Ancestral Legacy – “Nightmare Diaries” (2010)
Label : Femme Metal Records Review By Tony Cannella Norway’s Ancestral Legacy formed in 1995 and play symphonic black metal in 2005 they released their debut full-length titled “of Magic…
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Amberian Dawn – “End of Eden” (2010)
Label : Spinefarm Records Review by Tony Cannella Finland’s Amberian Dawn has already forged out a pretty promising career for themselves. On their first two albums the band set a…
Alantia – “Alantia” DEMO (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From The Netherlands, Alantia play good symphonic power metal with operatic vocals provided by Yvette. The bands new demo has just been made available…
Yotangor – “King of the Universe” (2009)
Label : Brennus Music Review By Tony Cannella Yotangor are a melodic, progressive/symphonic metal band from France. The band is a rather large musical ensemble featuring seven members in its…
Xanima – “Inside Warrior” (2009)
Label : Lion Music Records Review By Tony Cannella The Swedish band Xanima were originally formed in 2007 by Pelle Handen and female vocalist Jade Ell. The band have been…
Winter Haze – “The Storm Within” (2009)
Label : UK Division Records Review By Tony Cannella Italy’s Winter Haze play straight up, no frills symphonic power metal and man are they ever good at what they do.…
Weeping Silence – Promo CD 2009 (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From Malta, Weeping Silence plays symphonic power metal with goth and doom undertones. In 2008, the band released their full-length debut, “End of an…
Trail of Tears – “Bloodstained Endurance” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk Before we start a question: do you like Trail of Tears? If the answer is yes you can buy this one…
Silentium – “Amortean” (2008)
Label : Dynamic Arts Records Review By Tony Cannella The history of Finland’s Silentium dates all the way back to 1995. Their debut was released in 1999 and now ten…
Rainfall – “Lost in a Cold World” DEMO (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Often times, progressive rock and metal bands are defined by the length of their songs and overindulgent epic numbers that last 8-10 minutes or…
Polynove Pole – “Na Semi Vitrah” (2009)
Label : Kataklysmos Factory Review by Tony Cannella From the Ukraine comes Polynove Pole. I have to confess that I knew nothing about this band when I recieved this CD,…
Narwhal Tusk – “In Despair” (2009)
Label: Musica Productions Review by Tony Cannella If you like female fronted symphonic metal ala Delain or Tarja era Nightwish, than Russia’s Narwhal Tusk should be right up your alley.…
Naos – “Inoctura” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella While prepping this review for the debut release from France’s Naos I came across the sad news that this band is no more. It…
Magion – Promo 2009
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella In 2008, the Dutch symphonic metal band Magion released their first demo. The band have already finished their full-length debut, which is called “Close…
Lust for Oblivion – “Black Moon” DEMO (2009)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella Lust for Oblivion is a female fronted band from Italy who specialize in Gothic, operatic and symphonic metal. Their first introduction to the metal…
Lunar Path – “Broken World” EP (2009)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Lunar Path are really the kind of band that I hold in high esteem. They play epic, symphonic metal with a hard rock edge.…
Lord Vampyr – “Carpathian Tragedies” (2009)
Label: Zero Effect Records Review By Tony Cannella Sometimes you can’t judge a book (or a CD) by it’s cover. Take Italy’s Lord Vampyr for example. When this CD arrived…
Leaves Eyes’ – “Njord” (2009)
Label : Napalm Records Review By Erwin Van Dijk “Njord” is the new album from Leaves’Eyes, one of the most successful female fronted bands in Europe. In short, Leaves’ Eyes…
Krypteria – “My Fatal Kiss” (2009)
Label : On Fire Records/Roadrunner Records Review By Danny Robertson Here we have “My Fatal Kiss”, the latest album from Roadrunner Records act Krypteria. Hailing from Germany, this goth-metal quartet…
Innocens – “FREE /us/” (2008)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From the Czech Republic comes Innocens. Their debut full-length “FREE /us/” was released in 2008, but it is definitely worthy of being reviewed now.…