In This Moment – “Black Widow” (2014)
Label: Atlantic Records Review by Tony Cannella After releasing four albums for Century Media the American Metal core outfit In This Moment has taken their act to Atlantic Records and…
Countermove’s “The Power of Love” – Dutch metal for the Red Cross
For the first time ever many of the biggest and emerging artists of the NL Heavy Music Scene have collaborated to record and release a track to help raising funds for…
Giada Etro – Tystanden
Interview by Miriam C. Tystnaden is probably one of so many “underrated bands” Europe-wise, despite having what it takes to hit the big time in this difficult area, also…
Guano Apes – “Offline” (2014)
Label: Sony Music Deutschland Review by Tony Cannella The long running German alternative rock band Guano Apes has enjoyed a long career since their inception in 1994. Their 1997 debut “Proud…
FYRE! – “Missy Powerful” (2014)
Label: Flaming Passion Music/AFM Review by Tony Cannella FYRE! is a powerful and energetic hard rock outfit fronted by Argentinean vocalist Alejandra Burgos. The band has released their debut album “Missy…
Ann-Sofie Hoyles – Spiders
Interview by Miriam C. Lately, there are a few many current music realities that are trying to revive a musical genre that to some people is still interesting, the rock…
Raskasta Joulua – “Ragnarok Juletide” (2014)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by CriX Raskasta Joulua is a Finnish project that was born 10 years ago and its main inspiration leads to USA’s Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They propose traditional…
Fräkmündt – “Landlieder & Fromdländler” (2014)
Label: Auerbach Tonträger/Prophecy Productions Review by Alessandra Cognetta Fräkmündt is a Ur-folk band from Luzern, Switzerland. The name itself is quite evocative and meaningful, considering their origin. Fräkmündt is, in fact,…
Alejandra Burgos & Lars Ratz – FYRE!
Interview by Alessandra Cognetta FYRE! is an international band revolving around the charismatic figure of vocalist and guitarist Alejandra Burgos. Alejandra left her home in Argentina to pursue a…
Triosphere – “The Heart of the Matter” (2014)
Label: AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella There is always a place for all kinds of metal genres, sub genres and sub genres of sub genres. It’s all good and…
Devin Townsend Project – “Z²” (2014)
Label: Century Media Records Review by Tony Cannella Devin Townsend is one talented dude. I don’t think that’s really a revolutionary statement. He’s a multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, showman, multi-tasker, all of…
KONTRUST – “Explositive” (2014)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella A couple of words I would use to describe the Austrian band Kontrust are: quirky, unique and… fun. OK, that’s more than a…
Amazon – “Rise!” (2014)
Label: Ravenheart Records Review by Tony Cannella From Brazil, Amazon returns with their 3rd album “RISE!”. This album is appropriately titled because it continues to bands upward ascent. It may…
Jyou & miko – exist†trace
Interview by Miriam C. The J-rock legends exist†trace, after the critically acclaimed mini albums previously released “Spiral Daisakusen” and “DIAMOND”, further enhance their new musical evolution with their second album “WORLD…
End of the Dream – “End of the Dream” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella End of the Dream is a female fronted metal band from the Netherlands that was formed in 2010. They have recently issued their debut…
Sharon den Adel – Within Temptation
Interview by Tony Cannella On October 11th, the legendary Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation wrapped up their wildly successful North American tour in Worcester, Mass. It was my…
Voices of Destiny – “Crisis Cult” (2014)
Label: Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella The symphonic metal outfit from Germany, Voices of Destiny returns with a new singer Ada Flechtner (ex-Coronatus) and their 3rd album “Crisis Cult”;…
Witch Mountain – “Mobile of Angels” (2014)
Label: Svart Records/Profound Lore Records Review by Alessandra Cognetta “Mobile of Angels” seems to follow a recent, much welcomed trend, where artist favour shorter tracklists but deliver longer, richer tracks.…
theNAME – “Unchained” (2013)
Label: V2 Records Review by Tony Cannella From The Netherlands, theNAME are a hugely underrated band. They formed in 2000 and have just issued their fourth album, “Unchained”. The sound…
Will Wallner & Vivien Vain – “Rising” (2012)
Label: Metal Mind Productions Review by Tony Cannella Wallner & Vain is the collaborative hard rock/metal project put together by English guitarist Will Wallner (former White Wizzard ) and Croatian power house vocalist Vivien…