La Ventura – “White Crow” (2013)
Label: Ravenheart Records/Valkyrie Rising Review by Tony Cannella La-Ventura is a melodic hard rock/metal band from The Netherlands. They formed in 2007 and released their debut album, “A New Beginning”.…
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Avatarium – “Avatarium” (2013)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Matteo Bussotti It’s great to have a band with so much experience like Avatarium put out an album after only 8 months of activity,…
Coronatus – “Recreatio Carminis” (2013)
Label: Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella Germany’s Coronatus were formed in 1999 and have just released their 5th album, “Recreatio Carminis”. Their style is symphonic metal but they also…
Märchenbilder – “Flickering Truth” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella The Canadian symphonic metal band Märchenbilder (German translation: Images of Fairy Tales) were formed in 2009 by James Slainmann (guitar, keyboards, etc.) and vocalist…
Windfall – “Tales of an Ordinary Life” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella A few years ago, I had the opportunity to review the debut EP from the Italian power metal outfit Windfall called “Crush”. Well, it…
Mongrel – “Reclamation” (2012)
Label: THC:Music Review by Tony Cannella From Boston, the aggressive punk/metal outfit Mongrel was first introduced to me via their 6-song EP “The New Breed of Old School” in 2010.…
Johanna Kurkela – “Joulun Lauluja” (2013)
Label: Kaiku Recordings Review by Cristina Gregori Finland is the land of great voices, as examples we can take lots of singers (such as Tarja Turunen, Hanna Pakarinen, Jonsu, etc.)…
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…
Leaves Eyes’ – “Symphonies of the Night” (2013)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella “Symphonies of the Night” is the title of the 4th full-length album from the German/Norwegian metal band Leaves’ Eyes. The band – which…
Beyond God – “Dark Light of Dawn” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella My head is spinning. There is so much killer music coming out these days, particularly in the Femme Metal genre that sometimes it is…
Ayreon – “The Theory of Everything” (2013)
Label: Inside Out Music Review by Tony Cannella Arjen Anthony Lucassen released the last album on the Ayreon moniker back in 2008. Since then he has kept his creative spirit…
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Tales of Winter: Selections From TSO Rock Operas” COMPILATION (2013)
Label: Lava/Universal Republic Review by Tony Cannella As the holiday season approaches, Trans-Siberian Orchestra gets ready to embark on their annual Christmas tour/extravaganza. In conjunction with the bands holiday dates…
Isis Child – “Strange Days” (2011)
Label: Yesterrock Review by Tony Cannella Isis Child is the brain child of French guitarist Freddy Mazzucco. Mazzucco spent 12 years in the U.S. before returning to France and the…
Dark Moor – “Ars Musica” (2013)
Label: Scarlet Records Review by Tony Cannella Remember when the Spanish symphonic metal band Dark Moor had a female singer? It seems like ages ago since the band released their…
Samaris – “Samaris” (2013)
Label: One Little Indian Records Review by Matteo Bussotti Can we consider “Samaris” as a folk album? I’m saying this because it seems like calm, haunting, relaxed but, in a…
ReVamp – “Wild Card” (2013)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella Floor Jansen is simply awesome! With her voice and vocal range she can sing and adapt to any style of music, from opera,…
Amberian Dawn – “Re-Evolution” (2013)
Label: Escape Music Review by Tony Cannella The Finnish symphonic metal band Amberian Dawn parted ways with their popular longtime singer Heidi Parvainen late last year. Now that her replacement…
Андем [Andem] – “Зимние Слёзы” [“Zimniyе Slyoziy”- “Winter Tears”] (2013)
Label: Sound Age Productions Review by Vard Aman My introduction to Andem (whose name is derived from a combination of Angels and Demons) came with the release of their debut…
Midday Veil – The Current (2013)
Label: Tranlinguistic Other Records Review by Matteo Bussotti “The Current” is the latest release from the American, psychedelic band Midday Veil. And we all pretty much already figured it out…
Eleanor – “Breathe Life into the Essence” (2013)
Label: Black-Listed Records Review by Tony Cannella From Japan, Eleanor plays romantic melancholic metal with a neo-classical metal twist to it. Eleanor was formed in Osaka in 2005. They released…