Reviews

Sigh No More is the second release of Gamma Ray, after their debut Heading For Tomorrow, and with its weird cover, it is also a weird album. The line-up is once again different, introducing Uli Kusch on…

Debut album of these young Italians, Heathenreel bring us Folk metal at is finest form, by mixing melodic speed metal with folk influences and some medieval sounds Elvenking created something really interesting…

Another young band hailing from Suomi, it seems that every week a band from the land of the thousand lakes comes up with new material! Anyway, this time we don't have either Gothic or Extreme Metal,…

Well, well? what an album we have here! Faithful to its tradition of innovation and avanguardism, Code666 publish the 4thalbum of this Norwegian band that begun in 1988 by playing a death-doom kind of…

An all-female Black Metal band from Greece. Enough reason to give some attention to this band, we don's see enough all-female metal bands, and believe me, Astarte can rock just as good as the big…

Well, today I feel in a good mood, but I don't have anything to laugh? wait! I almost forgot! I have the HOLY MARTYR demo that arrived last week, I haven't even listened it, but as soon I received…

I was getting used to receive Gothic Metal bands from Holland, but when I received this package, I knew that we were not dealing with nothing Gothic here, come 'on look at the cover art! I don't…

Four years after the epic Rust in Peace, Megadeth, under the command of the creative Dave Mustaine, made it again. For the greatest pleasure of our impatient ears, Youthanasia has been released in 1994.

Question: after the mesmerizing Secret of the Runes, what could be better? Answer: a double live album!! For those who still haven't heard about Therion [it's time guys, come on!], I just can…

I knew it! Since I listened to the last Nightwish [Century Child] and didn't enjoy it too much... Something was missing. Now listening to Secret Of The Runes, I have the answer: thrash metal! For…

I can't believe that I didn't know this band until last year! Me! That I claim to be have a worthy knowledge of the metal scene. Shame on me! So, how did I finally knew this band? A friend of…

Many of you seem to have heard of them but without having heard a lot of stuff from this German power metal band. If it's your case then I suggest you to start with their debut album Stairway To Fairyland,…

After their 60 minute-long opus, Green Carnation returns with a more classic album. The question: "can this third release be better than their previous masterpiece?" can't really be asked…

Tarot is one of the oldest Heavy Metal bands from Finland, and they have many releases under the sleeve, but sadly enough many of them passed unnoticed to the eyes of many Metalheads, but with the support…

The first time I heard "Moonspell" was some years ago, when I was downloading a bunch of mp3clips from the internet and I took a song, with the name "Vampiria" from a, for me, unknown…

This live-record delivers the goods, indeed it contains some of the best-ever-released versions of Judas Priest's 70's songs. The quality, especially of the remastered version, is very competetive…

Total Devastation is not a very original name for a band? not even for a song! So when I received this Cd and I read the info sheet, I was "great, another band that thinks that they're so bad…

Merciless is one of those really ancient? ehem, old school Trash Metal bands from Sweden, in 1986 they recorded their first album "The Awakening". After the first record was out, the band played…

As many of you might know by know I live in South America, here we don't have blizzards, snowfalls and things like that (not where I live anyway) we only have, sun, sun and more sun, so is kinda hard…

And so, it's time for "Balance of Power" to follow up the success they have with the 2000 years "Perfect Balance", and I should start to say that I didn't hope too much on…

Doom Metal from Chile. That's a phrase that you don's get to hear [or read] often! But still, South America has a strong metal scene, mostly unknown to the European market, but is there! [I'm…

How thin is the line that divides simple music and art? How can you define a work of art? I will not solve these questions, questions posed through the centuries by many artists and philosophers. What…

This is the first Demo for this Greek band SUFFER IN SILENCE, they play a strange brew of Gothic and Death metal, in their info sheet they say to play Black Metal also, but I don't see it anywhere…

I don't know how all of you feel, but when I like something, I just want more. And I think is a pretty common feeling among human beings. So, let me ask you, do you like Dark Tranquillity? (if you…

Holland, also known as The Netherlands, is the home country for this young Gothic metal Sextet, and here they offer us their demo "Remember". As many of you might know, Holland is also the country…

Under this weird title is one of the less known album from Iron Maiden's singer solo career, and maybe this can be explained by the fact it is far from the best-known Chemical Wedding & Accident…

This was the first real acquaintance with this Melodic Speed Metal band from Finland that many times have been compared to it's compatriots in ?Stratovarius? and if you have heard this single and…

"Transcending Bizarre?" is a young band coming from Greece. Formed in 2000 and after 2 promo CDs, Transcending Bizarre? became a "real" band with their first album "The Four Scissors"…

Protest was formed in 1989. These leaders of the Slovakian scene recorded their first demo "Inside Of Humanity" in 1992. Their first album "What For Name When Humanity Is Dying" was…

Strange, strange ? strange that's what I have to say about this one, I can't even tell what kind of music is this! First we have the cover art, a masterpiece, I just love it, and what does the…

Swedish Melodic Death metal? from Italy?? Yep, sounds weird, but this are the facts, APEIRON are a three piece from Italy playing Melodic Death Metal, Swedish style, hey! I happen to like Swedish Melodic…

Power Metal from Finland, this phrase is becoming very common lately, and I attribute this mostly to the success of excellent acts like Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica, but worry not my friends, ENTROPHIA…

Have you ever heard of "Shakra"? Thought so. They are very unknown in our Hard Rock world. But on home ground and in Germany they have grown fast after 2001 years "Power Ride". "Shakra"…

I will not be very long with this review, just because it's very hard to say something new on Mr. Gary Moore and more especially something against this fantastic record. Recorded live on the Monsters…

Voice is a Heavy Metal band coming from Germany. This band, around the singer Oliver Glas, makes a classical heavy metal with some progressive parts. "Soulhunter" is their fourth album and it's…

Punk is not dead!!![???] Well, I'm no so sure when I see the last production of the Swedish band "Hardcore Superstar". But is it really Punk or Hardcore? Well I'm sure of one thing…

Hey! That girl in the cover! Is the one from that Artrosis album! Seems we have a problem of look-alike covers here! Besides the familiar cover art, lets see what does Letal Solaris from Chile offer us…

MISERIA is a band hailing from Finland, they play Melodic metal with Gothic and hard Rock influences, they are composed by 4 women and one man, and they are very young? But please don't let the short…

ARTROSIS noun, Etymology: New Latin, from Greek arthrOsis jointing, articulation, from arthroun to articulate, from arthron; an articulation between bones; a degenerative disease of a joint . Great, I've…

Best of compilations usually mean a couple of things. On the one hand it could signal the need to deliver an album to the record company for contractual reasons, or it will inevitably signal the end of…

I'm totally depressed at the current state of the rock/metal scene. I mean, take a look at, for example, Coal Chamber, Marilyn Manson and most of the new bands. Please explain me why does every band…

Sodom Sodom Sodom? There is the crowd that howls for this legendary thrash band from Germany. Not need to present them... ?A night In Bangkok? is the new double album ?live? of the band recorded during…

Second album from Adagio... And what a great one!! This album, called Underworld, is a fantastic travel and well done mixture between Metal and Classical music. For sure, we know a lot of bands trying…

GIRLS UNDER GLASS, that's a pretty uncommon name, as a matter of fact, I can't imagine a single reason why anybody would name their band GIRLS UNDER GLASS, if anybody knows why, please feel free…

The first thing I have to say in this review is that ?Rage? is the most underrated Metal band in the world, unfortunately. To bad that not more Metal fans have discovered them, they are worth every cent…

Middle East countries are nowadays full of good metal bands but the first country that comes to mind is not Syria. Well, Nu.Clear.Dawn is a progressive metal band hailing from this country with their debut…

This is the kind of album that could lead any fan of Céline Dion to suicide, if only they knew the existence of such abominations.No need to tell more, the band's name says it all, Genital…

I should start to say that this is one of my all time favourite, no other album have touch me so emotionally deep as this one, no other album has given me so much creepy feelings. Lake of Tears was formed…

After Ywolf and Infrablack, Finnugor is the 3rd project of the very good Hungarian compositor, Gabriel Wolf. Contrarily to his two others bands, Finnugor is more classic. No Electronic music and Neo Classical…

French-speaking Canada is definitely the land of brutal death metal. After Cryptopsy, Gorguts... or recently Neuraxis, Kralizec now comes out of nowhere and they really way go somewhere. Here is the explanation:…

"Eros Necropsique" is a Dark Symphonic Goth metal band from France. Formed by Olivier [Voices and Keyboards] and Cof [Bass]. I must warn you this band is very particular! Here I prefer talking…

Scandinavia does not have the monopoly on melodic death metal anymore. Golem comes from Italy and claims [screams] for the crown, as the most relevant band rising off the masses of newcomers in that style…

First demo from the italian Promaeteus Unbound [monicker taken from a famous greek tragedy of Eschilus], we have here a 3 tracks MCD of a "first Cradle of Filth style" Black Metal, with heavy…

I don's know where, and don's know how and god I'm dying to know why! It just came out of the nowhere! I was one day checking out some bands and stuff and I discovered Tvangeste, after hearing…

Silentium is a Gothic Metal band from Finland, and for those of you totally unfamiliar with their work, this is their third release, [Infinita Plango Vulnera in 1999 and Altum in 2001]. The best to describe…

I have in my hands the latest release of Seraphim, a gothic metal band hailing from Taiwan. I?ve listened [and reviewed] their prior work The Soul That Never Dies and it was a pleasant surprise to discover…

Seraphim are a Gothic metal Band hailing from Taiwan, since this is my first encounter with a Metal Band from Taiwan, I gave my full attention to this album, so, let's begin. First the first, and…

Rebel Extravaganza: everything is in the title. Black Metal is rebellion, and there is no 'sradition? and no fixed ways in a rebellion: Satyr knows and understand it well and he chooses a path, since…

Question: what makes a great band? Answer: great albums! So after the not really well acclaimed "Vain Glory Opera", the German power metal band Edguy had to reach another level of quality to…

After the release of "Theater Of Salvation", Edguy's main man Tobias Sammet was working hard on his side-project Avantasia. In the meantime, he had to find a way in order to keep the name…

I've been waiting for this release a long time now, as a matter of fact this ranked number 1 in my top ten "most anticipated albums of the year", that's because Dark Lunacy's previous…

Nowadays , in the metal scene, hearing elements such as violins, choirs and females voices, are very usual in many gothic bands (and some black metal bands), but, what will you think of a band that uses…

The Chicago based duo [Al Jourgensen - vocals, guitars, programming and Paul Barker - bass, programming] known as Ministry have finally returned with their new studio album since 1999's Dark Side…

Just a decade ago, Ministry broke out from its 80's synth-dance music with a pretty little album called Psalm 69. With repetitive, snarling guitars, hellish vocals, weird screams and pounding drums;…

Here we go. This is the BEST industrial album ever recorded. A milestone. A beacon that attracted hundreds of other industrial bands to it's bright light. Bands like Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Fear Factory,…

Hooo myyy god !!! What a great moment, this first album of the Prog metal band Sun Caged is just a pure killing trip. I remember one day, watching the "Star One tour" DVD of Arjen Lucassen;…

Mirrorthrone is one of those strange musical project that you come across once in a while, this one-man band (Vladimir Cochet), plays a strange brew? imagine some beautiful landscapes, and atmospheric…

What a great album title? Forward the spears, in the cover we see a demon army charging against the enemy, so far I was impressed, and I was very excited in hearing this one, being my first encounter with…

From Red Stream Productions we have here a new US band called Hidden. Hidden play a mixture of melodic death, power, doom, and thrash metal, and inspire their Spectral Magnitude to "cosmic" thematics…

What is the future of Metal? Which road will this controversy music genre take? I surely cannot answer, but undoubtedly this VLE project, as well as similar music, is a signal of evolution. Electronic…