Reviews

The Swedish Progressive Rockers, Pain of Salvation is soon releasing a live album. And it's no ordinary live album either it's an Acoustic one. An Acoustic Live album with the strangest title…

I originally got this cd as a data cd with mp3s and b sides. But after listening to the mp3s and B sides I decided this band is worth buying the cd. I have placed an order off the internet to buy this…

Originally released as two different live albums with two different covers this is a combined version of 'A Real Live One' and 'A Real Dead One' featuring both concept live albums.

Ronnie James Dio - one of very few musicians who was always doing what he wanted to do. He always created music he loves. He's never gone commercial and always been independent. When listening to…

Another Death Metal release now, it's three on a row now. But anyway, this time, it's no debut album that's being reviewed; "Fields of Salvation" is Burden of Grief's third…

As you all know, Edguy will soon release their new album, "Hellfire Club" (Already reviewed here on Metal Storm). But before we'll see the album in our local cd store, Edguy will release…

From one Death Metal release to another, but this time it's more brutal, no Melodic Death here, it's just the pure Brutal Death that we all know. Facebreaker is the name of the band this time…

If I say Melodic Death Metal (Gothenburg sound), what do you say then? I thought so, and yes, Source is in the same category as In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. As young and fresh to the business, Source…

Since Gothic and Doom are two of my favourite genres, I had quite high expectations on this release, even if I never heard about Mighty D. before. But it's not good to have to high expectations on…

Released in 1992 Tiamat's third full album saw another line-up change. This time the keyboardist Kenneth Roos was added to the band and the bassist Jörgen Thulberg was replaced by ex-Sorceror…

Ivory Tower is a German melodic metal band that injects its song structures with tons of melodies and warmth, especially in the vocal and keyboard depts. Other bands that employ this particular strategy…

To me, listening to Bruce Dickinson is like being with an old friend, as it was he and Iron Maiden that got me into Heavy Metal at the tender age of 13... So, I was more than thrilled when this album featured…

1997's "Sehnsucht" is the second studio album from the most exposed German singing band on earth, Rammstein. In their characteristic style, quite difficult to label, but I guess close to…

The rather slow (or better mid-tempo), but same time powerful and dark to doom sounding 'Headless Cross' album was recorded with singer Tony Martin. In fact with Ozzy the whole thing is not imaginable,…

For a comeback from the eleven millionth rehab of the prince of darkness would have to expect something big, a huge success, a great album! Listening to Perry Mason you are sure this release can deal with…

Japanese premier power metal band was back in 2000 with the European release of Rain Forest [released during 1999 in Japan only]. After Fragments Of The Moon and From Father To Son, Concerto Moon third…

Thrash metal fans rejoice! Exodus, one of the genre's most important bands is back. Released on February 2nd (the anniversary of singer Paul Baloff's death), "Tempo Of The Damned" is…

2001 was just about to become history when I received this cd in the mail. It was three days before 2002 and I found myself on an airplane home to spend the New Year. The plane had just taxied off the…

Few American bands nowadays manage to find a decent label unless they are playing new metal or mainstream hard rock. Hopefully, Saviour Machine, Doom/Gothic band hailing from California, figures amongst…

A Gothic Metal band is usually expected to emerged from the shores of a cold country such as Norway, Sweden, Finland or from the Germany. A Doom Metal band is more likely to hail from England. However,…

When My Kingdom Music labeled this Cd as "Intense and emotional music" I was expecting a very slow down-tuned Gothic Metal album, instead I've got a very unusual one, I can't say I'm…

It's quite funny that something you always said you don't like turns up to be very good. It happen all of us and it's going to go on happen to. The latest additional in my case is Vintersorg,…

"Tell me that I'm a sinner... " So here is the album that has made this famous English band lose a huge part of their first-hour fans... Paradoxically, it's the one that has made me…

Onward, short-lived North American band, played some kind of Power Metal tainted with a strong Heavy/Thrash Metal influence, with one of the most impressive guitar player I've ever heard, Toby Knapp.

When I heard this album I began to feel homicidial tendencies toward Hansi Kursh. Why? Because his influences on Shaffer have ruined the perfect heavy style of early Iced Earth. In fact, since the "Demons…

Royal Hunt, the most well-known Progressive band from Denmark, has a long career and is basically a one-man band seeing that the other members are always different, either guests or already fired as we…

Rammstein is a very unique band, which music has been described acquainted with so many different musical styles that it's impossible to associate their sound with something else than the name of…

True doom metal: people either love it or loathe it. If you belong to the second category, don't read further, because that's exactly what While Heaven Wept is doing. They are trying to ressuscitate…

16th February 2004 09:12 GMT NASA Headquarters, Department of Extra Terrestrial Research - Sir, we got something here!! - Let me see... What is it? - Only sound sir, it resembles something my brother…

Amaran is a young melodic Heavy/Death band from Sweden. The particularity of this excellent combo is to have a female singer Johanna DePierre but without symphonic voices a la Floor Jansen or Death voices…

I think that Evergrey is really one of the most original bands in the international metal scene. Although this has been considered a progressive metal act, InsideOut labels Recreation Day as "File…

First of all, let me explain why I am reviewing this definitely non-metal release on a metal website. The reason is simple - this album is much heavier and more aggressive than most metal is. Even though…

And so it's time for Swedish "Falconer" to release their third album, since the debut "Falconer" in 2001. The new addition for the Discography is the album "The Sceptre of…

Human Fortress is from Germany and play Power Metal, Déja Vu anyone? Germany and Power Metal is like 1+1. But these guys [down] are really something special, not just because two of them are Greeks…

A year has passed since the release of Tiamat's debut album 'Sumerian Cry'. This year saw the departure of guitarist Stefan Lagergren and drummer Andreas Holmberg whose places were taken…

Coming Out: 15 March 2004. They are back!!!!!! The Midges of Metal, the Savage ones, the pride of Germany. It's Edguy I'm talking about, so you don't misunderstand me. "Hellfire Club"…

I know I have complained a lot about bad covers lately, so I think it's time to do the contrary now and praise a cover. And it's a cover that really worth it too. This is one of the nicest cover…

I know I have said earlier that I'm no fan of Progressive music, I can't say why, but we all have our own reasons. But even me can change from time to time, and now it has happen, again. I have…

So, I got this demo, and I was in the phone with a friend that was telling me about his ex-girlfriend, and that she was pregnant, so, I'm in the middle of this gossip talk, meanwhile, I'm also…

The mighty Vikings of Metal are back, and after more than 10 years of career they deliver us their fourth album "Blot" (Blood in Norwegian), the line-up has changed this time, and Einherjer is…

Prepare to lose your grace! These are the last words of the albums intro, and the last words you will hear before the first song slams right into your face. "Chaos Engine" is the second album…

Black metal and industrial music didn't mix too well over the years. I always wondered why. I suppose it must have been due to the 'orthodox' nature of the black metal scene. The result…

With this album, Rhapsody ends its first saga. The music has evolved through each chapter, and the last one is no exception. When I first read an interview of Luca, where he said there would be even more…

This is a quite interesting release, not only because the front man, Andy B. Franck, is the singer in Brainstorm too, and that one of the guitarists is Cédric "Cede" Dupont from Freedom…

I thought that I had seen the worst cover already, but I have to say that Shining Fury's cover is a gift from god, compare to this one! How can someone even think of having this cover on an album!?…

Being a fan of Tiamat's later works and 'Sumerian Cry' being the only album I hadn't heard before it was actually a big effort to listen to it. No, it isn't a bad record. But if…

When Morten Veland left Tristania, and announced his new project, Sirenia, I remember I thought, "What's the deal with this guys and the -IA band names?" you know, Tristania, Sirenia? err,…

This must be the most boring cover ever, I mean, what's the point with an almost totally blue cover with just the band name, the album name, lightning's and some strange symbols? Nothing to watch,…

Here it is, the second album from the mighty Italians of Rhapsody! We were many to wait for the release of the second chapter of the Emerald Sword Saga, and our hope wasn't in vain, and our patience…

Rain Novelty is a band from Greece, and this is their 2 song demo, that arrived to my hands a while ago, both songs are lengthy, clocking around 10 minutes the first, and 7 the other, both are melancholic…

It's time to review one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite bands, Lacrimas Profundere, and let me tell you a little thing about these guys, they've come a long way to be where they…

And then, a new bunch of promos found the way down in my mailbox, this time some albums from Metal Blade and Lion Music, and I decide that it's best to get started at once. So here, the first, of…

Many of you metalheads that have a vast knowledge of the genre maybe are wondering right now why the hell you haven't heard about this band ever in your life, well let me answer you, is because Henry…

This is the sophomore effort of this Finland Power quintet, and my first look to the music of these guys, I remember seeing their first disc somewhere, but when I found out it was Power Metal, I didn't…

1989, the date of birth of the biggest progressive metal band ever is set with the release of their first full-length album, nicely entitled 'When Dream And Day Unite'. Dream Theater is hailing…

I think the most multifaceted of all sub-genres of Metal is Gothic Metal, I mean, you have your beauty-and-the beast Gothic Metal, your Melancholic Finnish Gothic Metal, your bombastic, symphonic with…

Cold night, it rains the concentration camp is quiet, suddenly a guard spots something, is a figure form, shadowy climbing one of the fences, it's SCAPING! Fire the alarm!!! The sirens soon start,…

The Death Metal /Black Metal scene just gets weirder day by day, I don't understand and I might never will, what's the deal of ultra low guttural vocals, you can't understand a thing, and…

"Falling Into Infinity" is Dream Theater's fourth full-length album and it was released in 1997, following the very complicated "Awake". So what could you expect more from this…

Progressive pioneers of New York based combo Dream Theater returned in 1994, with this album entitled "Awake". Following the magnificent "Images And Words", their 1992's highly…

Progressive metal masters Dream Theater returned in 1993 with their all-time first live album, or more exactly, live EP, the record clocking just under 47 minutes. And what other place in Europe than The…

This is it! My first Dream Theater review! I can say that this progressive band from New York is my favorite band and will still be in ten years from now. So, back in 1992, the band released their masterpiece…

I have to admit that I'm not a Black Metal specialist but there is something I pretty much figured out all by myself: Ancient Rites is not mainstream Black Metal. Far from the "purists"…

Being categorized as a band fully inspired by the music of another band, isn't good, I think the point in having your band is to create your own sound and if it's possible redefine a genre, or…

Those Scandinavian [Norrkoping, Sweden] black metal innovators Marduk is back with another hate filled slab of destruction and mayhem after a two-year absence. Having been founded by guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer…

In any mythology, when two Gods gather it always ends in a terrible battle [even in a raging war most of the time]. In the world of power metal, it ends in a tremendous piece of music. Old friends Jon…

In all my years as a metalhead, I think this is the first time I've heard a band from Central America, I think I've heard from every continent , hmm let's see.. Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia,…

Dear Electronic Gaming Monthly, Gamepro or any other gaming magazine: I work at a music webzine, we specialize in Heavy Metal and all of its sub-genres, we write in-depth reviews of any artist that can…

God knows that when I was younger I used to listen those 80's Glam Hard Rock bands, among my favorites were Cinderella, White Lion, Bon Jovi, Mr. Big and Slaughter? I think that I have one or two…

Mago De Oz is certainly the most famous metal band coming from Spain. Well, "Gaia" demonstrates to us that this title is not usurped. Indeed, the new album of this Spanish heavy metal band is…