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…
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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…
Girlschool – “Guilty As Sin” (2015)
Label: UDR Review by Tony Cannella Girlschool is a legendary band. They may not have had the success that a few of their New Wave of British Heavy Metal contemporaries…
Lacey Sturm – “Life Screams” (2016)
Label: Followspot Records Review by Tony Cannella Since her departure from Flyleaf (after 10-years and 3-albums), Lacey Sturm has done a number of guest appearances with other artists and even…
Lachrymose – “Carpe Noctum” (2015)
Label: Pure Steel Publishing Review by Miss Peaches Lachrymose, hailing from Thessaloniki, is a dark melodic doom metal band with a motto that it isn’t just a dream but it…
Draconian – “Sovran” (2015)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Draconian have returned with new female vocalist Heike Langhans. The vocals on this album are a constant conversation between the growling of Anders…
Whispering Tales – “Mechanism” (2014)
Independent Release Review by Mimi Robins Whispering Tales is a female fronted symphonic band from Marseilles, France who have here presented an album based off of a novel, “Pièces Manquants”,…
Night Viper – “Night Viper” (2015)
Label: Svart Records Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, Night Viper is a powerful metal band. Earlier in 2015 they released their debut single and now have unleashed…
Seven Waters – “Hunter’s Prey” EP (2015)
Independent Release Review by Miss Peaches Seven Waters are a band from the Netherlands who combine melodic metal with a progressive rock/metal element. Their catchy melodies are complimented by the…