Rampart – “Voice of the Wilderness” (2009)
Label : Inferno Records Review By Tony Cannella From Bulgaria, Rampart are a band that play no-nonsense, pure, true heavy metal à la early Warlock, Crystal Viper and Running Wild.…
Rainfall – “Lost in a Cold World” DEMO (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Often times, progressive rock and metal bands are defined by the length of their songs and overindulgent epic numbers that last 8-10 minutes or…
Quelonio – “Vicio y Virtud” (2009)
Label : Red Rivet Records Review By Tony Cannella The Spanish band Quelonio were originally founded way back in 1996. After numerous line-up changes that saw several members come-and-go, their…
Pythia – “Beneath the Veiled Embrace” (2009)
Label: Golden Axe Records Review By Tony Cannella From the UK comes Pythia. Their line up feature female vocalist Emily Alice Ovenden. And she is joined by Ross White (Guitar),…
Polynove Pole – “Na Semi Vitrah” (2009)
Label : Kataklysmos Factory Review by Tony Cannella From the Ukraine comes Polynove Pole. I have to confess that I knew nothing about this band when I recieved this CD,…
Pitbull Terrorist – “C.I.A” (2009)
Label : Anstalt Records/Nuclear Blast Records Review By Tony Cannella Finland’s Pitbull Terrorist are a mysterious new entity to the Nuclear Blast roster of bands. They play a pretty intense…
OTEP – “Smash the Control Machine” (2009)
Label : Victory Records Review By Tony Cannella Los Angeles, California based band Otep wants, no demands your attention, and on their recently issued fourth album “Smash the Control Machine”…
Orpheus – “Orpheus” (2009)
Label : Sidehorn Records Review By Tony Cannella When one hears about a band coming from Norway, it’s only natural to automatically think black metal or a female fronted symphonic…
One Without – “Thoughts of a Secluded Mind” (2009)
Label : Lifeforce Records Review By Tony Cannella From Gothenburg, Sweden comes One Without. The bands history begins in 2003 and since that time they have released two demos, a…
NoXiuS Corp – “Grey Shades” EP (2009)
Label : Toxic Forest Records Review By Tony Cannella NoXiuS Corp. hail from Spain and have just released their impressive 5-song debut EP, “Grey Shades”. Their musical style lies in…
Nova Orbis – “Imago” (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Nova Orbis is a 6-person progressive rock/metal band from Colombia. The band are led by vocalist Ana Barajas as she adds a tremendously strong…
Noctiluca – “Back to the Soul System” (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Noctiluca are an (almost) all female metal band from Parma, Italy. Actually 3/5 of the band are female, the only male members being bassist…
Narwhal Tusk – “In Despair” (2009)
Label: Musica Productions Review by Tony Cannella If you like female fronted symphonic metal ala Delain or Tarja era Nightwish, than Russia’s Narwhal Tusk should be right up your alley.…
Naos – “Inoctura” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella While prepping this review for the debut release from France’s Naos I came across the sad news that this band is no more. It…
Nachtlieder – Demo II (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Sweden’s Nachtlieder is the project featuring Dagny Susanne who is also a member of the band Wicked. She plays cold, nihilistic black metal that can…
Mystery Blue – “Hell & Fury” (2009)
Label : Bernett Records/Pervade Productions Review By Tony Cannella France’s Mystery Blue has a history that dates all the way back to the 80’s. Who knew? I sure as heck…
My Inner Burning – “My Inner Burning” (2009)
Label : SAOL Review By Tony Cannella Germany’s My Inner Burning play up-tempo, high energy, straight-forward metal, with a lot of melody, great hooks and catchy choruses. Their self-titled debut…
Modified – “Cruel Temptation” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From Canada, comes the female fronted powerhouse rock trio known as Modified. On their debut EP “Cruel Temptation”, Modified showcases their brand of Hard…
MasterCastle – “The Pheonix” (2009)
Label : Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella MasterCastle is the project put together by Labyrinth/Necrodeath guitarist Pier Gonella. Their style is symphonic epic guitar metal. It’s true that lovers…
Manzana – “Babies of Revolution” (2009)
Label: Dynamic Arts Records Review By Tony Cannella Manzana hail from Finland. Their press bio lists their musical genre as Grunge/Rock/Metal. I was a bit put off by the mention of…