Diehard – “When Illusion Gone” (2011)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Diehard is a very young German band; they were founded in 2010 and released their first album at the begininning of 2011. They play a…
Desdemona – “Endorphins” (2012)
Label : Danse Macabre Records Review by Luisa Mercier Desdemona is a Polish industrial rock band and “Endorphins” is their fourth full-length effort after a break due to singer Agnieszka…
Corde Oblique – “A Hail of Bitter Almonds” (2011)
Label: Prikosnovenie Review by Luisa Mercier Fourth release for Riccardo Prencipe‘s project Corde Oblique, musician focused on reinterpreting the Mediterranean folk music. He is always joined by his usual collaborators: Edo…
Paige & Palermo – “Stay” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier Previously known as The Fury, Paige & Palermo is the a project that involves two talented artists: Jennifer Page, voice of the ’90s hit…
Circus of Lamia – “Welcome Madness” EP (2011)
Independent Release Review by Luisa Mercier “Welcome Madness” is the debut EP of this gothic-metal influenced Swedish band. I really like the imaginary they have created that resembles a bit…
Helen Money – “Arriving Angels” (2013)
Label : Profound Lore Records Review by Matteo Bussotti “What the Hell is this?” Is probably going to be your first thought listening to this album. Unless you’re familiar with…
Serpent Omega – “Serpent Omega” (2013)
Label : Mordgrimm Records Review by Matteo Bussotti The first release of Serpent Omega is an extremely powerful album, which combines doom, sludge and stoner metal with a taste of…grunge.…
Mystery Blue – “Conquer the World” (2013)
Label : Road Show Productions Review by Tony Cannella France’s Mystery Blue has a long history that goes back to the late 70s. They released their self-titled debut in 1984…
Orianthi – “Heaven in This Hell” (2013)
Label : Robo Records Review by Tony Cannella Orianthi Panagaris is a 28 year old singer-songwriter guitarist from Australia. Previously she had been best known as the lead guitarist for…
Pamela Moore – “Resurrect Me” (2013)
Label : RatPak Records Review by Tony Cannella Even before Pamela Moore gained notoriety playing the part of Sister Mary on the Queensryche albums “Operation: Mindcrime”, she had a career…
Dante Fox – “Lost Man’s Ground” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Ever since their debut album was released in 1996, Dante Fox has always stood for high quality AOR/hard rock. Even when this style of…
A Persuasive Reason – “A Persuasive Reason” EP (2013)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella The Florida based progressive/symphonic metal band A Persuasive Reason were founded in 2011 by bassist TJ Jones. After carefully assembling the current line-up, the…
The Reasoning – “And Another Thing…” EP (2012)
Label : Comet Music Review by Matteo Bussotti What can we say about Cardiff’s band, The Reasoning? How can we define their genre? We can say it’s “Dream-Metal”. In fact,…
HUNTRESS & GOLD @ 013, Tilburg, THE NETHERLANDS 08/06/2013
Live Report & Photos by Erwin van Dijk Huntress and Gold are two bands which qualify the describtion “Female Fronted Metal” but are worlds apart musicwise. The two bands did…
Anneke Van Giersbergen
Interview by Grace Méridian, Kassandra Novell & Lindsay Schoolcraft Video by Mary Zimmer Here what we present you is a special interview done by the Eve’s Apple (Don’t you know what…
Noora Louhimo – Battle Beast
Interview by Roberta Ilaria Rossi What a great year for Battle Beast! After a great tour that has seen them supporting Nightwish and a huge change in the lineup, where…
Leah – “Of Earth & Angels” (2013)
Label : Ex Cathedra Records Review by Tony Cannella What do you get when you mix Celtic songstresses Enya and Loreena McKennit with heavier more bombastic artists like Nightwish and…
Kells – “Anachromie” (2012)
Label : Season of Mist/Savage Prod. Review by Tony Cannella From France, Kells formed in 2001 and had previously released two full-length albums, and now they return with their third,…
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…
Infinitus Mortus – “The Conspiracy of Love” (2012)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From New Jersey, the Symphonic metal band Infinitus Mortus released their debut album “2012” in 2010. At that time the band consisted of only…