Ancient Bards – “Soulless Child” (2011)
Label : Limb Music Review by Tony Cannella Italy’s Ancient Bards issued their debut album “Alliance of the Kings” in 2010 and caused quite a positive impression in Symphonic Power…
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Ava Inferi – “Onyx” (2011)
Label : Season of Mist Review by Stina Barely five years ago, the first studio album “Burdens” marked their debut, introducing their gloomy and refined sound to the audience. “Silouhette”…
Eerie Sounds Section : Blackmore’s Night – “Autumn Sky” (2010)
Label : Spinefarm Records/Universal Review by Tony Cannella Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night and their merry band of minstrels have been spreading the gospel for fine renaissance music since 1997. Who…
Interview : Farrah West – League of Lights
Interview by Si Smith Oh, finally after so much time we’re able to unveil this little musical jewel. Here we present you a special interview with Farrah…
Ayin Aleph – “II” (2008)
Label : Invencis Limited Records Review By Tony Cannella “II” is the title of the newly released second CD from Moscow born – and now – France based singer Ayin…
Blackthorn – “Codex Archaos” (2011)
Label : MSR Productions Review by Tony Cannella & Vard Aman On their 2rd album “Codex Archaos”, the Russian all female Black Metal band Blackthorn brings forth plenty of brutality…
Woodscream – “Pentadrama” EP (2010)
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…
Reactive Black – “A New Dawn…” (2010)
Label : Echozone/Intergroove Review by Tony Cannella Reactive Black is a duo from Germany. They play dark, Gothic metal with electronic and industrial elements. In 2007 they released their well…
Orphaned Land – “The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR” (2010)
Label : Century Media Records Review by Tony Cannella Israel’s Orphaned Land have been around since 1991 and have continued to progress since the release of their debut full-length “Sahara”…
Myrkà – “13” (2010)
Label: Cave Music / Töfrahellirinn Review by Tony Cannella Not too many bands are coming from the country of Iceland these days. The band Myrkà just so happen to come…
Interview : Cristina Scabbia – Lacuna Coil
Interview by Ed MacLaren Lacuna Coil has made a career of pushing the sonic boundaries of darkness and melody. Growing from an Italian goth rock phenomenon to…
Masque of Death – “Ivory Cities” EP (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From Spain the band Masque of Death play good melodic metal. The band have only been in existence since 2008 and despite their relatively…
Manic Movement – “Hot!Hot!Hot!” (2010)
Label : Moonzoo Music/Universal Music Belgium Review by Tony Cannella The Symphonic/Gothic Metal band Manic Movement hails from Belgium and originally formed way back in 1993. It wasn’t until 2006…
L’Endevì – “When I Desire Something, You Can’t Do Anything” (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella Spain L’Endevi have just released their debut album, “When I Desire Something, You Can’t Do Anything”. A great title that is somewhat confrontational, much…
Kerion – “The Origins” (2010)
Label : Metalodic Records Review by Tony Cannella From France comes the exceptional symphonic power metal force known as Kerion. Their second full-length release is titled “The Origins” and from start…
In This Pain – “Bloody Tears” DEMO (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella In This Pain is a Female fronted Gothic/atmospheric metal band from Italy. They have just released their 8-song, 37-minute debut demo titled, “Bloody Tears”.…
In Silentio Noctis – “Through Fragments of Christianity” (2010)
Label : My Kingdom Music Review by Tony Cannella Finland’s In Silentio Noctis have been in existence since 2006. With their debut effort, “Through Fragments of Christianity”, these Finns show…
Infinitus Mortus – “2012” (2010)
Independent Release Review by Tony Cannella From New Jersey comes the symphonic metal duo Infinitus Mortus. Judging by the sounds coming from their debut “2012”, it is hard to believe…
Indrama – “Timescapes” (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From Spain, InDrama play dark, ambient metal in the vein of Anathema and The Gathering. On their debut, “Timescapes” the band offer a unique…
Illuminati – “The Beginning” EP (2010)
Independent Release Review By Tony Cannella From Spain comes the melodic metal outfit Illuminati. Their new EP “The Beginning” displays plenty of technical proficiency, some solid riffs and memorable songs.…