Crippled Black Phoenix – “Bronze” (2016)
Label: Season of Mist Review by Warren Mayocchi In 2015 Crippled Black Phoenix released “New Dark Age Tour EP“. It opened with an excerpt from the original “Mad Max” movie…
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The Secret Sisters – “You Don’t Own Me Anymore” (2017)
Label: New West Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Before going through some difficult times Laura and Lydia Rogers (a.k.a. The Secret Sisters) created two albums. Their new effort, “You Don’t…
Once Human – “Evolution” (2017)
Label: earMusic Review by Tony Cannella Ever since the release of their 2015 debut, “The Life I Remember”, Once Human has quickly become one of my favorite extreme metal bands,…
Mother Harlot – “Mother Harlot” EP (2016)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Brooklyn, New York, Mother Harlot plays high energy melodic power metal. They have just released their self-titled debut EP. Mother Harlot is a…
Shirley Collins – “Lodestar” (2016)
Label: Domino Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Last heard in 1982, the singing voice of Shirley Collins is silent no more. “Lodestar” is a collection of traditional folk songs recorded…
Temperance – “The Earth Embraces Us All” (2016)
Label: Scarlet Records Review by Tony Cannella Italy has been such a great breeding ground for so many great metal bands over the last few years. One of my favorite…
Souls of Diotima – “The Sorceress Reveals – Atlantis” (2016)
Label: Rockshots Music Review by Tony Cannella From Italy, the power/progressive metal band Souls of Diotima formed in 2004. They released their debut album “Maitri” in 2011 and followed that…
The Agonist – “Five” (2016)
Label: Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella The Agonist has been on a steady ascent since they released their debut almost 10-years ago (it’s hard to believe that it has…
The Great Discord – “Duende” (2015)
Label: Metal Blade Records Review by Warren Mayocchi “Duende” is a word with an interesting shape. It might mean “charm; magnetism” or “having soul”, or it could be the name…
Kari Rueslåtten – “Time to Tell” (2014)
Label: Despotz Records Review by Alessandra Cognetta Kari Rueslåtten is back with a new album, “Time to Tell”, after a long break from music that started back in 2005. It’s…
Epysode – “Fantasmagoria” (2013)
Label: AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella For their second epic album, “Fantasmagoria”, Epysode main man Samuel Arkan has assembled another impressive array of metal musicians to complete his vision.…
Kaipa – “Vittjar” (2012)
Label: Inside Out Music Review by Tony Cannella The Swedish folk/progressive rock has been with us since 1975. Actually Kaipa is a band with a pretty eclectic pallet and is…
The Rain I Bleed – “Narcissist” (2011)
Label : Twilight Zone Records Review by Tony Cannella The Rain I Bleed is a fantastic symphonic power metal band hailing from Greece. Their debut album is called “Narcissist” and features…
Экскалибур [Excalibur] – “Душа” [“Dusha” – “Soul”] (2013)
Independent Release Review by Vard Aman Excalibur come from the fairly small city of Orel (Орёл – pronounced Oryol) about 400km South of Moscow, which is just next door in…
Weeping Silence – “For the Unsung” (2012)
Label : Ravenheart Records Review by Tony Cannella Malta is not known as a metal hotbed. In fact, the only band I can think of that hails from there is…
District 97 – “Trouble With Machines” (2012)
Label : Laser’s Edge Review by Tony Cannella Impressive! Utterly impressive and unexpectedly so, that is my first impression of the Chicago based progressive rock/metal outfit District 97 and their…
Romeo’s Daughter – “Romeo’s Daughter” (RE-ISSUE) (2008)
Label : Rock Candy Records Review by Tony Cannella Back in the late 80s, it was impossible to pick up a copy of the (then) legendary U.K. magazine Kerrang!, without…
WildeStarr – “A Tell Tale Heart” (2012)
Label : Scarlett Records Review by Tony Cannella Very few authors lends themselves to the metal treatment more than the great Edgar Allan Poe (Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft also…
Sister Sin – “Now and Forever” (2012)
Label : Victory Records Review by Tony Cannella You always know what you are getting when you buy a new Sister Sin album. There really is no mystery and there…
Tothem – “Beyond the Sea” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella On their debut full-length, “Beyond the Sea”, the Italian symphonic metal band Tothem has taken many steps beyond their 2010 EP “Osaka Bed &…