Deathlike Silence – “Saturday Night Evil” (2009)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Tony Cannella Appearance’s can be deceiving. Look no further than Finland’s Deathlike Silence. I was all ready to write them off as some Gothic wannabes…
Dawn of Destiny – “Human Fragility” (2009)
Label: Shark Records Review by Tony Cannella Germany’s Dawn of Destiny have previously released two full-length CDs. Their first was titled (appropriately enough) “Begins” and they followed that up with,…
Darzamat – “Solfernus’ Path” (2009)
Label: Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella Poland’s Darzamat have already been in existence since 1995. In that time the band has released 5 full-length albums, 1 EP and 1…
Darkside of Innocence – “Infernum Liberus EST” (2009)
Independent Release/Grailight Productions Review by Tony Cannella Darkside of Innocence are a gothic/black metal band hailing from Portugal. They have just released their debut CD titled “Infernum Liberus EST” and…
Damsel Fly – “What Lies Beneath” (2005)
Independent Release/Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella Occasionally you come across a band that, although they have been around for a few years, are largely an unknown entity but never…
C-ROM – “Flames of Knowledge” (2009)
Label : Pervade Productions/Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella France’s C-ROM released their debut CD “The Winding Star” in 2006 and now have returned with their second release “Flames of…
Crystal Viper – “Metal Nation” (2009)
Label : Karthago Records Review by Tony Cannella After the opening intro “Breaking the Curse” the band absolutely tear into the title track “Metal Nation” and there is no looking…
Crisalida – “Raco” (2009)
Label : Mylodon Records Review by Tony Cannella From Chile, Crisalida play progressive rock/metal and describe their sound as Chilean art rock on their My Space profile. Whatever the case,…
Crimson Sky – “Misunderstood” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Crimson Sky are a 5-member Progressive Rock band from the U.K. With their newly released, “Misunderstood” opus the band have delivered a piece of…
Cripper – “Devil Reveals” (2009)
Label : SAOL Review by Tony Cannella From Germany comes the band Cripper. The band play a combination of Old School Thrash Metal with some elements of Death Metal, although…
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,…
CineMuerte – “Aurora Core” (2008)
Label : Raging Planet Records/Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella From Lisbon, Portugal, CineMuerte is the band featuring vocalist Sophia Vieria (who guested on the last album by Moonspell and…
Citizen Charlie – “Citizen Charlie” (2009)
Label : Drugstore Records Review by Tony Cannella From Norway comes Citizen Charlie. This one caught me totally by surprise, the style of Citizen Charlie is hard – down n’…
Cassandra Syndrome – “of Patriots and Tyrants” (2009)
Label : Figmental Records Review by Tony Cannella Formed in Maryland in 2005, Cassandra Syndrome are a band that have a lot to say. Their debut release – available now…
Brave – “Lost in Retrospect” COMPILATION (2009)
Label : Femme Metal Records Review by Tony Cannella It’s hard to believe that it’s been 12 years since Virginia’s Brave released their first recordings. Back then they were known…
Blood Corps – “Hollow Point” DEMO (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella According to their bio on their MySpace profile, the Virginia based band Blood Corps were founded back in 2006 and have already supported such…
Blackthorn – “Gossamer Witchcraft” (2009)
Label : Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella Straight out of Russia come the all female Black, Death, Gothic, Symphonic metal band Blackthorn (not to be confused with the Graham…
Black Knight Symphonia – “Heavenly Chaos” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Black Knight Symfonia hail from Monaco and were formed in early 2008. They play a pretty cool style of symphonic, dark metal that definitely…
Biosfear – Demo (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Spain’s Biosfear play a strong mix of heavy and progressive metal (with a hint of industrial metal) with lyrics sung exclusively in Spanish. The…
Bel O Kan – “Birth of a Queen” (2009)
Label : Brennus Music Review by Tony Cannella Bel O Kan are a symphonic metal band from France. They first came into existence in 2001 and are just now releasing…