Magion – “A Different Shade of Darkness” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella On Valentine’s Day of this year the Dutch symphonic power metal band Magion announced that they were calling it quits. Since the band formed…
MØ – “No Mythologies to Follow” (2014)
Label: Chess Club Records/RCA Victor/Sony Music Review by Luisa Mercier MØ is a Danish singer songwriter, the last of my many discoveries from the lands of snow in Northern Europe. Her…
Nene – ElupiA (ENG Version)
Interview by Alessandra Cognetta Translation by Yoshiaki Miyasaka & Alessandra Cognetta ElupiA is a very unusual band. From the mysterious and evocative name, to the line-up, with two keyboardists, this Japanese…
Teardown – “Drowned in Your Tears” DEMO (2004)/”Cold Rooms” EP (2006)/”Signs of (In)Humanity” SINGLE (2011)
Independent Release Reviews by Tony Cannella Released in 2004, “Drowned in Your Tears” is the first recorded output from the Finnish band Teardown. Even though this is their first attempt,…
Wardruna – “gap var Ginnunga” RE-RELEASE (2014)
Label: Indie Recordings Review by Alessandra Cognetta Wardruna’s “gap var Ginnunga” is the first album from their “Runaljod” trilogy. The album was first released in 2009, but in May 2014…
Mount Salem – “Endless” (2014)
Label: Metal Blade Records Review by Alessandra Cognetta If I had to describe Mount Salem, I’d go for something along the lines of “female fronted psychedelic doom metal”, but I’d…
Sleeping Romance – “Enlighten” (2013)
Label: Ulterium Records Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the band Sleeping Romance plays intricate, cinematic symphonic metal. Their debut album is called “Enlighten”, and for a debut it could…
Levania – “Renascentis” (2014)
Label: Wormholedeath Review by Tony Cannella Formed in 2007, the Italian Gothic metal band Levania released their debut album “Parasynthesis” in 2012. Now, the band follows that with a brand spankin’…
Natalia Terekhova – Dark Princess
Interview by Miriam C. Translation by Vard Aman Dark Princess is probably (even without probably) THE most underrated symphonic metal band of the whole Russian musical panorama. But, beside their…
Evenoire – “Herons” (2014)
Label: Scarlet Records Review by Tony Cannella With their second full-length album, “Herons”, the Italian symphonic metal Evenoire continues what they started in 2008 with their debut EP “I Will…
Ravenscry – “The Attraction of Opposites” (2014)
Label: Revalve Records Review by Luisa Mercier I have been following Ravenscry since they released their very first record, and from that moment on I never stopped appreciating what they do. In…
Holy Moses – “Redefined Mayhem” (2014)
Label: SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella It is very rare to find a female in metal music – especially extreme metal – that has had the career that Sabina Classen…
Ancient Bards – “A New Dawn Ending” (2014)
Label: Limb Music Review by Tony Cannella In the realm of symphonic metal there are very few bands that are more epic and grandiose than Italy’s Ancient Bards. Not many…
Elizaveta – “Hero” EP (2014)
Label: Flower Army Records Review by Luisa Mercier Elizaveta is a Russian, USA based singer songwriter that I already come to love and appreciate with her previous record “Beatrix Runs”.…
Charlotte Wessels – Delain
Interview by Ary R Considered as one of the leading figures of the metal music panorama nowadays, Delain has gained a huge fame that a few female fronted bands has…
Tarja Turunen & Mike Terrana – “Beauty and the Beat” (2014)
Label: earMusic Review by Tony Cannella “Beauty and the Beat” is a unique and interesting new project. In this case, the beauty is none other than Tarja Turunen and the…
Justin Greaves & Belinda Kordic – Se Delan
Interview by Miriam C. Se Delan is undoubtedly THE revelation of the year, not only for the quality of their artist behind this project ( like Justin Graeves from Crippled Black…