Rituals of the Oak – “Come, Taste the Doom” (2012)
Label : Eyes Like Snow Review by Luisa Mercier Australia is a country very prolific in the field of doom, gothic-doom metal and Rituals of the Oak are just another…
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Issa – “Can’t Stop” (2012)
Label : Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella For her third album, the Norwegian rock diva Issa chose to go in a different direction. Sure “Can’t Stop” is chock full…
Armonight – “Tales from the Heart” (2012)
Label : Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the Gothic metal band Armonight formed in 2008. In 2011 their debut “Suffering and Passion” was released. The band has…
Hanging Doll – “The Sacred & Profane” (2012)
Label : Rocksector Records Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. based Gothic metal band Hanging Doll released their full-length debut, “Reason and Madness” in 2008 and have now returned with…
Eluveitie – “The Early Years” (2012)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella When it comes to Folk Metal, it simply doesn’t get much better than the Swiss band Eluveitie. The band formed in 2002…
Only Fate Remains – “Breathe” (2011)
Label : Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella From Holland, Only Fate Remains is formerly known as Trisomy and were formed in 1996. They released three demos under that moniker…
FeedForward – “Upstream” (2012)
Label : Independent Release/Nightmare Records Review by Tony Cannella The Dutch Progressive Rock/Metal band FeedForward has been around since 2002. After releasing two demos in 2002 and 2003, they issued…
Kontrust – Second Hand Wonderland (2012)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Matteo Bussotti I’ll make it clear from the beginning: this album is stunning. It’s simply exceptional. It spills energy from every hole (metaphorically speaking).…
No More Speech – “No More Speech” (2012)
Label : Massive Arts Review by Matteo Bussotti With their debut album, No More Speech surely want a place for themselves among the high-rated metal bands. One thing I can…
Triaxis – “Rage & Retribution” (2012)
Label : Rocksector Records Review by Tony Cannella From the U.K., Triaxis plays classic power metal the way it was meant to be played. On their second album, “Rage &…
Unseen Ether – “Ephemeral Way” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella “Ephemeral Way” is the title of the debut EP from Spanish Goth metallers Unseen Ether. 5-songs and 25-minutes worth of music makes up the…
Touchstone – “Discordant Dreams” RE-ISSUE (2012)
Label: SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. based band Touchstone does a wonderful job in walking the fine line between over-the-top progressive rock and more mainstream rock music. Some…
Touchstone – “Wintercoast” REISSUE (2012)
Label : SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. progressive rock outfit Touchstone’s second full-length album “Wintercoast” was originally released in 2009. Now, thanks to SPV it has received the…
Touchstone – “Mad Hatters” EP RE-ISSUE (2012)
Label : SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella In 2007 the progressive/AOR rock band Touchstone, first came on the scene with this – their debut EP “Mad Hatters”, which has now…
Lanewin – “Eclectic Tour” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Vard Aman There is currently no shortage of really good Female-fronted Symphonic Metal bands around the world plying their trade, so for a band to really…
Korrigan – “Thy Art, Lament” (2010)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Greek combo Korrigan released in 2010 their first full-length, after a demo and a promo EP. The kind of music that they deliver us…
Fateless Tears – “Halogen Dawn” EP (2012)
Label : BlueFreya Media Review by Luisa Mercier Fateless Tears are back and have just released a new EP called “Halogen Dawn”. The style proposed is their usual progressive metal with…
Diva Suicide – “New Girl on the Block” SINGLE (2011)
Label : Battered Vinyl Review by Luisa Mercier The new single by the California-based Diva Suicide is an anthem against the X-Factor generation, as they state on their Facebook page. It…
Visioni Gotiche – “Cancellata del tempo” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Visioni Gotiche is a dark-horror Italian band that has already released four records and several soundtracks for indie horror movies. “Cancellata del tempo” has been…
Visioni Gotiche – “Il Segreto del Demone (The Secret of the Demon)” (2009)
Label : Note Volanti Edizioni Musicali Review by Luisa Mercier Visioni Gotiche (“Gothic Visions”) is an Italian project born in 2007 having as creative aim the composition of dark ambient…