Norhod – “Voices From the Ocean” (2016)
Label: Wormholedeath Records Review by Alysha Hayden Norhod have released their third symphonic metal album, “Voices From the Ocean”. Norhod call Lucca, Italy home when they’re not gracing us with…
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Tothem – “Gemini” (2016)
Label: Maple Metal Records Review by Tony Cannella The Italian melodic symphonic metal band Tothem returns with their second full-length album entitled, “Gemini”. I was a huge fan of their…
Visions of Atlantis – “Old Routes – New Waters” EP (2016)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella The Austrian symphonic metal band Visions of Atlantis has changed many musicians over the years. Now, the band returns with not one, but…
Almanac – “Tsar” (2016)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella The phrase “super-group” gets bandied about quite a bit – some would say overused. With that said maybe, “all-star” group would be a…
Blood Ceremony – “Lord of Misrule” (2016)
Label: Rise Above Records Review by Warren Mayocchi As well as being the title of this album, “Lord of Misrule”, refers to an elected position in end of year festivities.…
The Murder of My Sweet – “Beth Out of Hell” (2015)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Beth Out of Hell” is a concept album telling the a story of love between Lucifer‘s daughter, Beth, and archangel Michael in the…
PJ Harvey – “The Hope Six Demolition Project” (2016)
Label: Island Records Group/Universal Review by Warren Mayocchi PJ Harvey never wants to repeat herself in the music she creates. On “The Hope Six Demolition Project” she creates strong melodies…
BORIS with MERZBOW – “Gensho” (2016)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Usually musicians attempt to make their music accessible. However, when you have a collaboration between Boris and Merzbow “accessible” is not a high…
Bellusira – “The Healing” (2015)
Label: Pavement Entertainment Review by Alysha Hayden Bellusira come from the land down under, Australia. They’ve since moved to LA to gain a wider audience for their rock sound after…
Moran Magal – “Shades of Metal Private Collection” (2016)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi It is always interesting to hear familiar songs performed by different artists who bend the song to their own style. Moran Magal sings with…
Midnight Eternal – “Midnight Eternal” (2016)
Label: Inner Wound Recordings Review by Tony Cannella In this day-and-age of going to club shows to see your favorite bands, you are bound to get one, two or even…
Lita Ford – “Time Capsule” (2016)
Label: SPV Review by Tony Cannella Lita Ford is a legend: there can be no doubt about that. When she returned with her wildly received (and deservedly so) comeback album…
Nemesea – “Uprise” (2016)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella Probably, one of my favorite bands over the last few years is the Dutch outfit, Nemesea. To me, their best album was the…
Doro – “Love’s Gone to Hell” EP (2016)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella Throughout her 30 plus year career Doro has been as consistently good as any artist has in heavy rock. Sure, some albums have…
Agoraphobic Nosebleed – “Arc” EP (2016)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Alysha Hayden Agoraphobic Nosebleed are a grind-core band created in Sprinfield and now hailing from Bethesda, Maryland. “Arc” is an EP that boasts more than…
Delain – “Lunar Prelude” EP (2016)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella The Dutch Symphonic metal band Delain returns with a new EP, “Lunar Prelude”. The band has been a touring machine over the last…
NordWitch – “No Regrets” SINGLE (2016)
Independent Release Review by Alysha Hayden NordWitch are a blackened/death metal band from the Ukraine and Hungary formed just over a year ago. Their lyrics a mainly composed of their…
Ecliptica – “Ecliptifide” (2016)
Label: Mars Music Review by Tony Cannella The Austrian metal ‘n’ roll band Ecliptica returns with their 3rd full-length album “Ecliptified”. Their last album “Journey Saturnine” was released in 2012…
Myrkur – “M” (2015)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Alysha Hayden MYRKUR which means darkness in Icelandic is the black metal pseudonym for Danish musician, Amalie Bruun who blew me away with her LP,…
Former Life – “Blank” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Alysha Hayden 2008 marked the beginning for French alternative rock band, Former Life. In 2015 they released their third album, “Blank”. “Blank” is an 8-track album…