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BABYMETAL – “Live at Budokan: Red Night Apocalypse” (2015)

December 10, 2015

Label: earMUSIC Review by Warren Mayocchi BABYMETAL have become well-known around the world. Their combination of heavy metal and Japanese pop is catchy and, as with many Japanese bands, there…

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Garbage – “Garbage – 20th Anniversary Edition” (2015)

December 8, 2015

Label: STUN VOLUME/Universal Music/Pias Review by Tony Cannella It is hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Garbage released their debut masterpiece on an unsuspecting populace. In celebration…

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Vaee Solis – “Adversarial Light” (2015)

December 8, 2015

Label: Signal Rex / Mordgrimm Review by Alysha Hayden Vaee Solis are a Portuguese black/doom/sludge band and “Adversarial Light” is their debut album containing six tracks to give us a…

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BAND-MAID – “New Beginning” (2015)

November 12, 2015

Label: Crown Takuma Review by Warren Mayocchi Japanese artists are somewhat isolated from their international fans. While music videos are available for us to be impressed, it is sometimes difficult…

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Artaius – “Torn Banner” (2015)

November 9, 2015

Label: Bakerteam Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Torn Banners” by Artaius is well described by the progressive folk metal tag. The band was formed in 2008 and has seven members.…

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YOUSEI TEIKOKU – “Shadow Corps[e]” (2015)

November 4, 2015

Label: Lantis Review by Warren Mayocchi YOUSEI TEIKOKU have been together creating music since the mid-nineties. A band survives for nearly twenty years by playing great music, and “SHADOW CORPS[e]” is…

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Cinnamun Beloved – “The Weirdest Moment” (2015)

November 3, 2015

Label: Crysella Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Cinnamun Beloved formed in 2011 and quickly recorded their debut album “The Weirdest Moment”. If you look at the history of the band…

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Kobra and the Lotus – “Words of the Prophets” EP (2015)

October 27, 2015

Label: Titan Music Review by Warren Mayocchi Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell all come from Canada. So, when Kobra and the Lotus decided to make an EP featuring…

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Chastain – “The 7th of Never” & “The Voice of the Cult” REISSUE (2015)

October 26, 2015

Label: Divebomb Records Review by Tony Cannella Back in the 80s, there were many guitar heroes. You had your Yngwie’s, Vai, Vinny Moore, Marty Friedman, etc. etc. but for my…

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Diemonds – “Never Wanna Die” (2015)

October 26, 2015

Label: Napalm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi A zombie crawls from the grave on the cover of the latest Diemonds album as the hard rock starts up and keeps going…

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Embassy of Silence – “Verisimilitude” (2015)

October 26, 2015

Label: Inverse Records Review by CriX The Finnish progressive rock/metal ensamble Embassy of Silence is back with their third album “Verisimilitude”. The first track “Shame, Spin & Click” is a…

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Burning Point – “Burning Point” (2015)

October 22, 2015

Label: AFM Records Review by CriX Finland’s melodic power metal Burning Point has been active since the late 90’s and since then the band has released 5 studio albums. Recently…

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District 97 – “In Vaults” (2015)

October 22, 2015

Label: Laser’s Edge Review by Alysha Hayden “In Vaults” is the third album for the Chicago based mix of pop/alternative/progressive rock band, District 97. “In Vaults” opens with “Snow Country”…

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Jaded Star – “Memories from the Future” (2015)

October 19, 2015

Label: Sensory Records Review by Alysha Hayden “Memories from the Future” is the debut album for Jaded Star. These Greece based melodic metal supernovas come from experience in other groups,…

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Conquer Divide – “Conquer Divide” (2015)

October 2, 2015

Label: Artery Recordings Review by Alysha Hayden Conquer Divide’s self titled album is a debut for the six women that make up this multi-continent band. Their search to find the…

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Severnica – “Long Lost Longing” EP (2014)

September 25, 2015

Independent Release Review by CriX Severnica is a symphonic metal band from Finland and their debut 4-track EP “Long Lost Longing” was released back in 2014. Probably the sextet with…

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Tarja Turunen – “Ave Maria – En Plein Air” (2015)

September 25, 2015

Label: earMUSIC Review by Alessandra Cognetta Two years after “Colours in the Dark”, Tarja is back with a new album, with the specific intent of displaying and honouring her background…

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Oceans of Slumber – “Blue” EP (2015)

September 21, 2015

Label: Century Media Records Review by Alysha Hayden Oceans of Slumber are a progressive metal band based out of Houston, Texas in the US. Comprising of Cammie Gilbert on vocals,…

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Xandria – “Fire & Ashes” EP (2015)

September 16, 2015

Label: Napalm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Three new songs, two cover songs and two re-recorded Xandria songs. “Fire & Ashes” is the new EP from Xandria and it really…

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Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody – “Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus” (2015)

September 7, 2015

Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Warren Mayocchi This is exciting, new music from a one of the pioneers of modern symphonic metal. Here is the second album from Luca…

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