Julie Kiss – To-Mera
Interview by Alessandra Cognetta One of the most varied and well-crafted albums of 2012, To-Mera‘s “Exile” has already been praised in our “Reviews” section and is definitely one of the…
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Venturia – “Dawn of a New Era” (2012)
Label : Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella From France, the melodic metal band Venturia released their debut album “The New Kingdom” in 2006. After a few line-up changes Venturia…
Weeping Silence – “For the Unsung” (2012)
Label : Ravenheart Records Review by Tony Cannella Malta is not known as a metal hotbed. In fact, the only band I can think of that hails from there is…
Tystnaden – “Anima” (2012)
Label : Valery Records Review by Tony Cannella Formed in 1998 the Italian Gothic Metal band Tystnaden first came on the radar with their impressive 2006 debut “Sham of Perfection”.…
Vandroya – “One” (2012)
Label : Inner Wound Recordings Review by Tony Cannella From Brazil, the band Vandroya has existed since 2001. They released their debut 2-song demo “Within Shadows” in 2005 and have…
Soulspell – “Hollow’s Gathering” (2012)
Label : Inner Wound Recordings Review by Tony Cannella Soulspell is the all-star metal opera brainchild of Brazilian drummer Heleno Vale. The project got off the ground in 2007 with…
Tatiana’s Niovi – “Breath of Light” (2012)
Label : Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella Beautiful, passionate, full of heart and cinematic, those are some of the words that I would use to describe Tatiana’s Niovi. First…
Solisia – “UniverSeasons” (2012)
Label : Scarlet Records Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the symphonic progressive metal band Solisia released their debut album “Ordinary Fate” in 2010. Since then, the band has changed…
Heretic’s Dream – “The Unexpected Move” (2012)
Label : Videoradio Edizioni Musicali Review by Tony Cannella Heretic’s Dream is an Italian Gothic/Progressive metal outfit currently based in the U.K. Their debut album – which was released in…
Blood Ceremony – “Blood Ceremony” (2012)
Label : Metal Blade Records Review by Luisa Mercier After four years from the first release, Blood Ceremony, Canadian doom band is reissuing their self-titled album. Sometimes happens that some young,…
Arcana – “As Bright As Thousand Suns” (2012)
Label : Cyclic Law Review by Luisa Mercier New Arcana record is another long dream, a foggy dream into oniric landscapes opened by a track meaningfully called “Somnolence”. Five years after…
Arcana – “Emerald” EP (2012)
Label : Cyclic Law Review by Luisa Mercier Arcana is a legendary name in neoclassical-ethereal, medieval sounding music and now are back after some years of silence with this 3…
Mediæval Bæbes – “The Huntress” (2012)
Label : Queens of Sheba Review by Davide Torresan Mediæval Bæbes is a British ensemble of female musicians founded in 1996. The passion for Medieval music is what these girls…
Katharine Blake – Mediæval Bæbes
Interview by Alessandra Cognetta I know we’re a primarily metal-based webzine, but I’m sure all of you are going to appreciate this little detour with the astonishing Mediæval Bæbes. An…
Magica – “Center of the Great Unknown” (2012)
Label : AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella Is it overstating things when I say that the new album from Romania’s Magica is the best album of their career? That’s…
Ana Mladinovici – Magica
Interview by Vard Aman We’ve already interview Romania’s Power Metal band Magica during the promo of their fifth album “Dark Diary”, now it’s time for an update and we’ve asked…
Alabama Shakes – “Boys & Girls” (2012)
Label : Rough Trade Review by Luisa Mercier While “white” rock music is living a moment in which there is a certain lack of inspiration, black music tries to find…
Dawn of Destiny – “Praying to the World” (2012)
Label : Phonotraxx Publishing Review by Tony Cannella The German melodic power metal band Dawn of Destiny returns with their fourth album and first since 2009’s “Human Fragility”. My introduction…
Dalriada – “Napisten Hava” (2012)
Label: Hammer Music/Nail Records Review by Tony Cannella Dalriada is a Folk metal band from Hungary and “Napisten Hava” is their 7th album. They were formed in 1998 under the…
Crimson Sky – “Dawn” (EP) (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella In 2009 the U.K. based progressive rock outfit Crimson Sky released their debut full-length “Misunderstood”. Since that time, the band has undergone numerous line-up…