Blues Pills – “Lady In Gold” (2016)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Alessandra Cognetta Blues Pills emerged into the music scene with a great EP, a stellar debut album, a deal with Nuclear Blast and a lot…
Mother Feather – “Mother Feather” (2016)
Label: Metal Blade Records Review by Tony Cannella Mother Feather is a double female fronted band from Brooklyn, New York and despite the fact that they are currently signed to…
Ji-In Cho – And Then She Came
Interview by Miriam C. Once upon a time the German Symphonic rock band Krypteria. We should date back to 2011 the last public appearance of Ji-In & Co. with their…
Purson – “Desire’s Magic Theatre” (2016)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With a psychedelic swirl and a sprinkle of influences from jazz to 70’s hard rock, Purson have delivered “Desire’s Magic Theatre” to we…
Black Mountain – “IV” (2016)
Label: Jagjaguwar Review by Warren Mayocchi Fuzzy guitars, spacey keyboards, drawling vocals are all ingredients on Black Mountain‘s “IV” album. They seem to have displayed their influences prominently on their…
Beseech – “My Darkness, Darkness” (2016)
Label: Despotz Records Review by Tony Cannella Well, well, well. What have we here? It has been so long since we’ve heard anything from the Swedish Gothic Metal Band Beseech,…
Ingvild Langgård – Phaedra
Interview by Miriam C. Phaedra‘s music is pure avantagarde, that’s the only definition that I can possibly use for Ingvild Langgård‘s musical project. The Norwegian singer and multi-instrumentalist mixes effeciently in…
Lee Aaron – “Fire & Gasoline” (2016)
Label: Big Sister Review by Tony Cannella Lee Aaron was known as the Metal Queen in the early to mid-80s, thanks to her seminal album, “Metal Queen”. Since then she…
Van Canto – “Break the Silence” (2016)
Label: earMUSIC Review by Tony Cannella Those reigning kings and queen of A Cappella metal return with their fourth album “Break the Silence”. Of course I am talking about Germany’s…
Van Halst – “World of Make Believe” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Van Halst is a Gothic rock/metal outfit from Canada. The band is fronted by Kami Van Halst and have just issued their full-length debut,…
Raine Hilai – Midnight Eternal
Interview by Tony Cannella Having released their self-titled debut back in April, the American symphonic metal band Midnight Eternal is a band that we have every right to expect big…
Larissa Dawn – Celestial Ruin
Interview by Tony Cannella From Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the symphonic power metal band Celestial Ruin formed in 2011. In 2013 the band released their debut album “The Awakening” and…
Dakesis – “The New Dawn” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Formed in Birmingham, UK in 2008, Dakesis is a progressive, power metal band. They released an EP and then their debut full-length, “Trial By…
Sofie-Lee Johansson – Night Viper
Interview by Tony Cannella Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, the heavy metal band Night Viper has recently released their devastatingly awesome self-titled debut (actually, it’s not that recent, it came out…
Celestial Ruin – “Pandora” EP (2016)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Celestial Ruin is a female-fronted symphonic metal band from Vancouver, Canada. The band released their very good debut EP “The Awakening” in 2012 and…
BO-PEEP – “THANK YOU” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi “THANK YOU” is a relatively short album at 34 minutes. BO-PEEP are a band with a sound the is something of a cross of…
Laura Dolan – Electric Citizen
Interview by Tony Cannella Electric Citizen hails from Cincinnati, Ohio. Having just released their sophomore effort “Higher Time” via RidingEasy Records the band has been tirelessly promoting the record through…
Kristen Woutersz – Conquer Divide
Interview by Tony Cannella I first had the pleasure of seeing Conquer Divide in 2015 on the All-Stars Tour. It was at a gig on that tour that I had…
Rampart – “Codex Metalum” (2016)
Label: Iron Shield Records Review by Tony Cannella The Bulgarian metal band Rampart have been proudly and unapologetically flying the flag for true heavy metal since 2002. In that time…