Orphanage – “Driven” (2004)
Label : Metal Mind Productions Review By Tony Cannella Holland’s Orpanage have long been one of the most influential and respected bands in the Dutch gothic metal scene. Unfortunately, the…
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Industrial/Electronic Realms : The Birthday Massacre – “Show and Tell” LIVE ALBUM (2009)
Label : Metropolis Records/Repo Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk The Birthday Massacre is a band from Canada, the country that gave us Melissa auf der Maur, Poutine and the…
Trail of Tears – “Bloodstained Endurance” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk Before we start a question: do you like Trail of Tears? If the answer is yes you can buy this one…
The Gathering – “The West Pole” (2009)
Label : Psychonaut Records Review By Tony Cannella It’s always a risky proposition when an established band decide to change singers after having a long successful run with their previous…
Stream of Passion – “The Flame Within” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella When it was announced that Arjen Lucassen was leaving Stream of Passion, many people were shocked since it was generally thought that…
Siegfried – “Nibelung” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk My first idea when I got my hands on the promo was: Wagner and metal? And having read the bio I was…
Remembrance – “Silencing the Moment…” (2008)
Label : Firedoom Records Review By Tony Cannella Carline Van Roos and Mathieu Sachs are very busy people these days. Not only are they part of the French Doom Metal band…
Magion – Promo 2009
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella In 2008, the Dutch symphonic metal band Magion released their first demo. The band have already finished their full-length debut, which is called “Close…
Lethian Dreams – “Bleak Silver Streams” (2009)
Label: Orcynia Records Review By Tony Cannella Doom metal is alive and well and currently residing in France of all places. Actually I’m talking about the band Lethian Dreams. At…
Leaves Eyes’ – “Njord” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk “Njord” is the new album from Leaves’Eyes, one of the most successful female fronted bands in Europe. In short, Leaves’ Eyes…
Hysterica – “Metalwar” (2009)
Label : Crong Production Review By Erwin Van Dijk When you see this album for the first time you might think this is a joke. Four young blonde girls from…
Elis – “Catharsis” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk Elis is a band from Liechtenstein and was formed out of the ashes of the band Erben der Schöpfung in 2003.…
Diablo Swing Orchestra – “Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious” (2009)
Label : Ascendance Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk When a reviewer writes a review about a relatively unknown band he or she will try to compare the music with…
Coronatus – “Fabula Magna” (2009)
Label : Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella & Erwin van Dijk Germany’s Coronatus play dramatic, symphonic Gothic Metal with operatic overtones. They consist of 7 members in the band,…
Arkona – “Goy, Rode, Goi!” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Erwin van Dijk Arkona is a pagan metal band from Russia. The band is named after the temple fortress of Arkona, on the island…
Anneke van Giersbergen & Agua de Annique – “In Your Room” (2009)
Label : Agua Recordings Review by Tony Cannella Everyone knows that Anneke van Giersbergen was the voice of the seminal Dutch band The Gathering up to a few years ago.…
Angeli di Pietra – “Storm Over Scaldis” (2009)
Label : CCP Records Review by Tony Cannella Are you ready for some power/folk metal? Or folk/power metal? Whatever the case may be, those two styles of music are not…
Ex Libris – “Amygdala” (2008)
Independent Release Review by Erwin Van Dijk Ex Libris is Latin for bookplate and means “From the book of…” Usually it is a decorative label to identify the owner of…