PelleK – “Bag of Tricks” (2013)
Label: Liljegren Records Review by Tony Cannella Per Fredrik “PelleK” Asly is a Norwegian rock/metal vocalist. He is a member of several bands including the British symphonic rock band Damnation…
Mongrel – “Reclamation” (2012)
Label: THC:Music Review by Tony Cannella From Boston, the aggressive punk/metal outfit Mongrel was first introduced to me via their 6-song EP “The New Breed of Old School” in 2010.…
Chastain – “Surrender to No One” (2013)
Label: Leviathan Records Review by Tony Cannella Back in the 80s female fronted metal bands were certainly nowhere near as a prominent as they are today, but there were some…
Janey Summer – “Time Wil Tell” SINGLE (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From the UK, Janey Summer released her debut “Along the Way” way back in 2008. She returns now with a phenomenal, fantastic and just…
Blodwen – “When Autumn Ends” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Jakarta, Indonesia the Symphonic metal band Blodwen formed in 2004. In 2009 they released their debut mini-album “After Joker” and followed that up…
myGrain – “Planetary Breathing” (2013)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Cristina Gregori Still unknown to some in the metal panorama, myGRAIN is a melodic death metal band from Finland, already musically active on the scene…
Liv Kristine – Leaves’ Eyes
Interview by Ary R After the great success gained with her new solo album, “Libertine”, the amazing Liv Kristine comes back with her band Leaves’Eyes and she introduces to the…
Crystal Viper – “Possession” (2013)
Label: AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella Poland’s Crystal Viper is fast becoming one of the best bands in the traditional/true heavy metal genre. Actually to say that they are…
Epica – “Retrospect” (2013)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella On March 23rd 2013 Epica celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a very special show in Eindhoven, Holland. In fact, this was more…
Nightwish – “Showtime, Storytime” (2013)
Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella Floor Jansen is one of my favorite singers on the planet. Nightwish is one of my favorite bands on the planet. So…
Dominique Lenore Persi – Stolen Babies
Interview by Laura Medina California-based alternative, experimental rock band Stolen Babies is fronted by the beautiful Dominique Lenore Persi on vocals and accordion and is backed by twin brothers…
Dorthia Cottrell – Windhand
Interview by Matteo Bussotti “Soma” is simply a great album, which we encourage you to listen. Having already listened to Windhand‘s work before (their split with Cough) we decided this…
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…