Interview : Sanna Salou – Dimlight
Interview by Ed MacLaren Rife with dark atmospherics and dramatic flourishes, Greece’s Dimlight push the crumbling limits of goth metal with their debut album “Obtenebration”. Feeding on…
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Interview : Aziza Amy Poggi – Dendura
Interview by Erwin Van Dijk The band Dendura is from Detroit/Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA). Dendura describes themselves as (breath in) Female fronted Egyptian themed prog metal or Egyptian…
Amanda Somerville – Kiske/Somerville (2010)
Interview by Robin Stryker When Femme Metal last spoke with American singer/songwriter Amanda Somerville in late 2009, she had just released her solo album “Windows” and was looking forward to…
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…
Interview : Alexandra Le Monnier – Le Monnier
Interview by Robin Stryker With a sound described as the love child of James Hetfield (Metallica) and Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), UK hard rock trio Le Monnier…
Interview : Irene Mondino – Alchemy Room
Interview by Si Smith Alchemy Room are a Italian progressive rock band born on 2007 and have already on their discography 2 EP that, now thanks to…
Shadows’ Grey – “Bonjour Tristesse” (2011)
Label : Twilight Zone Records Review by Tony Cannella Austria’s Melancholic Gothic Metallers Shadows’ Grey was born in 2007 under the banner Scargod. After releasing an obscure demo the band…
ReVerbed – “Lies You Can Believe” (2011)
Label : Native/Universal Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from the U.K., ReVerbed are a young band, very young, like in their teens young. They have just issued their debut album…
PYG – “End of the World” (2011)
Label : Brennus Music/Muséa Review by Tony Cannella The band name PYG is actually short for Project: Yvan Guillevic, the founder of this project. The band hails from France are…
MaYan – “Quarterpast” (2011)
Label : Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella MaYaN is the new Melodic Death Metal project featuring Mark Jansen of Epica. In addition to Mark – who adds his…
Katanga – “Moonchild” (2011)
Label : Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella Katanga is a Gothic Rock/Metal outfit from Germany. Their second album (“Moonchild”) is out now via Massacre Records and the band is…
In Virtue – “Embrace the Horror” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Yet another reason you can never judge a book by its cover, especially when it comes to metal bands, artists and musicians. Take the…
Infinity Overture – “The Infinite Overture Part 1” (2011)
Label : Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella On their 2009 debut album, Denmark’s Infinity Overture released a solid debut album that set the template for their melodic, symphonic metal…
Xandria – “Kill the Sun” (2003)
Label : Artoffact Records Review by Tony Cannella Xandria released their debut full-length “Kill the Sun” in 2003, now that it has been re-issued by Artoffact Records it gives those…
Rhevan – “Perpetually” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Brazil’s Rhevan released their full-length debut, “Perpetually” in 2009, and it was a fine introduction to the bands brand of symphonically inclined Gothic metal.…
Hammers of Misfortune – “Fields/Church of Broken Glass” (2008)
Label : Metal Blade Records Review by Tony Cannella The fourth and final of the Hammers of Misfortune re-issues by Metal Blade is “Fields/Church of Broken Glass”, originally released in…
Hammers of Misfortune – “The Locust Years” (2006)
Label : Metal Blade Records Review by Tony Cannella Originally released in 2006 – and re-issued in 2010 by Metal Blade – “The Locust Years” was the third album from…
Hammers of Misfortune – “The August Engine” (2003)
Label : Metal Blade Records Review by Tony Cannella The second release from San Francisco, California’s avant-garde/progressive metal band Hammers of Misfortune is called “The August Engine” and was originally…
Hammers Of Misfortune – “The Bastard” (2001)
Label : Metal Blade Records Review by Tony Cannella From San Francisco, California, Hammers of Misfortune are a band that I have always heard about, yet have never actually heard.…
AREA51 – “Daemonicus” (2008)
Label : Black Logde Records Review by Tony Cannella For those who are lamenting the demise of the guitar hero, then I have got a band for you. They are…