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…
Alexandra Revontulet – Revontulet
Interview by Vard Aman Since announcing themselves in 2008, Russia’s Finnish-inspired Revontulet have become one of the most promising bands on the Symphonic Metal scene; mastering their craft and building…
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…
Mark Jansen – Epica
Interview by Miriam C. Although we haven’t still have had the chance to give a thorough listen to this fantastic (at least we presume so) album, we asked Epica‘s…
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…
Anna von Hausswolff – “Ceremony” (2013)
Label: City Slang Review by Luisa Mercier I confess I never heard of this Swedish girl, architect turned singer songwriter. My bad indeed, since Northern Europe seems to provide the…
Introducing Margaret Berger
Article by Miriam C. & Alessandra Cognetta Sometimes people (in particular some metalheads – now don’t take it personally, I’m just stating the obvious) confuse quality with commercial: at the…
Zuberoa Aznárez – Diabulus in Musica
Interview by Ary R. Third album for the Spanish act Diabulus In Musica that is going to introduce to the fans the brand new creature, “Argia”, a record which shows…
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…
Asami – Voice of Divine Children (Japanese version)
質問文翻訳 Yoshiaki Miyasaka Voice of Divine Childrenは、いつ誕生したのですか？ さぁ？！（笑） 私が加入したのは結成後だから分からないけれど、 ２年前くらいかな。 VODCに加入する前から、Asamiさんは既にGuardian Hackerのシンガーとして知られていました。このバンドへは、どのようにして加入が決まったのでしょう？
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…