The Sterling Sisters – “Hale” (2013)
Label: Pesanta Urfolk Review by Luisa Mercier The Sterling Sisters are one of those bands that cannot go unnoticed. I never heard of them before, but as soon as I…
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…
Viola – Eklipse
Interview by Tony Cannella Eklipse hail from Germany and are an all female String quartet – what a concept. They recently made their American live debut on tour with Kamelot…
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…
Christine Davis – Christian Mistress
Interview by Alessandra Cognetta Today’s interview is one of the first I wrote for Femme Metal and marks one of the most interesting musical discoveries I had the pleasure to…
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…
Jonsu – Indica
Interview by Cristina Gregori After a important tour with Nightwish, Pain and Volbeat and the first English album, the Finnish band Indica is back on the scene with a brand…
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…
Johanna Kurkela – “Joulun Lauluja” (2013)
Label: Kaiku Recordings Review by Cristina Gregori Finland is the land of great voices, as examples we can take lots of singers (such as Tarja Turunen, Hanna Pakarinen, Jonsu, etc.)…
Natalia Zolotova & Alex Quitty – Cold Sight
Interview by Vard Aman Cold Sight are a young band, who have just released their debut album. But Cold Sight are no ordinary band and their debut album was no…
Scout – “Field of Ash” 7″ (2013)
Label: Pesanta Urfolk Records Review by Luisa Mercier I had the pleasure to appreciate Scout Paré-Philips in The Sterling Sisters album “Hale” where she backed the male vocalist. Therefore I…
Leila Abdul-Rauf – “Cold and Cloud” (2013)
Label: Saadi Saati Records (Pesanta Urfolk Records) Review by Luisa Mercier I already got to know Leila through her work in one of her bands, the metal combo Hammers of…
Heini Kuusisto – Migraine Eyes
Interview by Cristina Gregori Migraine Eyes is a melodic metal band from Finland, after some changes in the line-up they have found their way. A new band able to overwhelm…
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…