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…
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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…
The Mariana Hollow – “Velvet Black Sky” (2012)
Label: Trieste Records Review by Tony Cannella “Velvet Black Sky” is the title of the 2nd album from The Mariana Hollow, a 5-piece alternative metal band hailing from the UK.…
Storyum – “Insomnia” (2012)
Label: Edge Records/Ravenheart Records Review by Tony Cannella One thing I have learned is to never judge a band on first listen. A perfect example of this is the Slovakian…
Snei Ap – “Hidden Floors” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Snei Ap is an Alternative/Modern Metal all female band from Italy. Their debut EP is entitled, “Hidden Floors” and features 6-songs and 27-minutes worth…
Sin7sinS – “Carnival of No Tomorrow” (2012)
Label: S7S Records Review by Tony Cannella On their 2010 debut album “Perversion LTD.”, the Dutch melodic Gothic metal band Sin7sinS hit the mark with an impressive debut, now with…
MaterDea – “Satyricon” (2011)
Label: Midsummer’s Eve Review by Luisa Mercier The Italian prog/pagan-folk metal band MaterDea has released their second full-length last year and it is inspired by Latin literature. “Satyricon” is a novel…
Rampart – “War Behast” (2012)
Label: Inferno Records Review by Tony Cannella It seems like a lot of albums of the classic metal variety have been coming my way as of late. That’s fine by…
Lita Ford – “The Bitch is Back… Live” LIVE ALBUM (2013)
Label: SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella When rock legend Lita Ford released her album “Living Like a Runaway” on an unsuspecting public, there was really no reason to expect greatness.…
Epysode – “Fantasmagoria” (2013)
Label: AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella For their second epic album, “Fantasmagoria”, Epysode main man Samuel Arkan has assembled another impressive array of metal musicians to complete his vision.…
Beyond God – “Dark Light of Dawn” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella My head is spinning. There is so much killer music coming out these days, particularly in the Femme Metal genre that sometimes it is…
Ayreon – “The Theory of Everything” (2013)
Label: Inside Out Music Review by Tony Cannella Arjen Anthony Lucassen released the last album on the Ayreon moniker back in 2008. Since then he has kept his creative spirit…