Label: Azure Records Review by Tony Cannella Hailing from Lisbon, Portugal, the metal band The Autist has been active since around 2014. It was in 2014 when they released their…
“The Coldest Sun” is the brand new single off The Autist‘s upcoming self-titled full-lenght. The new single features the talented German mezzo-soprano Alina Lesnik (already a member of Vivaldi Metal Project…
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…
Label: Frontiers Records Review by Warren Mayocchi Candice Night, Ritchie Blackmore and the troubadours of Blackmore’s Night have returned with a new album of renaissance rock. They combine traditional folk…
Label: Sire/Warner Music Review by Luisa Mercier It was the spring of 2012 when I got this album from an unknown band so I could review it. I had never been…
Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Tony Cannella Avatarium is the new project of Leif Edling from Candlemass. In 2013 they released their self-titled debut which – as it turns out…
Label: All Out Music Review by Tony Cannella La Strange – also known as – Angela Castellani is a singer from Northern Italy. Her debut album is called “Queen of…
Label : Solitude Productions Review by Vard Aman When I first came across Amily (from Rivne, Ukraine), they were marketing themselves as Funeral Doom – slower and bleaker than traditional…
Interview by Miriam C. If metal impersonate as a queen the German Doro, instead in the melodic rock/AOR territory the true deal is the US Robin Beck. Known…
Interview by Ed MacLaren Since 2004, Germany’s Krypteria has released a string of excellent symphonic metal albums – each reconstructing and redefining their trademark symphonic metal sound. With…
Interview by Miriam C. Transcription by Robin Stryker This was my second phoner interview that I’ve made in my life, this time I was more calm and relaxed.…
. Interview by Erwin van Dijk On June 1st the compilation double CD “Demonic and Divine” is released by Femme Metal. The CD is to support the Macmillan Cancer support…
Label : Stygian Crypt Productions Review by Luisa Mercier After the self-produced debut “Deceitful Fate”, Hildr Valkyrie releases for Stygian Crypt her second record “Shield Brothers of Valhalla”. The album…
Interview by Si Smith Grayceon are the perfect blend of metal and classical – with a mixture of jazz, doom and prog thrown in. Proving suitably elusive…
Label : Peaceville Records Review by Davide Torresan Ladies and Gentlemen, My Dying Bride is back. Three years have passed since the last album, “For Lies I Sire” and one…
Interview by Ed MacLaren German folk-metal septet, Lyriel, have taken a giant musical leap forward with its latest album “Leverage”. Fully embracing its inspirations and influences, Lyriel have crafted…
Interview by Roberta Ilaria Rossi Debut albums have the goal of introducing a band in the best way possible. Nowadays, music biz has a varied range of bands,…
Interview by Si Smith From the retro feel of Girlschool to the heavier riffage of Kittie, all-girl bands are slowly becoming more prevalent in the metal scene. More and more we are…
Label : Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella The long awaited new song from the German metal queen Doro Pesch is finally here. The new album “Raise Your Fist”…
Label : AFM Records Review by Tony Cannella I’m always suspicious of compilation albums. Especially if there is no new music included in the set, I mean, what’s the point?…