Author Andy Barker
Anyone who knows the name Arjen Anthony Lucassen, will be familiar with his many Ayreon projects as well as their slightly more Metal, Sci-fi obsessed younger brother Star One. Having released two albums previously under the Star One banner utilising… Continue Reading →
Well here’s an interesting one for all the European Symphonic Metal fans out there (as we bid a fond farewell to all the other people who had started to read this review…), a new Italian based Symphonic/Power Metal band with… Continue Reading →
Verikalpa had been an integral part of the Scandinavian Pagan/Folk Metal scene for a good ten years before their debut finally arrived in 2018 – now there’s no stopping them! We had another instalment in 2020 and already, right here… Continue Reading →
Stalking confidently and belligerently forward into their dark and powerful Metal realm, we find two former Iced Earth members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, offering forth their own meaty, weighty take on Heavy Power Metal that proves welcomingly to not… Continue Reading →
I’ve been lucky enough to review a fair amount of Ereb Altor’s albums over the years – they were actually one of the first bands I reviewed back in 2013 when I’d recently joined the hallowed ranks of Ave Noctum…. Continue Reading →
Nobody does Doom Metal quite like Sweden. Yes, Sweden gave the world Candlemass so a precedent was set right there, but since then this great country has given the Metal world so many more striking bands under that Doom-soaked umbrella…. Continue Reading →
Swedish Metal band Manimal seem to have developed a bit of a problem. No, it’s not their strange and slightly questionable name, it’s more of a dilemma – a good one, but one that might be holding them back from… Continue Reading →
In the realms of Progressive Power Metal, Eternity’s End are immediately interesting from a musical point of view, as well for their current and past members. The band’s core contains three members of Progressive Death Metal band Alkaloid for one,… Continue Reading →
Just in case anyone thinks it’s a bit harsh that some young whipper-snappers have come along and nicked the name of the well-known German Melodic Metal band from the 80’s, it’s OK, it is actually that very same Victory from… Continue Reading →
Umlauts! Right there above the ‘o’ of Firewölfe! I don’t think it takes a genius to work out that Firewölfe are a Heavy Metal band. A serious, no nonsense, time honoured classic Heavy Metal band. Those two little dots above… Continue Reading →
From the mere mention of Limb Music, anyone who is familiar with the genre can hazard a guess that Wonders’ debut will have something to do with Melodic/Progressive/Power Metal to varying degrees, but maybe before we get into that there… Continue Reading →
In 2019 Northtale released their debut, and a very accomplished debut it was too. Perfectly combining the classic European Power Metal stylings of Helloween, Strotovarius and Hammerfall. The striking similarity that the band had to those three bands however was… Continue Reading →