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…
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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…
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…
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.)…
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…
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…
Hand of God – “The Hand of God” (2013)
Label: Sleaszy Rider Records Review by Tony Cannella Hand of God is a power metal outfit from Greece. The band is fronted by lead vocalist Marissia and guitarist Theodore Ziras.…
Flames of Fury – “FoF” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From New York City, Flames of Fury were formed in 2009 and in such a short amount of time they have already shared the…
Marie Fredriksson – “Nu!” (2013)
Label: Warner Music Sweden Review by CriX The queen of swedish pop-rock, Marie Fredriksson, is back with her 8th full length, “Nu!”. Marie is mostly known as the singer of…
Anneke Van Giersbergen
Questions by Ed MacLaren Collected by Edoardo Fiumi Dutch singer Anneke van Giersbergen is never one to rest on her musical laurels. Since leaving The Gathering in 2007, she has…
Ines Lukkanen – Embassy of Silence
Interview by Cristina Gregori Embassy of Silence is a finnish metal-rock band. Catchy melodies filled with grandeur, as well as experimentation are key elements in this musical project. Actually,after an…
Leaves Eyes’ – “Symphonies of the Night” (2013)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella “Symphonies of the Night” is the title of the 4th full-length album from the German/Norwegian metal band Leaves’ Eyes. The band – which…
Phildel – “The Glass Ghost” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Most talented Phildel is back, after her stunning spring debut “The Disappearance of the Girl”, with the new release, the EP “The Glass Ghost”.…