Myrkur – “Mausoleum” EP (2016)
Label: Relapse Records Review by Warren Mayocchi There are albums one does not expect, “Mausoleum” is such a production. It is a listening surprise for those familiar with the studio…
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Lennert Kemper & Radina Dimcheva – ReSolve
Interview by Michelle Henriquez There are many hidden treasures in the Netherlands and ReSolve is definitely one of them. The progressive metal band originated in The Hague has been on…
Arkona – “Decade of Glory” LIVE (2013)
Label : Sound Age Productions/Napalm Records Review by Vard Aman Arkona (Аркона) have existed for only 10 years (well, 11 now), it feels like they have been around much longer…
Interview : S.C. Kuschnerus – Krypteria
Interview by Eetu Niskanen For the beginning, you just released your new album “My Fatal Kiss”, how much work did it take to get it written, recorded and…
Interview : Jin-In Cho – Krypteria
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…
Kamelot – “Silverthorn” (2012)
Label : SPV/Steamhammer Records Review by Tony Cannella & Luisa Mercier It is finally here. One of the most eagerly anticipated symphonic metal releases this year has to be “Silverthorn”…
Interview : Johanna Lesonen – Dotma
Interview by Si Smith First-time viewers of the new album by Dotma will be presented with a fantastic vista of colour and imagery – but what are the…
Interview : Isadora Cortina – Ancestral Legacy
Interview by Ed MacLaren After numerous delays, Norway’s Ancestral Legacy has just released an exceptional new album of doomy black metal with “Nightmare Diaries”. But before the album…
Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody – “Ascending to Infinity” (2012)
Label : Nuclear Blast Records Review by Tony Cannella Several years ago the members of the virtuoso Italian metal band Rhapsody found themselves in a unique situation. The band –…
Industrial/Electronic Realms : Kirlian Camera – “Nightglory” (2011)
Label : Out of Line Review by Luisa Mercier The Italian industrial combo Kirlian Camera is a cult throughout Europe and now is back with another beautiful release. “Nightglory” is…
Interview : Daphne Gobius Du Sart – Evil’s Desire
Interview by Lindz Riot The Netherlands has given us so many amazing metal bands. It is also well know for its birth of great gothic and symphonic metal…
Siren’s Cry – “Scattered Horizons” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Austria comes the symphonic progressive metal band Siren’s Cry. Their debut album is called “Scattered Horizons” and it features 9-songs and over 50-minutes…
Interview : Adriana Salomone – The Mantra Above The Spotless Moon (The Mantra ATSMM)
Interview by Matteo Bussotti Maybe you don’t know them, but these boys (and their very talented female singer, Adriana), have toured all over Europe, and they’re surely proving…
Interview : Priscilla Fiazza – TeodasiA
Interview by Miriam C. Lately, the Italian symphonic metal scene has churned out new bands that, slowly, are having a lot of success on the web and that…
Рарогъ (Rarog) – “Сыны Сокола” (“Syny Sokola” – “Sons of the Falcon”) (2012)
Label : Sound Age Productions Review by Vard Aman Rarog (the band) formed in 2004 in Moscow (although Shmel’ had been writing material for some time already), released their debut…
Interview : Berenice Musa – Tears of Martyr
Interview by Robin Stryker Originally from the Canary Islands, Tears of Martyr now calls Madrid home. For those craving a dose of dark gothic metal, the band’s new…
Interview : Géraldine Gadaut – Benighted Soul
Interview by Si Smith It was clear from their early days that Benighted Soul were no average French symphonic metal band. From the Greek lettering on their…
Interview : Sarah Liodenot – Bel O Kan
Interview by Connie Bach Bel o Kan has an interesting combination of elements. There is the romance of symphony, an eighties flare created by the guitars,…
Interview : Anastasia Schmidt – Arven
Interview by Claudio Grippi This time we let the guitarist and mastermind, Anastasia, intruduce this young German band symphonic metal caressed by JRR Tolkien’s symphonies and some real…
Pursuing the End – “Dawn of Expiation” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella The operatic, symphonic metal band Pursuing the End were formed in May 2010 in Italy, and although the band has only been together for…