Diablo Swing Orchestra – “Pandora’s Piñata” (2012)
Label : Candlelight Records Review by Luisa Mercier Back in 2006, when “The Butcher’s Ballroom” was released, I truly felt it was something totally new, a breath of fresh air…
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Eerie Sounds Review : Candice Night – “Reflections” (2011)
Label : Ministrel Hall Review by Luisa Mercier The happily married wife of Ritchie Blackmore decided to go solo and provide us with this nice collection of tracks. Of course,…
Eerie Sounds Review : Angelzoom – “Nothing Is Infinite” (2010)
Label : Wannasee Records Review by Tony Cannella My only knowledge of the German singer Claudia Uhle – otherwise known as Angelzoom – has been through various compilation albums. Her…
Eerie Sounds Review: Angelzoom – “Angelzoom” (2004)
Label : Metal Mind Productions Review by Tony Cannella Germany’s Angelzoom is a non-metal project led by Claudia Uhle. In 2004, Claudia released her self-titled debut album under the Angelzoom…
Eerie Sounds Section : Sara Watkins – “Sun Midnight Sun” (2012)
Label : Nonesuch Records/Warner Music Review by Luisa Mercier “Sun Midnight Sun” is the second solo effort of Sara Watkins, violin and fiddler player, plus singer and songwriter, once part…
Pergana – “The Mirror of Silence” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Paraguay, Pergana previously released the demo “The Angels’ Light” in 2008. Now, the Power Metal band returns with a new singer Audrey Laure…
Niflheim – “Personae” (2011)
Label : Red Rivet Records Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from France, the Symphonic Folk Metal band Niflheim formed around 2003 under the name Potatoes (seriously?), after changing their name…
Christina – “Broken Lives & Bleeding Hearts” (2010)
Label : Tigermoth Records Review by Tony Cannella Christina Booth is the lead singer for the UK prog rock outfit Magenta. On her new solo album “Broken Lives & Bleeding…
Issa – “The Storm” (2011)
Label : Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella The Norwegian queen of Melodic Hard Rock returns with her second album “The Storm”. On her debut album “Sign of Angels” Issa…
Evolvent – “Spiritual Confession” EP (2008)
Label : Alien Productions Review by Luisa Mercier From France, another little masterpiece of gothic-doom has landed on my desk. Evolvent‘s “Spiritual Confession” was released back in 2008 and soon…
Djerv – “Headstone” EP (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Norway, Djerv plays a pretty strong combination of Hard Rock/Metal, mixing that with the energy and enthusiasm of Punk Rock, put all of…
Cryptic Age – “Homeland” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella The UK’s Cryptic Age features a melding of several different metal genres, Folk, Symphonic, Progressive, Power and even a bit of Thrash are all…
Chaos in Paradise – “Let the Bliss Remain” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Portugal, Chaos in Paradise had previously released a 4-song demo. They now return with a 6-song 26-minute EP called “Let the Bliss Remain”.…
Camilla Raven – “Coming Alive” EP (2011)
Label : Ravenheart Music Records Review by Tony Cannella Camilla Raven has previously been the lead singer for Gothic Metallers RavenLand. Unfortunately she is no longer a member of that…
Zephyra – “Behave” DEMO (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Zephyra hails from Sweden and they play fairly straight forward metal with some progressive overtones. But make no mistake about it, metal rules on…
Whispering Woods – “Whispering Woods” DEMO (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Romania comes the operatic symphonic metal band Whispering Woods. They have just issued their 4-track, 18-minute self-titled debut and for fans that can’t…
SleepCrime – “Everything Secret Degenerate” (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella SleepCrime are a modern rock/metal band from Queens, New York. They play down tuned hard rock music and that is exactly the style that…
Obsidia – “Back to Darkness” EP (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Austria comes the symphonic Power/Gothic metal band Obsidia. Their debut EP is titled “Back to Darkness” and the band mix some grunt style…
Nox Aurea – “Ascending in Triumph” (2010)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella Like Doom Metal? Well, I find it hard to imagine that there is a band out there any doomier than Sweden’s Nox…
Magdalen Graal – “Magdalen Graal” (2010)
Label : NE Productions Review by Tony Cannella Magdalen Graal is quite an accomplished and talented vocalist hailing from the U.K. She plays an avant-garde mix of metal and Gothic…