Once Human – “Evolution” (2017)
Label: earMusic Review by Tony Cannella Ever since the release of their 2015 debut, “The Life I Remember”, Once Human has quickly become one of my favorite extreme metal bands,…
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True Widow – “Avvolgere” (2016)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With a thick fuzzy drone “Avvolgere” sounds like the latest album from True Widow. They are a stonegaze rock band comprised of Dan…
Windshades – “Crucified Dreams” EP (2016)
Label: Atomic Stuff Review by Tony Cannella One of my favorite things about this gig is getting the chance to hear music that I normally would not be exposed to.…
The Pheonix – “My Turn to Deal” EP (2016)
Label: Demon Doll Records/Atomic Stuff Promotion Review by Tony Cannella “My Turn to Deal” is the title of the debut EP from the hard rockin’ all female group The Phoenix.…
The Autist – “The Coldest Sun” (2017)
Label: Azure Records Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from Lisbon, Portugal, the metal band The Autist has been active since around 2014. It was in 2014 when they released their…
Trees of Eternity – “Hour of the Nightingale” (2016)
Label: Svart Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Death takes us all. Juha Raivio and Aleah Stanbridge collaborated to begin Trees of Eternity in 2009. Before the release of the band’s…
Eternal Idol – “The Unrevealed Secret” (2016)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella Fabio Lione is one of the most accomplished singers in metal. He has fronted a slew of bands, but the most notable of…
Marcela Bovio – “Unprecedented” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi With a four-piece string ensemble (two violins, a viola, and cello), a live recording session, and Marcela Bovio on vocals we are treated to…
Beyond the Black – “Lost in Forever” (2017)
Label: UDR Music/Warner Review by Tony Cannella Beyond the Black is a female fronted, symphonic/power metal band from Germany. The band formed in Mannheim in 2014 and released their debut…
Sirenia – “Dim Days of Dolor” (2016)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella Sadly, line-up changes seem to be a fact of life in the music industry. The Norwegian Gothic/Symphonic metal band Sirenia have endured more…
Penumbra – “Era 4.0” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella After an absence of 12-years the French Gothic metal band Penumbra has returned. Actually, their latest album “Era 4.0” (which happens to be their…
Revenience – “Daedalum” (2016)
Label: Sliptrick Records Review by Tony Cannella From Italy (where?!?), Revenience is a modern metal band with elements of symphonic metal and Gothic Metal (jeez, there are so many sub-genres,…
April Weeps – “Outer Calm, Pain Within” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Slovakia, April Weeps plays atmospheric gothic metal. The band has two lead vocalists, the female vocalist is Marta and her counterpart on male…
BABYMETAL – “Live at Wembley” (2016)
Label: earMUSIC Review by Warren Mayocchi April 2016. BABYMETAL release second album “Metal Resistance”, start their 2016 World Tour at the Wembley Arena, and become the first Japanese band to headline…
Luciferian Light Orchestra – “Black” EP (2016)
Label: Svart Records Review by Warren Mayocchi The 70’s saw popular culture delve into the occult. Stephen King began his career writing about the supernatural, horror movies like “The Exorcist”…
Reveries End – “Edge of Dark Waters” (2016)
Label: Sliptrick Records Review by CriX Reveries End is a melancholic metal band from Finland. “Edge of Dark Waters” is the first album released from this young band that was…
Kate Bush – “Before the Dawn” (2016)
Label: Fish People/Concord Music Group Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2014 Kate Bush gave a series of concerts in London, she called the experience “Before the Dawn”, and we now…
Tarja – “The Brightest Void” & “The Shadow Self” (2016)
Label: earMUSIC Review by Alessandra “Psamathes” Cognetta Tarja’s summer has been marked by two milestones to her prolific career, through the release of “The Shadow Self” and “The Brightest Void”.…
Amaranthe – “Maximalism” (2016)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Tony Cannella Having slowly but surely seeing their worldwide popularity rise thanks to the awesomeness of their last few albums, the Swedish band Amaranthe returns…
Secret Rule – “Machination” (2016)
Label: Scarlet Records Review by Tony Cannella Secret Rule is a metal band hailing from Italy. In February 2015 the band released their debut album “Transposed Emotions”. With their just…