Tristania – “Darkest White” (2013)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella The Norwegian Gothic metal veterans Tristania returns with “Darkest White”, their seventh album and first since 2010’s “Rubicon”. “Darkest White” is also…
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Hanging Doll – “The Sacred & Profane” (2012)
Label : Rocksektor Records Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. based Gothic metal band Hanging Doll released their full-length debut, “Reason and Madness” in 2008 and have now returned with…
Visions of Atlantis – “Ethera” (2013)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Tony Cannella It’s been a long road for the Austrian Symphonic power metal band Visions of Atlantis. They are true survivors of the genre.…
Black Heaven – “Dystopia” (2011)
Label : Trisol Music Group GmbH Review by Luisa Mercier Black Heaven is the side project of mastermind Martin Schindler, which tried to complete the gothic rock played with Mantus through…
Clair de Lune – “Introduction to…” DEMO (2012)
Independent Release Review by Davide Torresan It’s always nice to discover new bands like this one. Clair De lune tries with this “Introduction to…” to make itself known outside of…
Ecliptica – “Journey Saturnine” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Austria, the band Ecliptica formed in 2003 and features the duel male/female vocals of Sandra Urbanek and Tom Tieber. On their 4th full-length…
Serenity – “War of Ages” (2013)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Davide Torresan With this “War of Ages” Serenity reaches the goal of the 4th album. Time really flies since it seems like yesterday when…
Kerstin Bischof
Interview by Miriam C. After some painful band splits (we have already seen her in action with Axxis and Xandria), the German singer Kerstin Bischof has decided to going solo…
Dhune – “Silence of Sound” (2012)
Label : Revalve Records Review by Tony Cannella Dhune is an alterna-metal band from Italy. They were formed in 1997 and released their debut album “Medusa” in 2007. Their second…
Sunwalter – “SETI Evidence” (2013)
Label : Grailight Productions Review by Vard Aman 2013 is off to a very promising start on the Russian/CIS Femme Metal scene with some great releases scheduled and some already…
Venturia – “Dawn of a New Era” (2012)
Label : Lion Music Review by Tony Cannella From France, the melodic metal band Venturia released their debut album “The New Kingdom” in 2006. After a few line-up changes Venturia…
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…
Tystnaden – “Anima” (2012)
Label : Valery Records Review by Tony Cannella Formed in 1998 the Italian Gothic Metal band Tystnaden first came on the radar with their impressive 2006 debut “Sham of Perfection”.…
Amaranthe – “The Nexus” (2013)
Label : Spinefarm Records/Universal Review by Tony Cannella The Swedish melodic metal band Amaranthe released their impressive self-titled debut in 2011. The album created a huge buzz in the metal…
Dawn of Destiny – “Praying to the World” (2012)
Label : Phonotraxx Publishing Review by Tony Cannella The German melodic power metal band Dawn of Destiny returns with their fourth album and first since 2009’s “Human Fragility”. My introduction…
Agata – Kontrust
Interview by Matteo Bussotti Their latest album hit us like a stone with its powerful mixture of rock, metal, and hip-hop/rap-like singing. They are Kontrust, and their album “Second Hand…
Kontrust – Second Hand Wonderland (2012)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Matteo Bussotti I’ll make it clear from the beginning: this album is stunning. It’s simply exceptional. It spills energy from every hole (metaphorically speaking).…
Kim Seviour – Touchstone
Interview by Si Smith After releasing two album, Touchstone is back with their third multifaceted progressive-rock album called “The City Sleeps”. Femme Metal got the chance to interview Kim, the…
Touchstone – “Discordant Dreams” RE-ISSUE (2012)
Label: SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. based band Touchstone does a wonderful job in walking the fine line between over-the-top progressive rock and more mainstream rock music. Some…
Touchstone – “Wintercoast” REISSUE (2012)
Label : SPV/Steamhammer Review by Tony Cannella The U.K. progressive rock outfit Touchstone’s second full-length album “Wintercoast” was originally released in 2009. Now, thanks to SPV it has received the…