Reviews

Before hearing the 'Nemo' single, I was looking forward to this new album of Nightwish (one of my favourite bands by the way). After hearing this single I was even more looking forward to the…

Firebox Records did it again, they signed an obscure Doom Metal band out of nowhere and turned out to be one of the biggest surprises of the year, first Chileans Mar De Grises, and now, hailing from The…

Firestorm was born as an Iron Maiden tribute band, later in their career, and after becoming very popular in their area (near Ancona), they decided that it was time to record some material of their own,…

Complex 7 is a Progressive Metal band hailing from Germany, this is their second release, being the first one "Water" released in 2001. Reviewing Progressive Metal is the hardest task for any…

In the latest of the 80's Skid Row released their same titled debut album. A kind of typical american hard rock, but rather the street poet side of it. This must be one of the best records of that…

For a country that has approximately 6 million habitants, Finland has a great deal of Metal bands, I wish we have as much bands as up there (Peru has 28 million habitants, and not even half of Metal bands…

The evil wizard from the Lord Of the Rings trilogy is back, and while many of you thought that a band called Saruman would come in a Power Metal shape, this time comes in a quite unusual Sympho Death Black…

Let's see, I got a Metal Cd with a black & white cover, a two page booklet and a record label called Black Attakk? Now for the million dollar question, what type of Metal the guys of Mord are…

Although this four piece hails from Phoenix, Arizona, has Ecuadorian members on their ranks, which is interesting, at least for me, since Ecuador is a neighbor country from mine, and I lived there for…

Finally I get to review a not so well known band that I really know, I enjoy both Flowing Tears last two releases "Jade" & "Serpentine", I hold them in my list of the best gothic…

Human Temple is showing us that Finland isn't only about depressive and power music, it's also about Melodic Hardrock, and then how they do it, Oh holy god in heaven, this is without doubt one…

I've heard a couple of songs of this English band when they released their debut album "Wings Of Forever", and I must say that I wasn't impressed at all, just seemed to me like another…

Yeah they're back! Damn. Last time I had to deal with this band, the outcomes weren't too positive. Neither for me nor them. Now I have their latest promo and my hard labor as a reviewer starts…

Maybe this band is unknown to you, to me and to many people around the world, but that's not the way it is on Poland, where Closterkeller are quite popular. They're popular, I think, because…

I think some of you might have hear or at least heard of this band, they was formally named Throne of Chaos and was signed with the almighty Finnish label Spinefarm (But the debut was released under the…

Three long years since Iowa? And now the nine madmen are back ! At the first listening, I found this album somewhat strange, with songs more akin to those written for Stonesour (Duality, the first single).

Welcome to the monster disco! The Finns have finally unleashed their demons from hell, the band Lordi, named after their lead (demon) singer Lordi. The other demons are named: Kita (drums and backing vocals),…

"What a excellent cover artwork", that was my first impression of the album, and since I never heard Annihilator before, I hadn't a clue about what to expect, except something Thrashy. I…

For all the fans of Prog Metal, Queensryche is certainly considerate like an idol. Of course the American band is certainly one of the best bands ever in the style, and then no need for me to present them…

Out of the power-metal-mass-production-facilities of Germany arose Primal Fear to record their same titled debut Album in 1998. Of course this band is member of the 'Helloween-GammaRay-Iron Saviour-family'…

Luciferion, nice name for a band, but who's hiding behind this? Well, if you know the band called Lost Horizon, you already know Wojtek Lisicki [guitars, vocals] and Martin Furängen [bass] and…

Subterranean Masquerade was born back in 1997 through the imagination and need of self-expression of one musician, Tomer Pink. The first recording of the band is this "Temporary Psychotic State"…

De Anima is Gothic Metal band from Finland, cradle of many great Metal bands and a big Metal scene. First I must warn everyone that this is not exactly the most heavy release of the year, because De Anima…

It's almost two years ago they said that a live album was on it's way, and for almost two years I have been waiting, because it's almost two years ago I got stuck with them, when buying…

Piet Sielck, one of the founders to the legendary Power Metal band Helloween, is back with his Iron Savior, and with "Battering Ram" they releases their sixth album (Second without the co-founder…

Watch out, this is a masterpiece! Queensrÿche has always been able to stay away from this simplistic heavy hard rock trend rotten by some spoiled dick-heads with their traditional clichés and…

Female fronted Metal becomes more and more usual these days, but we have some legends even in this subject, and one of them, the biggest of them all, is Doro Pesch (Warlock, Doro), and this new German…

There has to be something that noone could ever reproach the guys of Queensrÿche, it's to overload their songs with badly-written riffs. Evidence can be this masterpiece from the beginning 90's,…

After the very lackluster "Pills against the Ageless Ills", I didn't really have much hope for Solefald. Not because that one was a bad album, but rather because it seemed to be a bit rushed…

This must be on of the most unknown bands out there, there is little information of them in the web, and most of the webpages are in kanji characters, which happens to be, one of my weak points. Anyway,…

Power/Progressive from Italy, that's unusual?. NOT. It's becoming the most usual genre from Italy these days, but since the bands is good and that they making good albums, I'm not complaining. I…

I was pretty sure this was a Power Metal album, I mean, the House Of Lords logo with the same font from Lord Of The Rings, a album entitled "The Power And The Myth" , swords and griffons in the…

I was actually interested in this band, I've read the reviews, heard some samples and I decided it was time to get this, one or another way I would get it, French-based Gothic-Doom-Nu Metal band "Leiden"…

The legacy of mythic German hard-rock band Accept brought us the band U.D.O. whose front man is no other than Accept singer Udo Dirkschneider. Not really far from the original sound of Accept, U.D.O. sounds…

A year after their debut demo, the young Doom band from the land of the thousand lakes releases their second one, "Serpent Scripts". And it has happen things since last time we heard from them,…

I don't know what it's with Finland and depressive music; I don't think anyone does, but it's a fact, Finland does the most depressive music and they do it good. And that new bands…

Exciter... I am sure most of you are just like me, you've already heard of this band somewhere, but you can't remember where, and although you can guess what they are playing, you've never…

The other day I was searching through my list of reviews, when I got struck by the large amount of little squares with small red D's in them (meaning death metal for those who don't know yet).

My relationship with Node is the one you have when you first know a person, and you don't know is going to be a great friendship. First, I approached him cautiously, with little trust, then I began…

Many people were shocked to hear about the tragic death of Bathroy frontman and creator, Quorthon, but as much influential he might be to the Metal scene, another great musician passed away at the end…

Happy happy happy! Is the best way to describe the sixth album of these Italians, Skylark. They play a fusion of Progressive Metal with some Power Metal and some Hard Rock elements also, the result? A…

Last year Platitude released their debut album , a fairly good album full of nice melodies and neoclassical interludes reminiscent of Yngwie Malmsteen and Symphony X, now one year after, they bring us…

Quorthon's tragic and definitely premature death made me look back over my Quorthon-related discography and remind myself of why I liked this guy so much. I am sure that one of the things this man…

The extreme side of Italian metal seems alive and well. 2003 has been the year of Forgotten Tomb, who released their second full-length album. Most of extreme Italian bands, even if they don't really…

Yes. This is a 10 you are seeing in the rating spot above. Now, I was promising myself I would severely limit myself in giving such high scores but what can I do if an album is *really* that good? Believe…

This is weird, last time I checked out, Susperia was a Black Metal band that counted in their ranks with members of Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child. Last time I checked, Susperia was a good band,…

Eldritch is back, with their first album in 3 years, and even if I didn't know Eldritch I like, looked forward to this album. A very powerful progressive metal album was one of the highest wishes…

When people say that a metal band is from Finland, 3 differents reactions appear. They are: The newbie metal-head: 1) FINLAND! THAT'S WHERE NIGHTWISH IS FROM! OMG! METAL! The "I want to die"…

Celesty, a young power metal band from the land of thousand lakes, not so unusual these days. And with "Legacy of Hate" they release their second album, but I guess many of you already heard…

Time machine the well knows band of Prog Metal from Italy is back with their new album "Reviviscence - Liber Secundus". After the really good "Evil - Liber Primus", the band then come…

Millenium is a Melodic Heavy Metal band from USA. This band does a very interesting music very melodic with a lot of great chorus and catchy melodies. The new album "Jericho", is a real good…

Intense come from England, and this band use to play a strong and heavy Power Metal. Since 1997 and their first EP, it was a totally blackout for one of the most promising band of the style from UK. Luckily,…

After having busied himself with Ambeon and Star One the mastermind Arjen Anthony Lucassen is back with Ayreon - a project that can be equalized with the meaning of rock operas and concept albums. And…

The words "Ace Of Spades" are written proudly on one of the dirtiest, toughest and meanest Motorhead albums ever! If you haven't had your ears soiled by this beautifully impure masterpiece,…

Melodic Death Metal from Sweden, I'm sure you're sick of hearing this term over and over again, seems that the Melodeath genre has expanded to uncontrollable levels, and when you think you've…

How would you express sorrow? How would you translate despair into music? Facing a difficult subject like this one, you might need help from anguish specialists. So, look on Norway's yellow pages…

Crisis is a metalcore band hailing from New York City with a ground breaking female vocalist, Karyn Crisis. After two explosives albums through Metal Blade Records, 1996's "Deathshead Extermination"…

Tobias Sammet's Avantasia project proved two things. Number one, a metal opera could be done and very well done, number two it apparently sells well. Since then, metal operas have flourished throughout…

Since I work for Metalstorm.ee for now 2 years, Breakpoint was one of the first bands to have the courage to send their production to us, to believe in Metalstorm.ee. You can understand that I'm more…

As soon I received the 2 track Ep from this band, the first thing I did was stare at the beautiful cover art that graces the front and back of this Cd. The plastic that covers the case, had a sticker,…

" He is unique, we don't want someone that would just be a Bon wannabe". These were the words -with the present tense- Angus Young used for his friend Bon Scott during a press conference…

A legendary album for a legendary band. Let There Be Rock, made in 1977, pushes us to this tragic thought: "what if AC DC was right and everybody else was wrong?". This album was definitely going…

This can be a tricky one for Scandinavians, because there is a racist band named Heimdal around here, and many peoples going on mixing this two bands together. But now after reading this, I hope you'll…

"Freak Guitar" is the solo project of one of the best guitarist of the metal scene. I talk about Mattias IA Eklundh the leader of the fantastic band Freak Kitchen. If you don't know him…

God knows I tried to find this Cd everywhere, but luck wasn't on my side for, like one year after it's release. I become acquainted with Norwegian combo Ashes To Ashes upon reading a positive…

I was attracted by this Cd mainly because the great cover art, has a very "artsy" feel to it, to be honest I wasn't sure what kind of music Between The Buried And Me played, and I didn't…

A Demo from an Italian Power Metal band is not an unusual thing nowadays, since a lot of Power Metal bands are coming from the land of pasta. That's the case here, a band called Hiding Tower to be…

Thork is a very original French band of Progressive Rock music. I have a lot of demo and auto-productions each months but I definitely don't have such things every weeks. Maybe even, this is the first…

What can be better than a big doze of emotional collapse, slow-chewing Doom Metal in Demo-format? Not much if you ask me. And that's exactly what these young French are giving us. Slow, emotional…

Relics of Elder Might is the second EP for Arcane Wisdom. Playing an unconventional black metal more likely to be called experimental death/black metal, these guys offer us here a splendid work with this…