The Reasoning – “Acoustically Speaking” (2010)
Label : Comet Music Review by Luisa Mercier As the title may suggest, in this record The Reasoning turn their old songs in acoustic pieces, very atmospheric and sometimes even…
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Tarja – “What Lies Beneath” (2010)
Label : Universal Records Review by Tony Cannella For anyone who thought Tarja Turunen would be nothing without Tuomas and the rest of her ex-Nightwish band mates, than I would…
Semblant – “Last Night of Mortality” (2010)
Label : Freemind Records Review by Tony Cannella From Brazil, comes the Gothic Metal force known as Semblant. Their debut album is called “Last Night of Mortality” and for fans…
Interview : Cristina Scabbia – Lacuna Coil
Interview by Ed MacLaren Lacuna Coil has made a career of pushing the sonic boundaries of darkness and melody. Growing from an Italian goth rock phenomenon to…
Mary and the Black Lamb – “As the City Sleeps” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella On their debut album “As the City Sleeps”, Canada’s Mary and the Black Lamb showcase their energetic, darkly romantic gothic hard rock/metal. Throughout the…
Manic Movement – “Hot!Hot!Hot!” (2010)
Label : Moonzoo Music/Universal Music Belgium Review by Tony Cannella The Symphonic/Gothic Metal band Manic Movement hails from Belgium and originally formed way back in 1993. It wasn’t until 2006…
Magica – “Dark Diary” (2010)
Label : AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella From Romania, Magica have previously released 4-albums with their last one being the excellent “Wolves & Witches” effort in 2008. Now the…
Indrama – “Timescapes” (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From Spain, InDrama play dark, ambient metal in the vein of Anathema and The Gathering. On their debut, “Timescapes” the band offer a unique…
Devious eXperiment of Synthesis – “Cather5sys” (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From France comes the band Devious eXperiment of Synthesthesis or DXS as they are sometimes referred to. Okay, the full name is a real…
Closterkeller – “Aurum” (2010)
Label : Universal Music Poland Review By Tony Cannella The Polish Avant-Garde/atmospheric metal band Closterkeller has been in existence since 1988. They have quietly has amassed a significant catalogue of…
Annatar – “Reflection” EP (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Annatar are a Melodic Dark Metal band from Holland. They have already released a couple of demos, with their first one (“Remember”) coming out…
Alkonost – “On the Wings of the Call” (2010)
Label : Einheit Produktionen Review By Tony Cannella Alkonost are a Folk-Metal band from Russia. Their history dates way back to 1995, when the band first began. Their new album…
Industrial/Electronic Realms : The Dreamside – “Lunar Nature” (2009)
Label : Lion Music Review By Tony Cannella Holland’s The Dreamside have been at it since 1994. In that period they have released four albums and on December 4, 2009,…
Industrial/Electronic Realms : Erben der Schöpfung – “Narben der Zeit” (2009)
Label : M.O.S. Records Review By Tony Cannella Hailing from Lichtenstein Erben der Schöpfung have been in existence since 2000 and have just released their second full-length CD titled “Narben…
Witchbreed – “Heretic Rapture” (2009)
Label : Ascendance Records Review By Tony Cannella Lisbon, Portugal’s Witchbreed are a band that have generated a large amounts of excitement in metal circles. The band have just released…
The Shiver – “A New Horizon” (2009)
Label – Reality Entertainment/Dreamcell 11/Aural Music Review By Tony Cannella The Shiver is a melodic, gothic metal band from Italy. Their second album is titled “A New Horizon” and the…
Tears of Martyr – “Entrance” (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella The pairing of extreme male vocals and female opera vocals, is nothing that hasn’t been done before. Some do it well, some not so…
Silentium – “Amortean” (2008)
Label : Dynamic Arts Records Review By Tony Cannella The history of Finland’s Silentium dates all the way back to 1995. Their debut was released in 1999 and now ten…
Noctiluca – “Back to the Soul System” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Noctiluca are an (almost) all female metal band from Parma, Italy. Actually 3/5 of the band are female, the only male members being bassist…
Mandragora Scream – “Volturna” (2009)
Label : Lunatic Asylum Records/Massacre Records Reviews By Tony Cannella and Danny Robertson Italy’s Mandragora Scream have been playing their dark and sinister brand of gothic metal since as far…