Nightwish – “Showtime, Storytime” (2013)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella Floor Jansen is one of my favorite singers on the planet. Nightwish is one of my favorite bands on the planet. So…
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Touchstone – “Oceans of Time” (2013)
Label: Hear No Evil Recordings/Cherry Red Records Review by Tony Cannella From the U.K., Touchstone has become one of the most significant (and best) female fronted progressive rock bands. On their…
MaYaN – “Antagonize” (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella On their second album, “Antagonise”, MaYaN – led by Epica guitarist/grunter extraordinaire Mark Jansen – have a lot to say and they’re…
Teodasia – “Reflections” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the symphonic metal band Teodasia released their debut full-length album, “Upwards” in 2012. Now the band returns with a 9-song, 31-minute EP…
Sorronia – “Words of Silence” (2013)
Label: Bakerteam Records Review by Tony Cannella Sorronia is a symphonic, gothic metal band from Budapest, Hungary. The band has just released their debut album entitled, “Words of Silence”. With…
Flyleaf – “Who We Are” EP (2013)
Label: A&M/Octone Records/Interscope Records Review by Tony Cannella “Who We Are” is the new 5-song 15-minute EP from the American hard rock outfit Flyleaf. This EP marks the Flyleaf recording…
Caladmor – “Of Stones and Stars” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Switzerland the band Caladmor plays epic, folk metal. They were formed in 2001 under name Pale. They released a full-length and an EP…
Benedictum – “Obey” (2013)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella Oh. My. God. Just when I thought the Phoenix, Arizona based band Benedictum couldn’t get any better, they have to go and prove…
Angelica – “Thrive” (2013)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella Most people know vocalist Angelica Rylin as the voice of the excellent Gothic metal band The Murder of My Sweet. With her main…
Indica – “Shine” (2014)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Cristina Gregori The finnish all female rockers, Indica, are ready to explode with a brand new album. After their 5th album “A Way Away”, the…
Parallax – “Sputnik” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Parallax are a recently formed (2011) band from Ukraine, playing what they describe as “Martian Progressive Oriental Metal”, or “Oriental Flavoured Prog Metal”, and…
Inviolate – “Feast of Ashes” EP (2012)
Label: Strange One Records Review by Tony Cannella From Atlanta, Georgia the alternative electro-metal band is led by front woman, belly dancer Kadria. The uniqueness of their shows has already…
Illnath – “Third Act in the Theatre of Madness” (2011)
Label: Pitch Black Records Review by Tony Cannella From Denmark, Illnath is a female fronted extreme metal outfit. They were formed in 2000 and in 2011 released their third album,…
Hysterica – “The Art of Metal” (2012)
Label: Black Lodge Records Review by Tony Cannella The Swedish all Female heavy metal band Hysterica returns with their second album “The Art of Metal”. Their debut “Metalwar” was issued…
Hand of God – “The Hand of God” (2013)
Label: Sleaszy Rider Records Review by Tony Cannella Hand of God is a power metal outfit from Greece. The band is fronted by lead vocalist Marissia and guitarist Theodore Ziras.…
Flames of Fury – “FoF” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From New York City, Flames of Fury were formed in 2009 and in such a short amount of time they have already shared the…
Effloresce – “Coma Ghosts” (2012)
Label: Generation Prog Records Review by Tony Cannella Effloresce is a progressive metal band from Germany. Back in 2009 the band released their independent 3-song EP “Shades of Fate”. Effloresce…
Leaves Eyes’ – “Symphonies of the Night” (2013)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella “Symphonies of the Night” is the title of the 4th full-length album from the German/Norwegian metal band Leaves’ Eyes. The band – which…
Viper Venom – “In Venom Veritas” (2012)
Label: Anko Music Review by Tony Cannella The Italian aggressive metal band Viper Venom has been in existence since 1999. After a few demos they released their debut EP in…
Via Obscura – “Gedanken” (2012)
Label: Woodhouse Records/Feuerbaum Records Review by Tony Cannella For anyone who still hangs on to the notion that metal is a limiting art form than I would direct them to…