has grown so much in the three years from between their first album and this new one. As good as “Metalwar” was/is, “The Art of Metal” is a huge leap forward for this excellent band.

One obvious improvement that Hysterica has made with “The Art of Metal” is the song writing end of things. Lyrically and musically the band has come so far in the last three years between albums and it shows. Hysterica has also shown that they could be extremely melodic whilst still being very heavy. Continue reading »