Belladonna – “The Noir Album” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella In 2006, Italy’s Belladonna released the debut CD titled “Metaphysical Attraction” and coined the term ‘Rock Noir’ to describe their music. Now this five…
Atmosfairy – “Evasion” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From France comes Atmosfairy. Their current line up consists of: Vanessa (vocals & keyboards), Chloe (drums), Emilie (violin & choirs), Vincent (rhythm guitars), JR…
Asylum Pyre – “Natural Instinct?” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Asylum Pyre are a progressive/power Metal band from France. They include the female operatic vocals of Carole Alcantara and the male vocals of Johann…
Astral Dive – “Trauma” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Yet another band from Italy. Astral Dive are 5-piece female fronted band that play a strong mix of symphonic and progressive metal. Their band…
A Sound of Thunder – “A Sound of Thunder” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella A Sound of Thunder hails from Washington, D.C. and they play straight forward, heavy metal. No opera vocalists or symphonies are anywhere to be…
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…
AraPacis – “Consequences of Dreams” (2009)
Label : Femme Metal Records Review by Tony Cannella AraPacis are a progressive/goth/rock/metal band from Canada – whew! That’s a mouthful. When you hear their newly released second album, titled…
Arcane Grail – “Arya Marga : Ninefold Path to the Innocence” (2009)
Label : Musica Production Review by Tony Cannella The Russian band Arcane Grail came into existence in 2001 and have previously released one full-length CD in 2006 titled “Mysteries of…
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.…
An Ocean Between Us – “Drowning” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Introducing from Italy, An Ocean Between Us, they play modern influenced metal, in the vein of bands such as Bullet For My Valentine, In…
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…
Amphitryon – “Drama” CD/DVD (2009)
Label : Pervade/Manitou/Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella You have to give France’s Amphitryon huge marks for doing something a little different and so ambitious. Their new release is titled…
Amberian Dawn – “The Clouds of Northland Thunder” (2009)
Label : Ascendance Records Review by Tony Cannella Finland’s Amberian Dawn have already created quite a buzz for themselves thanks to their phenomonal 2008 debut “River Of Tuoni”. The band…
A Million Miles – “Left” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Germany, A Million Miles play what can be described as melodic, aggressive metal with buzz-saw like guitar riffs. Their debut EP “Left” has…
Amanda Somerville – “Windows” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Amanda Somerville is perhaps best known for her work with Epica, Avantasia, Aina and others. She even filled in for an ailing Simone Simons…
Alight – “Don’t Fear the Revenge” (2009)
Label : My Funeral Records Review by Tony Cannella At only 7-tracks and 31-minutes worth of music, the debut effort from Italy’s Alight is more of an EP than an…
Alerion – “Turn of Fate” PROMO (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From the Netherlands comes the symphonic, progressive female-fronted band Alerion. They have already released a 5-song demo in 2007 called “Fledgling”. I would urge fans…
Anemonia – “Moonlit Numina” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella The Montreal, Canada based band Anemonia are here to present their debut full-length release of Gothic/Symphonic/progressive metal inspired music called “Moonlit Numina”. The band…
Andem – “Doch’ Lunnogo Sveta” (2009)
Label : Irond Records Review by Tony Cannella Andem come from Moscow, Russia and they play a solid, up-tempo brand of power metal. Their strong debut “Pendulum of Life” was…
Akroma – “Seth” (2009)
Label : Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella Akroma are a melodic Black Metal band from France. They have just released their second album titled, “Seth”. Musically, Akroma‘s style is…