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Tarja – “The Brightest Void” & “The Shadow Self” (2016)

December 29, 2016

Label: earMUSIC Review by Alessandra “Psamathes” Cognetta Tarja’s summer has been marked by two milestones to her prolific career, through the release of “The Shadow Self” and “The Brightest Void”.…

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Avatarium – “The Girl With The Raven Mask” (2015)

January 15, 2016

Label: Nuclear Blast Review by Alysha Harden Swedish doom metal band Avatarium are back with a brand new album “The Girl With The Raven Mask” who is their second full…

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Avatarium – “All I Want” EP (2014)

February 2, 2015

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…

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Avatarium – “Avatarium” (2013)

January 28, 2014

Label: Nuclear Blast Records Review by Matteo Bussotti It’s great to have a band with so much experience like Avatarium put out an album after only 8 months of activity,…

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Kim Seviour – Touchstone

February 9, 2013

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…

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Marta Iacoponi – Repsel

January 19, 2013

Interview by Si Smith After the 2007 line-up change of the band’s original 2003 members, the band started writing and composing the first album called “The Double Mask of Human…

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Seven Kingdoms – “The Fire Is Mine” (2012)

January 9, 2013

Label : Nightmare Records Review by Tony Cannella This is one that I have been looking forward to. The Florida based Power Metal band were impressive as hell on their…

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INTERVIEW : Perseo Mazzoni & Daphne Romano – Lunocode (2011)

December 27, 2012

Interview by Si Smith Armed with a killer logo and a deceptively simple album cover, Lunocode burst onto the scene of female-fronted metal this year with a debut EP full…

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INTERVIEW : Katla Hausmann – Lunainfea

December 26, 2012

Interview by Si Smith “It exists a girl who lives on the moon, her name is… LUNAINFEA“. So begins the Lunainfea biography and it is at this point that…

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INTERVIEW : LadyHell (Kristell Lowagie) – Lovelorn

December 25, 2012

Interview by Si Smith Flying the flag for Belgian metal are dedicated rockers Lovelorn, fronted by the attractively named Ladyhell (Kristell Lowagie). Melodic and passionate, they are…

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Interview : Heather St.Marie & Mat Dauzer – Hydrovibe

October 15, 2012

Interview by Robin Stryker I became hopelessly addicted to the American melodic rock band, Hydrovibe, the first time I heard its new full-length debut, “Nothing Left to Lose”.…

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Gone Til Winter – “Gone Til Winter” DEMO (2009)

September 25, 2012

Label : Headroom Records Review by Tony Cannella From the UK comes the dark melodic power metal outfit Gone Til Winter. Their self-titled debut was released in 2009. Of course,…

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Interview : Daphne Gobius Du Sart – Evil’s Desire

September 17, 2012

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…

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Interview : Talena Cuthbeth – Gone Til’ Winter

August 1, 2012

Interview by Roberta Ilaria Rossi Gone Til Winter is a melodic metal band from Manchester (UK) with some progressive and power melodies embodied in the sound. Still “unknown”…

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Interview : Edera – Domina Noctis

July 24, 2012

Interview by Robin Stryker Femme Metal chats with Edera, vocalist and lyricst for Italian metal/rock band Domina Noctis, about their sophomore release “Second Rose”. Read on to learn…

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Interview : Chiara Malvestiti – Crysalys (2011)

July 2, 2012

Interview by Lindz Riot And finally after some trouble, including a split and a brand new line up, Crysalys are ready to present their first opera “The…

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The Road to Consciousness – “The Road to Consciousness” (2011)

May 21, 2012

Label : Fakto Records Review by Tony Cannella Road to Consciousness is the new project from mastermind Bernard Daubresse (ex-Free Launch, Lovelorn). The 13-song, 60-minute CD features a vast array…

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Woodscream – “Pentadrama” EP (2010)

April 3, 2012

Independent Release Review by Si Smith Russia already has a name for great folk metal, but hot on the heels of the existant masters come St Petersburg’s Woodscream. Following on…

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Domina Noctis – “Second Rose” (2008)

February 6, 2012

Label: Black Fading Records Review By Tony Cannella Italy’s Domina Noctis have existed since 1999. They play a melodic brand of gothic metal and they have just issued their second…

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