Deathlike Silence – “Saturday Night Evil” (2009)
Label: Spinefarm Records Review by Tony Cannella Appearance’s can be deceiving. Look no further than Finland’s Deathlike Silence. I was all ready to write them off as some Gothic wannabes…
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Dawn of Destiny – “Human Fragility” (2009)
Label: Shark Records Review by Tony Cannella Germany’s Dawn of Destiny have previously released two full-length CDs. Their first was titled (appropriately enough) “Begins” and they followed that up with,…
Darzamat – “Solfernus’ Path” (2009)
Label: Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella Poland’s Darzamat have already been in existence since 1995. In that time the band has released 5 full-length albums, 1 EP and 1…
C-ROM – “Flames of Knowledge” (2009)
Label : Pervade Productions/Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella France’s C-ROM released their debut CD “The Winding Star” in 2006 and now have returned with their second release “Flames of…
Crystal Viper – “Metal Nation” (2009)
Label : Karthago Records Review by Tony Cannella After the opening intro “Breaking the Curse” the band absolutely tear into the title track “Metal Nation” and there is no looking…
Crisalida – “Raco” (2009)
Label : Mylodon Records Review by Tony Cannella From Chile, Crisalida play progressive rock/metal and describe their sound as Chilean art rock on their My Space profile. Whatever the case,…
Coronatus – “Fabula Magna” (2009)
Label : Massacre Records Review by Tony Cannella & Erwin van Dijk Germany’s Coronatus play dramatic, symphonic Gothic Metal with operatic overtones. They consist of 7 members in the band,…
CineMuerte – “Aurora Core” (2008)
Label : Raging Planet Records/Ravenheart Music Review by Tony Cannella From Lisbon, Portugal, CineMuerte is the band featuring vocalist Sophia Vieria (who guested on the last album by Moonspell and…
Citizen Charlie – “Citizen Charlie” (2009)
Label : Drugstore Records Review by Tony Cannella From Norway comes Citizen Charlie. This one caught me totally by surprise, the style of Citizen Charlie is hard – down n’…
Cassandra Syndrome – “of Patriots and Tyrants” (2009)
Label : Figmental Records Review by Tony Cannella Formed in Maryland in 2005, Cassandra Syndrome are a band that have a lot to say. Their debut release – available now…
Arkona – “Goy, Rode, Goi!” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review by Erwin van Dijk Arkona is a pagan metal band from Russia. The band is named after the temple fortress of Arkona, on the island…
Angeli di Pietra – “Storm Over Scaldis” (2009)
Label : CCP Records Review by Tony Cannella Are you ready for some power/folk metal? Or folk/power metal? Whatever the case may be, those two styles of music are not…
Amphitryon – “Drama” CD/DVD (2009)
Label : Pervade/Manitou/Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella You have to give France’s Amphitryon huge marks for doing something a little different and so ambitious. Their new release is titled…
Amberian Dawn – “The Clouds of Northland Thunder” (2009)
Label : Ascendance Records Review by Tony Cannella Finland’s Amberian Dawn have already created quite a buzz for themselves thanks to their phenomonal 2008 debut “River Of Tuoni”. The band…
Alight – “Don’t Fear the Revenge” (2009)
Label : My Funeral Records Review by Tony Cannella At only 7-tracks and 31-minutes worth of music, the debut effort from Italy’s Alight is more of an EP than an…
Andem – “Doch’ Lunnogo Sveta” (2009)
Label : Irond Records Review by Tony Cannella Andem come from Moscow, Russia and they play a solid, up-tempo brand of power metal. Their strong debut “Pendulum of Life” was…
Akroma – “Seth” (2009)
Label : Thundering Records Review by Tony Cannella Akroma are a melodic Black Metal band from France. They have just released their second album titled, “Seth”. Musically, Akroma‘s style is…
Eerie Sounds Section : Tiffany Apan – “Poet” (2008)
Label : Shinto Records Review by Mortuai Try as I might to be impartial, I find myself slightly biased about “Poet”, the debut release from Pennsylvania native Tiffany Apan. On…
Industrial/Electronic Realms : Qntal – “Purpurea” (2008)
Label : E-Wave Records/Drakkar Records Review by Tony Cannella To say that Germany’s Qntal are a difficult band to describe is an understatement to say the least. The band have…
Xandria – “Now & Forever – The Best of” (2008)
Label : Drakkar Records Review by Tony Cannella The German band Xandria have -to date – released four studio albums that are very well regarded in the metal community. Now…