Elferya – “Eden’s Fall” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi From the opening notes of “Eden’s Fall” it is obvious Elferya are a symphonic metal band. The first track is a short instrumental introduction.…
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Wolves in the Throne Room – “Thrice Woven” (2017)
Label: Artemisia Records Review by Warren Mayocchi With an established career in black metal, Wolves in the Throne Room offer to us their latest album along with a series of…
April Weeps – “Outer Calm, Pain Within” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Slovakia, April Weeps plays atmospheric gothic metal. The band has two lead vocalists, the female vocalist is Marta and her counterpart on male…
Hypersonic – “Existentia” (2016)
Label: Revalve Records Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the melodic power metal band Hypersonic returns with their second full-length (and first in 5 years), entitled “Existentia”. It is certainly…
Black Mountain – “IV” (2016)
Label: Jagjaguwar Review by Warren Mayocchi Fuzzy guitars, spacey keyboards, drawling vocals are all ingredients on Black Mountain‘s “IV” album. They seem to have displayed their influences prominently on their…
BO-PEEP – “THANK YOU” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi “THANK YOU” is a relatively short album at 34 minutes. BO-PEEP are a band with a sound the is something of a cross of…
Demon Lung – “A Dracula” (2015)
Label: Candlelight Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Take one classic cult horror movie, add a generous dose of Demon Lung, and the result is “A Dracula”. The 1978 movie that…
Ethernity – “Obscure Illusions” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Warren Mayocchi “Obscure Illusions” is an album that has been incubating for a long time. Ethernity was formed by brothers Julien and Nicolas Spreutels and their…
Kamelot – “Haven” (2015)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Kamelot have a distinct sound and on their second album with their new singer Tommy Karevik the sound remains. This is the third…
Illuminata – “Where Stories Unfold” (2015)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Austria, the symphonic metal band Illuminata has existed since 2006. With their 3rd album “Where Stories Unfold”, the band has released an epic record…
Karkaos – “Empire” (2014)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Karkaos is a melodic death metal band from Montreal, Canada. They formed in 2003 and released their debut EP “In Burning Skies” in 2011.…
Fallen Arise – “Ethereal” (2013)
Label: Noisehead Records Review by Tony Cannella From Greece, the male/female symphonic metal band Fallen Arise formed in 2009. In 2011 they released their debut EP. Now, they are out…
Tantal – “Expectancy” (2014)
Label: Bakerteam Records Review by Vard Aman Tantal was formed in 2004 in Moscow by guitarist, Dmitriy Ignatiev. A year later they were joined by vocalist, Sofia Raykova who took…
The Moon And The Nightspirit – “Holdrejtek” (2014)
Label: Auerbach Tonträger/Prophecy Productions Review by Alessandra Cognetta The Moon And The Nightspirit is a Hungarian duo that creates a blend of pagan folk and medieval music. The two musicians started…
Akribi – “Black Morning Sun” (2011)
Label: Jyden Music Review by Tony Cannella From Sweden, Akribi is a progressive metal band who fuses Dream Theater style song arrangements with heavy riffs and clean vocals courtesy of…
Heart – “Fanatic Live From Caesars Coliseum” (2014)
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Tony Cannella For me, Heart is one of those bands that it is easy to forget how many great songs they have. Everyone knows “Barracuda”,…
Anna Beliva – “Fire” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Metalheads who only listen to Metal and refuse to even give anything else a chance need not bother reading beyond this full stop. <…
Poemisia – “La Danza degli Spiriti” (2013)
Label: Spider Rock Promotions Review by Tony Cannella Poemisia is a Symphonic/Operatic metal band from Italy. Their debut album is out now and it is titled, “La Danza Degli Spiriti”…
Nota Profana – “The Devil’s Playground” (2013)
Independent Release Review by Adam Todd Nota Profana has really surprised me with “The Devil’s Playground”. While I found the album as a whole disjointed with no real flow, the…
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…