Holy Moses – “Redefined Mayhem” (2014)
Label: SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella It is very rare to find a female in metal music – especially extreme metal – that has had the career that Sabina Classen…
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Ancient Bards – “A New Dawn Ending” (2014)
Label: Limb Music Review by Tony Cannella In the realm of symphonic metal there are very few bands that are more epic and grandiose than Italy’s Ancient Bards. Not many…
Tarja Turunen & Mike Terrana – “Beauty and the Beat” (2014)
Label: earMusic Review by Tony Cannella “Beauty and the Beat” is a unique and interesting new project. In this case, the beauty is none other than Tarja Turunen and the…
Savn – “Savn” (2014)
Label: CDR Records/Intergroove Review by Tony Cannella Every so often, I’ll think, “Whatever happened to The Sins of Thy Beloved?” They released two albums in the late 90s and early…
Epica – “The Quantum Enigma” (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Luisa Mercier First of all, let me start confessing a secret: I really liked Epica‘s previous record “Requiem for The Indifferent”, but along the…
HOLY SHiRE – “Midgard” (2014)
Label: Bakerteam Records Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the symphonic fantasy metal band HOLY SHiRE was formed in 2009. After releasing their initial demo in 2010, they followed that with…
Elegy of Madness – “Brave Dreams” (2014)
Label: Wormholedeath Review by Tony Cannella Elegy of Madness is a female fronted symphonic metal band from Italy. They formed in 2006 and in 2009 they released their debut full-length…
Elysion – “Someplace Better” (2014)
Label: Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella From Greece, The Gothic metal band Elysion released their debut album “Silent Scream” in 2009 and now the band returns with a vengeance…
Blues Pills – “Live at Rockpalast” EP (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella Blues Pills is a Swedish, French and American combo who plays blues based hard rock. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast and…
A Sound of Thunder – “Time’s Arrow” (2013)
Label: Mad Neptune Records Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from Washington, D.C., A Sound of Thunder is a no holds barred, take no prisoners power metal outfit. The band has…
Sanctorium – “The Depths Inside” (2014)
Label: Graviator Records Review by Vard Aman I first heard Sanctorium (from St. Petersburg, Russia) when they released their debut self-titled demo in 2006. The song “Harvester and the Rose”…
Unleash the Archers – “Demons of the Astrowaste” (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Back in my formative metal years, I “discovered” many a great band because of their album cover art (that’s how I first got into…
Unleash the Archers – “Behold the Devastation” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Canada’s Unleash the Archers formed in 2007. In 2009 they released their debut album “Behold the Devastation”. “Behold the Devastation” contains 8-songs and almost…
Se Delan – “The Fall” (2014)
Label: KScope Review by Eetu Niskanen Se Delan are a duo consisting of multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves and vocalist Belinda Kordic (Killing Mood). “The Fall” is Se Delan‘s debut album and…
Tuomas Holopainen – “The Life and Times of Scrooge” (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella On his debut solo album, Nightwish keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen has created a concept album based around the graphic novel “The Life and Times…
Xandria – “Sacrificium” (2014)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella When it was announced that the long running German symphonic metal band Xandria parted ways with vocalist Manuela Kraller after just one album…
Arkona – “Yav” (2014)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella From Russia, Arkona has already made a heavy footprint in the pagan/folk metal genre. Now they return with their 7th album (yes, I…
Hanna Pakarinen – “Olipa kerran elamä” (2013)
Label: Sony Music Finland Review by CriX Hanna Pakarinen was the first winner of Idol’s Finnish edition in 2004, after Eurovision in 2007 and 5 albums she’s back with a…
Stream of Passion – “A War of Our Own” (2014)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Originally starting out in 2005 as an Arjen Lucassen project, the band Stream of Passion has evolved into so much more. With their 4th…
Leah – “Otherworld” EP (2013)
Label: Ex Cathedra Records Review by Tony Cannella Leah McHenry is a very talented singer/songwriter from Canada. Her debut album “Of Earth & Angels” was pretty damn impressive. Now she…