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…
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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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Rizon – “Power Plant” (2016)
Label: Pure Rock Records Review by Tony Cannella Rizon is a male/female fronted melodic power metal band from Zurich, Switzerland. The band formed way back in 1997 but it was…
One-Eyed Doll – “Witches” (2015)
Label : Standby Records Review by Tony Cannella One-Eyed Doll is a rock/metal duo from Austin, Texas. With their new album “Witches”, OED looks to one of the most sordid…
Silent Cry – “Hypnosis” (2016)
Label: Megahard Records Review by Warren Mayocchi The words “Silent Cry” evoke thoughts of hidden agony, or the image of a young child in so much pain they do not…
Blodwen – “Winter Falls” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from Jakarta, Indonesia the female fronted symphonic metal band Blodwen first came on our radar with their debut “Black Symphony” in 2010. They…
Immortal Bird – “Empress/Abscess” (2015)
Label: Broken Limbs Recordings Review by Alysha Hayden From the streets of Chicago comes a full length grind/hardcore album from Immortal Bird. When we last heard from this band back…
Lizzies – “Good Luck” (2016)
Label: The Sign Records Review by Tony Cannella From Madrid, Spain, the all-female rock band Lizzies took their name after one of the gangs in the 1979 classic movie “The…
BABYMETAL – “Metal Resistance” (2016)
Label: earMUSIC Review by Warren Mayocchi BABYMETAL are fronted by the energetic trio: SU-METAL, MOAMETAL, and YUIMETAL. They provide a red and black dancing and vocal spectacle that has attracted…
Savage Master – “With Whips and Chains” (2016)
Label: High Roller Records/Skol Records Review by Tony Cannella Savage Master were formed in 2013 in Louisville, Kentucky. They released their debut “Mask of the Devil” in 2014 and now…
EPIC – “Like a Phoenix” (2016)
Label: Escape Music Review by Tony Cannella EPIC is a melodic hard rock band. Their debut album, “Like a Phoenix” is out and lays down a solid foundation of hard…