Céphée Lyra – “Privati Honoris Causa” EP (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella At 31-minutes, the new EP from the French progressive metal band Céphée Lyra is almost a full-length album. “Privati Honoris Causa” is the bands…
A Million Miles – “What’s Left Behind” (2013)
Label: Abandon Records Review by Tony Cannella From Germany, the band A Million Miles blends modern metal with thrash metal even a little doom thrown in there to create a…
Jill Janus – Huntress
Interview by Tony Cannella To put it quite simply, Huntress killed at this year’s Mayhem festival. I’m sure it wasn’t an easy proposition to take the stage so early in…
Elize Ryd & Jake E. – Amaranthe
Interview by Tony Cannella The Swedish metal band Amaranthe recently embarked on their first ever U.S. tour. They are out supporting their excellent sophomore effort “The Nexus” and have been…
Heidi Shepherd & Henry Flury – Butcher Babies
Interview by Tony Cannella Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Butcher Babies have just released their debut album “Goliath” which promptly landed at number one on the Billboard Magazine Heatseakers chart…
Slugde doom metal trio MORTALS enter studio to record full-length debut on Relapse Records
Brooklyn, NY’s Mortals have entered the studio to record their full-length debut and first album for Relapse Records. The blackened sludge trio are working with Kevin Bernsten (Mutilation Rites, Magrudergrind,…
Tuomas Seppälä & Capri – Amberian Dawn
Interview by Laura Medina Amberian Dawn, a symphonic metal band from Finland, announced via their official website that they were parting ways with their longtime female vocalist, Heidi Parviainen, in…
Emily Pothast – Midday Veil
Interview by Matteo Bussotti “The Current”, Midday Veil‘s latest album, is simply spectacular. Listen to it immediately! And, while you’re listening to it, why not reading our interview with their…
Андем [Andem] – “Зимние Слёзы” [“Zimniyе Slyoziy”- “Winter Tears”] (2013)
Label: Sound Age Productions Review by Vard Aman My introduction to Andem (whose name is derived from a combination of Angels and Demons) came with the release of their debut…
Mortalium – “A Gap Between Birth and Death” (2013)
Label: Metal Renaissance Review by Vard Aman Mortalium formed in Kharkiv in Ukraine in 2009 and play a variety of Gothic Doom Metal. Gothic Doom Metal is a subgenre that…
WitchcrafT – “7” (2013)
Label: Metalism Records Review by Vard Aman WitchcrafT are one of those bands that you know you can always trust even though you know they’re not going produce the same…
Blackmore’s Night – “Dancer and the Moon” (2013)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Luisa Mercier Ninth record for the band led by legend Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night. If I should sum up in a few words…
Midday Veil – The Current (2013)
Label: Tranlinguistic Other Records Review by Matteo Bussotti “The Current” is the latest release from the American, psychedelic band Midday Veil. And we all pretty much already figured it out…
Blood Ceremony – “The Eldritch Dark” (2013)
Label: Rise Above Records Review by Matteo Bussotti Starting from their over 15.000 likes on Facebook, you can sense from the beginning that Blood Ceremony are not a mediocre band,…
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa – “Seesaw” (2013)
Label: Mascot Records Review by Davide Torresan Do you know the saying “Never change a winning team”? Well, the American singer-songwriter Beth Hart and the famous blues/rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa…
Eye Ra Haze – “Eye of the Storm” EP (2013)
Label: Who Music Review by Davide Torresan Eye Ra Haze is a New York-based band, and this “Eye Of The Storm” is their debut EP. The main feature of this…
Todtgelichter – “Apnoe” (2013)
Label: Aural Music/Code666 Review by Davide Torresan I waited a long time before writing something about the new work of Todtgelichter. I hope my boss is not angry, but this way…
Early Cross – “Pathfinder” (2013)
Label: Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella From Japan, the doom, progressive, gothic metal band Early Cross is one of the newest artists to find a home on the excellent…
Cross Vein – “Birth of Romance” (2012)
Label: Black-Listed Productions Review by Tony Cannella On their debut full-length album, “Birth of Romance”, Japan’s Cross Vein plays Stratovarius/Rhapsody style power metal. Throughout the 11-song, 54-minute disc, the band…
Eleanor – “Breathe Life into the Essence” (2013)
Label: Black-Listed Records Review by Tony Cannella From Japan, Eleanor plays romantic melancholic metal with a neo-classical metal twist to it. Eleanor was formed in Osaka in 2005. They released…